In late imperial Russia, rising demand for energy and widespread concerns about the depletion of forests caused an interest in peat as an industrial fuel. In the booming industrial districts of the Vladimir and Moscow provinces in particular, factory owners adopted peat fuel to fire furnaces and operate engines, while railroad operators made experiments to move trains with the help…
Join us in commemoration of Kristallnacht for a tribute to artists who perished in the Holocaust. The evening will include performances by young artists from Mannes School of Music, poetry readings and an excerpt from the highly acclaimed film, The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, with a message from Peter Ginz's sister Chava Pressburger, a Holocaust survivor. View the program for the…
Join us in commemoration of Kristallnacht for a tribute to artists who perished in the Holocaust. The evening will include performances by young artists from Mannes School of Music, poetry readings and an excerpt from the highly acclaimed film, “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” with a message from Peter Ginz's sister Chava Pressburger, a Holocaust survivor. Ticket Info: Free; RSVP…
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 Harriman Institute and Eurasianet for a discussion of the political dimensions of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh—the new regional dynamics, media coverage…
This session will examine the relationship between Europe and America in light of the US presidential election, as well as current developments in the EU's relationships with China and Russia. November 10, 2020: Thierry Grillet interviews philosopher Régis Debray (pre-recorded in French). Pre-recorded event. The video will be posted on Columbia Global Centers | Paris YouTube Channel. November 17, 2020 | 1pm (New York) | 7pm (Paris): Join Pierre Vimont, former…
Join us for a performance of Joel Engel's Jewish Folksongs (Volume I, 1909/ Volume II, 1912). These 20 arrangements, which frame the folksongs with classical piano accompaniments, proved to be very influential. They inspired the Society for Jewish Folk Music and the composers affiliated with it to create a vast oeuvre of similar work. Engel's work also provided a source for a…
Registrants will receive a link to independently view the film prior to the live event. Click here to register for the event. The East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute presents its 2020-2021 film series: Contemporary Society and Its Discontents, a series of screenings and discussions of films from the past five years that comment on various aspects of contemporary…
Join us for another installment of the 19v Seminar Series! Against the backdrop of photographic practices in the wider Caucasus region, this presentation looks to address theoretical and methodological specifics of the history of photography in imperial times and to map some of the networks that provided the conceptual and practical basis for the production, circulation and reception of photographic…
The fifth in our series exploring new research. Stanley Mirvis discusses his new book "The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition." An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks. Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815,…
November 11, 12.30pm EST/5.30 GMT Airs and Graces Professor Richardson worked alongside Seamus Heaney while both were at Harvard University, a period during which he served as Oxford Professor of Poetry. She was Seamus Heaney’s personal contact when he was conferred with an Honorary Degree by the University of St Andrews during her tenure as St Andrew’s Vice-Chancellor. Professor Richardson will be introduced by the President of…