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6-Minute Challenge, Vol 11

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

Czech and Slovak artists, professionals, students and scholars are challenged to introduce the subject of their project, research or studies in a short presentation limited to six minutes. In English. Moderated by Christopher Harwood, PhD, Columbia University Presenters: Kanala Bolvanská ( UN Relief Program assistant/ meditation instructor), Eva Derman, PhD (Jewish history, SHCSJ), Nicole Hubka (student at Marymount Manhattan College…

Concert: Russian Elegy

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

Misha Keylin (violin), Zlatomir Fung (cello), and Pavel Nersessian (piano) will perform works by Anatoly Lyadov — Pieces for piano, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka — Trio Pathétique, and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Piano Trio in A minor, Op. 50. Illustrated talk by Stephen Johnson. "I have known love only through the unhappiness it causes," wrote the 28-year-old Russian composer Mikhail Ivanovich…

King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | ROUND TABLE AND RECITAL: Bilingual Societies and Sustainability: Spain’s other languages

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

Cristina Pato is the 2019 / 2020 King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. This round table and poetry recital will focus on the idea of cultural sustainability through the experience of three mayor editors of Galician, Catalan, and Basque literature. Francisco Castro, writer and director of Editorial Galaxia (Galicia),…

Members’ Holiday Party 2019

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Join your fellow ASF Members for an exclusive holiday celebration at Scandinavia House with glögg, treats, and holiday music, including a special Saint Lucia procession! During this annual party for the entire family, the Children’s Center will also be open, and a holiday ornament workshop for families will take place in the library. The gallery will also be open for you to view the…

Russian Formalism: The Theory of Literary Estrangement and the Estrangement of Social Practices

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us for a talk with Ilya Kalinin, Associate Professor at Saint Petersburg State University (Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences), and Associate Professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics. Radical socio-cultural transformation constituted the very material and style, the texture and technique, of Russian Formalism. Estrangement, shift, deformation, struggle between old and new genres, mutual antagonism of…

Art and the Anthropocene: A Talk by Claus Leggewie

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a talk by Professor Claus Leggewie (University of Giessen) on "Art and the Anthropocene," in which he will discuss the changes brought on by the new geological age of the Anthropocene and its impact on culture and the arts. About the event: Scientists argue that earth history has entered the Anthropocene, a geological age in which…

Tomorrow (Demain) – Documentary Film Screening and Q&A

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

The Center of Applied Liberal Arts (CALA) at the School of Professional Studies (SPS) and the Department of French Literature, Thought, and Culture present a screening of the film Tomorrow (Demain) hosted by filmmaker and scholar Leonard Cortana. Tomorrow is a French documentary about what individuals around the world are doing to help fight current environmental problems. It is being shown as part of CALA's international…

AIRNEÁL Na Nollaig

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Irish language lecturer Pádraig Ó Cearúill hosts an evening of traditional music and song with NYU students and local musicians. All events are supported by members of Glucksman Ireland House. Become a member.  

Presentation, DJ: Czech Image Exhibition

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

Presentation of an internationally acclaimed traveling exhibition "Czech Image" featuring works of Czech and foreign students that deal with their perception of the Czech Republic. Discussion with the Deputy Director-General of the Czech Centers, Monika Koblerová, follows her presentation. The special evening will also include a live set by DJ Alyaz and refreshments. The project "Czech Image" includes an exhibition…

The Abdication Liv Ullmann: A Celebration

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Based on the powerful play by Ruth Wolff about Queen Christina, who abdicated the throne to convert to Catholicism, Liv Ullmann and Academy Award-winner Peter Finch (Network) star as a queen and cardinal who share a forbidden love in this compelling true story of lust and power. When Sweden’s Queen Christina decides in 1654 to give up her throne in order…

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