February 2004 Harriman Institute Calendar of Events Legend IAB

February 2004

Harriman Institute Calendar of Events
Legend IAB=International Affairs Building, 420 West 118th Street, off Amsterdam Avenue Last Update: 24 Feb

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1 2 The Chidren After Communism Series Presentsa Roundtable Discussion on: “The Case of Forgotten Children in Today’s Russia.” Participants: Evgeniy Komarov (General Director of the Center of Assistance to Homeless Children, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Former Governer of Murmansky Region, Russian Federation) Larissa Gortchakova (Assistant Director, Orphanage # 37, Moscow) Varvara Bocharova (Head of the Representative Office of Buckner International Adoption in Russia) Room 1219 IAB at Noon. 3 4
5 The Chidren After Communism Series Presents: Galina Urastayeva (Department of Education, Administration of Astrakhan Region, Russia) “Education of Orphans and Children with Disabilities: Regional Approach.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

Sherrill Stroschein, (Ohio University / Harvard University & Institute Alum) “Peace After Ethnic Violence in Romania: The Rise and Fall of the 1990 Târgu Mures Riots.” Room 1302 IAB, 12-1:15pm.

Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine Presents: Patricia O’Connor (Georgetown University) and Antonina Berezovenko (Columbia University) “Prison Narrative: American-Ukrainian Parallels.” Room 1512 IAB at 2pm.
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8 9 The Middle East Institute Presents: Alexei Vasiliev, (Director, Institute of African and Arab Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences and Editor-in-Chief, Russian Policy in the Middle East: Moscow’s Position on the Iraqi Crisis) “Russian Policy in the Middle East: Moscow’s position on the Iraqi Crisis.” Room 1118 IAB, 12:30pm Cosponsored by the Harriman Institute.
10 Nikolas Gvosdev (Executive Editor, The National Interest Senior Fellow, The Nixon Center) and Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky (Ecumenical Officer Orthodox Church in America) “The Faith of a President: Exploring the Religious Profile of Vladimir Putin.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

11 . The Harriman Institute Presents a Film Screening: Trans-Siberia (1999) This is a film about the experiences of two individuals in the prison camps of Stalin’s Soviet Union. These are two stories of survival that lead us into the fundamental questions of human existence. The film is based on the writings of the Russian author Andrei Sinyavsky and the diaries of an Ingrian woman, Amalia Susi. “Psychologically, life in the camp is like sitting on a long distance train, and the mere movement creates an illusion that there is some sense to existing in nothingness”(Andrei Sinyavsky). Introduction by Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University) Room 1219 IAB 6:30pm.
12. Ed Joseph (Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, Former Director, International Crisis Group, Macedonia) “Three False Panaceas for the Balkans.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

Reading by Ludmila Ulitskaya. Ludmila E. Ulitskaya was born in Bashkiria, Siberia, in 1943. She grew up in Moscow where she studies biology at Moscow State University. After working as a geneticist, Ulitskaya began a career as a writer of prose and for film and theatre, often affected by censorship. Among her literary works are Bron'ka, Za kapustoi (Buying Cabbage), and Narod izbrannyi (Chosen People), Medeya i ee deti"(Medea and her Children) and most recently Veselye pokhorony, translated into English in 1999 (The Funeral Party) as well into several other languages. Her last novel, Kukotsky's Case, was awarded the Russian Booker Prize 2001. Room 1512 IAB, 6pm.
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16 Poetry Reading by Anatoly Naiman (Author of Remembering Anna Akhmatova and Russian Booker-shortlist candidate) Anatoly Naiman had virtually no opportunity to publish his own work until the fall of the Soviet Union. In recent years, however, his poetry, prose and criticism have appeared in several Russian literary journals, and he has received awards from Novy Mir and October. He is the author of “Remembering Anna Akhmatova”, having worked with the poet as her literary secretary and befriending her in later years when he was only 23. He is also the author of “Memories of Brodsky.” Room 1510 IAB, 6pm. In Russian. Cosponsored by the Columbia Slavic Department and the Russian Club. Refreshments will be served
17 Dr. Lynn Visson (Staff Interpreter, United Nations) “Mrs. Jane, Is Not Convenient: Misunderstandings in the Context of Culture.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. 18 William Taubman, (Amherst College ) “Khrushchev: The Man and His Era” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE 19 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Sarah Mendelson (Senior Fellow, Russia/Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Dr. Theodore Gerber (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison) “Democrats, Authoritarians, and Up for Grabs: Survey Data on Russian Public Opinion.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI) 20 21

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23 The Central Asian and Caucuses Series Remembers The 60th Anniversary Of Stalin's Forced Deportations Of Several North Caucasus Peoples To Central Asia. Khassan Baiev, MD and Nicholas Daniloff, (Professor of Journalism, North Eastern University), Authors of The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire (Walker Books Central Asia and Caucasus Series) “Chechens As A ‘Punished People’: Then And Now.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Peter J. Sinnott to Moderate.

Poetry Reading by Vera A. Pavlova. Vera A. Pavlova is the author of at least five collections of verse. She frequently publishes in Znamya, Arion, and others. She is the recipient of the 2000 Apollon Grigoriev Prize. Room 1510 IAB, 6pm. In Russian.
24 Istvan Deak “Freedom Fighters or Terrorists, Oppressors or Protectors? The Dilemmas of Military Occupation and Resistance Illustrated by the Examples of World War II France, Italy, and Czechoslovakia.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.
25 Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine’ Roundtable Series: Dr. Petro Mishchenko (Chief of Russian-Language Unit, Department of Public Information, United Nations) “Ukrainian Discourse in the U.N. Context” Moderator: Antonina Berezovenko (CU) Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

The Harriman Institute Presents: POST-SOVIET STORIES—A Documentary Series - Widow of the Revolution, 1999. Directed by Rosemarie Reed. Speaker: Stephen Cohen (New York University) Room 1219 IAB at 6:30pm.

26 The Central Asian and Caucuses Series Presents: Edward Allworth (Professor Emeritus, Columbia University) “Lessons for Central Asian Intellectuals.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Peter J. Sinnott to Moderate.

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1	2 The Chidren After Communism Series Presentsa Roundtable Discussion on: “The Case of Forgotten Children in Today’s Russia.” Participants: Evgeniy Komarov (General Director of the Center of Assistance to Homeless Children, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Former Governer of Murmansky Region, Russian Federation) Larissa Gortchakova (Assistant Director, Orphanage # 37, Moscow) Varvara Bocharova (Head of the Representative Office of Buckner International Adoption in Russia) Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	3	4	5 The Chidren After Communism Series Presents: Galina Urastayeva (Department of Education, Administration of Astrakhan Region, Russia) “Education of Orphans and Children with Disabilities: Regional Approach.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Sherrill Stroschein, (Ohio University / Harvard University & Institute Alum) “Peace After Ethnic Violence in Romania: The Rise and Fall of the 1990 Târgu Mures Riots.” Room 1302 IAB, 12-1:15pm. Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine Presents: Patricia O’Connor (Georgetown University) and Antonina Berezovenko (Columbia University) “Prison Narrative: American-Ukrainian Parallels.” Room 1512 IAB at 2pm.	6	7
8	9 The Middle East Institute Presents: Alexei Vasiliev, (Director, Institute of African and Arab Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences and Editor-in-Chief, Russian Policy in the Middle East: Moscow’s Position on the Iraqi Crisis) “Russian Policy in the Middle East: Moscow’s position on the Iraqi Crisis.” Room 1118 IAB, 12:30pm Cosponsored by the Harriman Institute.	10 Nikolas Gvosdev (Executive Editor, The National Interest Senior Fellow, The Nixon Center) and Fr. Leonid Kishkovsky (Ecumenical Officer Orthodox Church in America) “The Faith of a President: Exploring the Religious Profile of Vladimir Putin.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	11 . The Harriman Institute Presents a Film Screening: *Trans-Siberia* (1999) This is a film about the experiences of two individuals in the prison camps of Stalin’s Soviet Union. These are two stories of survival that lead us into the fundamental questions of human existence. The film is based on the writings of the Russian author Andrei Sinyavsky and the diaries of an Ingrian woman, Amalia Susi. “Psychologically, life in the camp is like sitting on a long distance train, and the mere movement creates an illusion that there is some sense to existing in nothingness”(Andrei Sinyavsky). Introduction by Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Director, Harriman Institute, Columbia University) Room 1219 IAB 6:30pm.	12. Ed Joseph (Research Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC, Former Director, International Crisis Group, Macedonia) “Three False Panaceas for the Balkans.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Reading by Ludmila Ulitskaya. Ludmila E. Ulitskaya was born in Bashkiria, Siberia, in 1943. She grew up in Moscow where she studies biology at Moscow State University. After working as a geneticist, Ulitskaya began a career as a writer of prose and for film and theatre, often affected by censorship. Among her literary works are Bron'ka, Za kapustoi (Buying Cabbage), and Narod izbrannyi (Chosen People), Medeya i ee deti"(Medea and her Children) and most recently Veselye pokhorony, translated into English in 1999 (The Funeral Party) as well into several other languages. Her last novel, Kukotsky's Case, was awarded the Russian Booker Prize 2001. Room 1512 IAB, 6pm.	13	14
15	16 Poetry Reading by Anatoly Naiman (Author of Remembering Anna Akhmatova and Russian Booker-shortlist candidate) Anatoly Naiman had virtually no opportunity to publish his own work until the fall of the Soviet Union. In recent years, however, his poetry, prose and criticism have appeared in several Russian literary journals, and he has received awards from Novy Mir and October. He is the author of “Remembering Anna Akhmatova”, having worked with the poet as her literary secretary and befriending her in later years when he was only 23. He is also the author of “Memories of Brodsky.” Room 1510 IAB, 6pm. In Russian. Cosponsored by the Columbia Slavic Department and the Russian Club. Refreshments will be served	17 Dr. Lynn Visson (Staff Interpreter, United Nations) “Mrs. Jane, Is Not Convenient: Misunderstandings in the Context of Culture.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	18 William Taubman, (Amherst College ) “Khrushchev: The Man and His Era” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. PLEASE NOTE ROOM CHANGE	19 The Politics and Security in the Post-Soviet Space features Dr. Sarah Mendelson (Senior Fellow, Russia/Eurasia Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies) and Dr. Theodore Gerber (Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin at Madison) “Democrats, Authoritarians, and Up for Grabs: Survey Data on Russian Public Opinion.” Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-1:45pm. Moderated by Prof. Kimberly Marten (Associate Director, HI)	20	21
22	23 The Central Asian and Caucuses Series Remembers The 60th Anniversary Of Stalin's Forced Deportations Of Several North Caucasus Peoples To Central Asia. Khassan Baiev, MD and Nicholas Daniloff, (Professor of Journalism, North Eastern University), Authors of The Oath: A Surgeon Under Fire (Walker Books Central Asia and Caucasus Series) “Chechens As A ‘Punished People’: Then And Now.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Peter J. Sinnott to Moderate. Poetry Reading by Vera A. Pavlova. Vera A. Pavlova is the author of at least five collections of verse. She frequently publishes in Znamya, Arion, and others. She is the recipient of the 2000 Apollon Grigoriev Prize. Room 1510 IAB, 6pm. In Russian.	24 Istvan Deak “Freedom Fighters or Terrorists, Oppressors or Protectors? The Dilemmas of Military Occupation and Resistance Illustrated by the Examples of World War II France, Italy, and Czechoslovakia.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.	25 Language Policy and Language Development in Ukraine’ Roundtable Series: Dr. Petro Mishchenko (Chief of Russian-Language Unit, Department of Public Information, United Nations) “Ukrainian Discourse in the U.N. Context” Moderator: Antonina Berezovenko (CU) Room 1219 IAB at Noon. The Harriman Institute Presents: POST-SOVIET STORIES—A Documentary Series - Widow of the Revolution, 1999. Directed by Rosemarie Reed. Speaker: Stephen Cohen (New York University) Room 1219 IAB at 6:30pm.	26 The Central Asian and Caucuses Series Presents: Edward Allworth (Professor Emeritus, Columbia University) “Lessons for Central Asian Intellectuals.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon. Peter J. Sinnott to Moderate.	27	28
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