Russian Internet Memes: The Short Course (with Eliot Borenstein, Fridays at 2 EST)

We are excited to announce a new weekly series of 15-minute informal virtual Zoom lectures about memes and viral video on the Russian Internet, presented by our very own Eliot Borenstein. Each lecture will be followed by a moderated, on-line discussion, as well as just more general chat for anyone who feels like staying on-line. The lecture portion will subsequently be uploaded to…

Virtual Event – “We Will Carry the Legless and Feed the Armless”: The Ukrainian Community and Disabled Veterans of the Galician Army

This event will be held virtually and streamed on the Harriman Institute's Facebook page via Facebook Live. There will be no in-person event. Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a lecture by Oksana Vynnyk (University of Alberta, Edmonton). After World War I, the majority of Western European, Central European and North American countries established social…

War Orphans find Home: Child Holocaust Survivors and US Adoption – Live on Zoom

This program is sponsored by the “Hear Their Cry: Understanding the Jewish Orphan Experience” Scholars Working Group, which has been meeting at the Center for Jewish History since September 2019. Soon after the conclusion of WWII, American Jewish families began to express interest in adopting young Jewish war orphans. Prompted by the fundraising images of child survivors that peppered the…

LIVE FROM THE ARCHIVES: Rosh Hashanah Recipes

About the Series: A new National Endowment for the Humanities CARES grant enables AJHS to bring curated objects and documents straight to you through new digital storytelling methods. In these live interactive Zoom sessions, you’ll see documents close up and pose questions to archivists and historians about what you are examining. Ticket Info: Free; register at forms.office.com to receive a link to…

Family History Today: Portuguese Citizenship – Reconnecting with your Sephardic Iberian Ancestors

While Spain has ended its Law of Return for descendants of Sephardic Jews, Portugal continues to be an option for those wishing to reclaim their ancestors' citizenship. Rita Mayer Jardim, a Lisbon-based lawyer specializing in this path to Portuguese citizenship, will address the most common questions she receives from prospective applicants. Learn what is required to prove your Sephardic heritage,…

Midwives, Musicians, Soldiers, Rabbis: Whose Stories Will Become Jewish History?

A discussion to explore The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Vol. 6: Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. Join Elisheva Carlebach, Deborah Dash Moore, Dara Horn, and Itamar Borochov, in a discussion of Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, vol. 6 of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. Hear voices rarely included in Jewish…

Exilic Inscriptions: Mobility and the Resistance to Theory

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Click here at the time of the event to join the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for a presentation by Galin Tihanov, George Steiner Professor of Comparative Literature at Queen Mary University of London, as part of…

How Covid-19 is Reshaping Politics in Europe

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE EVENT. This roundtable discussion will examine how responses to the pandemic have differed between countries and from the USA; how the pandemic rearranged political fault lines within or between countries; and what impact the pandemic might have had on existing discussions about populism and the European Union. With Hadas Aron (Center for…

Penser/panser avec Bernard Stiegler — un salut

REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO COME. Organized by Emily Apter and Peter Szendy With Katie Chenowith, Claire Colebrook, Martin Crowley, Divya Dwivedi, Michel Deguy, Devin Fore, Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz, Achille Mbembe, Shaj Mohan, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Daniel Ross Interventions in English and French.

Ukrainian Historical Encounters Series” Special Event: The Ukrainian Experience in 1945 – A 75th Year Retrospective

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

WEBINAR REGISTER HERE Prime Venue: Ukrainian Institute of America  Webinar Coordinator: Andrij Dobriansky (UCCA) Webinar Moderator: Wolodymyr Zaryckyj (CUSUR) 10:00 am – 10:25 am — Focus Session I: Forum Word of Welcome    Host: Ukrainian Institute of America President Kathy Nalywaiko          First Word:  Consul General of Ukraine Oleksii Holubov 10:25 am – 11:55 am — Discussion Session…