November 2002 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

November 2002

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 18 Nov

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Oct 27	28	29	30	31	1 Ninth Annual Harriman Institute/Associated Press. Russia's Regions and Neighbors: Changing Relationships After 9/11.	2
3	4 Academic Holiday - No Classes.	5 University Holiday	6 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents a talk on the Language Situation and Language Policy in Ukraine: Yurii Myhaichuk (Georgetown University), “Truth and Falsehood: Rhetorical Language of Honchar’s ‘Sobor.’” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm.	7 Robert D. Greenberg (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill &Visiting Scholar, Harriman Institute), “After the 2002 Macedonian and Yugoslav Elections: Prospects for the New Balkan Arrangements..” Room 1219 IAB, 12:10-2pm Peter Sinnott (Caspian Project) “Becoming al-Qaeda? A look at two national liberation movements within Afghanistan.” Room1119 IAB, 12-2pm.	8 LECTURE & OPENING RECEPTION: “MOSCOW, THE END OF THE EPOCH,” by Valera & Natasha Cherkashin. Room 1219 IAB, 3:00pm. History Workshop: Varvara Vovina, (Institute of History, St. Petersburg) “The Study of Russian Chronicles in the Twentieth Century: The Shakhmatov School.” Room 1510 IAB, 5pm.	9
10	11 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Iryna Valyavko (HI Visiting Scholar), “Intellectual Portrait of the Ukrainian Thinker & Slavist Dmytro Chyzhevsky.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm. Ambassador Revaz Adamia, (Permanent Representative of Georgia to the UN) “Geo-political realities in the Caucasus Region in the New Millennium—Georgian Perspective.” Room 1219 IAB 4pm. Barnett R.Rubin, (Director of Studies, Center on International Cooperation, New York University), “Afghanistan, Central Asia, and South Asia: One year after the Bonn Agreement.” Dag Hammarskjold lounge, 6^th Floor IAB, 7pm. Documentary Film ”Great Campfires of Nomads.” Altschul Auditorium 4th Floor IAB , 9pm. Dag Hammarskjold lounge, 6^th Floor IAB, 7pm.	12 The Faculty Research in Progress Series Presents: Timothy Frye (Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science Dept., CU) “Capture or Exchange? Business Lobbying in Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm .	13 Understanding the Geopolitics of Central Asia. Featured Speakers: Catharine Nepomnyashchy, Director Harriman Institute, Introduction; Stephen Sestanovich, ”Post 9/11 US-Central Asian Security Relations;” Saeed Shafqat, ”Pakistan-Central Asian Relations” Peter J.Sinnott, ”Central Asia as an Emerging Region.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm. Film Comedy “Riots of Brides.” Altschul Auditorium, 4^th Floor IAB, 8pm.	14 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Volodymyr Kulyk, (Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; Jacyk Visiting Professor, HIatCU), “The Media, Common Sense, and the Construction of Identity in Contemporary Ukraine.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:10-1:30pm. Central Asia Heritage Week Presents a Film “Kazakhstan.” Altschul Auditorium, 4^th Floor IAB, 8pm. Sponsored by the Newly Independent States Students Association (NISSA), SIPA Responds and the Harriman Institute. Last Day to Exercise Pass/Fail option	15 Film Showing: *The Wedding, France-Russia-Germany, 2000, 114 min, Cannes 2000–Special Prize for best acting company, Directed by Pavel Lungin, (Luna Park* and Taxi Blues). For the latter he was awarded the pirze for best director at the Cannes Film Festival. The Wedding tells a story of a young woman's return to her small provincial town after several years working as a model. She falls in love with her high school sweetheart. A tragic comedy with a happy ending. The film will be subtitled and introduced by Galina Aksenova, (Department of Russian Studies, Smith College).	16
17	18 Peter Barta (Department of Linguistic, Cultural and International Studies, University of Surrey, England) “Imre Kertesz and the Burden of (Literary) History” and Ivan Sanders (Slavic Department, CU) “The Hungarian and Worldwide Reaction to Imre Kertesz's Nobel.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm. Ambassador Istvan Gyarmati, (Senior Vice-President, EastWest Institute), “NATO: The Search for Euro-Atlantic Security in the Era of Global Terrorism.” Room 1510 IAB, 12:10-1:30pm.	19 The Children After Communism Series Presents: Lyudmila Yerokhina (Vladivostok State University of Economics) “Child Prostitution and Pornography in Russia (Far Eastern region as a case study).” Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm. Jure Kristo and Mario Jareb, (Institute of History, Zagreb) “Revisiting Topics in Croatian History.” Room 1302 IAB, 12:10-1:30pm. Mr. Sergey V. Lavrov, (Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations) “Title TBA.” 607B Journalism, 6:15pm.	20	21 The 34th AAASS National Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania..	22 The 34th AAASS National Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Harriman Institute AAASS Alumni Reception, 7:30 pm King's Garden North (Hilton).	23 The 34th AAASS National Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
24 The 34th AAASS National Convention, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.	25 Robinder Bhatty (Senior Associate, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, CERA) “Mercenaries, Patriots, Gangsters and Fools: the Conduct of Military Operations in the North and South Caucasus 1988-1996.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:1:30pm	26The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents Frank Sysyn, (Director , Peter Jacyk Centre for Ukrainian Historical Research, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies University of Alberta), “Concepts of Nation in Early Modern Ukrainian Political Culture.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-1:30pm.	27	28 University Holiday	29 University Holiday	30