FESTIVAL NEUE LITERATUR brings New York audiences new writing from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, as the first and only festival to spotlight German-language and American fiction. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Festival Neue Literatur. The theme of the 2019 festival is *IN MEMORY WE TRUST* curated by literary critic, writer and translator, Liesl Schillinger and Tim Mohr,…
Institute of French Studies Conference Organized by Jessica Pearson (Macalester College) and Herrick Chapman (NYU) Located at 5 Washington Place, Room 101, New York, NY 10003 (Department of Philosophy) This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French…
with director Michele Cinque Coinciding with the director's presence at the Italian Cultural Institute on March 26, presenting his film Sicily Jass. Screening Iuventa (2018, Documentary, 86 min.) In English, German, Italian with English subtitles Directed by Michele Cinque Preceded by the screening of Michele Cinque's short documentary film Jululu (2017, 15 min.). Introduced by David Forgacs (NYU) Followed by…
Join us for our monthly film evening. Venturing on a journey around the globe - from the Moroccan Sahara to the highest peaks of the Alps, Plastic Planet investigates the far-flung reach of plastic in modern society. This film screening is part of the project Wunderbar: A Celebration of German Film. From Beloved Sisters to A Coffee in Berlin and Young Goethe in Love, from The Blue Angel to The Cabinet of…