Latest Past Events

Super-NOS Literary Prize Debate

Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, New York City

Please join us for Super-NOS, an evening of exciting literary debate dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Russian literary prize NOS (Новая словесность/New Prose). This event is part of the Super-NOS Russian Literary Festival, sponsored by the Harriman Institute, Barnard Slavic Department, Columbia Slavic Department, and the Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation. Please click here to register. The NOS Annual Literature Prize was…

Should We Tolerate the Intolerant? A debate between Denis Lacorne and Bernard Harcourt

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City

In the increasingly divided political and social landscape that surrounds us today, the idea of tolerance seems to be more relevant than ever. Beyond the acrimonious debates on migration, hate speech, or religious symbols in public places, the ideal of tolerance offers the vision of a social order that accommodates diversity while preserving common principles that bind citizens together. But…