Ukrainian Institute of America 2020 Gala
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Challenging “The Imam of Atheism”: Islamist Anti-Communism and the Soviet Union, 1958-1979
Between the Soviet Union’s outreach to countries like Egypt and Afghanistan in the mid-1950s and the growing role of Communists in Iraq following that country’s 1958 revolution, Muslim intellectuals and ulema feared the expansion of Communism in the Middle East. They began to conceive of Islam as a distinct ideological system and alternative to capitalism and socialism, and they looked…
The Fight for Black Lives: An Inter-diasporic Conversation between French and U.S. Activists
Click this link to join the webinar: https://nyu.zoom.us/j/92391689778 Download Zoom for Free NYU Zoom Help With Charlene Carruthers, Assa Traoré, head of the Truth for Adama committee. Moderated by Ashley Berry (French Studies, NYU) and Chayma Drira (French and French Studies, NYU). Charlene A. Carruthers is a Black, queer feminist community organizer and writer with over 15 years of experience in…
VIRTUAL EVENT. Book Talk. Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation by Thomas Kent
Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a discussion with Professor Thomas Kent, author of Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation (Brookings Institution Press, September 29, 2020). Discussant: Rand Waltzman, Deputy Chief Technology Officer and Senior Information Scientist, RAND Corporation. Chair: Elise Giuliano, Lecturer and Director…
VIRTUAL EVENT. Tynianov Today: A Discussion
Register here for the Zoom webinar or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join us for a panel discussion about Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov. This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. In 2019, Academic Studies Press published Permanent Evolution, the first English-language volume of theoretical works by Yuri Tynianov, one of the most dazzling representatives of Russian Formalism. This panel…
L’Atelier des Enfants: Create Your Own Halloween Monster with Laurent Sanguinetti!
OnlineJoin us as we get ready for Halloween with author and illustrator Laurent Sanguinetti who will read from Himboo-Humboo, his latest book just published by Le Seuil Jeunesse. The reading will be followed by an interactive collective workshop led by Laurent Sanguinetti on Zoom. Children will be invited to create their own special monster, chat with Laurent Sanguinetti, and share their…
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
OnlineA 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.