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Efratia Gitai: Correspondance 1929–1994

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd St., New York, NY, United States

Centro Primo Levi Editions is pleased to announce the English language publication of Efratia Gitai: Correspondence 1929–1994, with a stage reading of a selection of the letters featuring Barbara Sukowa, Ronald Gutman and pianist Yali Levi Schwartz. Born in 1909 in Haifa to Russian Zionist parents, Efratia Gitai was “the eldest daughter” of the Second Aliyah, the second wave of Jewish immigrants to Ottoman Palestine.  Her…

Sergei Shnurov and His Group ‘Leningrad’: A Window to Russian Rock Music

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a talk with Dragan Kujundžić (University of Florida) about Sergei Shnurov's rock group Leningrad. In 2016, Sergei Shnurov and his group Leningrad released two now-famous video clips, "Exponat" and "V Pitere pit’", which were viewed almost 200 million times in 2016. This occasioned an opportunity for Professor Kujundžić to meet with Sergei Shnurov in St. Petersburg in December…

European Seminar Series – Fascism As a Social Kind

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York, United States

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. 

Book Talk. The Orthodox Church in Ukraine: A Century of Separation by Nicholas Denysenko

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

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…

King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH YO-YO MA: Culture and Social Responsibility in the Bach Project and Beyond

KJCC Auditorium 53 Washington Square South, New York

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…

How Biased Are We? A Conversation about Perception, Cognition, and Accuracy

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

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

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

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

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

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,…

Stradella’s “Ester, Liberatrice del Popolo Ebreo”

The Brotherhood Synagogue 28 Gramercy Park South, New York, NY, United States

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…

Scholars and their Kin: A Symposium

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

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.…