Kompromat: What it is, and what it means for US-Russia relations

Natasha Bluth Thursday, April 27th, 2017

Featuring:

Keith Darden, Associate Professor, School of International Service, American University
Miriam Elder, World Editor, BuzzFeed News
Katy E. Pearce, Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Washington

Our panelists will address the history of Kompromat in both the Soviet Union and the post-Soviet successor states, the role it is currently playing in Russian politics, the ways in which in technological changes have impacted Kompromat, as well as the the potential effects of Kompromat on US-Russian relations.

NYC Russia Public Policy Series: The Reset Trap? Reconfiguring U.S.-Russia Relations in a Time of International Uncertainty

Natasha Bluth Thursday, March 9th, 2017

Featuring:

Stephen Kotkin, Professor in History and International Affairs, Woodrow Wilson School, History Department, Princeton University
Daniel Nexon, Associate Professor, Department of Government and School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Yuval Weber, Assistant Professor, National Research University Higher School of Economics in the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs

Our speakers will address the issue of why reconfiguring US-Russia relations has proven so difficult and why efforts to improve U.S.-Russia relations in the past, including the “Reset” under the Obama administration, have unravelled.

A Walk With(out) Svetlana

Cristina Vatulescu Friday, August 7th, 2015

I write this homage to Svetlana Boym from afar. The news of Svetlana’s passing found me, as many of her friends, too abruptly and too far to pay our homage in person today. Mourning her at a distance is restless and isolating; it makes her death seem unreal.

Teaching Race in Russia: Some Conclusions

Jennifer Wilson Tuesday, July 7th, 2015

I was giving the students a brief biography of Lorde and as soon as I said the phrase “black lesbian Feminist,” their eyes opened really wide. I don’t know if their reaction was to Lorde’s identity or to the fact that I was discussing it openly.

Teaching Race in Russia: Dispatches from “The Harlem Renaissance: From New York to Tashkent”

Jennifer Wilson Monday, February 23rd, 2015

Why do American race relations reappear over and over again in discussions of the minority experience in the former Soviet Union?

Shaving Eisenstein in Manhattan

Natalie Ryabchikova Thursday, February 12th, 2015

An old-fashioned shave, with a razor that in Russian they call “dangerous”; an uncannily private scene performed under an open sky, 800 feet over the sidewalks of the greatest city in the world.

Please let me join your spy scandal!

Eliot Borenstein Tuesday, January 27th, 2015

Has a spy scandal finally hit New York University? We should be so lucky.

Darra Goldstein brings back to life Yuri Lotman’s High Society Dinners

Ilaria Parogni Friday, December 5th, 2014

On Nov. 13, 2014, the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health at NYU hosted “Yuri Lotman Does High Society,” a seminar featuring Darra Goldstein, Professor of Russian at Williams College and Founding Editor of Gastronomica: The Journal of Food and Culture. The event, part of the Feast and Famine series, was co-sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia and the Steinhardt Food Studies Program.

Universal Pictures: Zvyagintsev, Dostoevsky and the Politics of the Particular

James Rann Tuesday, November 11th, 2014

By the end of Andrei Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan, I wanted to scream.

Mark Galeotti discusses trajectories in Putin’s Russia

Ilaria Parogni Thursday, October 9th, 2014

Professor Mark Galeotti (left) and Jordan Center Director Yanni Kotsonis (right) discuss Russia under Putin. Source: Ilaria Parogni

On Sept. 29 the NYU School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs and the Jordan Center teamed up to present the first installment of Revisiting Russia, a special series of three conversations on contemporary Russia co-sponsored by the two institutions. The first event, titled “Where Is Putin Leading Russia?,” saw leading Russian affairs expert Mark Galeotti take center stage for a discussion of the factors shaping the politics of Vladimir Putin and the future of the country. Professor Yanni Kotsonis, Director of the Jordan Center, moderated the talk, which is part of the program of celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the Center for Global Affairs.

Smoked Out

Harry Leeds Wednesday, June 4th, 2014

Yes my friends, it’s finally here, a federal law prohibiting smoking indoors

Liberty Island or Liberty Peninsula?

Harry Leeds Wednesday, April 9th, 2014

Crimea “has always really been part of Russia” only after it had already been annexed. That is, the sentiment that some parts of Ukraine are really Russia was not an issue of such gravity until after they saw a chance to make a move.

Russian Riddles Unsolved by Americans

Harry Leeds Wednesday, September 18th, 2013

Russians don’t encounter many who speak Russian imperfectly, as a second language.

Diaspora? What’s in It for the Russian Field?

Yanni Kotsonis Friday, February 8th, 2013

It was a fascinating start to the Jordan Center’s Diasporas series which was held jointly with Glicksman Ireland House at NYU on 31 January – 1 February 2013.

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