Amidst the bloodshed and destruction of World War II, nearly 1.5 million Jewish men and women made vital contributions to the Allied war effort against Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers. However, despite the large volume of World War II research, books, movies, and other works, the very fact of these 1.5 million “Jewish soldiers” remains virtually unknown. In November…
Casa Italiana hosts this book club online on the Zoom platform to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have taken place with time in…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. In this meeting we explore the music of Niccolò Paganini, discovering how he fashioned devilish virtuosity out of bel canto melody. Puccini would have applauded the simplicity of the tunes he composed. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion group that meets online…
On November 16, join us for a virtual book talk on the new fiction anthology The Book of Reykjavik: A City in Short Fiction, out November 11 from Comma Press! Authors Kristín Eiríksdóttir & Björn Halldórsson and translator Larissa Kyzer will discuss the novel and its translation, as well as the themes explored in the book, with moderator Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir. Iceland is a land of…
From the earliest efforts by survivors themselves to document the destruction of European Jews to the enormous international and interdisciplinary literature being produced today, the historiography of the Holocaust has both followed the course of history as a discipline through numerous turns – cultural, narrative, forensic, spatial, etc... – and opened up new methodological paths of its own. As LBI's…
**This event will take place in French** L'auteur Mohamed Mbougar Sarr parlera de son roman La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, qui suit l'histoire d'un jeune auteur sénégalais dans le Paris contemporain, enquêtant sur la toile de fond d'un livre mythique et mystérieux « Le labyrinthe de l'inhumain ». Le livre de M. Sarr est lauréat du prestigieux Prix littéraire…
“Where Do We Go from Here?” Revisiting Black Irish Relations and Responding to a Transnational Moment Conveners: Kim McClain DaCosta (NYU) and Miriam Nyhan Grey (NYU) Online Conference at New York University November 5, 12 and 19 People of Irish and African descent have lived in the United States for more than four centuries. Their respective trajectories -- marked by…
**This event will take place in French** In Expressions de supériorité: Petite encyclopédie des distinctions élitistes, Jean- Pascal Daloz looks at elitism through many different iterations, backgrounds and eras. Comparing the modalities and logics of elitist distinction on a global scale and through the ages, this book constitutes an absolutely unprecedented sum. It is based on decades of observation in…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. Puccini never mentioned eclecticism, yet it characterizes Italian music over the centuries. In this meeting we explore the music of Alfredo Catalani, who bonded elements of Wagnerian opera and Verismo into an original style. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion group that…
A Lecture-Recital with Sarah Kay- Professor, Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture and Author of Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera (forthcoming) and Christopher Preston Thompson- voice and medieval harp, and artistic director of the companion website to Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera. The sound of light in the dawn sky, breathed by the breath of beasts, cosmic in its…
