Leonard Bernstein and Vienna
Remarque Institute 60 Fifth Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, NY, United StatesRSVP required remarque.institute@nyu.edu
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“Home Made in India:” A Conversation between Christopher Kloeble and Eric Jarosinski
Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United StatesDeutsches 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 StatesA 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 StatesTuesday, 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 StatesTuesday, 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 StatesVenue: 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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Lecture: Italian Colonialism and Resistances to Empire, 1930-1970
Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United StatesA lecture by Neelam Srivastava, Newcastle University: In this book, I provide a cultural history of Italian colonialism and its impact on twentieth-century ideas of empire and anti-colonialism. I explore the widespread political and literary responses to Italy’s invasion of Ethiopia in 1935, highlighting how Pan-Africanism grew from opposition to Italy’s late empire-building, and reading the work of George Padmore, Claude McKay,…
Talk: Deception, Myth, and Reality in Czech History
Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States"Deception, Myth, and Reality in Czech History (1918-1948): A Perspective from the Archives" presented by Igor Lukes, a Professor of History and International Relations at Boston University, who writes primarily about Central Europe. His books include On the Edge of the Cold War: American Diplomats and Spies in Postwar Prague (New York: Oxford, 2012), Rudolf Slansky: His Trials and Trial…
Film: As I Open My Eyes
La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United StatesTo RSVP, please click here. As I Open My Eyes gives us a look at Tunisian youth on the eve of the Jasmine Revolution as they are pulled in all directions by conflicting forces: disenchantment, fear, creativity, rebellion against dictatorship, rejection of conservatism, and the courage to pursue their desires.
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