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 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.
A holiday sing-along and a film about the making and presentation of the American premiere of Georgius Zrunek's festive 18th century tri-lingual Christmas Mass. Introduction by Professor Michael Beckerman of New York University. The film features the Czech early music group Ritornello and NYU collegiate choristers as they prepare the delightful Zrunek work for concert, merging folk and spiritual traditions…
Join us for another virtual meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Seminar. This panel is co-hosted by Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. This month, our distinguished panelists will bring a comparative perspective to the ongoing anti-regime protests in Belarus. Drawing on current and ongoing research, they will discuss…
Participants in this session will discuss the European Green Deal: What has been achieved since the launch of the EU Green Deal in December 2019? What is the impact of the Covid crisis on efforts to address climate change? How is the EU partnering with other international actors to fight climate change? December 8, 2020: Thierry Grillet interviews climatologist Jean…
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Join us to discuss The Brahmadells by Joanes Nielsen, translated to English by Kerri A. Pierce. The Brahmadells, one of the first Faroese books to be translated into English, is an epic novel chronicling the lives of a particular family against the larger history of the…
Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club at Columbia University for a discussion with Nancy Condee, Stephen Norris, and Dusty Wilmes about the 2019 Russian thriller Text. This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. Klim Shipenko’s Text (2019) is a rare case of Russian thriller that has managed…
Join us for another virtual meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Seminar. This panel is co-hosted by Columbia University’s Harriman Institute and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Register for the Zoom webinar: http://bit.ly/3cm5Qsh. The event will also be live-streamed on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3prucEK. The arrest of opposition politician Alexei Navalny has generated a political crisis in Russia. Upon…