The virtual exhibition Holodomor: A Remembrance commemorates the 87-year anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide, which occurred in Ukraine in 1932-33. It is a visual arts presentation featuring the works of Ukrainian-American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. In 1991, the artist traveled to Ukraine for the first time. She states: “My eyes and soul were opened to a land that was beautiful but…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for an event in the Russia's Worlds Lecture Series, featuring presentations by Tatiana Linkhoeva (NYU) and Elizabeth McGuire (California State University, East Bay). Russia's Worlds Lecture Series: In the…
Please join the Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Barnard’s Forum on Migration, the Committee on Forced Migration and the European Institute for a screening of the film: "Paris Stalingrad" A film by Hind Meddeb Co-directed by Thim Naccache Summer 2016. Paris. Refugees arriving from Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Afghanistan have no other choice than to sleep in…
Join novelist Lola Lafon and author and UCLA professor Laure Murat on November 22 at 2pm as they discuss Lafon’s bestselling and widely acclaimed novel, Chavirer, just published in France (Actes Sud). If we had to name a secret thread that connect the novels of Lola Lafon, it would have to be: they all form an invitation to listen to…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for the launch of the bilingual book They Will Understand Us in 100 Years. Lazar Khidekel, published alongside the first solo exhibition of brilliant artist and visionary architect Lazar…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Valentyna Kharkhun (Nizhyn Mykola Gogol State University), moderated by Professor Mark Andryczyk. When the dismantling…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Victoria Zhuravleva (IMEMO). Zhuravleva will discuss Russian perceptions of the U.S. presidential campaigns and the 2020 election,…
Though “race” was never a category the Soviet authorities used much, their nationalities policy in the 1920s and support for interwar anti-colonial movements made the USSR probably the one country in the world that made anti-racism not only a domestic but an international priority and invested in it accordingly. Late Stalinism, with the collective punishment of whole peoples (and their…
Join us for a special sneak peek of new opera A Sweet Silence in Cremona. A new opera with music by Roberto Scarcella Perino, libretto by Mark Campbell. In collaboration with the Center for Contemporary Opera. While we await the return of live performances around the world, the Center for Contemporary Opera presents a unique series of free events featuring…
Join us for a Music Listening Series. What Makes It Italian? Discovering Regional Characteristics in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets on Zoom and is open to everyone. Participation is free. Please email ginacrusco@gmail.com to confirm your attendance and receive an invitation link.
