April 2003

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue            Last Update:  10 April

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Mar 30 31 1 2 3 The Harriman Institute hosts the Eighth Annual ASN Convention: “History, National Identity, and Political Order in the New Eastern Europe and Eurasia.”   4 The Harriman Institute hosts the Eighth Annual ASN Convention: “History, National Identity, and Political Order in the New Eastern Europe and Eurasia.”   5 The Harriman Institute hosts the Eighth Annual ASN Convention: “History, National Identity, and Political Order in the New Eastern Europe and Eurasia.”
6 7 Ekaterina Belousova (Russian State University for the Humanities) “Homebirth Movement in Russia: (Re)Inventing Tradition.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12 noon.

H.E. Dimitri Avramopoulos, former Mayor of Athens. “The Greek EU Presidency and the Balkans.” Co-sponsored by the Onassis Public Benefit Foundation USA, the Institute for the Study of Europe, and the East Central European Center..  Room 1219IAB, 4-6pm.

 8 David Darchiashvili (Head of the Research Department of the Parliament of Georgia) ) “Still at the Crossroads: Security Problems of Georgia.” Room 1219 IAB, 12-2pm.

The School of International and Public Affairs, The Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), The Harriman Institute, The Institute for the Study of Europe, The Program in Hellenic Studies and the East Central European Center present a discussion on: CITIES AND OLYMPICS.  Speakers: Dimitri L. Avramopoulos (former Mayor of Athens) & Jay Kriegel, NYC Olympic Committee.  Room 902 IAB 12:00noon

The Barnard Forum on Migration Presents:  David Goldfarb (Assistant Professor Slavic Department, Barnard College) “The Polish Poet:  Traveler, Exile, Expatriate, World Citizen.”  Sulzberger Parlor, 3rd Floor, Barnard Hall, 7pm.

 9 10 The Microanalysis of the Russian Transition Series Presents:  John Littwack, (World Bank), “Central Control of Regional Budgets.” Papers for the talk:  1, 2. Room 1219 IAB, 12noon. 11 12
13 14 Victoria Frede (HI, Post-Doctoral Fellow) “Some Thoughts on Secularization in 19th Century Russia.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12 noon.

The SIPA Balkans Dialogue Group is proud to present the following documentary: Macedonia: Between Peace and War.”  A short discussion with the producer, Agim Fetahu, will follow. Cosponsored by the Harriman Institute, the East Central European Center, and the Institute for the Study of Europe.  Room 1219 IAB, 6:30pm.

15  Matt Evangelista (Cornell University) will discuss his new book “The Chechen Wars: Will Russia Go the Way of the Soviet Union?”  Room 1219 IAB 12noon. 16 17 Tomás Glanc (Karlova Univerzira, Prague) “Hidden Ideology in the Work of Roman Jakobson.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12 noon.

AA reading and discussion of his work by Vasyl' Makhno, a noted Ukrainian poet who has recently moved to New York, on the occasion of the publication of his new book of poems, Plavnyk ryby  (The Fin of a Fish).  Room 709 Hamilton, 6pm.  Refreshments will be served.

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20 21Ethan Pollock (HI, Post Doctoral Fellow) “Stalin and the Cold War's 'Philosophical Front'.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12noon. 22 Deborah A. Martinsen (adjunct assistant professor of Slavic at Columbia University) Book Presentation SURPRISED BY SHAME: Dostoevsky's Liars and Narrative Exposure  Room 1219, 6:15pm. 23 Katrina Schwartz (HI, Post-Doc) “Cultivating the Ethnoscape: Nature, Homeland and National Identity in Latvia.”  Room 1219 IAB, 12noon. 24 Alexander Kratochvil (University of Greifswald, Germany & Visiting scholar at the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute). “Post-totalitarian, Postmodern, ‘Post-literature’: Czech and Ukrainian Prose in the 1990s.” Room 501A, 12 noon. 25 26
27 28 Olga Shevchenko (HI Post-Doc) “Awful Crisis Superstar.” Notes On Origins And Evolution Of An Interpretative Frame In Contemporary Russian Setting. Room 1219 IAB, 12noon. 29 30 GEORGIAN DAY - Showcasing variety of Georgian food, wines, songs, poetry, presentations and fun! Room 1202 IAB, 12PM - 2PM. May 1 2 3
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