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Rising Inequality and Globalization

Butler Library, Columbia University 535 W. 116 Street, New York

Distinguished Lecture in the Just Societies Series, organized by Dean Fredrick Harris This event is full. It will be livestreamed. Check back for details. To find out more, please click here. Location: LOW LIBRARY ROTUNDA Thomas Piketty is Professor at EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics and the author of the international bestseller Capital in the 21st Century. He has done major historical and…

Dominique Robin: Stone Puzzles from the Valdarno and the Hudson Valley

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

In the exhibition “Stone Puzzles,” Dominique Robin explores the projections of humankind on landscape and more generally on nature. At the opening reception on Thursday, March 28, guests will be invited to write a one-sentence “secret” on paper, which they will then cross out with pencil, revealing only a single word. Selected drawings will be displayed in the gallery space.…

A European Approach to Data Protection and AI: Discussing the EU General Data Protection Regulation and Impacts

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

AI and the GDPR March 28, 2019 Featuring Speakers Fanny Hidvegi, Policy Manager, Access Now Estelle Masse, Senior Policy Analyst, Access Now Etienne Maury, Legal & Policy Officer, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) Sponsored by the Technology, Media, and Communications (TMaC) Specialization at SIPA and by the European Institute, with the support of the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

House of Secrets

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

The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo House of Secrets The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo (2019, Bloomsbury) by Allison Levy, Brown University Author Allison Levy in conversation with: Leonard Barkan, Princeton University Gerry Milligan, College of Staten Island/CUNY GC Alexander Stille, Columbia University House of Secrets tells the remarkable story of Palazzo Rucellai from behind its celebrated façade.…

Jews and Ukrainians, a Talk by Paul Robert Magocsi

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York

Jews and Ukrainians: Myths and Stereotypes There is much that Ukrainians do not know about Jews and that Jews do not know about Ukrainians. As a result, Jews and Ukrainians who care about their respective ancestral heritages often view each other through distorted stereotypes, misperceptions, and biases. Professor Paul Robert Magocsi will shed new light on controversial issues in Ukrainian-Jewish…

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