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“Short of Gefriertrocknung. Diesseits von Lyophilia:” A Dialogue between Ann Cotten and Ulrich Baer

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU Department of German present an evening with Ann Cotten, DAAD Chair for Contemporary Poetics at the NYU Department of German, and Ulrich Baer, University Professor at NYU. About the event: Ann Cotten will offer a short introduction to her varied works of theory, poetry, and prose in German, as well as the small…

The Odyssey of an Apple Thief

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

In his autobiography The Odyssey of An Apple Thief, Moishe Rozenbaumas takes us through his fascinating life, starting with his boyhood in pre-war Lithuania, with a focus on the most impoverished part of the Jewish population, rarely accounted for in the books written by survivors after the war. Join us for an event celebrating the release of a new English…

End. Words from the Margins. New York City

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Antonio Rovaldi in conversation with Dr. Steven Handel For this artist talk, organized by Magazzino Italian Art and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in collaboration with GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italian artist Antonio Rovaldi presents his photographic series, End. Words from the Margins. New York City, winner of the 5th edition of the Italian Council, and his book, The Sound of the Woodpecker Bill: New York City.…

What Can Culture Do? French Cultural Policy as Model – Laurence Engel

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Laurence Engel was appointed President of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) and took up her post on April 11, 2016. A graduate of ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure) Fontenay-aux-Roses, IEP (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) and ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration), she is a member of the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit). Laurence Engel has spent her career in…

Sergei Shnurov and His Group ‘Leningrad’: A Window to Russian Rock Music

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a talk with Dragan Kujundžić (University of Florida) about Sergei Shnurov's rock group Leningrad. In 2016, Sergei Shnurov and his group Leningrad released two now-famous video clips, "Exponat" and "V Pitere pit’", which were viewed almost 200 million times in 2016. This occasioned an opportunity for Professor Kujundžić to meet with Sergei Shnurov in St. Petersburg in December…

European Seminar Series – Fascism As a Social Kind

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York, United States

European Seminar Series Fascism as a Social Kind Jason Stanley (Yale University) Thursday March 5, 2020 12:30-2:00pm From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. 

Book Talk. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation by Nicholas Denysenko

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Nicholas Denysenko of his book The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (Northern Illinois University Press, 2018). The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in…

King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH YO-YO MA: Culture and Social Responsibility in the Bach Project and Beyond

KJCC Auditorium 53 Washington Square South, New York

In this event Cristina will engage Yo-Yo, the humanist, into a conversation about cultural collaboration, social responsibility and about the lessons learned throughout the process of creating, and developing the groundbreaking Bach Project.* Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello…

How Biased Are We? A Conversation about Perception, Cognition, and Accuracy

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU, University Alliance Ruhr, and the German Research Foundation (DFG) present a conversation among Emily Balcetis (NYU), Lee Jussim (Rutgers University), and Albert Newen (Ruhr-University Bochum) as moderator, exploring the concept of human perception and its inherent biases that affect our understanding of the world. About the event: Perceptions are the window to our world. Rather than merely producing…

Perspectives on Russia from Now into the Next Generation

1201 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th St, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a talk with Brigadier General Peter B. Zwack U.S. Army (Retired), a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies. This event will be live streamed on our Facebook page via Facebook Live. Follow us and enable Facebook Live notifications to watch the event. From 2012…