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Thinking Space in Cinema and Literature – International Colloquium

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

During this international colloquium, participants will be exploring the question of the relations between cinema and literature through the prism of space on the basis of three approaches: - The Geography of literary and cinematic creation examines the spatial context in which works are produced from a historical, social and cultural point of view; - Geocriticism explores spatial narratives as the result of perception and the substance…

The Trap of Polarization: The Erosion of Democratic Discourse

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

Giuliano Amato, Anthony Appiah, Karen Barkey, Seyla Benhabib, Sheri Berman, Michael Walzer and more Please register: info@resetdoc.org (Free and open to the public) ResetDOC, an organization committed to connecting different viewpoints in scholarly research and convening experts, scholars and young professionals in sharing ideas across borders, cultures, religions, and languages, partners with the Italian Academy and the New York Review…

Civic Education In The US & France: Confronting Hatred and Threats to Democracy

Teachers College Columbia 525 W 120th St, New York, NY, United States

The conference will explore the teaching of civic education in France and the United States within the larger context of citizenship, identity, and immigration. How do our schools--institutions charged with preparing students to be civic participants--confront racism, discrimination, antisemitism, and extremism? This conference will bring together educators from France and the U.S. to discuss how to improve civic education and better prepare…

French Decolonization in Global Perspective – Conference

New York University New York, NY, United States

Institute of French Studies Conference Organized by Jessica Pearson (Macalester College) and Herrick Chapman (NYU) Located at 5 Washington Place, Room 101, New York, NY 10003 (Department of Philosophy) This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French…

Rime: Dante’s Workshop of the Heart

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

An International Symposium The Global Dante Project of New York Directors Maria Luisa Ardizzone, NYU Teodolinda Barolini, Columbia University Morning Session 9am-1pm Italian Academy for Advanced Studies, Columbia University (1161 Amsterdam Avenue) Afternoon Session 3pm-6pm NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò Presented by: NYU Department of Italian Studies NYU Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò NYU Medieval and Renaissance Center In Collaboration with: Columbia University, Department…

The Black Experience in French Cinema – Film Festival and Conference

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

Organized by Isabelle Boni-Claverie (French film director, screenwriter, visiting professor at NYU in Spring 2019) and Frédéric Viguier (Institute of French Studies, GSAS) Presented by Institute of French Studies and Cinema Studies APRIL 11 - COMING TO TERMS WITH THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE The first film ever made by black people, Afrique sur Seine, was directed in 1956 by a group of African…

Proust 2019

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

In 1919, Marcel Proust was officially recognized as a great writer when the second volume of his magnum opus was awarded France's most prestigious literary prize, the Prix Goncourt. This conference, in honor of the centenary of Proust's Goncourt, brings together writers, scholars and translators to discuss the reasons Proust is now, 100 years later, more popular and influential than…

Georgian Jews

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

At the Crossroads of Sephardic, Mizrahi, and Russian-Speaking Worlds: A Three-Part Learning and Cultural Series on the Greater Sephardic Communities of the Former Soviet Union Back by popular demand, the American Sephardi Federation’s Young Sephardi Scholars Series is excited to once again host a 3-part learning and cultural series about the Russian-speaking Jewish (RSJ) communities of the Greater Sephardic world.…

$18 – $36

IN DIALOGUE: POLISH JEWISH RELATIONS

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street, NYC, New York City, NY, United States

This past year, tensions between the Polish government and the international Jewish community rose following a controversial law making it an offense for anyone to accuse Poland of participating in the Holocaust or other Nazi crimes. According to the U.S. State Department, this law “could undermine free speech and academic discourse.” In this context, exploring the history of Polish-Jewish relations…

What is Suffering Worth? Perspectives Across Disciplines on the Treatment of Victims

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

To RSVP, please click here. This interdisciplinary symposium explores a crucial but little-studied issue with growing importance today: what is the value of harm suffered by victims, whether of terrorism, crime or natural disasters. In law, politics, economics and public opinion, answers differ widely, and unequal treatment is the norm. Across the globe, victims evoke a range of feelings, from compassion verging…