with author Joanna Clapps Herman When I Am Italian Quando sono Italiana (2019, SUNY Press) by Joanna Clapps Herman The author in conversation with authors: Mary Ann Carolan Maria Laurino Edvige Giunta Nancy Carnevale With the participation of Michela Musolino The four women writers, scholars and friends discuss what it is to be Italian in America, what it means to…
Ireland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geraldine Byrne Nason, will be in conversation to dicuss Ireland, the UN and the global impact of the Irish, with former Irish diplomat and businessman, Ted Smyth. Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason is a career diplomat who has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki during her career. As Secretary-General in the…
An improvisation, two works by Giacinto Scelsi, and a fugue by J.S. Bach Arjomand: Improvisation Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Illustrazioni ("Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu," 1953) Scelsi: Poemi (1934/1937) J.S. Bach: Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor (Well-Tempered Clavier II) Ramin Amir Arjomand is an Iranian-American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Studied composition with Stephen Jaffe, Gheorghe Costinescu, Fred…
An afternoon tea with Enrico Fink, musician, scholar, improviser, chazan and story-teller from Florence who will talk and sing about the many influences and exchanges that shaped the liturgy of Jews all over the Mediterranean. At Los Corassones Avlan, 146 West 4th Street, Friday, November 8th at 2 pm! Poetry of devotion, joy and sorrow – a glimpse into the…
During Vladimir Sharov’s lifetime, his historical novels at first triggered heated discussions, serving as an example of postmodernist “blasphemous” treatment of Russian history; later they received important literary prizes; yet, they never belonged to the mainstream and enjoyed wide readership. However, after the writer’s untimely death, many literary authorities spoke about Sharov’s historiographic metafiction as one of the most powerful and original…
Resistance, Activism and Feminist Art in the GDR. Visions – (In)Visibilities – Commodification Elisaveta Dvorakk PhD Candidate in Art History and Theory of Photography Department of Art and Visual History | Centre for transdisciplinary Gender Studies Humboldt University of Berlin | Germany From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.
Beyond "Adriana Lecouvreur" 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…
Ottoman economic historians often subscribed to a narrative which pictures the nineteenth century history as unfolding through a conflict over taxable resources between central political elite and provincial power-holders. In this paper I aim to provide a critique of this approach and find alternative ways of interpreting post-Tanzimat fiscal history. As an alternative to this dichotomous conception of center vs…
The International Chopin & Friends Festival in New York is an annual festival organized by the New York Dance & Arts Innovations, Inc. and supported by the Polish Cultural Institute NY showcasing artists of various disciplines inspired by Chopin’s legacy and working across a variety of media to unite traditional and contemporary art forms. Polish Cultural Institute NY is proud…
Join us for the concert of the legendary Czech folk ensemble Spiritual Kvintet to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Dress code: semi-formal. Cash bar provided by Bohemian Spirit. Critics regard Spiritual Kvintet as the first and best Czechoslovak folk group. In 1989 the government blacklisted Spiritual Kvintet, yet their songs were played on the streets of Prague…