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…
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).
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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 us for the launch of the bilingual book They Will Understand Us in 100 Years. Lazar Khidekel, published alongside the first solo exhibition of brilliant artist and visionary architect Lazar…
On February 16, Swedish author Karin Tidbeck (of Amatka and Jagannath) joins us for a book talk on The Memory Theater, available beginning today from Pantheon Books. With moderator Sara Lefkowitz, she’ll discuss her new novel, a fantastical tour de force about friendship, interdimensional theater, and a magical place where no one ages — except the young.
From the author of the wildly acclaimed Night Boat to Tangier, one of the New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2019, stories of rural Ireland in the classic mode: full of love, melancholy and magic, bedecked in some of the most gorgeous prose being written today.
