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Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue In Post-Conflict Settings

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City

Annual Conference of the Historical Dialogues, Justice, and Memory Network Prevention Activism: Advancing Historical Dialogue In Post-Conflict Settings December 12-14, 2019 Columbia University, New York City Prevention activism—that is, the effort to record, acknowledge, address and redress the violent past— seeks to counter nationalist myths and identities that are central ingredients of ethnic and political violence. Its goal is to…

Shooting French Stars in America

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York

Join photographer Jean-Pierre Laffont as he presents his latest book, Nos Stars en Amérique: carte postales de Jean-Pierre Laffont, just published in France by les éditions de la Martinière. A New York-based French photographer, Jean-Pierre Laffont photographed the greatest stars of the 1960s and the 80s, including Charlie Chaplin, Charles Aznavour, Alfred Hitchcock, Françoise Hardy, Yves Montand, Line Renaud, Alain…

Pre-“Rosenkavalier” Evening

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

Opera to the People is a group open to students or other young present and future audience members in order to delve into the world and language of opera, with the objective of fostering a new generation of attentive opera-goers. The group meets to watch and listen to recordings of a particular opera that will then be attended LIVE. This serves the…