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We're looking forward to hosting guest speaker Vitaly Chernetsky at Translating Ukraine Summer Institute! He will deliver a lecture on his translation of Sofiia Andrukhovych's "Felix Austria"

We're excited to announce that Mayhill Fowler will be teaching a three-day workshop on Mykola Kulish at Translating Ukraine this summer

Translating Ukraine Summer Institute is fast approaching. Join us in welcoming Literary Prose Instructor Uilleam Blacker!

Congrats to Suzana Vuljevic ( GSAS, Ph.D. History and Comp. Lit. ’20), who published an essay, “The Language of Power: How Ibrahim Rugova’s Literary Training Shaped His Political Philosophy,” in “New Lines Magazine” (June 5, 2026)! The essay marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Ibrahim Rugova, leader of Kosovo’s non-violent resistance movement, and its first democratically elected president

Suzana Vuljevic (GSAS '20) on Ibrahim Rugova in "New Lines Magazine" Suzana Vuljevic ( GSAS, Ph.D. History and Comp. Lit. ’20) published an essay, "The Language of Power: How Ibrahim Rugova's Literary Training Shaped His Political Philosophy," in "New Lines Magazine" (June 5, 2026). The essay marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Ibrahim Rugova, leader of Koso...

Less than a month from now we'll be kicking off the Translating Ukraine Summer Institute! We are excited to introduce Serhiy Yakovenko, who will be teaching the translation of nonfiction and academic texts

Read about Richard Wortman’s influential two-volume monograph “Scenarios of Power” in Victoria Frede's piece for Kritika Journal’s “Classics in Retrospect” series. Frede explains why the ideas animating “Scenarios of Power” were so innovative and influential upon the book’s publication, and examines the meaning of, and widespread misconceptions about, Wortman’s key concepts

Retrospective on Richard Wortman's Scenarios of Power Published in Kritika Victoria Frede has published an article in Kritika's "Classics in Retrospect" series on Richard Wortman's influential two-volume monograph "Scenarios of Power." Frede is particularly interested in the reception history of the work – explaining why the ideas animating "Scenarios of Power" were so i...

It’s barely been two weeks since graduation, and already we miss our MARS-REERS Class of 2026. We wish you all the best and know you will reach great heights!

Left to right: Shiori Horton, Jordan Dickens, Nicholas Dore, Janat Kalmakova, Frank Beane, Thomas Newman

We also miss and congratulate Nickolas Khimerik and Rigas Rigopoulos who are not in the photo.

In an article for “Just Security,” Matthew Murray argues that building a sustainable peace in Ukraine will require de-oligarchizing and dismantling Russia’s wartime economy and creating a new economic security architecture for Europe. Murray warns that sanctions alone will not achieve these objectives and urges the United States to integrate sanctions into a broader economic statecraft https://ow.ly/mNpy50Z2Wfh

Sanctions Towards Russia Are Not a Strategy U.S. sanctions toward Russia have proliferated, but effective policy requires integrating them into broader economic statecraft.

A huge congratulation to Max Lawton (GSAS, Ph.D. '26) for receiving the Goethe-Institut's 2026 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator’s Prize for his rendering of the thousand-plus-page German novel “Schattenfroh” by Michael Lentz!

Max Lawton Wins the 2026 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for Schattenfroh The Goethe-Institut announced that Max Lawton has been awarded the 2026 Helen & Kurt Wolff Translator's Prize for his rendering of the mammoth, thousand-plus-page German novel "Schattenfroh" by Michael Lentz. The jury statement accompanying the announcement was breathless: "The narrative voic

"My favorite thing about studying at Harriman is the community — it is fascinating to be among so many people studying the same region but with different perspectives and interests" — Jordan Dickens, MARS-REERS '26. Read the full student spotlight:

Student Spotlight: Jordan Dickens (MARS-REERS ’26) Jordan Dickens is recipient of the Harriman Junior Fellowship and winner of the 2026 Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Master's SynThesis competition. What region/topics are you focusing on at the Harriman Institute? My studies have focused on the history of the Soviet Union, particularly t