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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…

Book Talk. The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace by Oscar Jonsson

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City

Join for a book talk with Oscar Jonsson, current Director of the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and associated researcher at the Swedish Defense University, on The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace (Georgetown University Press, November 2019). This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is…

The Euro-Crisis: European Seminar Series

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York

As part of the European Seminar Series, Harold James will discuss the The Euro-Crisis. All sessions will take place at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 3rd Floor East, Room 324, 53 Washington Square South 3rd Floor East, New York, NY 10012. Light fare will be served.

2019 Jordan Center Distinguished Lecture: Boris Groys

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

We will hear from NYU Global and Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies Boris Groys, who will speak about “The Cold War Between the Medium and the Message: Western Abstract Art vs. Socialist Realism.” It is well known that the Cold War was represented in the context of art by the conflict between Modernist, or, more precisely, abstract and figurative, realist…

Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern Legends and Parables

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

Opening reception for the artist: Thursday, October 10, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Please RSVP to attend. Art at the Institute is pleased to announce Legends and Parables, an exhibition of thirty-four paintings by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, exploring and chronicling the embodiment of human celebration and drama founded on deceptively simple impressions of Jewish folk and religious life. The exhibition opens October…

Beethoven Perspectives: the works for cello and piano, plus three world premieres

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

Francesco Dillon (cello) and Emanuele Torquati (piano) "The two performers succeed masterfully" —Il Corriere Musicale "Dillon and Torquati gave a warm and fluent performance... perfect balance of delicacy and momentum." —Il Giornale della Musica Anticipating the 250th anniversary of his birth, the Italian Academy presents Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano performed by two of Italy's finest musicians, cellist…