Latest Past Events

MOSCOW: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920S-1980S

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

The Harriman Institute is pleased to present the exhibit Moscow: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920s-1980s featuring a series of works photographs by artist Yevgeniy Fiks. "What is the attitude of bourgeois society to homosexuals? Even if we take into account the differences existing on this score in the legislation of various countries, can we speak of a specifically bourgeois attitude…

The Kremlin Turns Ideological

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

Please join the Harriman Institute for a talk by Maria Lipman, a Russian political analyst and commentator, currently a visiting Distinguished Fellow of Russian Studies at Indiana University. Lipman was previously a scholar-in-residence at the Carnegie Center in Moscow. She is the founding editor of Counterpoint, an online journal published by the Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies (George…

The Golden Age: Anton Chekhov And The Moscow Art Theater

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

On March 8th, 2017 please join us for “The Golden Age: Anton Chekhov And The Moscow Art Theater” featuring Aleksey Burago. The event is part of the Occasional series, sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Join critically acclaimed Russian stage director Aleksey Burago as he discusses a lesser-known Chekhov and his influence on the Moscow Art Theater.…