Join Richard Sieburth and Pierre Joris as they discuss Sieburth ‘s new translation of Henri Michaux’s A Certain Plume (NYRB). The figure of Plume preoccupied the great Belgian poet Henri Michaux throughout his career. Plume, meaning feather or pen, is a character who drifts from one thing to another, losing shape, taking new forms, at perpetual risk from reality. He is a personification of the…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Colloquium for Unpopular Culture present "All Gates Open – A Celebration of CAN." Join Rob Young, author of the newly published biography All Gates Open (2018, Faber & Faber Social), and former New York Timesmusic critic Ben Ratliff for a celebration of the band described as "lostspace travellers creating a new primitive society after fetching up on a far-flung planet".…
Deutsches Haus at NYU, the American Council on Germany, and NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies present a conversation with David Gill, Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York; Çiğdem İpek, Social Scientist, Berlin; and Dr. Christian Martin, Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU, on “Is Chemnitz Germany’s Charlottesville…
In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960 Ossessione (Italy, 1943, 140 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Luchino Visconti Starring Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti Introduced by David Forgacs, NYU Luchino Visconti’s first film, Ossessione (1943), shot on location in the Po Delta with stunning photography by Domenico Scala and Aldo Tonti, is widely considered…
Please join us on Wednesday, October 3rd for “Geography of Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia”, a talk with Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. On 26 March 2017 thousands of people in nearly one hundred Russian cities participated in anti-corruption protests. This episode of…
Please join us for a conversation with the mayor of Dusseldorf, Thomas Geisel.
Book talk with Simon Levis Sullam (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari) “The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy” (Princeton University Press, 2018) In conversation with Alexander Stille (Columbia) and Federico Finchelstein (The New School for Social Research) Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at The Graduate Center in collaboration with the History PhD Program and Centro Primo…
The Kremlin Ball (post. 1971; 2018, New York Review Books Classics Original) by Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957) Translated by Jenny McPhee Translator Jenny McPhee (NYU) in conversation with Franco Baldasso (Bard) Perhaps only the impeccably perverse imagination of Curzio Malaparte could have conceived of The Kremlin Ball, which might be described as Proust in the corridors of Soviet power. The book is set at…
"Mr. Torquati did exceptionally well in his fascinating program... conveyed not just how he plays the piano, but how he hears and thinks about music." Anthony Tommasini, NY Times Giacinto Scelsi: To the Master Ryan Carter: break; (world premiere) Marco Momi: Unstill -- written for Dillon/Torquati (US Premiere) Salvatore Sciarrino: Melencolia 1 Debussy: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano Pianist Emanuele…