The Blood Libel

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More than six hundred years ago, a conspiracy theory about the murder of children went viral in a brand new medium, and it has circulated in ever-changing forms to the present day, inspiring vigilantism, mob violence, and state persecution.

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Irregular Readings: A Conversation with Anja Kampmann and Anne Posten

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NYU Center for the Humanities, Stanford University’s Division of Literatures, Cultures and Languages, and Deutsches Haus at NYU present the inaugural event of "Irregular Readings," a conversation with novelist and poet Anja Kampmann who will read from her highly acclaimed debut novel, High as the Waters Rise (Catapult, 2020), and from her poetry. She will then discuss her writing with literary translator Anne Posten who…

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20/21 Philosophers: Laurent de Sutter

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Laurent de Sutter (born in 1977 in Brussels, Belgium) is Professor of Legal Theory at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is the author of more than twenty award-winning books, translated into a dozen languages. He has been visiting researcher at Waseda University, Bonn University and Yeshiva University, as well as invited professor at New York University, Université Catholique de Louvain and Facultés…

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The Annual Barra Ó Donnabháin Lecture: Manchán Magan

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Explore these interwoven trails which create a map of Irishness, yesterday, today and tomorrow. A virtual excursion, traversing land and lore, with Manchán Magan, filmmaker, travel writer and author of Thirty-Two Words for Field, (Gill Books, 2020).

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Identity Representation in the Novels of Ivo Andrić

This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Harriman Institute and the Njegoš Endowment for Serbian Language and Culture at the East Central European Center for a talk with Tihomir Brajović (University of Belgrade/Hankuk University). Moderated…

Space Talks: Militant Astroculture and the Cold War

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This event will recur Every Day until Apr. 21, 2021 Space Talks | Militant Astroculture and the Cold War: A Roundtable Alexander Geppert (NYU), Daniel Brandau (FU Berlin) and Tilmann Siebeneichner (HU Berlin) in conversation with Martin Collins (Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum); Amanda Rees (York) and Guillaume de Syon (Albright College). This roundtable takes the recent publication of Militarizing Outer…

The Eurozone Crisis, Ten Years On.

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Participants: George Pagoulatos (Athens University of Economics and Business); Christian Martin (CEMS, NYU).  Moderated by: Stephen Gross (CEMS, NYU) This event will take place on Zoom. To register please follow this link.

My Friend Natalia–Virtual Book Talk with Laura Lindstedt and David Hackston

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On April 10, join us for a book talk with Laura Linstedt and translator David Hackston on My Friend Natalia, the author’s U.S. debut, available from Liveright Publishing on March 23, 2021.  My Friend Natalia is a linguistic sexual thriller centered on one woman’s potent affliction: Natalia cannot stop thinking about sex. The unnamed, ungendered therapist who narrates the novel has leapt at the chance to…

Big Heart, Strong Hands — Virtual Book Talk with Anne Helene Gjelstad

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On April 17, American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to a virtual talk with photographer Anne Helene Gjelstad on her documentary book Big Heart, Strong Hands, out now from Dewi Lewis Publishing. She will be joined by moderator & photographer Erika Larsen (Sàmi: Walking with Reindeer).  Big Heart, Strong Hands is the story of the women on the Estonian islands Kihnu and Manija in the…

The Benin Bronzes: Towards the Resolution of a Long-Standing Dispute?

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The Benin Bronzes were looted in 1897 from the Royal Palace of Benin City during a punitive expedition amid the British colonial expansion into West Africa. Their status is now central to the worldwide discussion about restitution claims and the return of cultural objects to their place of origin. At stake is what will become of these thousands of pieces…