The Harriman Institute

Russian, Eurasian, and Eastern European Studies at Columbia

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Visiting_scholars
Asel Abdyramanova

Lecturer, Osh State University, Kyrgyzstan. “International Relations”.
Aa3105@columbia.edu
Aslihan Anlar

PhD Candidate, Middle East Technical University, Turkey. "The Black Sea Region in the Post-Cold War Era."
aa3137@columbia.edu
Aleksandr Antonshchenko

Professor, Petrozavodsk State University, Russia. “George Fedotov from ‘Holy Rus’ Toward ‘Pax Americana’”.
antonshchenko@yandex.ru
Khatuna Beridze

Associate Professor, Batumi ShotaRustaveli State University, Georgia. “Associate Professor”.
Kb2573@columbia.edu
Konstantin Borisov

Deputy Division Chief, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, Russia. “International Trade and Investment”.
streetbox@mail.ru
Michael Cecire

Freelance Writer, "Turkey's Rise and Georgia's Geopolitical Choices."
michael.cecire@gmail.com
Enkhjargal Damdinsuren

Lecturer, National University of Mongolia, “History of Mongolia”.
Ed2506@columbia.edu
Fakhmiddin Fazilov

Independent Researcher, Uzbekistan. "Security Issues in Uzbekistan & Central Asia."
Fakhmiddinfazilov@gmail.com
Olga Gershenson

Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts. "The Holocaust in Soviet & Russian Cinema."
gershenson@judnea.umass.edu
Nadira Isaeva

Phd Candidate, Dagestan Technical University, Dagestan, Russia. “Economics & Informational Policy of the Published Media”.
Ni2186@columbia.edu
Oksana Iurkova

Leading Researcher, Institute of History of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. “ How Ukrainian Historians Were Made Soviet 1929-1941”
oyurkova@ukr.net
Valentyna Kharkhun

Associate Professor of Ukrainian Literature, Mykola Hohol State University of Nizhyn (Nizhyn, Ukraine). “The Ideological World of Volodymyr Vynnychenko’s Emigrant Heritage.”
vk2282@columbia.edu
Olga Khvostunova

Assistant Professor, Moscow State University, Russia. "Role of Think Tanks in Public Political Discourse: The U.S. and Russian Experience."
olga.khvostunova@gmail.com
Lela Kiria

Lecturer, Center for Social Sciences at Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia.
“Gender Related Issues”

Lk2501@columbia.edu
Linda Kirschke

Independent Researcher. "Party Networks and Ethnic Cleansing."
lmk221@nyu.edu
Rita Augestad Knudsen

PhD Candidate in International History, London School of Economics & Political Science. “The Contemporary History of the Political Idea of Self-Determination”

ra2591@columbia.edu
Maximilian Kuhn

PhD Candidate, Freie University Berlin. "Marine Transportation and Public Policy."
mk3235@columbia.edu
Gocha Lordkipanidze

Assistant Professor, International Law, University of Georgia. "Global Politics."
gl2322@columbia.edu
Jeffrey Mankoff

International Affairs Fellow, U.S. Department of State, Department of European and Eurasian Affairs. "The Role of Post-Soviet Eurasia."
jeffrey.mankoff@aya.yale.edu
Jazbec Milan

Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Slovenia. "Postmodern Diplomacy."
milan.jazbec@gov.si
Maral Nurtazina

Professor, History, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan. "Kazakhstan in the World Community."
mn2520@columbia.edu
Sagyn Omuraliev

Assistant Professor, American University of Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. “Legal Basics of the Economy”.
sagomur@mail.ru
Srdja Popovic

Centre for Applied Non-Violent Action, Belgrade. “Principles of Successful Nonviolent Struggle from Serbia Applied in Other Struggles, with special focus on Egypt and the Arab Spring.”
srkip@canvasopedia.org
Inna Simonova

Independent Writer, Moscow State University. "St. Daniil's Bells: Moscow-Harvard-Moscow."
is2310@columbia.edu
Inge Snip

MA Candidate, Uppsala University, Sweden. "Formal and Informal Ties Between the Intelligentsia."
inge.snip@gmail.com
Marlene Spoerri

PhD Candidate, Department of European Studies, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands. “Democratization Processes in the former Yugoslavia”
marlenespoerri@gmail.com
Cornelia Steiner

Doctoral Phil Candidate, University of Zurich, Switzerland. “Nation Building in Kosovo”.
csteiner@gmx.net
Tadeusz Swietochowski

Independent Researcher. “Russian Azerbaijan 1905-1920.”
ts341@columbia.edu
Gainiya Tazhina

Associate Professor, Psychology, University of International Business, Kazakhstan. "Social-Psychological Phenomena of Group".

gt2210@columbia.edu
Marie Tyrrell

Chief Analyst, U.S. Department of Defense, Fort Bragg. "Policy Toward Central Asia & the Caucasus."
mstyrrell@aol.com
Natasha Udensiva

Independent Researcher. "Geopolitics of Russian Gas."
nu2122@columbia.edu
Tatiana Volkova

Chair and Assistant Professor, Murmansk State Technical University, Russia. “Theory and Practice of American Multiculturalism”.
volkovatp@mail.ru
Martin Wahlisch

PhD Candidate, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. "Legal Limitations on Power-Sharing Peace Agreements."
Martin.waehlisch@governance-school.de
Yury Zaretsky

Associate Professor, State University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia. "Re/Production of Historical Knowledge in Russian Universities."
yzaretsky@hse.ru