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Lorenzo Da Ponte and the Birth of Italian Opera in New York

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

Celebrating the first contemporary performance of Lorenzo Da Ponte’s The Musical Bee (L’ape musicale) with a series of talks. The schedule is below. Da Ponte’s final libretto and the first Italian opera conceived and staged in the United States, returns to New York 188 years after its debut – thanks to the invitation extended by Columbia University to Claudio Orazi,…

Asylums, Refuges, and Sanctuaries in 18th Century France – Conference

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Organized by Lucien Nouis (NYU) L’imaginaire de l’asile, du refuge, du sanctuaire de l’accueil fait aux persécutés, aux souffrants, de l’hospitalité offerte à l’étranger, traverse la pensée du long XVIIIe siècle, de la révocation de l’Édit de Nantes jusqu’à la fin de la Révolution. Mais c’est souvent sous le signe de la perte que cet imaginaire se déploie, comme si les…

“Toward a Concrete Utopia: Architecture In Yugoslavia 1948-1980”

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United States

A SYMPOSIUM DISCUSSION on the current MoMA exhibit, "Toward a Concrete Utopia:  Architecture in Yugoslavia 1948-1980” with Svetlana Broz, Gardens of The Righteous Worldwide, Sarajevo & Vladimir Kulić, Florida Atlantic University School of Architecture Emily Greble, Vanderbilt University Matthew Worsnick, Vanderbilt University Aleksandar Hemon, Princeton University Larry Wolff, Remarque Insitute, NYU Co-sponsored by the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the NYU…

French Natures-Conference-Festival

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

As Emmanuel Macron’s call to “Make the Planet Great Again” reminds us, there is a cultural aspect to climate change—each culture maps its understanding of the physical world (nature, physis) in different ways. This conference-festival titled “French Natures” thus asks: what do French and Francophone literature, film, visual art, theater, and philosophy make of our planet? How can they help us…

The New Energy History: Energy Transitions in the 20th and 21st Centuries

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United States

Over the past two centuries energy transitions have occurred across the world at a seemingly relentless pace, reshaping forms of social life, economic organization, and political governance. This conference will explore the causes, courses, effects, and aftershocks of energy transitions—both those that succeeded and those that failed—in North America and Europe during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. CONFERENCE PROGRAM THURSDAY,…

Timing Blanchot – Symposium

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Organized by Denis Hollier and Zakir Paul In Fall 2018, Fordham University Press will publish Maurice Blanchot: A Critical Biography, a translation of Christophe Bident’s groundbreaking life of the writer and critic, as well as Death Now, the final volume of of Blanchot’s Chronicles of Intellectual Life, written from 1941-1944. Finally, Minuit has recently published Jean-François Hamel's, Nous sommes tous la pègre (Les années 68 de Blanchot), an…

100th anniversary of the Western Ukrainian Republic

Shevchenko Scientific Society 63 Fourth Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

In commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the proclamation of the independence of the Western Ukrainian Republic and its unification with the Ukrainian National Republic, the Shevchenko Scientific Society in America, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. and the Ukrainian Institute of America are sponsoring a conference in New York City. The conference will feature three…

Janusz Korczak: Legacy, Pedagogy, Children’s Rights

Columbia International Affairs Building 420 W. 118th St., New York, NY, United States

Children are not the people of tomorrow, but people today. – Janusz Korcak, How to Love a Child Please join us for a one-day conference devoted to the life and work of Polish-Jewish children’s educator, pediatrician, and writer Janusz Korczak. Coinciding with the publication of a two-volume selection of his writings, newly translated into English, the conference seeks to open…

The Decline and Fall of Empires: Habsburg and Ottoman

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United States

RSVP is required—please follow this link. Conference Program Friday, November 9 10:00–11:15: Opening Keynote Lecture: Herzl on the Acropolis: Greece and Israel as Post-Ottoman Projects Katherine E. Fleming Alexander S. Onassis Professor of Hellenic Culture and Civilization   11:30–1:30: War and the End of Empire Mustafa Aksakal, Georgetown University, The Ottoman Empire at War Mark Cornwall, University of Southampton, Treason…

Community as Treatment: The Opioid Epidemic and the Therapeutic Community Model

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

The opioid epidemic is devastating individuals, families, and communities around the world. Medication-assisted treatment and short-term rehabilitation are common treatment options for individuals with opioid use disorder, especially in the United States, but do not meet the needs of all individuals. The therapeutic community (TC) model offers a unique treatment frame to address individuals with opioid use disorder, and may…