In English. Brian Russell Roberts reimagines the geography of the United States in his fascinating book Borderwaters: Amid the Archipelagic States of America. Rather than viewing the U.S. as a continental country bordered by Canada and Mexico, Roberts sees the American frontier encompassing broad swaths of water and sharing its border of some twenty-one other countries. He elucidates his theory…
“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…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation among Volker Heins, Nandita Sharma, and Gabriella Etmektsoglou on "A Necessary Utopia: Rethinking Borders" focusing on the recent books by Volker Heins, Offene Grenzen für Alle: Eine notwendige Utopie (Hoffmann und Campe, 2020) and Nandita Sharma, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants(Duke University Press, 2020). In today’s interconnected…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. In this meeting we explore the music of Giuseppe Sarti -- favored in courts from Copenhagen to St Petersburg -- attending particularly to his strong dynamic contrasts. Puccini would have noticed the expressive clarity this creates. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion…
Tuesday Nov. 9 12:30pm Onlinehttps://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufuiuqToqEtQwLfrv07Y1Wek0hLuHcSks
Deutsches Haus at NYU will proudly award the eighth annual Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize to Dr. Heinz Ickstadt, Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the Kennedy Institute of North American Studies at the Free University, Berlin. Dr. Andrew Gross, Professor of American literature at the University of Göttingen, will hold the laudatory speech in honor of Heinz Ickstadt. Additional…
The program features the world premiere of “Echoes from the Darkness: Messages from the Terezin Diaries of Petr and Eva Ginz,” a chamber opera by John Califra. In addition, the concert will include Hans Krása’s “Dance for String Trio,” selected songs by Viktor Ullman and Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein’s “Piano Sonata,” and the “Sonata for Flute and Piano,” by Erwin…
Wednesday Nov. 10 12:30pm - 2:00pm Onlinehttps://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0uvpDIoQuuHOLq5g7r6fQ Vaccine Hostility: What We Can Learn From Europe With Peter Baldwin (UCLA), Audrey Célestine (University of Lille), Aleksandra Cislak (SWPS University, Warsaw), Philippe Marlière (University College London), Moderated by Frédéric Viguier (NYU). Event presented jointly with NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. In Europe too, the Covid vaccine effort meets challenges, anger, disinformation or suspicion. Our panelists will discuss how responses to the first…
Please note: This event is open ONLY to individuals in possession of the NYU Daily Screener green pass screen. For contact tracing purposes, RSVP is Mandatory. In accordance with NYU Covid policies, vaccination and masks are required for all participants. Before the Close of Day Passages from Dante's Purgatorio (USA, 75') A film by Peter Lucas Followed by a Q&A with the director. The feature…
Thursday Nov. 11 2:00pm - 3:30pm Onlinehttps://bit.ly/3tEORYV The Limits of Human Reality and the Senses of Outer Space: Philosophical Anthropology and the Study of Astroculture Brad Tabas (ENSTA Bretagne) Thursday, 11 November 2021, 14:00–15:30 EST Astroculture abounds in prognostications inspired by the conviction that extra-terrestrial exploration informs our understanding humankind. The Apollo moon landings inspired reflections on the status of the human. Yet…
