Ongoing

The Untold Stories of Russian History

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City

Mikhail Magaril’s exhibition Untold Stories of Russian History will be held at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University, from March 21 to May 6, 2022. The exhibition is part of a long-term collaboration between the Harriman Institute and the Russian-American Cultural Center (RACC) for the presentation of Russian immigrant artists in New York. Mikhail Magaril specializes in the artist’s handmade book. He firmly believes that every…

Book Talk. Orbanland: Why Viktor Orban’s Hungary Matters by Lasse Skytt

Hybrid 1219 International Affairs Building, New York

Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a discussion with Lasse Skytt, author of Orbanland: Why Viktor Orbán’s Hungary Matters (New Europe Books, 2022). Moderated by Aleksandar Bošković and Christopher Caes, co-directors of the East Central European Center. From Europe to America, political landscapes have shifted in recent years in a way summed up in microcosm no better than by the…

(Mis)translating Deceit: Disinformation’s Hidden Translingual Journey

Online

Despite growing concern about disinformation, lack of knowledge about how the term originated, or how uses of that term change over time and across different languages and cultures, is seriously hampering our ability to counter it. This presentation, based on a new collaborative project initiated by Vera Tolz and Stephen Hutchings at the University of Manchester, will tell part of…

Bruno Clément : Bergson, prix Nobel de littérature

Zoom

**The event will take place in French** Open to all on Zoom, registration HERE Bruno Clément présentera son livre Henri Bergson, prix Nobel de littérature, à l’occasion d’une conversation sur le rôle du langage en philosophie, et en particulier chez Bergson. Dans son livre, Bruno Clément se penche sur les relations entre fond et forme dans l'écriture philosophique: Bergson, Camus,…