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“Born After. Reckoning with the German Past”

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading and talk by Angelika Bammer, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at Emory University, on the issues raised in her memoir "Born After: Reckoning with the German Past" (Bloomsbury, 2019). The book grapples with the legacies of German and Nazi history, and reflects on the relationship between history and memory through Angelika Bammer's personal…

Personal Effects

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

A Celebration of the Life and Work of Louise DeSalvo A Celebration of the Life and Work of Louise DeSalvo (1942-2018) On the occasion of the publication of the paperback edition of Personal Effects Essays on Memoir, Teaching, and Culture in the Work of Louise DeSalvo (2019, Fordham University Press) Panelists: Moderator: Edvige Giunta, New Jersey City University Emily Bernard,…

The Odyssey of an Apple Thief

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

In his autobiography The Odyssey of An Apple Thief, Moishe Rozenbaumas takes us through his fascinating life, starting with his boyhood in pre-war Lithuania, with a focus on the most impoverished part of the Jewish population, rarely accounted for in the books written by survivors after the war. Join us for an event celebrating the release of a new English…

New Political Poetry in Russian: A Seminar

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a seminar on contemporary political poetry in Russian with leading European, Russian, and US experts. Presentations will be in English and Russian. The seminar is organized by the Harriman Institute in collaboration with the DFG-Centre for Advanced Studies Russian-Language Poetry in Transition project. Russian political poetry is back, and the spectrum of political subjects nowadays is broader than ever, including questions…

End. Words from the Margins. New York City

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

Antonio Rovaldi in conversation with Dr. Steven Handel For this artist talk, organized by Magazzino Italian Art and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò in collaboration with GAMeC - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo, Italian artist Antonio Rovaldi presents his photographic series, End. Words from the Margins. New York City, winner of the 5th edition of the Italian Council, and his book, The Sound of the Woodpecker Bill: New York City.…

Concert: Cornet, Viktor Ullmann’s Legacy from Theresienstadt

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

A concert with Dan Franklin Smith (piano) and Gregorij von Leitis (recitation) presenting the last compositions, which the Austrian-Jewish composer Viktor Ullmann was able to finish in the ghetto and concentration camp Theresienstadt, before he was transported to Auschwitz and killed there. His melodram "The Lay of Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke" for recitation and piano is hauntingly…

“Cloud in Pants:” A Video-Poem by Vladimir Mayakovsky in Russian and English (with Vadim Astrakhan)

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

In 1915 Vladimir Mayakovsky shocked the Russian poetry scene with his epic poem “Cloud in Pants.” One hundred years later Vadim Astrakhan has not only translated the poem into English in his trademark “modernizing / universalizing” fashion, but also put it on film.  In this film he recites the poem in both Russian and English against a vibrant and unique visual background that…

Propaganda

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

The Art of Political Indoctrination PROPAGANDA The Art of Political Indoctrination in Italy, 1902-1950 Works from the Fondazione Massimo and Sonia Cirulli Curated by Nicola Lucchi, CUNY Queens College NYU Advisors Ruth Ben-Ghiat; Valentina Castellani; Ara Merjian Opening: March 4, 2020 6:00pm Exhibition viewing 6:30pm Panel Discussion featuring the curator and advisors 7:30pm Reception On view through April 17, 2020 Mon-Fri 10-6 Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò…

What Can Culture Do? French Cultural Policy as Model – Laurence Engel

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

Laurence Engel was appointed President of the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) and took up her post on April 11, 2016. A graduate of ENS (Ecole Normale Supérieure) Fontenay-aux-Roses, IEP (Institut d’Etudes Politiques) and ENA (Ecole Nationale d’Administration), she is a member of the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Audit). Laurence Engel has spent her career in…

Ensemble Échappé: “The Truth is Curved”

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

With mezzo-soprano Blythe Gaissert; works by Luciano Berio, Caterina di Cecca, and Tania León In residency this season at the Italian Academy, Ensemble Échappé, New York's “polished, ambitious young sinfonietta” (The New Yorker), is offering two concerts and an opera premiere performed over four evenings in February, March, and April. The Ensemble's 20 virtuoso musicians, led by Artistic Directors Benjamin Grow (conductor)…