Saint-Domingue by Way of Saint Petersburg: Writing the Haitian Revolution in Imperial Russia

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City

In 1802, Nikolai Karamzin founded the journal Messenger of Europe with the intention that it would inform the Russian public of current political developments in the West, including as they related to the European colonies. From its inaugural issue through 1804, about two dozen stories explicitly concerning the Haitian Revolution appeared in its pages, and as an editor, Karamzin was sympathetic to…

Agora Europe Series

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City

Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders To RSVP, please click here. With Etienne Balibar, Jean Cohen, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Lydia Goehr, Stephen Holmes, Carlo Invernizzi, David Johnston, Giulia Oskian, Silvana Patriarca, David Ragazzoni, Rui Tavares, Nadia Urbinati, Achille Varzi, Nicolas De Warren; chaired by Caterina Di Fazio. Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora…

Agora Europe Series – Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City

Speakers: Etienne Balibar (Columbia) Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia) Carlo Invernizzi (CUNY) Andreas Kalyvas (New School) Giulia Oskian (Yale) Silvana Patriarca (Fordham) David Ragazzoni (Columbia) Rui Tavares (LIVRE / Brown University) Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) Achille Varzi (Columbia) Chaired by: Caterina Di Fazio (Pantheon-Sorbonne University / Columbia University) Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora Europe is intended to create opportunities for…

A Musical Celebration

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City

On the occasion of Italian Heritage and Culture Month Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, President In association with The Enrico Caruso Museum A performance of major contributions by Italian composers through the ages, from regional songs to the operatic repertoire. Presented by pianist and composer David Maiullo. Featuring: Lucia Wehr, soprano Brian Ernstes, tenor Please note:…

Protest/Debt

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York

Thirty-three years separate two one-act plays that are connected by absurd humor and the characters of Vanek and Stanek. What happens when two writers meet—one who is not allowed to write and the other who writes whatever he wants? What if the first one has a surprising proposal for the second one? And what if the two of them meet…