@ the Harriman Institute AY05-06

August

30. MARS-REERS Orientation. Room 1219 IAB 11am-Noon.

30. SIPA Regional Orientation. Room 1219 IAB 2-3pm.

30. SIPA Regional Orientation. Room 1219 IAB 3-4pm.

September

8. The Harriman Institute Presents: Kazakhstan in Photographs. The photographs provide an intimate look at the region’s largest oil-extracting state, which is strategically situated at Asia’s crossroads between Russia and China. The display also depicts Kazakhstan’s multiethnic culture, which features more than 100 nationalities with Kazakhs and Russians comprising most of its 15 million inhabitants. Opening Reception: @ 5:00pm in the SIPA Atrium (4th Floor IAB). Food and drinks will be served!

8. The Ukrainian Studies Program and the Louis Armstrong Jazz Performance Program at Columbia University invite you to a performance of Lemko folk songs, followed by a wine and cheese reception, featuring JULIA DOSZNA Born in the village of Bielanka in the Lemko region (now located in south-eastern Poland), Julia Doszna will perform songs from her newly-released album, titled "Immigrant." Many of these Lemko folk songs, depicting the life of immigrants who came to the U.S., have been resurrected and not heard in over a hundred years. Julia Doszna, who began her career singing with the folk group “Lemkovyna," has performed in numerous theaters and festivals in Poland and Ukraine, and previously produced the albums "Tam na Lemkovyni" (There in Lemkovyna) and "Choho plachesh" (Why Are You Crying?). Julia will be accompanied on the piano by professional pianist David Libby. Philosophy Hall (in the Student Lounge, located on the first floor to the left), 1150 Amsterdam Avenue @ 7pm. Open to the public. To RSVP, or for more information, please contact Diana Howansky at ukrainianstudies@columbia.edu or (212) 854-4697.

13. Natalia Ivanova (First Deputy Editor, Znamya, Moscow) “Cultural Landscape of Contemporary Russia.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon

15. There will be a memorial service for Professor Maguire on Thursday, September 15th, beginning with a mass at Notre Dame (114th and Morningside) at 9:45am, followed by a service at St. Paul's Chapel (on campus) at 11:00.

16. The Central Asian Series at The Harriman Institute presents: Shirin Akiner (Lecturer in Central Asian Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and Associate Fellow of the Royal Institute of International Affairs) “Violence in Andijan, 13 May 2005: An Independent Assessment.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon

19. The Institute for the Study of Europe presents Vuk Draskovic, Foreign Minister of Serbia-Montenegro. @ 4:00pm, Room 1501 IAB.

20. Children After Communism Series: “Adoption in Russia Today.” Participants: Marina Adamovitch (Editor-in-Chief, The New Review) Nadezhda Azhgikhina (Union of Russian Journalists, Moscow) Dr. Robert Belenky (a representative of “Doctors without borders,” an author of the book “Our House” about to the Russian orphanages in Moscow and Saint Petersburg) Tatiana Bobrinskoy (the Orthodox Knights Hospitality of St. Joan of Jerusalem, a member of The New Review Corporation) Michael Sadovsky (Children’s Writer) Alexander Smukler (Russian-American Adoption Agency Vadim Yermolenets (Novoye Russkoye Slovo) Room 1219 IAB @ Noon

22. Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration , Republic of Croatia) “ Croatian Foreign Policy: Challenges and Opportunities. ” Room 1219 IAB @ 2pm.

23.  Miodrag Vlahovic (Foreign Minister of the Republic of Montenegro) “ Montenegro and the Euro-Atlantic Community.” Room 1501 IAB @ Noon.

23. Central Asia Series at The Harriman Institute presents: Michael Young (Country Director, International Rescue Committee) “ Relief to Recovery? Current Trends in International Assistance to the Northern Caucasian Republics of the Russian Federation . ” Room 1219 IAB @ 3pm.

23. Bela Bartok Symposium. Featuring presentations by David E. Schneider, Associate Professor and Chair, Music Department, Amherst College; Klara Moricz, Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Professor of Music, Amherst College; and Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Visiting Assistant Professor Ohio State University. Reception to follow. 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm, Room 1501 IAB.

26: Volodymyr Kulyk, a senior research fellow at the Institute of Political and Ethnic Studies of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, in Kyiv) will give a lecture. In addition to having been a visiting professor of Ukrainian Studies at Columbia University, Kulyk is the author of two books: Revisiting a Success Story: Implementation of the Recommendations of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities to Ukraine, 1994-2001 (Hamburg, 2002) and Ukrains'kyi natsionalism u nezalezhnii Ukraini (Ukrainian nationalism in independent Ukraine, Kyiv, 1999). He has also published a number of articles (in Ukrainian, English, Russian and Polish) on contemporary Ukrainian nationalism, politics of language and ethnicity, and media discourse. IAB, Room 1512 @ Noon.

27. Central Asia Series at The Harriman Institute presents: Ambassador Craig Murray (former British Ambassador to Uzbekistan, an Independent Freelance Writer and Broadcaster) “Against All Reason – Uzbekistan and the Nadir of US Foreign Policy.” Room 1512 IAB @ Noon.

29. Queen of Spades – Panel Discussion @ 7:30pm. Participants: Alexander Bakshi (Composer) Boris Gasparov (Slavic Department, CU) Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Director, Harriman Institute) The panel discussion follows the performance of Queen of Spades Directed by Amy Trompetter and David Neumann Thursday, September 29, 6:30pm. FREE! Minor Latham Playhouse, Barnard College

October

3. William Brumfield ( Tulane University) “ The Tikhvin-Dormition Monastery and the Revival of Russia's Religious Heritage .” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. Lecture is based on Professor Brumfield's photographic work at the monastery in August 2005.

4. Steve Usdin (Senior Editor at Biocentury Publications) Book Talk: “ Engineering Communism: How Two Americans Spied for Stalin and Founded the Soviet Silicon Valley” http://yalepress.yale.edu/yupbooks/book.asp?isbn=0300108745 R oom 1219 IAB @ Noon

5. CANCELLED . Anne Nivat (journalist and author of IN THE WAKE OF WAR: Encounters with the People of Iraq and Afghanistan and Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya )

6. The Harriman Institute Presents the Warlords Series Featuring Major Jason Amerine , “ Afghanistan: The Southern Campaign, Nov.-Dec. 2001.” (Major Jason Amerine commanded ODA 574 in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001.  His team's mission was to start an insurgency in Afghanistan, where they advised, assisted and led Hamid Karzai's forces in the successful overthrow of the Taliban regime.  Maj. Amerine currently teaches international relations in the Dept. of Social Sciences at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point) Room 1219 IAB @ 12:15-1:30pm.

10. Faculty Research in Progress Series presents: Edward Beliaev (Harriman Institute, Columbia University) “Regional Divide in Kyrgyzstan: Personal Impressions .” With Photographs. Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

11. Vladimir E. Alexandrov (B. E. Bensinger Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures Chair, Slavic Department, Yale University ) “Neuropoetics.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

11. Klaartje Quirijns (Director /Producer, The Brooklyn Connection) Stacy Sullivan (Author, "Be Not Afraid, For You Have Sons in America) “The Brooklyn Connection: How One Man Used U.S. Gun Laws to Supply Kosovo's Guerrilla Army.” Room 1219 IAB @ 6:30pm

12. Tamara Chagaeva (Chechen Journalist and Writer) “Journalism, Freedom of Speech and Media Development in Today's Chechnya - a Veteran Chechen Reporter's View.” R oom 1219 IAB @ Noon

13. Joseph Ha (Special Assistant to CEO, NIKE) “The Nature of Nike’s Business and Global Challenge, with Reference to Russia.” Warren Hall Room 311 @ 1:30pm. This event is co-sponsored by the Columbia University CIBER as part of International Speaker Series.

14. Central Asia series presents: Russell Kleinbach (Professor of Sociology at Philadelphia University, and Fulbright Professor of Sociology and Director, East-West Center for Research & Intercultural Dialogue at American University-Central Asia) “Bride Kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon http://faculty.philau.edu/kleinbachr/ala_kachuu.htm

17. Musa Khasanov (2005-2007 Public Interest Law Fellow, Columbia University) “A Lawyer in a Lawless Land: Musa Khasanov Speaks About his Experiences with Courts, Corruption and Human Rights Violations in Grozny, Chechnya.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon This event is co-sponsored by Columbia University’s Public Interest Law Initiative.

18. Children After Communism Series: Lynn Visson (Hippocrene Books) “Bringing up Vanya Smith: Children of Russian American Marriages.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

18. Book Event – Meet the Author: Jack Snyder @ The Columbia Bookstore. Electing To Fight: Why Emerging Democracies Go To War. Does the spread of democracy really contribute to international peace? Successive U.S. administrations have justified various policies intended to promote democracy not only by arguing that democracy is intrinsically good but by pointing to a wide range of research concluding that democracies rarely, if ever, go to war with one another. To promote democracy, the United States has provided economic assistance, political support, and technical advice to emerging democracies in Eastern and Central Europe, and it has attempted to remove undemocratic regimes through political pressure, economic sanctions, and military force. In Electing to Fight, Jack Snyder and co-author Edward Mansfield challenge the widely accepted basis of these policies by arguing that states in the early phases of transitions to democracy are more likely than other states to become involved in war. 7:00 pm, Columbia University Bookstore, 2922 Broadway & W. 115th Street, 212-854-4132.

19. T imothy Frye (Associate Professor of Political Science at the Ohio State University) will present his research on “Oligarchs and Markets: The Political Economy of Postcommunist Transformation.”  Room 1219 IAB @ 12:30pm. The talk is sponsored by the Harriman nstitute and the Political Economy Workshop of the political science department. Chapters from his forthcoming book on this topic are available, online. http://www.harriman.columbia.edu/events.html

24. Poetry Reading & Book Party. Anatoly Naiman with translators F. D. Reeve and Margo Shohl Rosen will read from Zephyr Press's Lions and Acrobats, the first bilingual collection of Naiman's poetry.  In Russian and English. Introduction by Boris Gasparov. Sponsored by the Harriman Institute, the Slavic Departments of Columbia and Barnard and the Russian Cultural Association of Barnard College.  . Faculty House, Morris Room (1 st Floor) 6-8pm.

25. Joshua Tucker (Assistant Professor in the Politics Departme nt at Princeton University) “Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-99” sponsored by the Harriman Institute and the Political Economy Seminar of the political science department.  The presentation will draw on his forthcoming book, Regional Economic Voting: Russia, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, 1990-1999 , which will be published by Cambridge University Press this winter. His paper is posted on the Harriman Institute’s website under “Events. ” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

26. Caspian Conference 9-5pm. For location and details contact Peter J. Sinnott (pjs7@columbia.edu)

6. Slavic Department at Columbia University and The Harriman Institute present: Alexandra Smith (School of Languages and Cultures, University of Canterbury, New Zealand) “Poetry into Song: Marina Tsvetaeva in Contemporary Music.” Boris Gasparov, discussant. 703 Hamilton Hall @ 5:30pm. 

27. CANCELLED. Judith Sherman (Retired Family Therapist, Poet, and Author of Say theName: A Survivor's Tale in Prose and Poetry ) “Personal Resistance in Time of Evil - Told by a Holocaust Survivor in Prose and Poetry.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

28. Ruslan Khasbulatov (Plekhanov Institute of National Economy) “ Russian Capitalism and the War in North Caucasus.” 2pm in Lindsey Rogers Room (7 th Floor IAB) Co-sponsored by Chechnya Advocacy Network

November

1. The Harriman Institute presents: The Polish-Ukrainian-Russian writer Igor Klekh will read from his book of short stories ”A Land the Size of the Binoculars.” (2004, by Northwestern University Press) Klekh's stories center on what is often called the cross-roads of Central Europe, the point where Polish, Ukrainian, Austrian, Jewish, Czech, Slovakian, and Russian cultural traditions meet, interact and produce a unique phenomenon masterfully reflected in Klekh's style. The reading will be in Russian and English. The event is free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the Harriman Institute, the Ukrainian Studies Program, East Central European Center’s Polish Studies Program. Room 1219 IAB @ 6:15 pm.

2. Karin Keil (Project Director, Department for Refugees and Migration, Caritas Austria and Visiting Scholar, Brooklyn Law School) “The Large-Scale Migration of Chechen Asylum-Seekers to Europe: Sample Cases Illustrating the Austrian Approach and a View of the Situation in the Transit Country Ukraine.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

4. RAMADAN FESTIVAL @ SIPA, Columbia. RAMAZAN FESTIVAL . Come and enjoy a moment we share the joy with all friends from different cultures, faith and interests. Only once a year chance to experience these diverse cultures and people. What: Contests, surprises, original music, great food and people. Room 1219 IAB @ 6pm.

9. Dimitris Christopoulos (Department of Political Science and History Panteion University of Athens) “From Institution Building to Confidence Building in Southeastern Europe” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. C o-sponsored by the Hellenic Studies program

10. Elias G. Skoulidas ( Senior Researcher and Fellow, Department of History, University of Ioannina, Greece) “ Regional tensions: Greek-Albanian relations in the 20th century, a Historical Approach.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon. C o-sponsored by the Hellenic Studies program

10. Faculty Research in Progress Series presents: Alexander Cooley (Political Science Dept., Barnard College) “ Base Politics: The United States and Uzbekistan in Comparative Perspective.” Room 1510 IAB @ 4pm.

10. Perestroika + 20: Selections from the Kolodzei Collection of Russian and Eastern European Art. Curator’s Talk and Reception. Harriman Arena, 6-8pm.

11. “TEATER-V-KOSHYKU” THEATER-IN-A-BASKET) PERFORMS SHEVCHENKO’S “SON” (THE DREAM) Invited to the United States to participate in the “Best of European Solo Acts” festival in Chicago, the independent Ukrainian art-studio “Teater-v-Koshyku” will perform a comedictheatrical production of Taras Shevchenko’s famous poem “The Dream” (written in 1844), which unites political satire with artistic action. Under the direction of Ms. Iryna Volytska-Zubka, “The Dream” will be performed by Lidiya Danylchuk, a graduate from the Karpenko-Karyy National Theatre Institute in Kyiv and winner of the Ivan Kotliarevsky National Theatrical Award. Location: LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Dodge Hall, Columbia University . Time: 7:00pm.

14 Brian Boyd (University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English at the University of Auckland, has written on American, English, Irish, New Zealand and Russian fiction, drama and comics, and many books and thousands of pages on Vladimir Nabokov, especially his multi-award-winning Vladimir Nabokov: The Russian Years and Vladimir Nabokov: The American Years. He has edited Nabokov’s fiction, autobiography and writings on butterflies. His work has appeared in eleven languages) “Nabokov, Or What Could Be Verse.” Room 1219 IAB, 4-6pm.

15. The Harriman Institute, Eurasia Initiative and Turkistan-American Association Present: Uzbek Film Festival Opening Reception and Film Screening Voiz (The Orator) Directed Yusup Razikov, 2000. Yusup Razikov's crystal-clear and mordantly funny political comedy gets right to the heart of the bizarre mismatch between Soviet communist aspirations and human realities. In the early 1920s, a gentle Uzbek man who inherits three adoring young wives from his late brother is unexpectedly called to the stage during a rally, and reveals a gift for oratory. He is catapulted into the absurd and often treacherous world of Soviet politics, and keeps on speechifying to protect himself and his beloved wives. Every new twist in this colorful, theatrically stylized film nudges the hero and the viewer to another level of strangely twisted logic (Review from Seagull Film festival “Films from along the Silk Road”) Room 1219 IAB @ 6:00 pm.

16. “WHY TAKE UKRAINIAN STUDIES?” The Ukrainian Studies Program will host a lunchtime discussion with professionals who work with Ukraine in various spheres (media, NGOs, the arts, etc.), and who will speak about the link between studying Ukrainian issues and the relevance of this information in the real, work world. Representatives from Freedom House, NBC Universal, the Yara Arts Group, and the United Nations Association of New York are scheduled to attend. Pizza will be served. Columbia students and members of the public alike are welcome to come listen and schmooze. Location: Room 1219, International Affairs Building, Columbia University. Time: 12pm-1:30pm.

17. Alexandar Mihailovic (Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature, Hofstra University) "'Who is This Heroic Man?':  The Riddle of Masculinity in the Work of the St. Petersburg Mit'ki."  Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

17. “TALENT DEFYING ADVERSITY: NEW FILMS FROM UKRAINE.” Over the last year, despite the lack of financial support for film-making from the Ukrainian government and private investors, Ukraine has not only continued to make films, but has won major international cinema awards. For its November event, the Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University, will present the works of interesting, talented andpromising Ukrainian artists who persevered in the face of adversity. The program will include films made within the last three years, including animation such as: “Streetcar #9” (director Stepan Koval, 2002, 10 min.); “Kompromiks” (2002, 5 min.) and “The Snow Will Cover the Roads” (2004, 7 min.) (both directed by Yevhen Syvokin); “Next” (dir. Anatoliy Lavrenyshyn, 2003, 3 min.); “Bad Omen” (dir. Oksana Chernenko, 2004, 4 min.); and short features such as: “When I’m Afraid” (dir. Liusia Pavlenko, 2004, 11 min.); “Hunka” (dir. Olena Tereshkova, 2004, 10 min.), “Oligarch” (dir. Oleksiy Rosych, 2004, 25 min.); and “My Gogol” (dir. Vera Yakovenko, 2003, 20 min.) Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, director of the Ukrainian Film Club, will also give an update of Ukrainian cinema news. Snacks and drinks will be provided by the Columbia Ukrainian Student Society. Location: Room 717, Hamilton Hall, Columbia University. Time: 7:30pm.

18. Phillip Corwin (Former U.N. diplomat in Yugoslavia ) “From Peacekeeper to Combatant: The U.N. in Yugoslavia, 1992-95.” Room 1219 IAB @ 7pm.

21. Vadim Prokhorov (Author, Russian Folk Songs: Musical Genres and History ) “Russian Folk Songs and the Issue of Russian National Music” The lecture, “Russian Folk Songs and the Issue of Russian National Music,” is designed to provide a socially grounded overview of Russian folk music and its influence on Russian composers from Glinka to Stravinsky. This lecture is designed to acquaint the students with the richness and variety of the Russian folk musical tradition, the roots of which can be traced to the time of the primitive, patriarchal society. The lecture comprises a historical and classificational survey, as well as a description of the musical and poetic characteristics of Russian folk songs. Discussant: Professor Boris Gasparov (Slavic Department, Columbia University) Room 1510 IAB @ 4pm. C o-sponsored by "The Center for Ethnomusicology at Columbia University"

28. Central Asia Series presents: Anvarbek Mokeev (Kyrgyz State University and Fulbright Scholar at University of Wisconsin, Madison) “The Remnants of Tribalism and Regionalism in Kyrgyzstan and their Affect to the Formation of Modern Kyrgyz Political Elite.” Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

29 . Harriman Institute/ East-Central Europe Internship Panel. Jason Stowe (MPA ’06), Economic Development Consultant, Mercy Corps (Serbia) Sarah Dobsevage (MIA ’06), Intern, Soros Kazakhstan - Kazakhstan Revenue Watch Barry Sollenberger (MIA ’06), Intern, Georgian National Railway (Georgia) Caroline Sykora (MIA ’06), Deputy to the Project Manager, European Roma Rights Center (Hungary) Tomoko Yasue (MIA ’06), Technical Assistance Consultant, UNDP (Kazakhstan) Room 1219 IAB @ 6pm. FOR: First-year SIPA students searching for summer internships in the former Soviet Union and east-central Europe. Come hear second-year SIPA students speak about their internships this past summer in the former Soviet Union and east-central Europe. Food and drink will be provided.

30. Benoît Mathivet ( Paris 1- Sorbonne (ROSES) and EHESS) “Crisis and Reform of the Russian Health Care System from 1990 to 2004.” This event is co-sponsored by the Alliance Program. Room 1219 IAB @ Noon.

December

1. Sarah Mendelson (Senior Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC) “ Barracks and Brothels: Human Trafficking and Peacekeeping Operations in the Balkans.” Room 1219 IAB @ 4:30pm.

Ukrainian Studies Program at Columbia University will present a talk with: OLEKSANDER IRVANETS Oleksander Irvanets (1961-), comic poet, prose writer and dramatist is one of the three members of the literary group "Bu-Ba-Bu" (Ukrainian acronym for "burlesque, disorder, buffoonery"; along with writers Viktor Neborak and Yuri Andrukhovych), which was formed in 1985. A native of Lviv who grew up and lived in Rivne, Mr. Irvanets began writing poems in the late 1970's and plays since 1995. His work "A Little Play about Betrayal for a Single Actress" (1992) had considerable success on the German stage in German translation. His most recent novel, about his hometown, is "Rivne-Rovno (Stina)" (2002). Mr. Irvanets' satirical jibes had been directed at the old Soviet ways; now they are directed at contemporary political, social and cultural issues. Currently, he lives in Irpin, just outside of Kyiv, where he continues to write for the theater. Mr. Irvanets is in the United States on a Fulbright grant, researching contemporary American drama at La Salle University in Philadelphia. Talk to be moderated by Dr. Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian language and culture at Columbia University. Room 1219 IAB @ 6:30pm.

6. Central Asia Series presents: Tadeusz Swietochowski (Professor Emeritus of History, Monmouth University) “Is the glass half-full or half-empty? The Continuing Pattern of Electoral Disputes in Azerbaijan.” Room 1510 IAB @ Noon.

8. The New Geopolitics of the Balkans. 3-5:30 pm. Conference Room, Italian Academy. Featuring Carlo Jean (Professor of Strategic Studies at Luiss University in Rome, President of the Center for Economic and Geopolitical Studies, Rome, Representative of OCSE at the Dayton Peace Accords) Respondent: Susan Woodward (Professor of Political Science, Graduate Center, City University of New York) Robert Jervis (Adlai E. Stevenson Professor of Political Science, Columbia University) Mark Mazower (Professor of History, Columbia University) Moderator: Gordon N. Bardos (Assistant Director, Harriman Institute) 3-5:30pm @ The Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University. II6I Amsterdam Avenue New York, NY I0027. tel 2I2 854 4437 www.italianacademy.columbia.edu itacademy@columbia.edu . RSVP by December 6th at itacademy@columbia.edu or gnb12@columbia.edu .

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