Holodomor: A Remembrance | A Virtual Visual Art Presentation

The virtual exhibition Holodomor: A Remembrance commemorates the 87-year anniversary of the Holodomor Famine-Genocide, which occurred in Ukraine in 1932-33. It is a visual arts presentation featuring the works of Ukrainian-American artist Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak. In 1991, the artist traveled to Ukraine for the first time. She states: “My eyes and soul were opened to a land that was beautiful but…

Medical Ethics and the Crisis of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in the Early Soviet Union (with Kenneth Pinnow)

The Bolsheviks promised to provide universal public health. As part of that effort, they sought to make interactions between doctors and patients regular and normal. Seeing a doctor and receiving medical care would be important points of contact with Soviet power. However, with increased interactions between physicians and the public also came increased opportunities for misunderstandings and conflicts. Patients, particularly…

Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Her Role Models and the Hadassah Archive – Live on Zoom

When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was growing up, she found inspiration in the trail-blazing accomplishments of Henrietta Szold and Emma Lazarus. In this segment, we pay homage to RBG by drawing on our own archives to lend more dimension to her heroes. We'll also uncover an unexpected archive that provided one of the late Justice's first gleanings of feminism and…

Florence: Humanism

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A music Listening series hosted by Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo (NYU). Renaissance Humanism lastingly stamped Florentine culture, heard in the balance and rationality of its music. Composers discussed include Luca Marenzio. Participation is free.

Sami Authors You Should Know

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Nordic Authors You Should Know at Scandinavia House continues with a focus on Sami literature with Johanna Domokos and Saami poet, musician, and scriptwriter Niillas Holmberg. Moderated by Harald Gaski. The panelists will discuss Sami literature and culture today. Please send audience questions ahead of the discussion to info@amscan.org.

Online Nordic Book Club Presents: Palm Beach Finland by Antti Tuomainen

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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions have typically taken place the last Tuesday of the month at Scandinavia House but will now be taking place bi-weekly as an online meeting.

New Works Wednesdays – The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity – Live on Zoom

The fourth in our series exploring new research. Shalva Weil discusses her new book "The Baghdadi Jews in India: Maintaining Communities, Negotiating Identities and Creating Super-Diversity." This book explores the extraordinary differentiation of the Baghdadi Jewish community over time during their sojourn in India from the end of the eighteenth century until their dispersion to Indian diasporas in Israel and…

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John Connolly “The Dirty South: A Thriller”

Nov, 4th, 1.00pm EST/6.00pm GMT John, the New York Times bestselling author of A Book of Bones (Hodder /Stoughton) goes back to the very beginning of Private Investigator Charlie Parker’s astonishing career in his brand new novel The Dirty South: A Thriller (Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books). John will be in conversation with NYU’s Dr. John Waters. This event will run for…

Facing History Today: Using Facial Recognition Tools to Identify Unnamed Ancestors

In contrast to vital records, family photos do not impart clear, standardized information and have always posed a genealogical challenge. In 2019, amateur genealogist and data scientist Scott Genzer developed a technique for using free online facial recognition tools to identify people in photographs, and has successfully applied it to historical photos of the Jewish community of his ancestral town,…

20/20 Philosophers: Nadia Yala Kisukidi

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK TO THE EVENT Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking philosophy into new fields: health, ecology, neurosciences,…