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A French Family: from the Caribbean to Dunkirk by way of Algeria

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

To RSVP, please click here. In this intimate family history that spans from the 1930s to today, Audrey Celestine traces fragments of the lives of three generations of the same family. The history moves from the Caribbean to Algeria and the Mediterranean and passes through the North of France. It shows how one family’s small history can shed light on the larger…

Meet Up: Cucumber Lemonade No.4

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

Networking meet up for young Czech professionals. Enjoy a fresh, cooling cucumber lemonade while connecting with your peers in the city that never sleeps. Are you a student or a young professional who has just arrived to New York City and needs to know "the best places to go for brunch" or "which day is free entry to major NYC…

Omaggio a Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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

Duo Ravasio-Amidei Omaggio a Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Duo Ravasio-Amidei Raffaello Ravasio, guitar Samuele Amidei, piano Program: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) Fantasia per chitarra e pianoforte op.145 (1950) - Andantino - Vivacissimo I naviganti op.13 (1919) Tarantella op.87 (1936) Passatempi, 5 piccoli Walzer op.54 (piano solo - 1928) - un poco mosso - un poco burlesco - un po’ malinconico - serenamente, quasi…

Talk: The Investigator, Demons of the Balkan War

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

Vladimir Dzuro, author of the book “The Investigator: Demons of the Balkan War,” will share the riveting true story of finding justice for the people of Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. With special guests Ivana Hrdlickova, President of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, and Larry D. Johnson, former UN Assistant-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs. Moderated by Christopher Harwood. Readings: Maxwell Zener.…

The Price of Love for Old Men – Andrew Counter

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

“My dear, this gentleman is reasonable,” said Asie, “he knows he is past sixty-six. He will be most indulgent. Really, my angel, I have found you more of a father!” "The second section of Balzac’s Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes, in which the baron de Nucingen’s obsession with the courtesan Esther begins to take its ruinous toll, bears the title…

Guadeloupe, Martinique & Puerto Rico. Comparing Post-Colonial, Non-Sovereign Trajectories

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

Yarimar Bonilla is Associate Professor of anthropology at Hunter College, CUNY. Her work focuses on questions of sovereignty, citizenship, and race across the Americas. She has tracked these issues across a broad range of sites: anti-colonial labor activism in the French Caribbean, the role of digital protest in the Black Lives Matter movement, the politics of the Trump presidency, and…

Exhibition opening: The Velvet Revolution 1989

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

Opening of an exhibition focusing on historical context of the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia as well as explaining the circumstances under which the Czechoslovak Communist Party initially took power. Curated by the National Museum of the Czech Republic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The exhibition is on view until January 12, 2020. A set of illustrations…

The Places of Israel-In Song

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Elad Kabilio and the MusicTalks ensemble embark on a musical journey across Israel’s diverse sites with a concert of music inspired by the landscapes of Israel. Ticket Info: $15 general; $10 YUM members & YU students, faculty, staff at musictalksplaces.bpt.me or 800-838-3006

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Roving Revolutionaries: Armenians & Connected Revolutions in the Russian, Iranian, & Ottoman Worlds

Hagop Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan Street, New York City, NY, United States

Three of the formative revolutions that shook the early 20th century world occurred almost simultaneously in regions bordering one another. Though the Russian, Iranian, and Young Turk Revolutions all exploded between 1904 and 1911, they have never been studied through their linkages until now. Roving Revolutionaries probes the interconnected aspects of these three revolutions through the involvement of the Armenian…