Ryszard Krynicki is one of Poland's most important living poets. For decades he has fought for freedom of speech and expression, battling against censorship in the days before democracy returned to Poland. Previously little-known in the English-speaking world, two major collections of his poetry have just been released. Our Life Grows, first published in 1978, was so politically incendiary to the…
Rudolf Klein, professor of modern architectural history at Szent István University, Budapest, will give a talk on his new book, Synagogues in Hungary, 1867–1918 (Central European University Press, 2017). This is the first comprehensive study that systematically covers all synagogues in Hungary from the Edict of Tolerance by Joseph II to the end of World War I. Unlike prior attempts, dealing with…
CATHERINE LIDDELL, Baroque lute Tickets and details: showclix.com/event/la-rhetorique-des-dieux Born out of the salons of the Grand Siècle, the 1652 manuscript called La Rhétorique des Dieux by Denis Gaultier offers an impressive synthesis of music, mythology, engraving, gold work, prose, and poetry. Weaving ravishing music with the spoken word, Boston-based lutenist Catherine Liddell mines the mythological roots of lute repertoire of Versailles, one golden…
RESERVE TICKETS April 2018 marks the twentieth anniversary of Belfast's Good Friday Agreement. Senator George Mitchell, who played a pivotal role in this peace settlement, will reflect on how this historic milestone came to pass. Funding to endow this lecture series has been generously granted by the Irish Institute of New York, which has been dedicated to the support and promotion…
On Wednesday, April 18th please join us for a talk on “Reluctant Monopolists: Religious Regulation and Political Mobilization in Central Asia” with Pauline Jones Luong from the University of Michigan. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. What is the relationship between religious regulation, religiosity, and political mobilization? According…
When Francis Fukuyama wrote about “the end of history” after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Cold War, he contended that Western liberal democracy is the “final form of human government.” Yet by all accounts, the past few years have witnessed a global backlash against liberal democracy. Most alarmingly, Western liberal democracies are facing threats…
The pageants or fêtes de Carthage held in 1906 and 1907 were many things: a celebration of recent archaeological finds in the protectorate of Tunisia, including the Roman theatre in which they were held; an assertion of France’s place in a lineage of imperial conquest extending back over two millennia; and a demonstration of the cultural prowess of the members of the…
In The Holocaust by Bullets, Father Patrick Desbois documented for the first time the murder of 1.5 million Jews in Ukraine during World War II, based on wartime documents, interviews with locals, and the application of modern forensic practices on long-hidden gravesites. Nearly a decade of further work later, Father Desbois, Founder and President of Yahad-In Unum, has assembled in his…
With Ashleigh Gordon, viola. Giacinto Scelsi: Maknongan (1976) Claudio Gabriele: PNOM (2005) Matthias Pintscher: Janusgesicht (2001) Giacinto Scelsi: Triphon (1957) Hailed as “a cellist of power and grace” (The Guardian) and possessing “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” Seth Parker Woods has established a reputation as a versatile artist straddling several genres. Outside of solo performances, he has performed with the Ictus Ensemble (Brussels), Ensemble L’Arsenale, zone…