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Fermenting and Foraging: Resourcefulness in the Historical and Contemporary Kitchen

Today, techniques such as fermenting and foraging are increasingly appealing to those seeking to create economical, nourishing, waste-free meals. This panel, moderated by Jane Ziegelman, will explore today’s innovative tactics and the historical precedents for these strategies in the Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant kitchen at the turn of the 20th century. Ticket Info: Free; reservation required at https://www.yivo.org/Fermenting-and-Foraging to receive a link to…

Black, Brown and Green Voices: Brian Dooley

November 18th, 12:30pm EST/5:30pm GMT On November 18th, Brian Dooley will share his reflections on his, now twenty-year old book, Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland and Black America (Pluto Press). Click to register    Find out more about our research initiatives in this vein here: https://as.nyu.edu/irelandhouse/academic-initiatives/black--brown-and-green-voices.html This is an event is in collaboration with NYU's Office of…

New Works Wednesdays – Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History

The sixth in our series exploring new research. Jane Gerber discusses her new book "Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History." Sephardi identity has meant different things at different times, but has always entailed a connection with Spain, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492. While Sephardi Jews have lived in numerous cities and towns throughout history,…

Marcel Proust, Zionist – A conversation with Antoine Compagnon and Elisabeth Ladenson

To sign up for this virtual conversation, click here. Antoine Compagnon talks with Elisabeth Ladenson about his new research on the reception of Marcel Proust's novel, In Search of Lost Time, by the French Jewish community in the 1920s. Proust has sometimes been characterized as anti-semitic, and his treatment of characters such as Swann, Nissim Bernard or Rachel shock today's…

Kraft: A Conversation among Jonas Lüscher, Tess Lewis, and Ulrich Baer

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York present a conversation between Jonas Lüscher and Tess Lewis about Jonas Lüscher's most recent novel, Kraft, and the function of political fiction in a polarized world, which will be moderated by Ulrich Baer. Book cover “Kraft” About the novel: “Richard Kraft, a German professor of rhetoric and aging…

Two Great Families And Their Temple: The Strauses, The Lehmans and Temple Emanu-El

Join us for a virtual presentation about the Straus Family, their relationship with the Lehman family, and their commitment to their synagogues, Temples Emanu-El and Beth-El. From these two prominent families arose leaders in government, commerce and philanthropy, shaping the history of America in the 19th and 20th centuries. The Strauses and Lehmans were linked by marriage as well as…

Book Club on Submission by Michel Houellebecq

Join us for a lively Zoom conversation on Submission by Michel Houellebecq translated from the French by Lorin Stein (FSG). The conversation will be moderated by Albertine’s own Miriam Bridenne and Adam Hocker, with special guest author and Barnard professor Caroline Weber. It’s 2022. François is bored. He’s a middle-aged lecturer at the New Sorbonne University and an expert on J.…

EU Response to the Covid Crisis: Preventing the Great Fragmentation

Featuring: Marco Buti, Head of Cabinet of the European Commissioner for the Economy Adam Tooze, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Professor of History & Director of the European Institute Nicolas Véron, Senior Fellow at Bruegel and at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Marco Buti, Adam Tooze, and Nicolas Véron will examine the EU's response to the economic impact of the Covid crisis.…

Denaturalized. How Thousands Lost Their Citizenship and Lives in Vichy France – Claire Zalc in Conversation with Rebecca Kobrin and Emmanuelle Saada

To sign up for this event, click here. Thousands of naturalized French men and women had their citizenship revoked by the Vichy government during the Second World War. Once denaturalized, these men and women, mostly Jews who were later sent to concentration camps, ceased being French on official records and walked off the pages of history. As a result, we…

VIRTUAL EVENT. Book Launch. Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a book launch of Post-Socialist Political Graffiti in the Balkans and Central Europe (2020) and discussion with its…