November 2001

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue            Last Update:  28 Nov

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Oct 28 29 30 31 1  Volodymyr Kulyk, (Senior Research Fellow Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Shklar Fellow, Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute,) “Social Integration vs. Human Rights: A New Perspective on Post-Soviet Nation-Building in Ukraine.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. 2 3
4 5 Film Series: Images of War.  Istvan Szabo's Mephisto Room 403 IAB, 7-9pm. 6 University Closed for Election Day. 7 The Harriman Institute presents a Roundtable Discussion on:  The Crawford Summit:  Turning Point in US-Russian Relations?  Participants:  Robert Legvold, (Professor of Political Science;) Stephen Sestanovich, (Davis Professor of International Diplomacy, SIPA;) Steven Solnick, (Associate Professor of Political Science;) and Moderatorated by:  Catharine Nepomnyashchy, (Director, Harriman Institute.)  Wednesday, November 7th, 12:15-2:00 pm, Room 1219 IAB.

Russian Film Series Presents: Alexander Nevsky (1938), Directed by Sergie Eisenstein  Room 1219IAB, 5pm.

 8 Alfred Thomas, (John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities, Harvard University,) “Shakespeare's Bohemia: Englishmen and Women in Early-Modern Prague.” Morris Room, Faculty House, 4-6pm. Cosponsored by CU Slavic Dept. 9 SIPA RESPONDS (5th in series of lectures and discussions in the aftermath of 9-11). “With Us or Against Us.” Panel discussion addressing the aftermath of the September 11th attacks in Russia, Europe, East Asia, Africa and Latin America.  Speakers include: John Micgiel (Europe); Xiaobo Lu (East Asia); Susan Burgerman (Latin America); Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Harriman, Russia); Kiki Edozie (Africa).  Room 1501 IAB, 3-5pm. 10
11 12 Professor S Millicent Vladiv-Glover, (Slavic Studies, Monash University, Australia,) & Alex Genis, (Journalist,) “Terrorism, Modernity and Dostoyevsky’s ‘Devils.’”  Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm.

Film Series: Images of War.  Emir Kusturica's, Underground Room 403 IAB, 7-9pm.

13 Perter Barta, (Head of Section & Professor, University of Surrey, England,) “African Peregrinations in Soviet-Russian Literature.” 709 Hamilton Hall, 12-2pm.

H.E. Mr. Tonino Picula (Foreign Minister of the Republic of Croatia), "The Situation in Southeastern Europe and Croatia's Foreign Policy Priorities." Room 1219IAB, 2-4pm.

Professor Bogdan Grzelonski (Warsaw University of Economics,) “Paderewski and the Cause of Polish Independence in the United States.” 6 pm Dag Hammarskjold Lounge, 6th Floor, IAB. 

 14 Jochen Hellbeck, (Universitaet Giessen, Germany,) “Death and Rebirth in the Time of Terror: The Moscow Show Trial of 1938.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm.

Russian Film Series Presents: Cranes Are Flying (1951), Directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.  Room 1219IAB, 5pm

 15 16 The Czech Center New York and the Consulate General of the Czech Republic in cooperation with the East Central European Center cordially extends an invitation to a lecture by Jan Kavan, the Foreign Minister of the Czech Republic, entitled “Current Issues of Czech Foreign Policy, From the Perspective of the Czech Presidency to the 57th General Assembly.”  Room 1501 IAB, 10-11am.  Guests are asked to kindly RSVP by November 14 at (212) 854-4008 or John S. Micgiel. 17
18 19. . Andrei Dmitriev, (Author, A Bend in the River & Closed Book,) “Contemporary Russian Literature of the 1990s.”  Room 1219 IAB 12-2pm.

 CANCELLED Dr. Ivo Sanader, (President, Croatian Democratic Union,) “Croatia as a Stabilizing Factor for Peace in Southeastern Europe.” Room 1219, 12-2pm.

20 Igor Mintusov, (Political Consultant & CEO of Nikkolo M. (the largest and oldest political PR firm in Russia,) “Image- Making and Elections in the New Russia.”  Room 1219, 12-2pm.  In Russian. 21 CANCELLED Russian Film Series Presents: Moscow Does Not Believe In Tears (1980), Directed by Vladimir Menshov. Room 1219IAB, 5pm 22 23 24
25 26 27 Piotr Wandycz, (Bradford Durfee Professor Emeritus of History Yale University,) “Poland After 1918 and 1989: A Comparison.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. 28 Ismail Adylov, (Independent Human Rights Organization of Uzbekistan,) “The Human Rights Situation in Uzbekistan, Our New Ally.”  Room 1219 12-2pm.

Russian Film Series Presents: Burnt By the Sun (1995), Directed by Nikita Mikhalov.  Room 1219, 5pm. 

Borys Tarasyuk, (Former Foreign Minister of Ukraine,) “The Ukraine-US Strategic Partnership After September 11th”  Room 1512 IAB, 4-5:30pm.

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