Digital Forays in Middle Eastern Studies // A year-long series 2020-2021: This year long series starts from a simple premise: What does it look like to think, engage, and do research in this digital age? This is not a call for researchers to simply produce digital outputs - but we live in an ever increasingly digital world. In order to better activate our scholarship, and…
REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO COME. Organized by François Noudelmann. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking…
This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. Purchase The Perfect Fascist through Book Culture! For 10% off, use promo code: CUEUROPE The Perfect Fascist (Harvard University Press,…
Episode 2: Special Sukkot Edition "Beans and Chicken" and "Brown Nougat" Sephardi Culinary History is a new show that combines chef and scholar Hélène Jawhara-Piñer’s fascination with food studies and flair for creating delicious cuisine. Join along as she cooks Sephardic history! ASF Broome & Allen Fellow Hélène Jawhara-Piñer earned her Ph.D in History, Medieval History, and the History of Food from the…
NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED. USE THIS LINK TO ATTEND THE EVENT ON SEPTEMBER 30. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU WILL NEED TO HAVE A ZOOM ACCOUNT AND BE SIGNED IN TO JOIN. DOWNLOAD ZOOM HERE. With Rebekah Delsol (Open Society Justice Initiative), Fabien Jobard (Political Science, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris and Berlin), Donna Murch (History, Rutgers University). Moderated by…
Join us for a discussion of chapters 1-5 of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz, featuring Professor Peter Jelavich. About the Event The Jewish author Bruno Alfred Döblin is best-known as the author of Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). The book became a best seller in the Weimar Republic, selling over 50,000 copies in just two years. The meandering story of Franz Biberkopf, ex-con,…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and STILL Magazine present “’Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin,’ and other stories: A Conversation with Sharon Dodua Otoo” with Sharon Dodua Otoo, Tina Campt (moderator), and the translators Katy Derbyshire, and Patrick Ploschnitzki. The conversation will focus on Dodua Otoo’s award-winning short story "Herr Gröttrup setzt sich hin," the translation process into British- and American English,…
The Jewish author Bruno Alfred Döblin is best-known as the author of Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929). The book became a best seller in the Weimar Republic, selling over 50,000 copies in just two years. The meandering story of Franz Biberkopf, ex-con, pimp, small-time criminal, and ordinary Joe trying to stay on the straight and narrow, captured life in 1920s Berlin like no other…
Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a round table discussion in celebration of National Translation Month. This round table on the art of literary translation and the business of publishing translated literature from East Central Europe will include a program of literary readings…
The Goethe Pop Up Kansas City and the Goethe-Institut Boston present Queer Literature from Germany and the US. Join us for our second event as we welcome Berlin-based debut novelist Olivia Wenzel and veteran author Sarah Schulman from New York for a reading followed by a conversation. The virtual conversation will be moderated by Dr. Robert D. Tobin. This event is part…