The Harriman Institute Events (fwd)

[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.

> April 20.  Frank Sysyn, (Professor CIUS, Alberta, Canada,) "The
> Khmelnytsky Uprising."  Room 1219 IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.
>
> April 20.  The University Seminar on Post-Communist States, Societies,
> and Economies is pleased to announce a series entitled:  "Three
> Perspectives on the Baltic States."  Series III: "The Baltic Dimension
> of European Security."  Speaker:  Dag Hartelius, [Vice President for the
> European Security Program, Institute for EastWest Studies (currently on
> leave from the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; extensive work on
> Soviet, Russian, and Baltic affairs has included diplomatic assignments
> to Leningrad and Moscow.)]  By  reservation only, please call the East
> Central European Center at 854-4008.  1512 IAB.
>
> April 22.  The Harriman Institute - Executive Briefings Series for
> Russia, the NIS and East Central Europe requests the pleasure of your
> company to hear, Dr. Oleg D. Davydov, (Former Vice Prime Minister of
> Russian and Former Minister of Foreign Economic Relations,) as he will
> speak on the current political and economic situation in Russia.  He has
> just published Inside Out: The Radical Transformation of Russian Foreign
> Trade, 1992-1997, by Fordham University Press.  Room 1512 IAB,
> 12:00-2:00pm.
>
> April 23. Michael McFaul, (Stanford University,) "Three's a Charm:  The
> Emergence Political Institutions in Russia."  Room 1219 IAB,
> 12:00-1:30pm.  Co-sponsored by the Arnold Saltzman Center for the Study
> of Constitutional Democracies.
>
> April 23. Michael McFaul, (Stanford University,) "Life After Yeltsin:
> The Politics of Transition in Russia."  Room 918 IAB, 4:00-2:00pm.
> Co-sponsored by the Arnold Saltzman Center for the Study of
> Constitutional Democracies.
>
> April 23-25.  Announcing a Conference "Reform Revolution Integra tion -
> Hungary, Past and Present," Registration begins on Thursday 6:00pm  12th
> Floor International Affairs Building.  Sponsored by the American
> Hungarian Educator's Association Hosted by the East Central European
> Center, Columbia University and the New York City Board of Education.
> For more Information contact American Hungarian Folklore Centrium
> (AHFC), Division of the American Hungarian Educators Association, P.O.
> Box 262, Bogota, NJ 07603.  Tel. (201) 836-4869, Fax. (201) 836-1590
>
> April 24 & 25.  Annual Russian Institute & Harriman Alumni Conference.
> "The Harriman Institute Goes to Washington: Fifty Years of Political,
> Economic and Social Policy Making."  School of Interna tional and Public
> Affairs 420 West 118th Street, 6th floor, D'ag Hammarskjold Lounge
> 9:00am-7:00pm.  For more information contact Susan Holmes, Program
> Officer, (212) 854-8487 or sh42 at columbia.edu.
>
> April 24.  The third of a  new series presented by Columbia Univer
> sity'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 Depart
> ment.:  Looking at East Central Europe, Eurasia and the Former Soviet
> Union as seen "Through the Eyes of Educators." © Series III: All-Day
> program in conjunction with the American Hungarian Educators'
> Association.  The program will include lectures and discussions on NATO,
> Hungarian literature and language and more.  Lunch will be provided, and
> there will be a performance by Hungarian folk dancers. 1501 IAB.
> REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.  TO REGISTER CONTACT DR. MAZZARA @
> (212)854-4008.
>
> April 28.  Dr. Rustam Shukurov, (Dept. of Medieval History, Faculty of
> History Moscow State University,) "The World Turkicized: The Case of the
> Byzantine Pontos, from the 11th to the 15th Century."  Room 1219 IAB,
> 12:00-2:00pm.
>
> April 29.  In Russian.  Prof. Iurii Bocharov, (Advisor, Expert Commit
> tee for Moscow Planning Department,) "Modern Problems of the Development
> of Moscow in the Context of Moscow's 851th Anniver sary."  Room 1219
> IAB, 12:00-2:00pm.
>
> May 7.   We invite the legal, financial, education and business
> community in New York to participate in our next Executive Briefing,
> "Real Estate Opportunities for Western Investment:  Prob lems and
> Solutions," Topics include:  An overview of the Russian market and the
> trends in construction materials and services; Company accounts of their
> experiences in Russia's regions; and Russian company perspectives on the
> market.  Contact Susan Gold, (Associate for Business Development,)
> 212-854-4623, for reservation.  The Executive Briefings are held in
> cooperation with the American Chamber of Commerce in Russia, the
> US-Russia Business Council, and American and international corporations
> active in these regions.
>
> May 13.  Annual Harriman Institute / Associated Press Conference.
> "Capitalism Russian Style: Market Reforms—Uncivil Society?"  For more
> information contact Susan Holmes, Program Officer, (212) 854- 8487 or
> sh42 at columbia.edu.