Latest Past Events

Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City

A lecture with Alfred J. Rieber, professor at the Central European University in Budapest. Rieber's talk with summarize the argument of his new book Stalin and the Struggle for Supremacy in Eurasia.

Curating the Borderlands: State, Market, and Heritage Making in China

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

Please join us for a talk with Alessandro Rippa, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since the launch of the Open Up the West Program (xibu da kaifa) in 2000, the development of China's western provinces has been a priority for the central government. Today, amidst a worrying economic slowdown and New Silk Road fantasies, China's borderlands seem to…

Book Talk – Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia

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

Please join us for a talk with Alexander Cooley, Director, Harriman Institute; Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College, on his new book, Dictators Without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia (Yale University Press, 2017) co-authored with John Heathershaw. Moderated by Timothy Frye, Marshall D. Shulman Professor of Post-Soviet Foreign Policy, and a former director of the Harriman Institute. Based on…