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How to Make Precarious Russia Habitable – or, What Russians Want in Putin’s Fourth Term

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

This talk is about ethnographic research Professor Morris carried out in ‘small town’ Russia and beyond since 2009. In this talk, Professor Morris will review the main ideas of his book Everyday Postsocialism: that even in contexts characterised by deindustrialisation, loss, and precarity, ordinary people do more than just ‘get by’ – they actively make their social environment habitable in numerous…

CALA Spring 2020 Film Series: “Your Voices, Your Votes: Activism around the World”

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

As part of the CALA Spring 2020 film series "Your Voices, Your Votes: Activism around the World,” the NYU Center for Applied Liberal Arts and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a screening of the film The Edukators (2005), directed by Hans Weingartner. The introduction will be held by Marie-Luise Goldmann. About the film: The Edukators. Germany. 2005. Directed by Hans Weingartner. Written by Armin Ortmann. With…

Blarney Star: Margie Mulvihill, John and John Paul Reynolds

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Margie and John Reynolds are leaders of the vibrant Irish traditional music community in Pearl River, New York, where they are indispensable teachers, performers and organizers. Their son, also a John Paul, is an up-and-coming star on both fiddle and tenor banjo. Most often heard as dance musicians, this concert will give them a welcome chance to play for a…

$15

New York International Children’s Film Festival Multiple Screenings

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Explore the world without leaving New York! The New York International Children’s Film Festival takes place February 21 through March 15, 2020 throughout New York City, with 10 screenings at Scandinavia House. For complete lineup and tickets visit nyicff.org/tickets. Fill out a ballot at every screening, and your votes will determine the Festival award winners. MOOMINVALLEY SAT—February 22—11 AM 66 min.…

$14

The Rest of the Story: Finding your Family in Online Newspapers

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

Janeen Bjork will share her search methodology using several case studies to illustrate the techniques of finding and preserving family items from online newspapers. She will discuss OCR (optical character recognition, the technology that allows newspapers to be searched online), and how to work around its significant failure rate. Other topics will include best practices for searching in popular newspaper…

$5

Community and Controversy: Jews, Anglicans, and Biblical Criticism

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City, United States

Featuring Edward Breuer, Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The European History & Politics Workshop is supported by the European Institute at Columbia University. The workshop will meet on select Mondays over the course of the academic year at Columbia University (Philosophy 302) from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Participants will discuss pre-circulated work-in-progress over a light lunch. Please note that these workshops are by invitation only.…

Discussion about the role of Polish language and Polish community in the context of bilingual education in New York

Consulate General of Poland 233 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, United States

We will have a pleasure to host an educator and researcher Fabrice Jaumont - the author of the book: “The Bilingual Revolution: The Future of Education is in Two Languages” Event will take place on February 24, 2020 from 4PM to 5:30PM (doors open at 3:30 PM) at the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in New York 233…

StrategEast Westernization Index 2020: Cross-country Analysis

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Join us for a presentation by Anatoly Motkin, founder and president of StrategEast. The StrategEast Westernization Index 2020 assesses the processes of adherence to Western values in post-Soviet countries outside of Russia across five dimensions: political, legal, economic, cultural, and lifestyle. This second edition of the Index, like the first one released in 2018, is the only report to analyze the fourteen…

Nordic Book Club The Summer of Ellen by Agnete Friis

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions typically take place the last Tuesday of the month in the Halldór Laxness Library at Scandinavia House and online in our Goodreads group during the last week of the month. This week…