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Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture: Mo Shaol agus mo Shaothar with Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City

The Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture will be given by internationally-renowned fiddler and the lead vocalist of Altan, Mairéad Ní­ Mhaonaigh, who is recognized as a leading exponent in the Donegal fiddle style, and is considered one of the foremost singers in the Irish language. Mairéad will be discussing her life and works. Lecture in Irish and English. Mairéad was born and raised in the…

Lecture: Visions of the Modern: Abstraction in the Postcolonial Middle East

NYU Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York

After 1945, abstract art exploded in the Arab world, announcing a new cultural renaissance. In this talk, Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor of Art History, NYU, will link the different varieties of Arab abstraction to their counterparts in the broader Middle East and in Europe—and discuss how these varieties served as vehicles for competing visions of Arab modernity rooted in histories…

Jewish Brick and Mortar in the Russian Capital: The Architectural Dialogue between the St. Petersburg Jewish Community and the Tsarist Metropolis

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

The Professor Bernard Choseed Memorial Fellowship and the Natalie and Mendel Racolin Memorial Fellowship In this lecture, Dr. Vladimir Levin will consider the uneasy relationship between the architectural oeuvre of the Jewish community and the capital city of the Russian Empire. Although concentrating on St. Petersburg, the talk will address questions and problems that many Jewish communities in European and American cities…