20/20 Vision in a Time of Crisis – A conversation with Etienne Balibar, Adam Tooze, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Emmanuelle Saada, moderated by Bernard Harcourt

To sign up for this virtual transatlantic event, RSVP here. The Covid-19 pandemic and public health crisis; economic collapse; waves of anti-racist protests; threats to democracy and rising authoritarianism in the U.S. and elsewhere, all against a backdrop of an ever-worsening climate crisis... how can we make sense of the current moment in history? Bernard Harcourt engages Etienne Balibar, Souleymane…

Online Nordic Book Club Presents: The Summer House by Philip Teir

Zoom

Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of the Nordic Book Club, now online. Each month, the club selects a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. This month's feature is The Summer House by Philip Teir.

Book Club on Kaouther Adimi’s Our Riches

Join the Albertine Book Club for a lively Zoom conversation on Our Riches by Kaouther Adimi, translated from the French by Chris Andrews (New Directions). The discussion will be moderated by Albertine Bookseller Adam Hocker. Our Riches celebrates quixotic devotion and the love of books in the person of Edmond Charlot, who at the age of twenty founded Les Vraies Richesses…

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,…

Turning Points: Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty in Dialogue

A live virtual transatlantic event September, 10th 2020 | 1:00-2:15 pm EST (New York) | 19:00-20:15 GMT+2 (Paris) REGISTER HERE *This is a simulcast event to be broadcast live on Zoom and also on YouTube and Facebook. A simultaneous French translation will be available on Le Monde.fr and on Zoom. Are widening inequalities and the wealth gap at a tipping point? Join…

Turning Points: Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty in Dialogue

REGISTER HERE Thursday, September 10, 1:00-2:15 P.M. EST (New York) / 19h00-20h15 GMT+2 (Paris) *This is a simulcast event to be broadcast live on Zoom and also on YouTube and Facebook. A simultaneous French translation will be available on Le Monde and on Zoom.  Are widening inequalities and the wealth gap at a turning point? Join Joseph Stiglitz and Thomas Piketty in a transatlantic dialogue on the COVID-19 pandemic and global economic insecurities, racial disparities and…

Virtual Nordic Cooking with Morten Sohlberg

YouTube

Chef Morten Sohlberg will present an online demo making one of his favorite late summer dishes: roasted zucchini and squash coated with ricotta, parmesan, and various herbs and spices.

Jochen Hick “Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers”

This film series is part of Queer as German Folk, a project celebrating the intersectional histories of Germany’s and America’s diverse LGBTIQ+ communities. A digitally modified version of the exhibition Queer as German Folk and a full program of virtual events is presented by the Goethe-Institut in North America in collaboration with its Goethe Pop Ups and the Schwules Museum Berlin (SMU). The film will be available to stream from…

Music on the Steps | MATI’s 2020/2021 Season Preview

On Saturday, September 12, 2020, the Ukrainian Institute of America’s Music at the Institute (MATI) Concert Series will stream a Preview of the 2020/2021 Season outdoors from the steps of the Ukrainian Institute of America, featuring alumni & students of the Yale School of Music and the University of Connecticut; Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music, violinist Melvin…