Upcoming Events

[Kevin Eric Laney]

The Harriman Institute
420 West 118th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY, 10027
Telephone 212-854-4623, Fax: 212-666-3481
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/sipa/REGIONAL/HI/home.html
Lectures begin at 12:00 noon and are held in Room 1219  International
Affairs Building (IAB), 420 West 118th Street between Amsterdam Avenue and
Morningside Drive, unless otherwise indicated.


February 19.  Thomas A. Dine, (President of Radio Free Europe/Radio
Liberty,) "Caucasus Conundrum"  Room 1219 IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.

February 19-21.  Kamlyl a Siberian Folk Ensemble, (Kamlyl, a folk ensemble
from Kamchatka, Russia, performs as part of the centenary celebration of
the Jesup North Pacific Expedition.  The expedition is also commemorated
in the special exhibition "Drawing
 shadows to Stone: Photographing North Pacific Peoples, 1897-1902,"
currently on view at the Museum.  This program is free with Museum
admission and does not require a ticket.  All seating is limited and is on
a first-come, first served basis.  For furthe r information, call the
Museum's Department of education at 212-769-5315 between 9:00am and 5:00pm
weekdays.

February 23.  Gabriel Gorodetsky, (University of Tel Aviv, Israel,) "Who
Was Planning to Attack Whom: Stalin and Hitler in June 1941?"  Room 1219
IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.

February 24.  Joan Neuberger, (Director, Russian and East European
Program, University of Texas at Austin,) "Eisennstein, Ivan the Terrible
and Stalinist Cultural Politics."  Room 1219 IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.

February 25.  A new series presented by Columbia University's `U.S.
Department of Education's East European, Russian and Eurasian National
Resource Center,' (EERENRC,) in association with Teacher's College's
International and Transcultural Studies Departm ent.:  Looking at East
Central Europe, Eurasia and the Former Soviet Union as seen "Through the
Eyes of Educators." c Series I: "Reforms and Results in the Educational
systems Since 1989."  Panel discussion.  116 Main Hall, Teachers College,
3:30-5:00pm.

February 26.  Gillian Caldwell, (Global network, Washington, DC,)
"Trafficking Women in Eastern Europe."  Room 1219 IAB, 12:15-2:00pm.
Prof. Arati Rao to chair.

February 28.  The Presence of the Past co-presented by CEC International
Partners and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.  11am to 1pm The St.
Petersburg School: The Legacy and Impact of the Vaganova Academy and the
Kirov Ballet in the West; 2pm to 4pm Perform ance by Vaganova Ballet
Academy and Kirov Ballet soloists; 5pm to 7pm Tradition in Transition: The
Future of Ballet; 7:30pm to 10pm Performance by Vaganova Ballet Academy
and Kirov Ballet soloists.  Tickets are $8 per session.  Seating is
limited.  For i nformation and tickets call BAM ticket services
718-636-4100.