Latest Past Events

Film Screening & Discussion. The Earth Is Blue as an Orange

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City

The Ukrainian Film Club of Columbia University presents a screening of the new documentary film The Earth Is Blue as an Orange (2020) followed by a Q&A with director Iryna Tsilyk. Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles. Film runtime: 74 minutes. Anna is a single mother living under siege with her four children in the war zone of Donbas, Ukraine. While there are…

To Forget or to Remember? History Teaching as a Means of Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Balkans

1219 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street, New York City

Please join the Institute for the Study of Human Rights and the Harriman Institute for a talk with Christina Koulouri, Professor in Modern and Contemporary History at Panteion University of Political and Social Sciences (Athens, Greece) and Dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences and Director of the Research Centre for Modern History (KENI). Since 1999, she has been the chair…

Rendered History: Reclaiming the Truth of War in the Former Yugoslavia

1219 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street, New York City

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Columbia University Institute for the Study of Human Rights for a discussion with artist Vladimir Miladinovic and Srdjan Hercigonja(Columbia University, Alliance for Historical Dialogue and Accountability Fellow, Institute for the Study of Human Rights) who are both members of the art/theory working group on memorial production strategies "Four Faces of Omarska". Aida Šehović, artist and creator of…