Latest Past Events

Film Discussion: The War Syndrome. I’m Used to Killing

Online

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University and the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for discussion with Olena Solodovnikova, director of the feature documentary The War Syndrome. I’m Used to Killing (2020). Professor Yuri Shevchuk will moderate a discussion and Q&A. Attendees can watch the film on YouTube prior to the discussion. The event on September 29 will not include a screening of…

Book Talk: Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary by Yuri Shevchuk

Hybrid 1219 International Affairs Building, New York

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a talk with Yuri Shevchuk, author of the Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary (Hippocrene Books, 2021). The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary describes the core Ukrainian lexicon and how it is used in contemporary speech. It has no precedents in Slavic lexicography and combines elements of six types of dictionaries: translation, collocation, learner’s, thesaurus, phraseological and encyclopedic dictionaries. It…

New Tensions in Russia-Ukraine Relations: The Drivers and Politics Surrounding the 2021 Russian Troop Build-Up

Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. The New York-Russia Public Policy Series is co-hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. After weeks of growing regional tensions as Russia amassed more than 100,000 troops next to Ukraine’s borders, on April 22, 2021, Russian defense officials ordered troops back to their…