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Historical Atlas of the Hasidim by Marcin Wodziński

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research 15 West 16th Street, NYC, New York City, NY, United States

Historical Atlas of Hasidism is the very first cartographic reference book on one of the modern era's most vibrant and important mystical movements. Featuring seventy-four large-format maps and a wealth of illustrations, charts, and tables, this one-of-a-kind atlas charts Hasidism's emergence and expansion; its dynasties, courts, and prayer houses; its spread to the New World; the crisis of the two world…

Cracking the Nest Egg

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

Please join the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center for a talk with Sarah Wilson Sokhey, Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Colorado, about her book The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2017). Sarah Wilson Sokhey will present the research from her recent book, The Political Economy of Pension…

Ground Truth: Testimonies of Destruction and Return in Al-Araqib

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

On Palestinian Bedouin villages in the Naqab (Negev) The Center for Palestine Studies, in partnership with the NGO Zochrot, and Forensic Architecture, will host an exhibition (October 10-November 2) and symposium titled From Res Nullius to Terra Nullius: Revisiting Indigenous Histories, Legal Systems and Land Rights in the Naqab (October 11), focused on two counter investigations concerning the Palestinian-Bedouin villages…

Anthony Hecht’s Italian Journey

Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò (NYU) 24 West 12th Street, New York City, NY, United States

In collaboration with the Bogliasco Foundation. A lecture by David Yezzi, Johns Hopkins University. The poet Anthony Hecht returned from combat in WWII devastated by the horrors he had seen. Soon after, he established a lifelong connection to Italy that began with a move to the island of Ischia, and ended at the Bogliasco Foundation, where he wrote his final…

Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Marriage and Slavery in the Early Portuguese Atlantic World Charlotte de Castelnau-L'Estoile, in conversation with Amy Chazkel and Roquinaldo Ferreira To RSVP, please click here. Marriage played a crucial role in the making of a Catholic slavery-based society such as that of Brazil from the 16th century to the 19th century. Historical sources such as legal documents and petitions from slaves…

Jarmila Novotna: My Life in Song

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

An exclusive American introduction of the memoirs of Czech-American opera star and film actress, Jarmila Novotna (1907-1994). Author and editor William V. Madison will speak about the international triumphs of this multi-talented celebrity who acted as a cultural ambassador for the Czechoslovak nation throughout her career—beginning in Prague with her opera debut as a lyric soprano at age 17 and…

A Look Behind the Curtain – Concert

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

An exploration of poetic imagery, symbolist, surreal, and sensual, through the ears of five contemporary composers, in the company of Poulenc's iconic 1956 song cycle, Le travail du peintre. Additional works by Barbara Jazwinski, Louis Karchin, Friedrich Kern, Andrew MacDonald and Guy Sacre. Reservations:  212-998-8750 or maison.francaise@nyu.edu -- View the texts by clicking on the composers' names below, or access all texts here. Francis Poulenc, Le travail du…

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From Res Nullius to Terra Nullius: Revisiting Indigenous Histories, Legal Systems and Land Rights in the Naqab

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Panelists: Bashir Abu Manneh, Nadia Ben Youssef, Debby Farber Moderator: Nadia Abu El-Haj Respondent: Audra Simpson, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University Chair: Brian Boyd The Center for Palestine Studies, in partnership with the NGO Zochrot, and Forensic Architecture, will be holding a scholarly panel within the framework of the exhibition, Ground Truth: Testimonies of Destruction and Return in Al-Araqib, to…

Khlebnikov, Tatlin, and the Utopian Geopoetics of the Russian Avant-garde

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

On Thursday, October 11th please join us for “Khlebnikov, Tatlin, and the Utopian Geopoetics of the Russian Avant-garde”, a talk with Harsha Ram from U.C. Berkeley. This talk is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Most models of world literature since Goethe have focused on the spatial grid provided by…

Antisemitism, Racism, and Genocide. The Question of Liberty.

Johnson/Kaplan 66 W. 12th Street, New York, New York, United States

Manuela Consonni (The Hebrew University and Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism). Introduced and moderated by Federico Finchelstein (The New School for Social Research). Copresented by the History Department at Eugene Lang College, the New School for Social Research and The Janey Program in Latin American Studies. Free admission. Through a re-reading of seminal reflections by Levinas, Arendt,…