October 2003 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

October 2003

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 22 Oct

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5 6 7 8 9 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Kathryn Stoner-Weiss (Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and Director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at Princeton University's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) “Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI)
.The Life and Times of Petro Shelest Revisited: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Oleksij Dubas (Publisher, Geneza Press), Dr. Yuri Shapoval (National Academy of Science of Ukraine), and Dr. Vitaly Shelest (son of former Ukrainian first party secretary). Room 1219 IAB, 4-6pm. Petro Shelest's rule as first party secretary overlapped with that of Khrushchev in Moscow and provided the conditions for a mild Ukrainian Thaw until the crackdown of Shcherbytskyi.
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12 13. Celebrating St. Petersburg at 300 Presents Arthur L. George (Author, St. Petersburg—Russia’s Window to the Future) “St. Petersburg's 300 Years: New Perspectives on Old Myths.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.
14 Etibar Najafov (Visiting Professor,HI) “Presidential Elections in Azerbaijan: Problems and Opportunities.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. 15
16 Thomas Goltz (Author) will speak about his new book “Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

The Third Annual Grigorenko Reading. Participants: Andrew Grigorenko, Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky (Orthodox Church of America) Pavel Litvinov, Nadia Switlychna, Fikret Yurter (President, Crimea Foundation and Association of Crimean Tatars in the USA) Mark von Hagen (Harriman Institute) The Grigorenko Readings are held annually in honor of the late General Petro Grigorenko, one of the most prominent human rights activists of the
former USSR. Room 1219 IAB, 7pm

17 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period.

18 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period.

19 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period. 20 William Brumfield (Tulane University) “Russia's Eurasian Anchor: A Survey of the Cheliabinsk Territory.” Room 1219 IAB, 12noon. 21 22 23 24 25

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27 Farkhod Inogambaev (HI Visiting Scholar) “Uzbekistan Before the Fall: Corruption and Power among the Ruling Elite.” Room 1302 IAB at Noon.

27. Benjamin Filipovic (Director of the BiH Film Institute, Sarajevo) “The Renaissance of Bosnian Filmmaking.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.
28 Film Showing: “Kosovo 1998-2003, Between Fear and Hope.” Documentaries by Ninoslav Randjelovic, Author and Producer, Belgrade. Exclusive footage on the life of ethnic minorities and the state of interethnic relations in Kosovo over the past five years. 29 Brian Baer (Associate Professor of Russian at Kent State University) “The Passive Predator: Homosexuality a la Russe.” Room 1219 IAB at noon. 30 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Oksana Kis' (Ethnology Institute of the Academy of Sciences & Fulbright Fellow, Rutgers University), “To Be an Other Among Others: Widow, Unwed Mother, and Witch in Ukrainian Peasant Society (19th--Early 20th Centuries).” 420 West 118th Street, Room 1219 at Noon. 31

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Sep 28	29	30	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Kathryn Stoner-Weiss (Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science, Columbia University, and Director of the Russia and Eurasia Project at Princeton University's Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs) “Resisting the State: Reform and Retrenchment in Post-Soviet Russia.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI) .The Life and Times of Petro Shelest Revisited: A Panel Discussion with Dr. Oleksij Dubas (Publisher, Geneza Press), Dr. Yuri Shapoval (National Academy of Science of Ukraine), and Dr. Vitaly Shelest (son of former Ukrainian first party secretary). Room 1219 IAB, 4-6pm. Petro Shelest's rule as first party secretary overlapped with that of Khrushchev in Moscow and provided the conditions for a mild Ukrainian Thaw until the crackdown of Shcherbytskyi.	10	11
12	13. Celebrating St. Petersburg at 300 Presents Arthur L. George (Author, St. Petersburg—Russia’s Window to the Future) “St. Petersburg's 300 Years: New Perspectives on Old Myths.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	14 Etibar Najafov (Visiting Professor,HI) “Presidential Elections in Azerbaijan: Problems and Opportunities.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	15	16 Thomas Goltz (Author) will speak about his new book “Chechnya Diary: A War Correspondent's Story of Surviving the War in Chechnya.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. The Third Annual Grigorenko Reading. Participants: Andrew Grigorenko, Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky (Orthodox Church of America) Pavel Litvinov, Nadia Switlychna, Fikret Yurter (President, Crimea Foundation and Association of Crimean Tatars in the USA) Mark von Hagen (Harriman Institute) The Grigorenko Readings are held annually in honor of the late General Petro Grigorenko, one of the most prominent human rights activists of the former USSR. Room 1219 IAB, 7pm	17 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period.	18 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period.
19 The Icon And Modernity: Mystery, Meaning, Means. A three-day event will bring scholars and artists together to exchange views on the exhibition, exposition, and use of the Orthodox icon since its rediscovery in nineteenth-century Russia and Eastern Europe. Interdisciplinary panels will explore problems of the icon’s status as cult object, art object, political object, artifact, image, and text in the modern period.	20 William Brumfield (Tulane University) “Russia's Eurasian Anchor: A Survey of the Cheliabinsk Territory.” Room 1219 IAB, 12noon.	21	22	23	24	25
26	27 Farkhod Inogambaev (HI Visiting Scholar) “Uzbekistan Before the Fall: Corruption and Power among the Ruling Elite.” Room 1302 IAB at Noon. 27. Benjamin Filipovic (Director of the BiH Film Institute, Sarajevo) “The Renaissance of Bosnian Filmmaking.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	28 Film Showing: “Kosovo 1998-2003, Between Fear and Hope.” Documentaries by Ninoslav Randjelovic, Author and Producer, Belgrade. Exclusive footage on the life of ethnic minorities and the state of interethnic relations in Kosovo over the past five years.	29 Brian Baer (Associate Professor of Russian at Kent State University) “The Passive Predator: Homosexuality a la Russe.” Room 1219 IAB at noon.	30 The Ukrainian Studies Series Presents: Oksana Kis' (Ethnology Institute of the Academy of Sciences & Fulbright Fellow, Rutgers University), “To Be an Other Among Others: Widow, Unwed Mother, and Witch in Ukrainian Peasant Society (19th--Early 20th Centuries).” 420 West 118th Street, Room 1219 at Noon.	31
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