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Book Talk. Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan by Artemy M. Kalinovsky

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

Please join us for a talk with Artemy Kalinovsky(University of Amsterdam) about his recent book Laboratory of Socialist Development: Cold War Politics and Decolonization in Soviet Tajikistan (Cornell University Press, 2018). RSVP required to Elidor Mehilli at em705@hunter.cuny.edu Kalinovsky’s book investigates the Soviet effort to make promises of decolonization a reality by looking at the politics and practices of economic development in central Asia between World…

Honoring Ambassador Peter Wittig & Huberta Von Voss-Wittig

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

This year, LBI will present the Leo Baeck Medal for the first time to a couple who have used their positions and their expertise in diplomacy and journalism respectively to make lasting contributions to the memory of German-Jewish history. Our dinner is nearly fully subscribed, but a limited number of tickets are still available. Please call (212) 744-6400 ext. 4…

Built with Faith

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

Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City On the occasion of the paperback release of: Built with Faith Italian American Imagination and Catholic Material Culture in New York City (University of Tennessee Press, 2015; 2018 paperback) by Joseph Sciorra Over the course of 130 years, Italian American Catholics in New York City have developed a varied…

Marguerite Krull, soprano

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

Mango Baroque Chamber Ensemble "Saint/Sinner: In Her Own Words and Music" Italian music from 1650 to 1720 by women: Barbara Strozzi, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, and Isabella Leonarda "Marguerite Krull - a regular star of bel canto evenings at Caramoor - was superb, her embellishments skillfully and beautifully worked into the line to create long phrases of perfect naturalness. Her sound…

Mozart, Schumann & the Tales of Hoffmann

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

Program includes Mozart String Quintet No.4 in G minor, K. 516; Schumann Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44. Philippe Quint, violin Grace Park, violin Zlatomir Fung, cello Matthew Lipman, viola Kyle Armbrust, viola Vsevolod Dvorkin, piano Illustrated talk by Damian Fowler For more information and to purchase your ticket, please visit www.aspectfoundation.net. Organized by: Aspect Foundation for Music…

BLACKSMITH

Public Arts Theater 215 Christie Street, New York, NY, United States

a musical about Ignacy Jan Paderewski conceived by James Fluhr, Zoe Sarnak, and Ellie Heyman Between 28 November and 6 December seven extraordinary one-act musicals inspired by the figure and legacy of Ignacy Jan Paderewski will be presented to American audience. Focused on different aspects of his biography, they adopt diverse ways of bringing the famous composer back on stage.…

Wincent Weiss Live in Concert

Stuyvesant High School 345 Chambers Street, New York, NY, United States

Wincent Weiss, one of the most successful newcomers in the German music scene, is launching his first North-America tour in early December and will stop for one night in New York City! Sponsored by the Goethe-Institut and the Initiative PASCH-Schools: Partners for the Future to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the initiative, the tour takes the rising star through Canada, the US and Mexico.…

Borders in the Ocean: Identity and Otherness in the Italian Navy Ocean Diaries

Hamilton Hall 1130 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Room 501, Hamilton Hall Presenter: Emilio Cocco (Università degli studi di Teramo, Italy-American University of Rome) Respondent: Naor Ben-Yehoyada (Columbia University) Moderator: Konstantina Zanou (Columbia University) In this talk—based on my book “I confini nel mare" (2016), co-authored with Fabiana Dimpflmeier—I will discuss the national self-representations and the description of otherness as they appear in the logbooks and diaries written by Italian Navy officers on duty in…

Ladri di biciclette [Bicycle Thieves]

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

Vittorio De Sica (1948) In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960 Ladri di biciclette (Italy, 1948, 89 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Vittorio De Sica Starring Lamberto Maggiorani, Enzo Staiola Introduced by Ara Merjian, NYU. Hailed as one of the greatest movies ever made, Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves (1948) defined an era in cinema.…

Film: Rafiki

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

Part of the film series "Blackness in French and Francophone Film" organized by the Columbia Maison Française and co-sponsored by the School of the Arts. Kena helps her father John Mwaura run a small convenience store in Nairobi as he campaigns for a local election. Kena lives with her mother, who isn't really on speaking terms with John. Kena starts…