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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, United States

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…

Super-NOS Literary Prize Debate

Barnard College 3009 Broadway, New York, NY, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for Super-NOS, an evening of exciting literary debate dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Russian literary prize NOS (Новая словесность/New Prose). This event is part of the Super-NOS Russian Literary Festival, sponsored by the Harriman Institute, Barnard Slavic Department, Columbia Slavic Department, and the Mikhail Prokhorov Charitable Foundation. Please click here to register. The NOS Annual Literature Prize was…

Symposium Misinformation, Media Manipulation, and Antisemitism

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

Annual event marking Holocaust Remembrance Day Welcoming remarks: Barbara Faedda Executive Director, Italian Academy, Columbia Speakers: Ioana Literat Assistant Professor of Communication, Media and Learning Technologies Design, Teachers College, Columbia University “Youth political expression in online spaces” Rachel Deblinger (via Skype) Director of the Modern Endangered Archives Program at the UCLA Library; Co-Director of the Digital Jewish Studies Initiative at UC…

Conference. The Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the Balkans

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Join the Harriman Institute and the Kupferberg Holocaust Center for a two-day conference entitled "The Holocaust in Yugoslavia and the Balkans." Click here to register. PLEASE NOTE: Registration does not guarantee a seat. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come, first seated basis.   PROGRAM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20 6:30 pm: Screening of documentary film Besa: Rescue in…

Conference: Ecocriticism in French Studies: Where Are We Now?

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

Panel discussion with Lucas Hollister, Hannah Freed-Thall, and Morgane Cadieu, moderated by Aubrey Gabel To RSVP, please click here. As ecocriticism has burgeoned in literary studies and throughout the humanities, its presence has been somewhat limited in the field of French and Francophone literature. This panel will open with a discussion of the state of the field of ecocriticism in…

New Political Economies of the French Empire, 19th and 20th centuries

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

To RSVP, please click here. While the cultural, political, legal and social aspects of French colonialism have received much attention over the past 30 years, the political economy of the French colonial empire has been largely neglected. This conference will bring together a new generation of historians and economists whose work engages with the nature and workings of French colonial…

The Damned Gift of Living: Vasilii Shukshin and the Dying Peasant

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

Join on Friday, February 28 for a colloquium with Joy Neumeyer, PhD Candidate in History at the University of California, Berkeley. This event is a workshop with a pre-circulated paper. Please contact Joy Neumeyer (joy.neumeyer@berkeley.edu) or Anne Lounsbery (al108@nyu.edu) for a copy. Vasilii Shukshin rose from a Siberian village to become one of the late Soviet Union’s most celebrated talents.…

Scholars and their Kin: A Symposium

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

A growing number of scholars are making their own relatives their object of study. These personal family histories mark a significant shift in scholarly practice and writing, with far-reaching methodological, political, and ethical implications. Scholars and Their Kin is one of the first symposia to bring together scholars who are presently writing in this vein or have recently done so.…

Cold War Archives Research (CWAR) Workshop and Conference

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

RSVP not required - Seating will be first come, first served. Link to PDF of conference program here   12:55-1:00pm – Introductory Remarks Victoria Phillips, Adjunct Lecturer, European Institute & Coordinator, Cold War Archives Research Project 1:00pm-1:45pm – Keynote Speaker Patryk Babiracki, Author of Soviet Soft Power in Europe, Assistant Professor in Russian and East European history at the University…

The Divided Society

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

Revised program: 11:00AM Welcome: Barbara Faedda, Italian Academy A brief introduction to Reset Dialogues: Jonathan Laurence 11:15AM     Opening talk: Mark Lilla Jelani Cobb, Respondent Discussion moderated by Marina Calloni 12:45PM Break 1:45PM-3:30PM   Roundtable with Sheri Berman, Ian Buruma, Jedediah Purdy Discussion moderated by Lisa Anderson The new decade has revealed deepening fault lines and unrelieved polarization. In contemporary…