Reid Hall Residencies
Co-sponsored by the Columbia Global Paris Center and Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Reid Hall Residencies are designed to support artists and journalists who have had to leave their countries of origin due to extreme circumstances (war, natural disaster, political oppression).
2025 – 2026
For the 2025 – 2026 year, the Reid Hall journalist in residence is Hanna Liubakova, an exiled journalist and political analyst from Belarus.
The 2024 – 2025 residency period has also been extended for two Palestinian artists, artist Maha Al-Daya and poet Doha Kahlout.
Hanna Liubakova
Journalist – Belarus
Hanna Liubakova is an exiled journalist and political analyst from Belarus. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and has written about developments in Belarus for international outlets including The Washington Post, The Economist, and others. Liubakova began her career at Belsat TV, the only independent Belarusian television channel, banned by the regime in Minsk. She also worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague, Czechia. During her residency at Reid Hall, Liubakova will focus on completing her book Exiled Voice: Preserving Belarus’s Story.
Learn more about Hanna Liubakova
Hanna Liubakova is an exiled journalist and political analyst from Belarus. She is a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and has written about developments in Belarus for international outlets including The Washington Post, The Economist, and others. Liubakova began her career at Belsat TV, the only independent Belarusian television channel, banned by the regime in Minsk. She also worked for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague, Czechia. She is currently writing a book about Belarus.
Liubakova has received several awards for her work, including the Freedom of the Media Award from the Transatlantic Leadership Network and the One Young World Journalist of the Year Award. She was also a finalist for the European Press Prize. In retaliation for her reporting, the Lukashenka regime sentenced her in absentia to ten years in prison. She is on the wanted list in Russia and across all CIS countries.
She holds an MA with distinction in International Journalism from Brunel University London, where she was awarded the Peter Caws Prize for the best postgraduate dissertation in 2017.
During her residency at Reid Hall, Liubakova will focus on completing her book Exiled Voice: Preserving Belarus’s Story, under contract with Bloomsbury Academic. The book blends investigative reporting, personal narrative, and political analysis to document the Belarusian resistance movement since 2020, highlighting voices often overlooked in Western media — including political prisoners, underground educators, digital dissidents, and women leaders.
Hanna Liubakova est une journaliste et analyste politique biélorusse en exil. Senior fellow non résidente à l’Atlantic Council, elle a couvert l’actualité de la Biélorussie pour de grands médias internationaux tels que The Washington Post, The Economist et bien d’autres. Elle a débuté sa carrière à Belsat TV, la seule chaîne de télévision indépendante du pays, interdite par le régime de Minsk. Elle a ensuite travaillé à Prague pour Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). Elle se consacre actuellement à l’écriture d’un ouvrage sur la Biélorussie.
Son engagement lui a valu de nombreuses distinctions, dont le Freedom of the Media Award du Transatlantic Leadership Network et le prix One Young World Journalist of the Year. Finaliste du European Press Prize, elle a été condamnée par contumace à dix ans de prison par le régime de Loukachenko, en représailles à son travail. Elle figure également sur la liste des personnes recherchées en Russie et dans l’ensemble des pays de la CEI.
Diplômée avec mention d’un master en journalisme international de l’Université Brunel de Londres, elle a reçu en 2017 le prix Peter Caws, récompensant la meilleure dissertation de troisième cycle.
En résidence à Reid Hall, Hanna Liubakova se consacre à l’achèvement de son livre Exiled Voice: Preserving Belarus’s Story, à paraître chez Bloomsbury Academic. Ce récit mêle enquête journalistique, témoignage personnel et analyse politique pour retracer le mouvement de résistance biélorusse depuis 2020. L’ouvrage met en lumière des voix souvent ignorées par les médias occidentaux — prisonniers politiques, enseignants clandestins, dissidents numériques et femmes leaders.
2024 – 2025
For the 2024-2025 year, the Reid Hall artists in residence are Palestinian poet Doha Kahlout and visual artist Maha Al-Daya, and Ugandan dancer Haman Mpadire.
Doha Kahlout
Poet – Palestine
Doha Kahlout is a Palestinian poet and teacher of Arabic. She graduated from Al-Azhar University with a BA in Arabic Language and Media Studies. In 2018, Kahlout published her first collection of poetry, Ashbah ("Similarities"), with Dar Tarik Publishing House. She has also contributed to publications of the Qattan Foundation and Dar Tibaq Publishing House. “I am passionate about writing and about experimenting with writing; about reading all forms of literature; and about both participating in special workshops on writing and teaching young people, so that, together, we can reach the secret power of the word and what it does to us.”
Haman Mpadire
Performance artist – Uganda
Haman Mpadire is a performance artist, dancer, and researcher born in Eastern Uganda, originally from the Busoga tribe. He graduated with a Masters degree of Arts, Literature and Languages in Dance from CCN - Paul Valéry University. He received the Pina Bausch Fellowship in 2023, following his participation in the Fondation d'entreprise Hermès “Artists in the Community” bursary scheme and the Institut français “Visas pour la création” program. His artistic practices probe experimental research around colonial systems and post-colonial theories. In his current projects, Haman is exploring animistic notions of the ancient Busoga kingdom and beyond along with the complex relationships between identity and visibility for black African bodies.
Maha Al-Daya
Visual artist – Palestine
Maha Al-Daya is a Palestinian artist from Gaza. In addition to her painting and multidisciplinary artistic practice, she is also engaged in the design and embroidery of traditional Palestinian dresses. Her work explores themes of identity, memory, and resilience, often reflecting the socio-political realities of Palestinian life. Over the years, Al-Daya has participated in numerous prestigious art residencies, including the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris (2012), appointed by the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem, and the Darat al Funun - Khaled Shoman Foundation Summer Academy with Marwan Kassab Bachi (2001).
Maha Al-Daya is jointly hosted by the Columbia Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Columbia Paris Global Center and Sciences Po as part of the PAUSE program.
Learn more about Doha Kahlout
Doha Kahlout est une poétesse palestinienne et enseignante d'arabe. Elle est diplômée de l'université Al-Azhar avec une licence en langue arabe et en études médiatiques. En 2018, Kahlout a publié son premier recueil de poésie, Ashbah ("Similarités"), chez la maison d'édition Dar Tarik. Elle a également contribué aux publications de la Fondation Qattan et de la maison d'édition Dar Tibaq. “Je suis passionnée par l'écriture et par l'expérimentation littéraire ; par la lecture de toutes les formes de littérature ; et par la participation à des ateliers d'écriture ainsi que par la transmission aux jeunes, afin qu'ensemble nous puissions découvrir le pouvoir secret des mots et leurs impacts sur nous.”
Learn more about Haman Mpadire
Haman Mpadire est un artiste de performance, danseur, et chercheur né dans l'est de l'Ouganda, originaire de la tribu Busoga. Il est diplômé d'un Master en Arts, Littérature et Langues avec une spécialisation en Danse de l'Université Paul Valéry - CCN. Il a reçu la bourse Pina Bausch en 2023, suite à sa participation au programme "Artistes dans la communauté" de la Fondation d'entreprise Hermès et au programme "Visas pour la création" de l'Institut français. Ses pratiques artistiques touchent à la recherche expérimentale autour des systèmes coloniaux et des théories post-coloniales. Dans ses projets actuels, Haman explore les notions animistes de l'ancien royaume de Busoga et au-delà, ainsi que les relations complexes entre l'identité et la visibilité des corps africains noirs.
Learn more about Maha Al-Daya
Maha Al-Daya est une artiste palestinienne originaire de Gaza. En plus de sa pratique artistique pluridisciplinaire et de la peinture, elle est également engagée dans la conception et la broderie de robes traditionnelles palestiniennes. Son travail explore les thèmes de l’identité, de la mémoire et de la résilience, reflétant souvent les réalités socio-politiques de la vie palestinienne.
Au fil des années, Al-Daya a participé à de nombreuses résidences artistiques prestigieuses, notamment à la Cité Internationale des Arts à Paris (2012), sur nomination du Consulat Général de France à Jérusalem, ainsi qu’à la Darat al Funun - Khaled Shoman Foundation Summer Academy avec Marwan Kassab Bachi (2001).
Ses œuvres ont été présentées lors de plusieurs expositions personnelles, notamment Not Just the Rubble (Shababik Art Gallery, Gaza, 2023), Places (FCI Jérusalem, Ramallah, Gaza, Bethléem, 2012-2013) et Vision (Peace Center, Bethléem, 2006). Elle a également participé à de nombreuses expositions collectives à travers le monde, dont Face and Place (Exposition Wall Hotel, Bethléem, 2023), On Borrowed Time in Gaza (Monica Rees Gallery, Canada, 2021) et Contemplative Contradictions (Fondation Qattan, Gaza, 2019).
Al-Daya a contribué à plusieurs projets de conception de livres, tels que Contemporary Palestine (Collection Mundi, Italie, 2016) et Hope: Colours of Hope Expressions from Gaza (PNUD, 2010). Son engagement envers l’art va au-delà des expositions, puisqu’elle participe activement à des ateliers, des fresques murales et des programmes éducatifs, notamment auprès d'enfants en situation de handicap.
Al-Daya's artwork has been featured in multiple solo exhibitions, such as Not Just the Rubble (Shababik Art Gallery, Gaza, 2023), Places (FCI Jerusalem, Ramallah, Gaza, Bethlehem, 2012-2013), and Vision (Peace Center, Bethlehem, 2006). She has also been part of numerous group exhibitions worldwide, including Face and Place (Wall Hotel Exhibition, Bethlehem, 2023), On Borrowed Time in Gaza (Monica Rees Gallery, Canada, 2021), and Contemplative Contradictions (Qattan Foundation, Gaza, 2019).
She has contributed to several book design projects, such as Contemporary Palestine (Mundi’s Collection, Italy, 2016) and Hope: Colours of Hope Expressions from Gaza (UNDP, 2010). Her dedication to the arts extends beyond exhibitions, as she actively engages in workshops, murals, and educational programs, including projects for children with special needs.
Past Residencies
- 2012 : Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, appointed by the Consulate General of France in Jerusalem, Al-Rafah Association and Al-Qattan Foundation, Ramallah.
- 2001 : Residence at Darat al Funun - Khaled Shoman Foundation Summer Academy with Marwan Kassab Bachi
Book Design
- 2016 :Contemporary-Palestine,Mundi"s collection.fondazioneigomundi,Italy.
- 2010 : “Hope: Colours of Hope Expressions from Gaza” (UNDP).
- 2007 : “Palestinian Artists: Land = Body = Narrative” (first edition September 2007, Al- Hoash Gallery, Jerusalem).
- 2005 : “Windows on the Wall of Silence” (first edition March 2005, Ramallah, edited by the Qattan Foundation and the Heinrich Böll Institute).
Special Exhibitions:
- 2023 : “Not Just the Rubble”, solo exhibition, Shababik Art Gallery, Gaza. July 18.
- 2012-2013 : “Places”, FCI Jerusalem, Ramallah, Gaza, Bethlehem.
- 2012 : “Earth”, open studio at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris.
- 2006 : “Vision”, Peace Center, Bethlehem.
- 2017 : “Transformations”, Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, exhibition at the Wall Hotel, Bethlehem.
- 2007 : “Three Female Artists from Gaza”, FCI.
- 2003 : “Three Female Artists from Gaza”, Khalil Sakakini Center, Ramallah.
Group exhibitions:
- 2023 : “Face and Place”, Wall Hotel Exhibition, Bethlehem.
- 2022 : “Colors of Gaza”, Al-Jidar Hotel Exhibition, Bethlehem.
- 2021 : “On Borrowed Time in Gaza”, Monica Rees Gallery, Canada.
- 2019 : “Contemplative Contradictions”, Qattan Foundation, Gaza.
- 2017 : “Auction 7”, Palestinian Art Court Al-Hosh, Jerusalem.
- 2016 : “What Next”, Palestinian Art Court Al-Hosh, Jerusalem.
- 2014 : “Our Daily Life Here in Gaza”, Zara Center, Amman.
- 2014 : “Athar”, Pedicor Holding Company, Ramallah.
- 2010 : “Youth of Palestine”, Birzeit University, Ramallah.
- 2009 : “Colors of Hope”, UNDP, Jerusalem.
- 2009 : “Art of Palestine”, Bank of Palestine Hall in partnership with FCI, Gaza.
- 2009 : “Place Acadia”, meeting at the Pravol Gallery, Montauban - Paris.
- 2009 : “The Effects of War”, FCI Gaza, Jerusalem, Ramallah, Nablus.
- 2009 : “Remains of Art”, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Gaza.
- 2008 : “10 Arts”, Windows for Arts.
- 2008 : “Colors of Hope”, UNDP, Jerusalem.
- 2008 : “White Night”, Goethe Institute, Ramallah.
- 2008 : “Orchestra of Transformation”, Al-Hosh Gallery, Jerusalem.
- 2007 : “Colors of Hope”, UNDP, Jerusalem.
- 2007 : “White Night”, FCI Gaza (followed by a tour to Ramallah, Jerusalem, Nablus, Gaza d Berlin).
- 2007 : “Cycle”, Palestinian Women Artists, Birzeit University.
- 2007 : “Cycle”, Palestinian Women Artists, Al-Hosh Gallery, Jerusalem.
- 2006 : “Colors of Hope”, UNDP, Jerusalem.
- 2006 : "White Night", FCI Gaza.
- 2005 : “Vision”, Mosaic London in collaboration with the Qattan Foundation.
- 2004 : “Unforgettable Things”, UNDP, Jerusalem.
- 2004 : “Five Artists from Gaza”, Diana Tamari Hall, Birzeit University.
- 2002 : “Palestine, a Dream Come True”, Gaza Governorate.
- 2002 : “Students of the Academy”, Darat al Funun in September, Khalid Shoman Institute, Dar al Funun, Amman.
- 2001 : “A Look”, YMCA Gaza.
- 2001 : “We Will”, Palestine Red Crescent, Gaza.
- 2000 : “Shadows of the Intifada”, Arts and Crafts Village, Gaza.
Workshops and murals: Participation in several workshops, murals and summer camps for children, including deaf children and children with special needs.
2023 – 2024
For the 2023-2024 year, the Reid Hall artist-in-residence was Afghan-Iranian the writer Aliyeh Ataei; the project-in-residence was the 1991 Project, a non-profit association whose purpose is to safeguard and promote Ukrainian music. The official launch of the initiatives took place on September 28, 2023.
Aliyeh Ataei
Writer – Iran
Aliyeh Ataei is an Afghan-Iranian author and screenwriter whose books have won major literary awards in Iran, including Mehregan-e-Adab for Best Novel. She was born in 1981 in Iran, and grew up in Darmian, a border region situated between the South Khorasan Province in Iran and the Farah province in Afghanistan. Ataei was a border dweller, with part of her family living in Iran and the other part in Afghanistan. Widely recognized as a strong adherent of women’s rights, Ataei is deeply influenced by personal accounts of growing up as a female minority in Iran, and her work takes on themes such as identity and the émigré life. She finished her high-school in Birjand and left for the capital to continue her studies at Tehran University of Art where she earned an undergraduate and a graduate degree in Screenplay Writing.
In addition to publishing books, Ataei has worked for several magazines such as Hamshahri, Tajrobeh, and Nadastan. Her short stories and essays have been translated and published in numerous American and French magazines, including Guernica, Words without Borders, Michigan Quarterly Review, Adi Magazine, and Kenyon Review. Her collection of personal essays, titled Kursorkhi in Persian, was published by Gallimard in April 2023 as La frontière des oubliés.
1991 Project
Non-profit association – Ukraine
The 1991 Project is a non-profit association whose purpose is to safeguard and promote Ukrainian music, by helping Ukrainian musicians preserve their artistic skills in France and in the Western world. It is led and inspired by Anna Stavychenko, a musicologist, music critic and classical music producer. The production of concerts, cultural, and educational events gives visibility to the Ukrainian musical repertoire, in its tight connections to European cultural traditions.
The initial programs of the project target the most urgent needs of Ukrainian musicians, exiled in France with their families, by providing income, psychological support, and social assistance. These musicians are some of the best performers and they come from the best orchestras in Ukraine, such as the National Philharmonic Orchestra, the National ensemble of soloists "Kyivska kamerata," or the Odesa Philharmonic Orchestra.
The first major event presented by the 1991 Project was the Silvestrov Days in Paris in May and June 2023, co-organized with Columbia Global Centers | Paris, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, the Ukrainian Culture Center in Paris, and the Embassy of Ukraine in France. The festival was dedicated to one of the greatest Ukrainian contemporary composers, Valentyn Silvestrov.
The 1991 Project is currently preparing the 2023/2024 season, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Embassy in France, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Reid Hall, UNICEF, the University Paris 8.
Learn more about Aliyeh Ataei
Aliyeh Ataei est une écrivaine et scénariste afghane-irano, récipiendaire de grands prix littéraires dont le prix Mehregan-e-Adab du meilleur roman. Ataei est née en 1981 et a grandi à Darmian, une région frontalière entre la province du Khorasan du Sud en Iran et la province de Farah en Afghanistan. Elle est diplômée du lycée de Birjand et est allée à Téhéran pour poursuivre ses études à l'Université d'art de Téhéran où elle a obtenu son B.A. et M.A. en écriture de scénario. Le travail d’Ataei traite beaucoup de l’immigration, et elle travaille comme militante des droits des femmes ayant grandi en Iran en tant que minorité féminine et connu beaucoup de discrimination.
En plus de publier des livres, elle a travaillé avec plusieurs magazines tels que Hamshahri, Tajrobeh et Nadastan. Ses nouvelles ont également été traduites et publiées dans plusieurs magazines américains et français tels que Michigan Quarterly Review, Words without Borders, Adi Magazine, Kenyon Review et Guernica. Son dernier livre La frontière des oubliés, intitulé Kursorkhi en persan, parût chez Gallimard en avril 2023.
“Aliyeh Ataei’s brilliant immersion reporting feels urgent and necessary.”
— Jina Moore, Guernica Magazine
“Aliyeh Ataei plumbs the intimate effects of displacement, considering how memories and assumptions about conflict fizz in the familial sphere.”
— Meara Sharma, Adi Magazine
BOOKS
La frontière des oubliés (2023)
Koorsorkhi: a story of soul and war (2021)
Eye of the dog (2019)
Kafourpoosh (2015)
How could Abel be killed by Cain? (2012)
ESSAYS
“Galileo,” Words without Borders
“The Alcove,” Michigan Quarterly Review
“Bullet in Our Conversation,” Adi Magazine
“To Live Again,” Kenyon Review
“The Border Merchant,” Guernica
“Malali and Me,” Guernica
“My Mother is a Tree,” Markaz Review
Learn more about the 1991 Project
Le 1991 Project est une association à but non lucratif dont le but est de sauvegarder et de promouvoir la musique ukrainienne, en aidant des musiciens ukrainiens à préserver leurs compétences artistiques en France et dans le monde occidental. Elle est dirigée et inspirée par Anna Stavychenko, musicologue, critique musicale et productrice de musique classique. La production de concerts, d'événements culturels et éducatifs donne de la visibilité au répertoire musical ukrainien, dans ses liens étroits avec les traditions culturelles européennes.
Les programmes initiaux du projet ciblent les besoins les plus urgents des musiciens ukrainiens exilés en France avec leurs familles : revenus, soutien psychologique et aide sociale. Ces musiciens comptent parmi les meilleurs interprètes d'Ukraine et sont issus des meilleurs orchestres de leur pays, tels que l'Orchestre national philharmonique, l'ensemble national "Kyivska Kamerata" ou l'Orchestre philharmonique d'Odesa.
Le premier événement majeur organisé par le 1991 Project fut les Journées Silvestrov à Paris en mai-juin 2023, coorganisées avec Columbia Global Centers | Paris, l'Institute for Ideas and Imagination, le Centre culturel ukrainien à Paris et l'Ambassade d'Ukraine en France. Le festival était dédié à l'un des plus grands compositeurs contemporains ukrainiens, Valentyn Silvestrov.
Le 1991 Project prépare actuellement la saison 2023/2024, en collaboration avec l'Ambassade d'Ukraine en France, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, Reid Hall, l'UNICEF, et l'Université Paris 8.
Harriman 2023 – 2024
The Harriman Residencies were year-long residencies for Ukrainian writers and creative artists. They were established in 2022, made possible thanks to the generosity of the Harriman Institute, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, and a gift from the Ukrainian Studies Fund. Learn more.
Victoria Amelina
Writer | Ukraine
Victoria Amelina, who had been due to begin a Harriman Residency at Reid Hall in September 2023, died on July 1 of injuries she sustained as the result of the Russian shelling of a restaurant in Kramatorsk on 27 June. Our thoughts go out at this time to her family and her friends.
Amelina was a Ukrainian novelist, essayist, poet, and human rights activist based in Kyiv. She won the Joseph Conrad Literature Prize for her prose works, including the novels Dom's Dream Kingdom and Fall Syndrome, and was a finalist for the European Union Prize for Literature and the UN Women in Arts Award. She was a founder of the New York Literature Festival, which took place in a village called New York in the Bakhmut area, in the Donetsk region. Since 2022 she had been collaborating with Ukrainian NGOs, including Truth Hounds and the Center for Civil Liberties, to document war crimes and advocate for accountability for the international crimes committed in Ukraine. Recently, she was working on a non-fiction project, Looking at Women Looking at War: War and Justice Diary.
Harriman 2022 – 2023
The Harriman Residencies were year-long residencies for Ukrainian writers and creative artists. They were established in 2022, made possible thanks to the generosity of the Harriman Institute, the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Columbia Global Centers | Paris, and a gift from the Ukrainian Studies Fund. Learn more.
Natalka Bilotserkivets
Poet – Ukraine
Natalka Bilotserkivets (Наталка Білоцерківець) is the author of six books of poetry and a volume of selected poems, “We Shall Not Die in Paris” (“Ми помрем не в Парижі”) 2015 and 2018. Her poetry has been translated into a dozen languages, including recent English translations of Subterranean Fire (2020) and Eccentric Days of Hope and Sorrow (2021), and has been awarded many national and international prizes.
As a Harriman Resident, Natalka worked on Repossessions (working title), a small book of poems about the lost things (or, in a special way, poems of things, or things’ poems), which tell their life stories in the time of war.
Nikita Grigorov
Journalist – Ukraine
Paul Klebnikov Fellow
Born in Donetsk in 1994, Nikita Grigorov moved in 2014 to Kyiv. He majored in Eastern European Studies at Taras Shevchenko National University Kyiv and attended Charles University in Prague. His work as a journalist has appeared in Ukrainian and foreign media as well as in literary anthologies. He is also the author of scripts for independent films and short plays. Together with Veniamin Belyavsky, he contributed to, translated, and edited an anthology of Ukrainian writers from Donbas Порода (“Breed”).
Zoya Laktionova
Filmmaker | Ukraine
Zoya Laktionova was born in Mariupol in 1984. She made her first appearance in the world of documentary cinema as a character in the film "Ma"(10’) in 2017, and a year later she directed her first short documentary, "Diorama", about the mined sea in the Mariupol area. The film won an award in the MyStreetFilms category at the “86” festival (Ukraine) in 2018, was selected by several European film festivals, and was released in Ukraine in 2019. "Territory of Empty Windows" (10’) premiered in 2021 at the DocudaysUA International Human Rights DFF and received several awards in various festivals across Europe.
During her residency at the Institute for Ideas and Imagination, Zoya will work on two projects: a full-length hybrid documentary film, Ashes That Settle in Layers on the Surface, about her native city of Mariupol, and a short film, Muto, telling the story of the Roma genocide in Ukraine.
Anna Stavychenko
Musicologist, writer, manager | Ukraine
A graduate from the National Music Academy of Ukraine, Anna Stavychenko is a musicologist, music critic, and classical music manager. She pursued her PhD at the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich and the Richard Strauss Institute in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. She is an Executive Director of the Kyiv Symphony Orchestra, Artistic Director of the "Open Music City" Public Initiative, and Chief Executive Officer of the Lyatoshynsky Club, which aims to research, perform, and promote the Ukrainian repertoire of the 20th-21st centuries. Since the beginning of Russia's war against Ukraine, she has also been the curator of special projects of the Sinfonia Varsovia, launched to integrate the Ukrainian repertoire into the programs of this prominent Polish orchestra and create special events for Ukrainian refugees and their children. Stavychenko is also the head of a special mission of the Philharmonie de Paris, designed to provide temporary contracts with French national orchestras to Ukrainian musicians who were forced to leave their homeland because of the war.
As a Harriman Resident, Anna will work on a book that combines the real stories of Ukrainian refugee musicians—and her own—with insider narratives about the classical music industry.
Contacts
If you have questions concerning the Displaced Artists Initiative or would like to reach out regarding a potential collaboration, please contact
Brunhilde Biebuyck
Director
Columbia Global Paris Center
[email protected]
Marie d’Origny
Paris Director
Institute for Ideas and Imagination
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Marie Doezema
Senior Special Projects Manager
Columbia Global Paris Center
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