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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…

The Decline and Fall of Empires: Habsburg & Ottoman

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

This event will recur Every Day until Nov. 11, 2018 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…

Cell Biology of Neurodegeneration

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

This symposium will tackle some of the cellular mechanisms that go awry in neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis on how innovative cell biological approaches promise to decipher the pathogenetic events underlying these devastating conditions. Schedule 9:00 – 9:40 am Registration and Poster Set-up 9:40 – 9:55 am Welcome and Overview: David Freedberg (Italian Academy, Columbia), Francesco Genuardi (Consul General of…

Puccini’s “Trittico” at 100

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Honoring the centenary of the world premiere of Puccini’s triptych There was a world premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House last night when three one-act operas by Puccini were sung and acted… We do not doubt that it could not have been bettered at Milan, Paris or London…The success of the new triple bill is unquestionable.                         - James Gibbons…

Wincent Weiss Live in Concert

Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street, New York, NY, United States

Wincent Weiss, one of the most successful newcomers in the German music scene, is launching his first North-America tour in early December and will stop for one night in New York City! Sponsored by the Goethe-Institut and the Initiative PASCH-Schools: Partners for the Future to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the initiative, the tour takes the rising star through Canada, the US and Mexico.…

Night of Philosophy and Ideas

Central Library 10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, United States

Free, 12-Hour, Overnight Event Featuring Music, Rare Films, VR, Puppets and More Than 60 Speakers and Performers For the third consecutive year, Brooklyn Public Library and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will present the hallmark edition of A Night of Philosophy and Ideas, bringing philosophers, authors, artists, and musicians from around the world together with the New York…

The 2019 Telos-Paul Piccone Institute Conference

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Telos-Paul Piccone Institute will jointly present the conference "Political Theology Today as Critical Theory of the Contemporary: Reason, Religion, Humanism," to be held at Deutsches Haus at NYU, from February 16-17. Wayne Hudson and Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III will deliver the two keynote speeches. For a detailed conference schedule, please click here. Across the globe the liberal logic of…

39th Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Presenter(s): Anna Procyk, George G. Grabowicz, Oles Fedoruk, and Ostap Sereda. The Shevchenko Scientific Society (NTSh-A), jointly with the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S. (UVAN), the Ukrainian Institute of America (UIA) and the Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute (HURI), invites all to the 39th Annual Taras Shevchenko Scholarly Conference. Anna Procyk, Learned Secretary of the Ukrainian Free…