Please click here to RSVP. Bernard E. Harcourt (Columbia), Steven Lukes (NYU) and Karuna Mantena (Yale) will introduce this 13-part event series, beginning with readings and discussions of Hannah Arent, Richard Bernstein and Nicholas Lobkowicz. See www.blogs.law.columbia.edu/praxis1313 for details. From Columbia University's Maison Francaise
Eugene Drucker, a founding member of the Emerson String Quartet, performs works for solo violin by J.S. Bach and other composers interspersed with readings from his novel, The Savior, based partly on his father’s experiences as a musician in Nazi Germany. Ticket Info: $15 general; $10 LBI members, seniors, students at bpt.me/3575767 or 800-838-3006
Please join us for a talk with Charles Clover, journalist at the Financial Times. Russia and China increasingly seek to export ideological alternatives to liberalism as they seek to assert themselves globally. Russia has been showcasing its muscular conservatism and support for far right parties in Europe and the U.S. in a way that has won converts in many countries. Meanwhile China…
The King and the Mockingbird (Le Roi et l'oiseau) Paul Grimault, 1980, 87 min. To RSVP, please click here. Based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, the wildly satirical The King and the Mockingbird follows a chimney sweep and shepherdess on the run from a tyrannical king. A masterpiece of traditional hand-drawn cell animation, it is credited by celebrated Japanese animators Hayao Miyazaki…
On Friday, September 14th through Saturday, September 15th please join us for “Economic Histories of Russia and the Soviet Union: Sources, methods and perspectives”, a workshop co-sponsored by EHESS (École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) Paris and the NYU-PSL Global Alliance and hosted by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Building on the recent renewal of…
Over the last decade, German style board games have revolutionized the gaming world. The coveted “Spiel des Jahres” award, awarded annually by a German-speaking jury, has produced such hits as Settlers of Catan, which has accrued legions of fans on both sides of the Atlantic. Come join the Goethe-Institut New York for an evening of fun and friendly competition as we…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of Switzerland New York present "On Reality: A Conversation between Tom Kummer and Philipp Theisohn." Event information: Terms such as "Fake News" and "Alternative Facts" currently dominate the public discourse around the relationship between word and reality. Today, however, it has almost been forgotten that even in journalism fiction has been used as an instrument…
Two-time All-Ireland fiddle champion Jake James starting playing at age seven in his native Queens, NY under the tutelage of Antrim-born Niall Mulligan. When he turned 13, he took up the bodhrán (Irish frame drum), polished his technique with Eamon Murray of the band Beoga and went on to finish first on the bodhrán in the Mid-Atlantic fleadh seven years…
Enjoy a storied stroll along Ladies Mile, a nine-block stretch once known for posh department stores and architectural grandeur. Join Esther Crain, writer of the award-winning Ephemeral New York blog and author of The Gilded Age in New York, 1870-1910, as she weaves in Jewish stories and Gilded Age tales about the people and places that once populated these historic blocks. Meet in the Center…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of Switzerland New York present a spoken word performance by Jurczok 1001 and the book launch of Spoken Beats(Edition Patrick Frey, 2018). The performance will be followed by a conversation between the artist Roland Jurczok and Robert Cohen, Professor Emeritus of German Studies at NYU. Event Information Spoken Beats is Jurczok’s term for the way he presents his vision…