Golfo Alexopoulos: Medicine and Mortality in the Gulag

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9th for “Medicine and Mortality in the Gulag”, a talk with Golfo Alexopoulos, University of South Florida, Tampa. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Much has been written about the Gulag since the recent declassification of the Gulag archives. Historians have examined, for example, the…

We, the Robots: Freedom in the Era of Artificial Intelligence | The Alliance Series

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York

AI (Artificial Intelligence) has the potential to revolutionize many areas of our lives, from healthcare to warfare, and from entertainment to labor. While it promises significant improvements to our day-to-day lives — for instance, in the field of healthcare, where it could lead to better diagnostics, and individually targeted drug design, as well as in the management of transport systems…

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

Gabrieli in Venice What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of…

CONCERT AND ROUND TABLE: Joaquín Rodrigo: An Anniversary Celebration

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York

Concert and Discussion panel on the life and works of the Spanish composer Joaquín Rodrigo, with Walter A. Clark (UC Riverside), Isabel Perez Dobarro, Antoni Pizà (Foundation for Iberian Music), Douglas Riva, Javier Suárez-Pajares (Universidad Complutense), and special guest Cecilia Rodrigo, daughter of Joaquín Rodrigo (founder of Ediciones Joaquín Rodrigo and Fundación Victoria y Joaquín Rodrigo). The panel aims to give a comprehensive…