THU—April 23—3 PM EST American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to an online discussion with Dr. Gudrun Aspelund, Head Physician at Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control at the Directorate of Health in Iceland, regarding the nation’s response to the coronavirus. With ASF President Edward Gallagher as moderator, Dr. Aspelund will discuss measures that Iceland has taken to prevent the…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies present "Germany, Corona, and the State of Exception," a conversation among Christiane Lemke, Professor of Political Science at the Leibniz Universität Hannover; Claus Leggewie, Ludwig Boerne Professor at the University of Giessen; and Christian Martin, current Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at NYU. To comply with social…
Join on Zoom for conversations on the interactions between African Americans and Irish in the U.S. and beyond. ______________________________________________ April 30, 1pm: Lenwood Sloan, artist and scholar of dance and popular culture, will be interviewed by NYU's Dr. Miriam Nyhan Grey about his work on the interconnections between these groups. Please RSVP online for the Zoom session Here
Following our program on April 22, this is the second conversation between Joshua Teplitsky and Magda Teter on disease and plagues in Jewish history and memory. During this installment, Professors Teplitsky and Teter will discuss the role historians have played in shaping public memory of the plagues. They will examine the role premodern chroniclers played in defining “facts” and the…
How Mindful Creativity Can Help Reshape the World Beyond the Workplace. Mauro Porcini (Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo) with Ennio Ranaboldo (CEO, Martin Bauer North America) Time of Change and the Power of Design: How Mindful Creativity Can Help Reshape the World Beyond the Workplace Ennio Ranaboldo (CEO, Martin Bauer North America) in conversation with Mauro Porcini (Chief Design Officer at…
THU—May 7—1 PM EST REGISTER American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to an online discussion with Swedish historian, author and social commentator Lars Trägårdh regarding the nation’s response to the coronavirus. In conversation with ASF President Edward Gallagher, Trägårdh will explore the nation’s strategies, the rationales behind them, and the controversy they have engendered. Please send audience questions ahead of the discussion…
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…
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,…
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…
A discussion to explore The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Vol. 6: Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. Join Elisheva Carlebach, Deborah Dash Moore, Dara Horn, and Itamar Borochov, in a discussion of Confronting Modernity, 1750-1880, vol. 6 of The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, edited by Elisheva Carlebach. Hear voices rarely included in Jewish…