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Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia

First Home of the Russian InstituteKyrgyz Politician Roza OtunbayevaPrealpes (1971). Photograph by Horst Tappe
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Spring 2009 Newsletter
Monday, 18 May 2009



CONTENTS

From the Director 1
Timothy Frye, “Everybody Hates Privatization, But Why?” 6
Jewish Theological and Teachers College Faculty Join Harriman Institute 10
Meet Two MA Students 12
Two Recent Alumni 13
Celebrating the Ballets Russes 14
Challenges of Education Reform: Central Asia in a Global Context 16
From the Bakhmeteff Archive 16
Faculty News 17
Zanussi at Barnard/Columbia 19
Workshop on Lysenkoism 19
New Chair in Polish Studies 20
Congratulations 2009 Grads! 20


Fall 2008 Newsletter
Wednesday, 27 August 2008



Karen Barkey, Empire of Difference 1
Studies of the Harriman Institute 3
From the Director 4
Harriman Institute Delegations Visit
Georgia and Turkmenistan 6-7
Great Power(s) in the Mediterranean 8
Faculty News 9-10
Victor Erlich 11
Postdoctoral Fellows and Program
Assistants 2008-09 11
Dostoevsky’s Doodles 12
Fall 2007 Newsletter
Wednesday, 10 October 2007



CONTENTS

From the Director... 1
Richard Wortman honored by AAASS... 1
Vaclav Havel at Columbia... 3
Vladimir Voinovich... 4
Through the Lens of Music by Boris Gasparov... 5
World Leaders Forum... 8
Faculty News... 9
Global Underground by Valera & Natasha Cherkashin.... 12
Fall 2005 Newsletter



CONTENTS
Faculty Research Profiles: Christina Kiaer, Kimberly Marten, Alexander Cooley
Robert Maguire (1930-2005). An Appreciation
Institute Faculty News
Russian Practicum
Fellows & Visiting Scholars
Boris Tarasyuk, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine
PERESTROIKA + 20
Summer 2005 Newsletter



CONTENTS
From the Director
Institute Faculty News
Alumni Profiles: Hope M. Harrison, Joseph M. Ha
Alumni News
Murray Yanowitch (1921-205): An Appreciation
Rado Lencek (1921-2005): An Appreciation
Ukrainian Studies Program Advances
Faces of the Orange Revolution