VIRTUAL EVENT. Tynianov Today: A Discussion

Register here for the Zoom webinar or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for a panel discussion about Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov. This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. In 2019, Academic Studies Press published Permanent Evolution, the first English-language volume of theoretical works by Yuri Tynianov, one of the most dazzling representatives of Russian Formalism. This panel…

L’Atelier des Enfants: Create Your Own Halloween Monster with Laurent Sanguinetti!

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Join us as we get ready for Halloween with author and illustrator Laurent Sanguinetti who will read from Himboo-Humboo, his latest book just published by Le Seuil Jeunesse. The reading will be followed by an interactive collective workshop led by Laurent Sanguinetti on Zoom. Children will be invited to create their own special monster, chat with Laurent Sanguinetti, and share their…

Medical Ethics and the Crisis of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Early Soviet Union (with Kenneth Pinnow)

The Bolsheviks promised to provide universal public health. As part of that effort, they sought to make interactions between doctors and patients regular and normal. Seeing a doctor and receiving medical care would be important points of contact with Soviet power. However, with increased interactions between physicians and the public also came increased opportunities for misunderstandings and conflicts. Patients, particularly…

Sovereignty, Inc:. Three Inquiries in Politics and Enjoyment

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Department of German NYU present “Sovereignty, Inc.: Three Inquiries in Politics and Enjoyment,” a conversation among William Mazzarella, Eric Santner, Aaron Schuster, and Elisabeth Bronfen on the book’s main theories. About the book: What does the name Trump stand for? If branding now rules over the production of value, as the coauthors of Sovereignty,…

US-Russia Relations After the US Elections: What Can We Expect?

Join us for another virtual meeting of the New York-Russia Public Policy Seminar. This panel is being co-hosted by Columbia University’s Harriman Institute, the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, and the Program on New Approaches to Research and Security in Eurasia (PONARS Eurasia). In the wake of the US presidential election, please join us for a discussion involving academic…

Are Europe and America Drifting Apart? Thierry Grillet interviews philosopher Régis Debray (pre-recorded in French)

This session will examine the relationship between Europe and America in light of the US presidential election, as well as current developments in the EU's relationships with China and Russia. November 10, 2020: Thierry Grillet interviews philosopher Régis Debray (pre-recorded in French). Pre-recorded event. The video will be posted on Columbia Global Centers | Paris YouTube Channel. November 17, 2020 | 1pm (New York) | 7pm (Paris): Join Pierre Vimont, former…

Film Screening & Discussion. Ustav Republike Hrvatske (The Constitution)

Registrants will receive a link to independently view the film prior to the live event. Click here to register for the event. The East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute presents its 2020-2021 film series: Contemporary Society and Its Discontents, a series of screenings and discussions of films from the past five years that comment on various aspects of contemporary…

Family Affairs: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Personal Histories

In a series of discussions with leading scholars of modern Jewish history and the Holocaust, our new "Family Affairs" series explores researching and writing about Jewish experience from a distinctively personal perspective. We will also discuss projects in the making, with scholars who are currently working on their books that either trace their family history or take this connection as…

The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

Featuring Dominique Reill, University of Miami & respondent Malgorzata Mazurek, Columbia University. If you are interested in attending, please email Jamie Nadel at jbn2117@columbia.edu and you will be sent a Zoom link and password. This event is part of the European History & Politics Workshop series, which is supported by the European Institute and the Department of History at Columbia University.

VIRTUAL EVENT. Prigov at 80

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for a panel discussion on the legacy of writer and artist Dmitri Prigov (1940-2007). This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. SPEAKERS Keti Chukhrov Ilya Kukulin…