Join us on March 17th at 7pm for a discussion with Dr. Hasia Diner and Dr. Jeffrey Gurock as they question the long-accepted visions of Hibernians and Hebrews at constant loggerheads and look to complicate the historical narrative with examples of common ground and cooperation. Dr. Diner will speak to the histories of American Jews and Irish American’s entwined with each other starting in 19th century.
Four short films by Paulin Vieyra are being presented by the Columbia Maison Française online from March 14 through March 21: Africa on the Seine, L'Envers du décor, A Nation is Born, and Lamb. This conversation and is presented as part of the Columbia Maison Française Tournées Film Festival.
Following the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, the UK and the EU signed at the end of December 2020 a Trade and Cooperation Agreement which applies provisionally pending its ratification by the EU. Consul General Phillips on will discuss the main components of the agreement and the opportunities and challenges which lie ahead. Speaker: Antony Phillipson,…
This third seminar of our series – Independent Ireland and Transatlantic Diplomacy is hosted by New York University's Glucksman Ireland House, in association with the ACIS & the Consulate General of Ireland in New York. The panel will feature - Francis M. Carroll (University of Manitoba); Marion R. Casey (NYU); Miriam Nyhan Grey (NYU); Bernadette Whelan (University of Limerick) – as well as Ireland’s Ambassador Daniel Mulhall.
Like Borom Sarret, Black Girl, The Money Order, and Xala, Ousmane Sembene’s film Faat Kiné is another chapter in the writer-director’s laser-sharp commentary of post-independence in Senegal. Faat Kiné brings the viewer face to face with politically, economically, and morally corrupt social fabric.
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 East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Meghan Forbes, Leonard A. Lauder Postdoctoral Fellow in Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This…
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 us for a meeting of the Russian Film Club with speakers Pavel Khazanov (Rutgers), John MacKay (Yale), Peter Rutland (Wesleyan). Moderated by Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute)…
Since the scandal surrounding Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in New York City in 2011, several momentous affairs have shaken longstanding French taboos around sexual harassment: Vanessa Springora’s memoir about her damaging relationship as a 14-year-old with writer Gabriel Matzneff, Adèle Haenel’s accusation against film-director Christophe Ruggia of sexually harassing her when she was in her early teens, and very recently, Camille…
In this conversation about Faat Kiné, a 2001 film directed by Senegalese filmmaker Ousmane Sembene, we will be joined by Mariama Baldé, a Senegalese actress who plays a role in this film, and who previously studied the films of Ousmane Sembene, and by Columbia Professors Souleymane Bachir Diagne and Mamadou Diouf.