European Seminar Series Fascism as a Social Kind Jason Stanley (Yale University) Thursday March 5, 2020 12:30-2:00pm From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies.
Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Nicholas Denysenko of his book The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation (Northern Illinois University Press, 2018). The bitter separation of Ukraine's Orthodox churches is a microcosm of its societal strife. From 1917 onward, church leaders failed to agree on the church's mission in…
In this event Cristina will engage Yo-Yo, the humanist, into a conversation about cultural collaboration, social responsibility and about the lessons learned throughout the process of creating, and developing the groundbreaking Bach Project.* Yo-Yo Ma’s multi-faceted career is testament to his enduring belief in culture’s power to generate trust and understanding. Whether performing new or familiar works from the cello…
Deutsches Haus at NYU, University Alliance Ruhr, and the German Research Foundation (DFG) present a conversation among Emily Balcetis (NYU), Lee Jussim (Rutgers University), and Albert Newen (Ruhr-University Bochum) as moderator, exploring the concept of human perception and its inherent biases that affect our understanding of the world. About the event: Perceptions are the window to our world. Rather than merely producing…
Screening of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey NYU’s Center for Applied Liberal Arts draws on an Irish example in their international film series “Your Voices Your Votes: Activism around the World” with a screening of Bernadette: Notes on a Political Journey (Dir. Lelia Doolan, Ireland, 2011). Free RSVP at TINYURL.COM/CALASP20FILM Director, Lelia Doolan, will be present at the event for Q&A. Please note…
The Kegelstatt Trio presents a performance of contemporary and classical compositions, including new written works by composers Edward Smaldone and Anders Koppel, as well as W.A. Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio, K. 498 and R. Schumann’s Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132. Named for the renowned piece composed by Mozart, one of the most popular chamber music works ever written, The Kegelstatt Trio features clarinetist Søren-Filip Brix Hansen,…
at The Brotherhood Synagogue (28 Gramercy Park South) Please note: This event will take place at The Brotherhood Synagogue (28 Gramercy Park South) Members of Casa Italiana will receive a special code via E-mail for free admission Salon Sanctuary Concerts presents Ester, Liberatrice del popolo ebreo Alessandro Stradella (1639 – 1682) With Gould, Pillow, Lemos, Pomerantz, An The Old Testament…
A growing number of scholars are making their own relatives their object of study. These personal family histories mark a significant shift in scholarly practice and writing, with far-reaching methodological, political, and ethical implications. Scholars and Their Kin is one of the first symposia to bring together scholars who are presently writing in this vein or have recently done so.…
To RSVP, please click here. Introduction, Madeleine Dobie Respondent, Sophia Mo Contesting the Classroom is the first scholarly work to analyze both how Algerian and Moroccan novels depict the postcolonial classroom, and how postcolonial literatures are taught in Morocco and Algeria. Drawing on a corpus of contemporary novels in French and Arabic, it shows that authors imagined the fictional classroom as a…
RSVP not required - Seating will be first come, first served. Link to PDF of conference program here 12:55-1:00pm – Introductory Remarks Victoria Phillips, Adjunct Lecturer, European Institute & Coordinator, Cold War Archives Research Project 1:00pm-1:45pm – Keynote Speaker Patryk Babiracki, Author of Soviet Soft Power in Europe, Assistant Professor in Russian and East European history at the University…