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MOSCOW: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920S-1980S

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

The Harriman Institute is pleased to present the exhibit Moscow: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920s-1980s featuring a series of works photographs by artist Yevgeniy Fiks. "What is the attitude of bourgeois society to homosexuals? Even if we take into account the differences existing on this score in the legislation of various countries, can we speak of a specifically bourgeois attitude…

Dante and… Opera

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

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin / Dante and... Casa Italiana's two popular series Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin and Dante and... meet up for their first event of the season, focusing on Dante's presence in the world of opera (and classical music in general). Fred Plotkin will be leading a conversation with American conductor Michael Hurshell, Artistic Director…

The Nordic Model: Norway’s Penal Reform

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City

In this new series, speakers at Scandinavia House will explore the reasons why Nordic countries lead surveys of societies with high levels of trust, happiness, gender equality, and quality of life. By many measures, these countries are among the most successful societies worldwide. In these lectures, we’ll look at how individual countries have successfully addressed certain issues that confront all societies.…

Daughters of 1968 by Lisa Greenwald – Book Presentation

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

Daughters of 1968 (University of Nebraska Press, 2019) is the story of French feminism between 1944 and 1981, when feminism played a central political role in the history of France. The key women during this epoch were often leftists committed to a materialist critique of society and were part of a postwar tradition that produced widespread social change, revamping the…

“West Germany and Israel:” A Conversation between Carole Fink and David Marwell

Taub Center For Israel Studies at NYU 14A Washington Mews (First Floor), New York

Deutsches Haus at NYU co-presents together with the Taub Center for Israel Studies at NYU and Leo Baeck Institute a talk with Dr. Carole Fink about her book West Germany and Israel: Foreign Relations, Domestic Politics, and the Cold War, 1965–1974, and a conversation between the author and Dr. David G. Marwell, American historian and the former director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage…