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Conference: Specters of Kant, They Say

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

Haunting has been the name—the signature, writing, event—of Immanuel Kant in 20th-century France. Impetus to many commentaries, controversies, and indeed to the emergence of singular thoughts, the French reception of Kant’s texts has not been simple or straightforward. Yet, unlike a certain “French Hegel” (or “Marx,” or “Nietzsche,” or “Freud,” or “Heidegger”), the (his)stories of Kant’s French specter/s remain to…

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Exhibit No. 1: 5846, 5851, and 5852 V. The Population and Migration Authority

Ludlow 38 38 Ludlow Street, New York, United States

Hinda Weiss & Asaf Weitzen Through colors, rhythms, and sounds, the video work and installation 5846, 5851, and 5852 v. the Population and Migration Authority portrays an Israeli supreme court's decision regarding three people requesting not to be sent to the Holot Detention Facility.* Truths embedded within a given language are explored in relation to the rights of asylum seekers and immigrants…

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Concert: New World, New Music

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

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhqVGxlBcr8] New World, New Music is a celebration of the 125th anniversary of Antonin Dvorak’s Symphony No. 9, From the New World. As our contribution to the celebration, we have commissioned renowned composer and native New Yorker Bruce Adolphe and visual artists James Rouvelle and Lili Maya, known as maya + rouvelle, to create an integrative arts experience that will…

Leonard Bernstein and Vienna

Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United States

RSVP required remarque.institute@nyu.edu

“Home Made in India:” A Conversation between Christopher Kloeble and Eric Jarosinski

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current Max Kade Writer-in-Residence at Georgetown University, Christopher Kloeble, from his latest book Home Made in India: A Love Story Between Delhi and Berlin, followed by a conversation with @neinquarterly's Eric Jarosinski. Indians, Germans, and an author seeking to answer the question: What is home? Since his marriage to Saskya from India, Christopher Kloeble is a…

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Lecture: Physical and Psychological Aging In The Operas of Giuseppe Verdi

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

A lecture by Francesco Izzo, University of Southampton, co-director of the American Institute for Verdi Studies at NYU In early nineteenth-century Italian opera, characters explicitly described as old are mostly a prerogative of comedy. In serious melodramma, the advanced age of some characters may be inferred by virtue of their role (father and grandfather, pastor), but only rarely is it explicitly stated, verbally…

MUR and the Revival of Ukrainian Literary Life in the DP Camps in Germany

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 12:00pm Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room (1219 International Affairs Building, 420 W 118th St) Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Professor Lidia Stefanowska (University of Warsaw). Within the American-occupied zone in Germany in 1945-1948, Ukrainian Displaced Persons (DPs) managed to create a substitute for cultural and social structures in…

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Film Screening & Discussion. “Art is a Weapon.”

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Tuesday, April 3, 2018 6:00pm Harriman Institute Atrium, 12th Floor International Affairs Building (420 W 118th St) Please join the Harriman Institute for a screening of the documentary film Art Is a Weapon (2017), followed by a discussion with director Andrea Simon. The event will be introduced and moderated by Martin Marinos, Postdoctoral Research Scholar at the Harriman Institute. Run time: 85 minutes Language: English,…

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Turkey and Europe: Contested Identities in History

Speaker: Senem Aydın-Düzgit, Associate Professor of International Relations, Sabancı University Moderator: Tsveta Petrova, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Political Science, Columbia University Turkey’s and Europe’s perceptions of each other play a key role in shaping their relations at present. Recent public discourses in Europe often characterize Turkish and European identities as dichotomous and in opposition. However, this assessment is based on a fixed and static understanding…

Andrés Bello Chair Professor Keila Grinberg Second Public Lecture | Passados Presentes: Slavery and Memory Tourism in Rio de Janeiro

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, New York Reception to Follow Recently, slavery has become an important theme in memory tourism. Just last year, in Rio de Janeiro, the Valongo wharf, which was the arrival place of the highest number of enslaved Africans in the Atlantic, was recognized as a UNESCO site, and is now being visited by…

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