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Book Talk. The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution by Marci Shore

#1512 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Marci Shore of her book The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution (Yale University Press, 2017). NOTE ROOM CHANGE: Event will be in 1512 International Affairs Building. What is worth dying for? While the world watched the uprising on the Maidan as an episode in geopolitics, those in…

1938Projekt: 80 Years Since 1938

Leo Baeck Institute 15 West 16th Street, New York City, United States

A new website and exhibition explore the dramatic events of 1938 from the perspectives of ordinary people. This event focuses on the annexation of Austria (March 12), when nearly 200,000 Jews suddenly became subject to restrictions that had developed over 5 years in Nazi Germany. With Marsha L. Rozenblit, Harvey M. Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History at the University of Maryland. About…

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Family Networks and Surviving the Holocaust in Eastern Europe

1219 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th Street, New York City, United States

Please join the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center for a talk with Natalia Aleksiun, Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History at Touro College, Graudate School of Jewish Studies. Seeking to explain the survival of her children and grandchildren, Esther Stermer of Borszczów declared in her memoir: “Our family in particular would not let the Germans have their way…

The Sound of Diplomacy: “Truth”, News, and Radio — Cold War Power series

1201 International Affairs Building 420 W 118th St, New York City, NY, United States

A. Ross Johnson History and Public Policy Fellow, Woodrow Wilson Center Former Director, Radio Free Europe Guest lecture for Prof. Victoria Phillips’ course “Cold War Power: Culture as a Weapon”. Free and open to the public, please RSVP here. Co-sponsored by The European Institute, The Harriman Institute, and The History Department

Exhibition Opening: Migration (Photographs by Carlo Rocchi Bilancini)

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

MIGRATION An exhibition of photographs by Carlo Rocchi Bilancini Curated by Carol Borelli On view through March 23 Mon-Fri 10-5 The photographer Carlo Rocchi Bilancini has always had an affinity for the mysterious, transformative qualities of water. Yet, where his earlier focus was on individual character, here the photographer is concerned with memory and loss, two things that migrants always…

Illuminating the Enlightenment: Public Illumination and the Siècle des Lumières

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

Is it a coincidence that the first city in Europe to publicly illuminate its streets was also a capital of the Enlightenment?   Is there, in fact, a relationship between actual illumination and enlightenment as a cultural and intellectual phenomenon?  This talk will explore those questions through an examination of public lighting in Paris in the siècle des lumières, seeking to show…

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Concert: Lenka Lichtenberg, Masaryk Songs

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

Czech singer Lenka Lichtenberg performs an evocative collection of reimagined Czech, Moravian and Slovak folk songs, based on Jan Masaryk’s seminal 1948 songbook Národní písně. In the year 2018 we remember the 100th anniversary of creation of Czechoslovakia that the Masaryk family helped to form for more than 20 years. Join us for celebration of musical side of Jan Masaryk that might…

Lecture: Dacia Maraini, Writing Like Breathing

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Speaker: Dacia Maraini Moderator: Elizabeth Leake Professor, Dept. of Italian, Columbia University Welcoming remarks: Jo Ann Cavallo Chair, Dept. of Italian, Columbia University Dacia Maraini is one of Italy’s most prominent contemporary authors. She has won, among other prizes, the Campiello (1990) and Strega (1999), which are the most prestigious Italian literature awards. Her books have been translated into twenty-two languages,…

Film Screening: NSU: The Perpetrators

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

German History X In 1990, Jena’s economy is the worst it’s been since World War II. Many young people in East Germany drift from school into unemployment, witness their parents’ insecurity, and feel the impotence of the police and state. They feel disoriented, unloved, and aggrieved, and begin to consider themselves second-class citizens failed by the state. One of them…

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Mick Moloney: If It Wasn’t for the Irish and the Jews

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

"If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews: Exploring Irish and Jewish Historical Musical Links and Influences on Musical Theatre, Vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley America" In recent years Mick Moloney has been actively involved in documenting Irish American music from 1880 to 1920, a time when vaudeville and Tin Pan Alley flourished with the fertile contributions of Irish and…