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…

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…

VIRTUAL EVENT. Roundtable on Literary Translation

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 round table discussion in celebration of National Translation Month. This round table on the art of literary translation and the business of publishing translated literature from East Central Europe will include a program of literary readings…

Shaping the Past: Town Hall

Conference on Innovative Forms of Memory Culture On October 8 and 9, we kick off our project Shaping the Past with the Monument Lab Town Hall. This digital conference explores new models and practices for how we might shape the past in ways that continue to confront legacies of racist, sexist, and colonial systems of knowledge and to strengthen democracy through public…

Marking Absences – Shifting Narratives

Urban landscapes are augmented layers of hegemonic power that materializes in buildings, street maps, and monuments in the public space. After the killing of George Floyd in 2020, the removal of white supremacist statues and symbols from cities across the world has become one of the central demands of protesters. While removing monuments to past figures and events can be…