Ongoing

The New Energy History: Energy Transitions in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York

Over the past two centuries energy transitions have occurred across the world at a seemingly relentless pace, reshaping forms of social life, economic organization, and political governance. This conference will explore the causes, courses, effects, and aftershocks of energy transitions—both those that succeeded and those that failed—in North America and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. CONFERENCE PROGRAM THURSDAY,…

Irish Arts Center Poetryfest 2018

Irish Arts Center 553 West 51st Street, New York City

The 10th annual PoetryFest celebrates Ireland and America's great literary connection by showcasing some of the best poets working today. Presented with and at the Irish Arts Center. Curated by Nick Laird. Thursday, November 1 7pm: The Tom Quinlan Lecture in Poetry with Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize-winner Richard Osmond. Click here for more information and registration. Friday, November 2 Favorite Poems Tickets…

Timing Blanchot – Symposium

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

Organized by Denis Hollier and Zakir Paul In Fall 2018, Fordham University Press will publish Maurice Blanchot: A Critical Biography, a translation of Christophe Bident’s groundbreaking life of the writer and critic, as well as Death Now, the final volume of of Blanchot’s Chronicles of Intellectual Life, written from 1941-1944. Finally, Minuit has recently published Jean-François Hamel's, Nous sommes tous la pègre (Les années 68 de Blanchot), an…

Mediterranea

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

Jonas Carpignano (2015) This screening is part of the NYU SPS Center for Applied Liberal Arts Fall 2018 Film Series The Immigrant Experience: Visions of Diaspora on Film in America and Abroad. As immigration ignites new conversations in the U.S., it continues to be a divisive issue across the globe. This film series explores the experiences of people who leave…

Celebrating the diversity of Polish cusine with two exclusive pop-up dinners

Archestratus Books and Food 160 Huron Street, Brooklyn

The Polish Cultural Institute New York teams up with Brooklyn purveyors of Old World Jewish Foods, The Gefilteria, and celebrated Polish Chef, Malika, for dinner events  As part of its centenary celebration of the regaining of Polish Independence, the Polish Cultural Institute (PCI) New York presents “Roots & Radishes”, a two-night pop-up dining series in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, on November 2…