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Women in Comedy in Italian Theater

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

Special Guest: Lella Costa 2020 marks the 100th birthday of Franca Valeri, the legendary Italian playwright and actress, the first to make a name for herself by writing and doing comedy in Italy. KIT - Kairos Italy Theater - and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò are celebrating women in comedy with three events: Women in Comedy in Italian Theater (February 11), Women in Comedy in Italian-American Theater (March…

Book Talk. Surviving the Peace: The Struggle for Postwar Recovery in Bosnia-Herzegovina by Peter Lippman

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

Join us for a talk with author Peter Lippman about his book Surviving the Peace: The Struggle for Postwar Recovery in Bosnia-Herzegovina(Vanderbilt University Press, November 2019). Surviving the Peace is a monumental feat of ground-level reporting describing two decades of postwar life in Bosnia, specifically among those fighting for refugee rights of return. Unique in its breadth and profoundly humanitarian in its focus, Surviving the…

Lecture: The Aftermath of WWII in Czechoslovakia

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York

Lecture by historian Vojtech Kyncl from the Institute of History of the Czech Academy of Sciences, with archival footage including unique shots from Pilsen, accompanied by recordings from Czech Radio, and followed by Q&A. The defeat of the Nazi Third Reich was an impatiently awaited result of the European nations’ struggle for freedom. The last weeks of the war at…