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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…

Remaining a Ukrainian Woman: Normative Femininity as “Armor” in the Gulag

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

Join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Oksana Kis(National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). In the 1940-50s, tens of thousands of Ukrainian women were sentenced to long-term imprisonment in the Gulag for political charges. Their experiences of living in the most brutal conditions of the Soviet camps have not yet been the subject of…

The Politics of Religion in Israel

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City

A panel discussion with Yinon Cohen, Katherine Franke and Alain Dieckhoff. Moderated by Chiara Superti To RSVP, please click here. The Israeli elections of April and September 2019 highlighted, yet again, the profound rifts that divide Israeli society. But the now familiar political haggling that ensued did not only reveal traditional left-right divides. More significantly, it put into sharp focus the religious-secular…

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

Join AJHS and CJH for a film screening followed by a conversation with Director Oren Rudavsky about the fascinating life and legacy of Joseph Pulitzer. Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People explores the remarkable man behind the prestigious prizes. A Jewish immigrant from Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer began as a gifted journalist before becoming a successful publisher and businessman. Pulitzer was famous…

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Music On Park Avenue With Per Tengstrand & Opus 21 Rhapsody in Blue

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City

This season, Swedish pianist Per Tengstrand returns to Scandinavia House for the Music on Park Avenue concert series with a special presentation of famous piano concerti performed with musicians from Princeton chamber music group Opus 21. This evening, Tengstrand and Opus 21 musicians Sophia Winograd and Bryant So (violin), Johanna Linna (viola), and Ian Kim (cello) will be performing George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in…