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Cracking the Nest Egg

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

Please join the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center for a talk with Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado, about her book The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Sarah Wilson Sokhey will present the research from her recent book, The Political Economy of Pension…

Ground Truth: Testimonies of Destruction and Return in Al-Araqib

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City

On Palestinian Bedouin villages in the Naqab (Negev) The Center for Palestine Studies, in partnership with the NGO Zochrot, and Forensic Architecture, will host an exhibition (October 10-November 2) and symposium titled From Res Nullius to Terra Nullius: Revisiting Indigenous Histories, Legal Systems and Land Rights in the Naqab (October 11), focused on two counter investigations concerning the Palestinian-Bedouin villages…

Anthony Hecht’s Italian Journey

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

In collaboration with the Bogliasco Foundation. A lecture by David Yezzi, Johns Hopkins University. The poet Anthony Hecht returned from combat in WWII devastated by the horrors he had seen. Soon after, he established a lifelong connection to Italy that began with a move to the island of Ischia, and ended at the Bogliasco Foundation, where he wrote his final…

Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World

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

Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World Charlotte de Castelnau-L'Estoile, in conversation with Amy Chazkel and Roquinaldo Ferreira To RSVP, please click here. Marriage played a crucial role in the making of a Catholic slavery-based society such as that of Brazil from the 16th century to the 19th century. Historical sources such as legal documents and petitions from slaves…

Jarmila Novotna: My Life in Song

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

An exclusive American introduction of the memoirs of Czech-American opera star and film actress, Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994). Author and editor William V. Madison will speak about the international triumphs of this multi-talented celebrity who acted as a cultural ambassador for the Czechoslovak nation throughout her career—beginning in Prague with her opera debut as a lyric soprano at age 17 and…

A Look Behind the Curtain – Concert

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

An exploration of poetic imagery, symbolist, surreal, and sensual, through the ears of five contemporary composers, in the company of Poulenc's iconic 1956 song cycle, Le travail du peintre. Additional works by Barbara Jazwinski, Louis Karchin, Friedrich Kern, Andrew MacDonald and Guy Sacre. Reservations:  212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu -- View the texts by clicking on the composers' names below, or access all texts here. Francis Poulenc, Le travail du…

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