Music by Berio, D. Scarlatti, and Schubert Co-sponsor: Italian Cultural Institute of New York Free admission; reservations are not required (seating is first come, first seated; doors open at 7:30 PM). This recital by Andrea Lucchesini, co-sponsored by the Italian Cultural Institute of New York, celebrates the release on the Audite label in September 2018 of the CD "Dialogues (Scarlatti…
LECTURE/PANEL DISCUSSION: What (Jewish) Identity is Not… A talk by Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur To RSVP, please click here. The question of identity is a preoccupation in both France and the United States today, for somewhat different reasons, and debates about identity politics play out in very different ways in the two countries. Rabbi Delphine Horvilleur has spoken and written about the…
Exhibition opening: On December 2, 1938, just weeks after Kristallnacht, the first group of unaccompanied Jewish refugee children arrived in the United Kingdom. LBI and Yeshiva University Museum launch an exhibition exploring this remarkable effort that saved some 10,000 children, many of whom never saw their parents again.
Short Films from the Naples Film Festival In collaboration with the Naples Film Festival. The following films were selected specifically for Casa Italiana by a special jury made up of graduate and Ph.D. students of the NYU Department of Italian Studies: Così in terra by Pier Lorenzo Pisano (Ita, 2018, 13') Roberto Citran, one of the most talented actors in…
This symposium will tackle some of the cellular mechanisms that go awry in neurodegenerative diseases, with special emphasis on how innovative cell biological approaches promise to decipher the pathogenetic events underlying these devastating conditions. Schedule 9:00 – 9:40 am Registration and Poster Set-up 9:40 – 9:55 am Welcome and Overview: David Freedberg (Italian Academy, Columbia), Francesco Genuardi (Consul General of…
On Tuesday, November 27th please join us for “The Vory: understanding Russia’s gangsters in their historical and political context” with Mark Galeotti (Institute of International Relations Prague). This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. Mark Galeotti talks about his new book, The Vory: Russia’s super mafia (Yale UP), and…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation on "Migration and Art" among Silvia Fehrmann, Director of the DAAD's Artists-in-Berlin Programme; the artist Andy Graydon; the photographer Stefan Falke; Nathalie Anglès, the director of Residency Unlimited; and the journalist and writer Claudia Steinberg. About the panel: In the past two years, the issue of migration, borders, and walls has become ever…
Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet is a former French politician who currently works as Vice-President of Cybersecurity at Capgemini, a French multinational consulting company. Educated at Polytechnique (X1992), she rose in the ranks of the French Government to become the Secretary of State for Digital Development and then Minister of Environment, under President Nicolas Sarkozy. She was a Member of Parliament for 10…
Italian music today What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of…
Paris-based international lawyer and political writer Laurent Cohen-Tanugi will present and discuss his new book, Resistance: The Populist Challenge to Democracy (Ed. de l’Observatoire, Paris, 2018). The discussion will tackle the topics of Brexit; Donald Trump’s election and the midterms in the United States; the demise of mainstream parties in the West and the rise of the extreme right in Europe; the…