“Transsexuality” and Gender Ratio in Poland: A Case Study in the East/West Dichotomy

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Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by cultural studies scholar Ludmiła Janion (University of Warsaw), moderated by Małgorzata Mazurek, Associate Professor of Polish Studies, Columbia University. In this talk, Ludmiła Janion will investigate scientific and journalistic discourses around differences in gender ratio among trans persons. The disparity between Poland and several Western countries, first noted in…

Book Talk. Experimental Cinemas in State-Socialist Eastern Europe

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Please join the Harriman Institute and East Central European Center for a book talk with Ksenya Gurshtein and Sonja Simonyi, co-editors of the new volume Experimental Cinemas in State-Socialist Eastern Europe, and series editor Greg de Cuir Jr. Moderated by Aleksandar Bošković and Christopher Caes, co-directors of the East Central European Center. Was there experimental cinema behind the Iron Curtain? What forms did experiments with film take in state socialist…

Film Screening & Discussion. Deeper!

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The Russian Film Club at the Harriman Institute presents a screening of Deeper! (2020), followed by a discussion with Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. The adult film industry meets high theater in Mikhail Segal’s quirky new comedy. Running time: 104 minutes.

A Society of Thieves? Property and Socialism Under Stalin

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Professor Cadiot will present findings from her book, in which she explores the construction of socialist property as a juridical category, the economic landscape and practices in the Soviet Union, especially after the Second World War, and the work of law enforcement agencies. The book is based on archives from the Soviet State, Communist Party, Procuracy and Supreme court in…

Book Talk. La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern by Lynn Garafola

Hybrid 1219 International Affairs Building, New York, United States

Please join the Harriman Institute for a book talk with Lynn Garafola, author of La Nijinska: Choreographer of the Modern (Oxford University Press, 2022), moderated by Valentina Izmirlieva, Director of the Harriman Institute. La Nijinska is the first biography of twentieth-century ballet’s premier female choreographer, Bronislava Nijinska. Overshadowed in life and legend by her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, Bronislava Nijinska had a far longer and more productive…

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: The Glorious Music of Chopin

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Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and a short Q & A session. The accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. In tonight’s concert “The Glorious Music…

Genealogical Resources for Researching Women

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In this talk, Karen Franklin and Michael Simonson of the Leo Baeck Institute will explore resources in the archives that provide insight and information about the lives and stories of women. Through memoirs, diaries, letters, family trees and other resources, of which 90% have been digitized and are available online, the Leo Baeck Institute offers extensive documentation of the lives…

Bloody Virgins, Beautiful Avengers: The Female Russian Nihilist in the European Imagination

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Join us for another 19v seminar! In fin-de-siècle Western Europe, the so-called “Russian nihilist” was a continual object of fear and fascination in an atmosphere of rapidly proliferating mass media. The roots of this talk come from ongoing research that began in French archives and with French newspapers: why were there so many highly gendered references to “nihilism” in documents from…

Film Screening. Murina

The Harriman Institute is pleased to sponsor First Look 2022, the Museum of the Moving Image’s acclaimed festival of innovative new international cinema. Join us for the festival’s opening night event, the New York City premiere of Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović’s 2021 film Murina. Dir. Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović. Croatia/Brazil/United States/Slovenia. 2021, 92 mins. Winner of the Camera d’Or (Best First Feature) at the 2021…

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Film Screening. Petrov’s Flu

The Harriman Institute is pleased to sponsor First Look 2022, the Museum of the Moving Image’s acclaimed festival of innovative new international cinema. Join us for a showcase screening, the United States premiere of Kirill Serebrennikov’s 2021 film Petrov’s Flu. Dir. Kirill Serebrennikov. Russia. 2021, 145 mins. In Russian with English subtitles. DCP. Russian cause celebré Kirill Serebrennikov’s third feature is a hallucinatory,…