TBA Contact Information Peggy Quisenberry pq2@columbia.edu
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…
A lunchtime conversation on the current Habsburg armor exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art with Curator Pierre Terjanian and Brigitte Bedos-Rezak, New York University Thomas DaCosta Kaufmann, Princeton University Elizabeth Pilliod, Rutgers University Pamela Smith, Columbia University Larry Wolff, New York University
To RSVP, please click here. Presented as part of the Music Performance Program, by the Department of Music and Maison Française. Program: All Too Soon (Duke Ellington) Reflections in D (Ellington) Nuages (Claude Debussy) Melancholia (Ellington) Voiles (Debussy) Prelude to a Kiss (Ellington) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Debussy) Take the “A” train (Billy Strayhorn) Dylan Band is a 22-year-old saxophonist…
For the eighth year, Glucksman Ireland House will welcome the winner of one of the poetry world’s most coveted prizes, the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry Prize for First Full Collection as judged by a select committee at Queens University Belfast. This year’s judges were Professor Nick Laird, Chair of Creative Writing at the Seamus Heaney Centre; Professor Edna Longley, critic and Professor…
The Librettist Composes What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of…
Celebrated French writer Catherine Cusset leads a French Book Club, exploring new tendencies in French and Francophone literature in a relaxed setting. Discussion is in French. The new series takes place at La Maison Française of NYU on several Friday evenings from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Fall semester dates and titles to be discussed are: Friday, September 27: Edouard Louis, Qui a tué mon père? Friday, November 1: Annie…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current writer-in-residence at Deutsches Haus at NYU, Nina Bußmann, from her recent novel Earth's Mantle is Hot and Partially Molten, followed by a conversation with the acclaimed Germanist, writer and mastermind of @neinquarterly, Eric Jarosinski. Cover of book "Earth's Mantle is Hot and Partially Molten" About the book: On…
The Ukrainian Institute of America presents An Evening of Jazz with Fima Chupakhin Quintet: Album Release Show Serhiy Avanesov – sax ∙ Taulant Mehmeti – guitar James Robbins – bass ∙ Jonathan Barber – drums Fima Chupakhin – piano Special guest – TBA Friday, November 1, 2019 Doors open at 6:30 pm, the show starts at 7:00 pm General Admission:…
From Bach to Dvorak to contemporary living composers, Indonesian-German violin virtuoso Iskandar Widjaja explores the range of classical and non-traditional music that make his instrument sing. In a tribute to idealism and freedom of all ages, Iskandar captures meditative sounds that have a transcendental quality and focus, incorporating personal arrangements and transcriptions that provide a new vibe for today’s audiences.…