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Register now for "Very Old Songs About the Most Important: Deconstruction → Nostalgia → Affirmation," Ilya Kalinin's analysis of Perestroika’s critical language based on the deconstruction of official Soviet discourse. Mod by Mark Lipovetsky ow.ly/MUvb50VArrJ

In "Collective Body: Aleksandr Deineka at the Limit of Socialist Realism," Christina Kiaer (Northwestern) offers a new account of Socialist Realism not as a totalitarian style but as a fiercely collective art system. Mod by Noam Elcott. Reg by 12 pm! ow.ly/t5Uy50VAosh

TOMORROW: Learn about the ecological disaster caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine at "Nature Under Fire: How the War Redraws the Ecological Map of Ukraine and the World," a talk by Tetiana Perga. Mod by András Vadas. Register by 12pm: ow.ly/bRRc50VAqeI

Register by 4pm for tom's "Very Old Songs About the Most Important: Deconstruction → Nostalgia → Affirmation," Ilya Kalinin's analysis of Perestroika's critical discourse through film and art. Mod by Mark Lipovetsky ow.ly/Qwio50VAs3H

How did the UN affect the Soviet experience? Louis Porter examines this question in his book, "Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination.” Join us for his book talk on Thursday. Moderated by Yana Skorobogatov ow.ly/r6uF50VCH8H

Harriman Magazine editor-in-chief Ann Cooper (Columbia Journalism School) covered the collapse of the Soviet Union for NPR. Learn about her experiences, and our latest mag issue, in the first episode of "Beyond the Scoop," a new podcast from Harriman Magazine ow.ly/nXfS50VENW6

If you haven't already, check out the 2025 issue of Harriman Magazine, which looks back in time, using the gained wisdom of hindsight to reframe how we see some of the events that culminated in Communism’s collapse in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union ow.ly/tzTH50VEOFV

Celebrate the work of poet-translators Inna Krasnoper, Tatiana Krasilnikova & Venya Gushchin tom at "роетри: A Bilingual Poetry Reading," featuring English, Russian, transligual & multimedia poems. Register by 4pm to attend: ow.ly/e8Pr50VCG79

What will happen in Russia after Putin leaves power? Together w Carnegie Corporation of New York we've been co-sponsoring a research project called "Russia After Putin." Join us on Fri for a conference where top academic analysts present & discuss the findings. Register: ow.ly/w9AF50VCHUp

What is cosmopolitanism, and what can we learn about it from Central and Eastern European writers in exile? Galin Tihanov of Queen Mary University of London will examine these questions next Fri @ 5pm in his talk "Two Types of Cosmopolitanism." Mod by Valentina Izmirlieva ow.ly/XMRt50VCKhg

Register by 4pm to attend tom's book talk: "Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination," Louis Porter's reexamination of 20th-century USSR-UN relations. Mod by Yana Skorobogatov ow.ly/kaf550VCHvB

TOMORROW: Top academic analysts will convene for a conference presenting the findings of "Russia After Putin," a project co-sponsored by Carnegie Corporation of New York. What will a post-Putin Russia look like and how might it impact the world? Register by 4pm to attend! ow.ly/63Xe50VCIkB

Spoke to MashaUdensivaBrenner 💙💛 of the Harriman Institute about Ukraine, the war, its history and its future. This is the second episode of Harriman Magazine's new podcast, Beyond the Scoop: harriman.columbia.edu/beyond-the-sco…

In the second episode of Beyond the Scoop, Zelensky's wartime biographer Simon Shuster of TIME discusses his book “The Showman," the current state of affairs, and some of the historical context that brought us here ow.ly/KOhM50VH9vu

Register by 4pm to attend "Two Types of Cosmopolitanism," tom's literary exploration of cosmopolitanism through exiled Central & Eastern European writers and intellectuals w/ Galin Tihanov (Queen Mary University of London) Mod by Valentina Izmirlieva ow.ly/4iil50VCKjf

In her book "By the Second Spring: Seven Lives and One Year of the War in Ukraine," Danielle Leavitt explores the complex human experiences during the first year of Russia's full-scale invasion. Book talk on Tues @ 4pm, mod by Mark Andryczyk ow.ly/4Q3B50VEZRm

Want to learn about the new generation challenging traditional Russian politics? Join us Mon @ 12pm for "'Young Wolves' Against the 'Old Guard': New Trends in the Regional-Federal Power Dynamics in Russia," a talk by Irina Busygina. Mod by Elise Giuliano ow.ly/36Wl50VEVBU

On Mon @ 5 pm, Narine Abgaryan will read from and discuss "To Go On Living," her latest collection of short stories set during the 1990s Nagorno-Karabakh War. Mod by Knar Abrahamyan. Co-hosted w/ the Armenian Center, MESAAS & SOF/Heyman at Columbia University ow.ly/axTG50VEYE0

"It was a really hard lesson in how ugly international affairs can be. He said, 'I don't trust anyone at all. None of these allies are really our friends.'" @Shustry TIME on Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський's 1st brush w/Trump in 2019. Listen on our podcast #BeyondtheScoop ow.ly/5M5I50VKNMF

Register by 4pm for tom's workshop "Eyeing Moscow from Kishinev: Brezhnev on Stage in Moldavia, 1950-1952," Donald Raleigh's exploration of how Brezhnev's time as First Secretary of Moldavia impacted his life and leadership ow.ly/wQW050VHo8S