Harriman Institute Series on
Children After Communism



 

The Harriman Institute Series on
"Children After Communism"

  For more information please contact Professor Catharine Nepomnyashchy at (212) 854-6213.

All Events Are Held in the International Affairs Building (IAB) at Columbia University in the City of New York

420 West 118th Street, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10027— Between Amsterdam Avenue & Morningside DriveUnless—Otherwise Indicated.

 

Fall 2004 Lectures

December 2. Nadezhda Azhgikhina (Glasnost Defense Foundation) “Lost Illusions: Post- Soviet Childhood and its Reflection in the Media and Culture.” Room 1219 IAB @ 2:15pm .

December 7. The Children After Communism Series Presents: : Masha Gessen (Journalist; Author of Ester and Ruzya: How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler’s War and Stalin’s Peace ) “ New Cogs, Old Wheel: How Families Re-Create the Soviet Terror Machine.” 1219 IAB @ 12:30pm . 

Past Lectures

September 8. The Harriman Institute “Children After Communism” Series Presents a Panel Discussion on:  “Children and Terror—A Response to the Beslan Tragedy.” Panelists Include: Catharine Nepomnyashchy (Harriman Institute, Columbia University); Nina Khrushcheva (New School University);  Zeinap Badieva (Rutgers University); Bill Blakemore (ABC News), September 8th @ 4:30pm in Room 1219 IAB.

Spring 2004 Lectures

February 2.  The Children after Communism Series Presents a Roundtable Discussion on:  “The Case of Forgotten Children in Today’s Russia .”  Participants: Evgeniy Komarov (General Director of the Center of Assistance to Homeless Children, Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Former Governer of Murmansky Region, Russian Federation) Larissa Gortchakova (Assistant Director, Orphanage # 37, Moscow) Varvara Bocharova (Head of the Representative Office of Buckner International Adoption in Russia) Room 1219 IAB at Noon.

February 5. The Chidren After Communism Series Presents:  Galina Urastayeva (Department of Education, Administration of Astrakhan Region , Russia ) “Education of Orphans and Children with Disabilities: Regional Approach” Room 1219 IAB at Noon .

March 5.  Stephen M. Massey (Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS) “The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Russia’s Future.” Room 1219 IAB at Noon.