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Book Launch. The Power of Language and Rhetoric in Russian Political History by Richard S. Wortman

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Friday, April 6, 2018 4:30pm 1201 International Affairs Building (12th Floor, 420 W 118th St) Please join us to celebrate the publication of Richard S. Wortman's The Power of Language and Rhetoric in Russian Political History (Bloomsbury Academic, 2018). In this book Wortman examines the rhetorical force of certain key words in the discourses of Russian state, political thought, and literature. He shows…

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Le Festival des cinq continents: littérature, francophonie, diversité

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

A Francophone literary festival, co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie to the United Nations and by the NYU Center for French Civilization and Culture, takes place at various NYC locations. Visiting authors include Yamen Manai, the 2017 recipient of the Prix des 5 continents. For full festival schedule, see nyu.is/5continents Events at La Maison Française of NYU…

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Exhibition Opening: Elias Wessel’s “In the End, though, Nothing is Lost”

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents the exhibition Elias Wessel's "In the end, though, nothing is lost." Please join us for the exhibition opening accompanied by an artist talk on Friday, April 6, at 6:00pm. The exhibition will be on view until May 26. Exhibition information The pictorial source of “In the End, Though, Nothing is Lost” are photographs of landscapes taken by…

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Kvartirnik @ NYU

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us at the 2nd installment of “Kvartirnik @ NYU” to witness Mikhail Borzikin (Televizor) perform his all-time classics, new songs, and to participate in a conversation about Soviet-Russian Rock and its effects. Hosted by Mike (Misha) Danilin of the NYU Department of Russian and Slavic Studies and co-sponsored by the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia,…

Blarney Star Concert Series: Màire Ní Chathasaigh & Chris Newman

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

In the 1980s West Cork native Máire Ní Chathasaigh pioneered a modern traditional music style on the harp, introducing the dance music repertoire, rhythm and ornamentation associated with fiddle, pipes and flute to her instrument and helping to explode the stereotype of the Irish harpist as a gowned performer of semi-classical parlor music. She found a musical and life partner…

2018 NESEEES Annual Conference

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

Join us for the 39th Annual Meeting of the North East Slavic, East European and Eurasian Conference (NESEEES, a regional conference of ASEEES).  The Conference will be hosted by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia on Saturday, April 7th, 2018. It brings together scholars working on all aspects of the Slavic, East European and Eurasian world and…

$25 – $40

A Conversation with Yamen Manai and Pierre Joris

On April 7, join us as we welcome Yamen Manai, laureate of the 2017 Prix de la Francophonie, and writer Pierre Joris for a conversation on Manai’s award-winning novel, L’Amas ardent (Elyzad, 2018). “In this Voltaire-like fable, a beekeeper defends his bees against a group of particularly aggressive hornets. With humor and a limpid writing style, the author teaches us more about…

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Panel discussion: The International Comics Scene: Max de Radiguès and Anna Haifisch

Ink48 653 11th Ave, New York, NY

German illustrator Anna Haifisch will be a featured guest at the 2018 MoCCA Arts Festival. The MoCCA Arts Festival is a 2-day multimedia event, Manhattan's largest independent comics, cartoon and animation festival. Every comics culture — no matter how vast only presents and perceives a fragmentary view of global comics culture, a rich field of diverse human expression that is interconnected…

“When Paul Came Over the Sea:” Borders and (In)Humanity

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

As part of KINO!2018, Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation about When Paul Came Over the Sea between Jakob Preuss, the film's director, Gabriella Etmektsoglou, Çiğdem Ipek, and Christian Martin, which will be moderated by Noah Isenberg. Film synopsis: Paul is a migrant from Cameroon. He has made his way across the Sahara to the Moroccan coast where he now lives in a forest waiting for the right moment…

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Concert: Martin Kratochvil/Toni Ackerman Duo

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

A concert of the legendary duo of Czech pianist Martin Kratochvíl and American guitarist Tony Ackerman. Their unique sound fuses two acoustic instruments and a wealth of world music styles in the cauldron of jazz improvisation, tempered by the easy familiarity of half a lifetime of playing together. The duo of Martin Kratochvíl (piano) and Tony Ackerman (guitar) has been…