Book Launch: The Perfect Fascist by Victoria de Grazia

This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. Purchase  The Perfect Fascist  through Book Culture! For 10% off, use promo code: CUEUROPE   The Perfect Fascist (Harvard University Press,…

“The Shadow King” Book Presentation

Online

Casa Italiana hosts a discussion with Maaza Mengiste, author of The Shadow King, which was named a best book of the year by The New York Times, NPR, Elle, and Time. Set during Mussolini's 1935 invasion of Ethiopia, The Shadow King takes us back to the first real conflict of World War II, casting light on the women soldiers who were left out of…

Grande Karma: In the Footsteps of Forgotten Author Carlo Coccioli

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Casa Italiana Director Stefano Albertini and translator Michael F. Moore discuss the legacy of controversial writer Carlo Coccioli (1920-2003) with Alessandro Raveggi, author of Grande Karma: Vite de Carlo Coccioli (Bompiani, 2020).    

New Works Wednesdays – The Jews of 18th-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition

The fifth in our series exploring new research. Stanley Mirvis discusses his new book "The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition." An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks. Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815,…

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L’Atelier des enfants: Où va le chat ? with Léa Décan

Join us for a morning of reading and fun activities with author and illustrator Léa Decan who will read from Où va le chat ?  her latest book published by L’Agrume. You will receive a signed copy of Où va le chat ? if you register for this event and purchase your copy from Albertine before October 14. The reading…

“And the Story Goes on…: A Conversation with Cornelia Funke”

The Consulate General of Germany New York and Deutsches Haus at NYU, in collaboration with the German Language School Conference (GLSC), present a reading from Reckless 4, the most recently published novel by Cornelia Funke, followed by a conversation between the acclaimed German storyteller and illustrator and Juliane Camfield, Director of Deutsches Haus at NYU. This reading and conversation, which…

New Works Wednesdays – Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History

The sixth in our series exploring new research. Jane Gerber discusses her new book "Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History." Sephardi identity has meant different things at different times, but has always entailed a connection with Spain, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492. While Sephardi Jews have lived in numerous cities and towns throughout history,…

VIRTUAL EVENT. Book Launch. Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a book launch of Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe (2020) and discussion with its…