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The German-Jewish Cookbook

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

The mother-daughter team behind The German-Jewish Cookbook (Brandeis University Press, 2017), Gabrielle Rossmer Gropman and Sonya Gropman, discuss their historical and gastronomic exploration of German-Jewish cuisine with the Gefilteria’s Jeffrey Yoskowitz and historian Atina Grossmann (Cooper Union). This event will include a reception (Kosher dairy) with a tasting menu of items from the book: Berches (German-Jewish challa) Liptauer (a classic cheese spread with Hungarian origins) Krautsalat (cabbage slaw) Orangentorte (0range cake) Wine, Beer, and…

$10

Lecture: Aging Gracefully. Restoring Carpaccio’s Saint Ursula Cycle

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

A lecture by Melissa Conn, Director Venice Office, Save Venice Inc. How to best care for Carpaccio’s princess bride has occupied conservation professionals for nearly 500 years, from the first documented restoration treatment in 1521, to Save Venice’s current conservation efforts. Now housed in the Accademia Galleries, this 15th-century narrative cycle of nine canvases illustrating the story of Saint Ursula suffers…

The Receptionist: An Education at The New Yorker

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

In 1957, when a young Midwestern woman landed a job at The New Yorker, she didn’t expect to stay long at the reception desk. But stay Janet Groth did, and for twenty-one years she had the best seat in the house. In addition to taking messages, she ran interference for jealous wives checking on adulterous husbands, drank with famous writers at…

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The Hatred of Literature – William Marx & Ben Lerner

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

William Marx Writer, critic, professor of Comparative Literature, Université Paris Nanterre; author of La Haine de la littérature (The Hatred of Literature, Harvard University Press, 2018) Ben Lerner, respondent Poet, novelist, critic; MacArthur Fellow; author of No Art; Leaving the Atocha Station; 10:04; The Hatred of Poetry Eric Banks, moderator Director, New York Institute for the Humanities For the last 2,500 years literature has been attacked,…

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The Soviet Moral Gray Zone: From Kantian Deontology to Maternal Ethics in Vassily Grossman’s Everything Flows

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

 On Wednesday, March 21st please join us for “The Soviet Moral Gray Zone: From Kantian Deontology to Maternal Ethics in Vassily Grossman’s Everything Flows”, a talk with Ani Kokobobo from the University of Kansas. This talk is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. In this presentation, I consider the ethical…

Film/Panel Discussion: Jean Rouch and Modernity

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

To RSVP, please click here. To mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of anthropologist and filmmaker Jean Rouch, the Maison Française presents a selection of unfinished, unpublished films by the filmmaker, including “Monsieur Albert, Prophète” (Côte d’Ivoire, 1962-63) and “Moi fatigué debout, moi couché” (Niger, 1996-97). These will be presented and discussed by three specialists of Jean Rouch’s work. In…

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Book Presentation of “La stoffa dell’Italia” (with author Emanuela Scarpellini)

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

On the occasion of the publication of: La stoffa dell'Italia: Storia e cultura della moda dal 1945 a oggi (2017, Laterza) by Emanuela Scarpellini The author in conversation with Grazia d'Annunzio (US Special Projects Editor, Vogue Italia) and Eugenia Paulicelli(CUNY). In the course of the 20th century, Italy was able to become the worldwide point of reference for fashion, in spite of the historical…

6-Minute Challenge: Czech and Slovak academic show & tell

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

The eighth edition of the Czech and Slovak academic show & tell. Czech and Slovak artists, professionals, students and scholars at universities and institutions in the USA are challenged to present the subject of their project, their studies or research in a short presentation limited to six minutes. In English. Moderated by Christopher Harwood, PhD, Columbia University. Presenters: Veronika Cibulkova,…

Film Screening & Discussion. The Living Fire

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Ukrainian Film Club at Columbia University for a screening of the documentary film The Living Fire (2014) by Ostap Kostiuk. Ukrainian with English subtitles. Professor Yuri Shevchuk will introduce the film and moderate the discussion. This stunningly beautiful and poetic film chronicles three generations of Ukrainian Carpathian shepherds who struggle to keep their ancient trade alive in the face…

“How (Not) to Make a Scene (With Words)” Conference

This event will recur Every Day until Mar. 23, 2018 Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU Department of German present "How (Not) to Make a Scene (With Words)." A full conference schedule is available here. Henry James’s A Small Boy and Others features a primal scene (Urszene) of making a scene: his aunt tells his cousin Marie, who does not want to go to bed,…