Panel I: Uses and Misuses of Historical Memory in Post-Soviet Culture and Politics 11:00am–12:30pm Excavation and reconstruction of traumatic historical memory have been at the center of cultural debates in post-Soviet space since the 1990s. This process has resulted in a number of powerful literary and cinematic works based on their authors’ deep engagement with tragic history of the Soviet…
Representations of archeological artefacts are themselves a unique source of information, independent of the excavations they portray. Visuals that circulate to a broad audience through a variety of media, they inspire emotions among viewers through their aesthetic allure. Ruins, the remnants of past civilizations still standing as testaments to their endurance, held special appeal as the detritus of great empires.…
**This event will take place in French** Hybrid event: open in person to the NYU community, open online to the public RSVP In-person HERE (NYU Community ONLY) RSVP Zoom HERE (General Public) La Maison Française de NYU accueillera Yann Coatanlem et Thomas Philippon, professeur à NYU Stern School of Business, pour une conversation autour du dernier livre de Yann Coatanlem et Antonio de Lecea:…
Please join us for a conversation about how to preserve and transmit the histories and legacies of dance, with Gabriele Brandstetter and Nanako Nakajima. Drawing on the research and performative processes of the cross cultural project “Dance Archive Box Berlin,” the conversation will address questions of archiving and re-creating dance through the traces and fragments of its archived remains: how…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and the DEFA Film Library at UMass Amherst present a conversation between Sara Blaylock(University of Minnesota Duluth) and Seth Howes (University of Missouri) to celebrate the publication of Sara Blaylocks’s new book, "Parallel Public: Experimental Art in Late East Germany" (MIT Press, March 2022).
RSVP here. The world is in the midst of a storm that has shaped the history of modernity along a double fracture: on the one hand, an environmental fracture driven by a technocratic and capitalist civilization that led to the ongoing devastation of the Earth’s ecosystems and its human and non-human communities and, on the other, a colonial fracture instilled…
Book launch for: “Nazi Billionaires – The Dark History of Germany’s Wealthiest Dynasties” by David de Jong (Harper Collins, 2022) Presenter: David de Jong, financial journalist and historian Moderator: Adam Tooze, Columbia University The event is free and open to the public. Proof of vaccination is required, and masks are to be worn over the mouth and nose at all times. Seating is limited…
2022 marks the third time in the last twenty years that a candidate of the far right has advanced to the second round of presidential elections. Many expect this contest between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen to be closer than the last, noting the continued trend toward the extremes in French domestic politics and in Europe more generally. As…
GLOBAL UPRISINGS CONFERENCE NYU’s Kevorkian Center is hosting an in-person two-day conference, from April 21-22, to cap off our Global Uprising series. In Fall 2020, we took the George Floyd Uprising and the ten-year anniversary of the start of the Arab Revolts as our launching points for 14 conversational sessions across the academic year that brought together dozens of thinkers, activists, artists, and…
