Latest Past Events

Film Screening: The Land of Oz

307 Mathmatics Hall 2990 Broadway, Columbia University, New York

Join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club for a screening of the 2015 film The Land of Oz, directed by Vasily Sigarev. This event is part of the Russian Cinema Between Protests Film Series, organized by Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). The film has a runtime of 100 minutes and will be presented with English subtitles. SYNOPSIS: Blending Gogolian satire with absurdist poetics, this…

Film Screening. The Humorist

404 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th St, New York

Join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club for a screening of the 2019 film The Humorist, directed by Mikhail Idov, who will introduce the film and hold a Q&A after the screening. This event is part of the Russian Cinema Between Protests Film Series, organized by Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). The film has…

Vile Bodies: Reassessing Chernukha in Recent RussianCinema

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City

Join us for a talk with Daria Ezerova, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Harriman Institute. It has become clear that chernukha was neither a one-time Soviet phenomenon, nor limited exclusively to the Russian context. And yet, the reemergence of chernukha aesthetics in the Russian cinema of the mid-2000s was unexpected, to say the least. Neither a response to a degenerated political…