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Commercial Rivalry and Diplomacy in the Eastern Mediterranean before the Northern Invasion

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City, United States

Featuring Özden Mercan, Bilkent Üniversitesi The European History & Politics Workshop is supported by the European Institute at Columbia University. The workshop will meet on select Mondays over the course of the academic year at Columbia University (Philosophy 302) from 12:00pm-1:30pm. Participants will discuss pre-circulated work-in-progress over a light lunch. Please note that these workshops are by invitation only. If you…

Book launching: Eleanor Foa’s Mixed Messages

Rizzioli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Eleanor Foa Dienstag in conversation with Meryl Gordon. In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a brilliant father whose Italian-Jewish roots trace back to 16th-century printers, was proud of her exotic roots, yet knew little about her lineage. In 2006,…

Book Launching: Eleanor Foa’s Mixed Messages

Rizzioli Bookstore 1133 Broadway, New York City, NY, United States

Eleanor Foa Dienstag in conversation with Meryl Gordon. In post-World War II America, who ever heard of an Italian Jew? No one. Journalist and author Eleanor Foa, born in Italy, raised in America, daughter of a brilliant father whose Italian-Jewish roots trace back to 16th-century printers, was proud of her exotic roots, yet knew little about her lineage. In 2006, accompanied by…

“Digital Warriors:” Women’s Activism in a Global Context

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York present a screening of the DW documentary "Digital Warriors: Women Changing the World" and a conversation among the activists Masih Alinejad and Aissata Camara, and moderated by Radha Hegde, Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU. The conversation will focus on the evolution…

Dante and Cosmology

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

William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University A lecture by William Egginton, Johns Hopkins University In the early twentieth century Albert Einstein discovered that time could stretch and space bend, and a multi-dimensional mathematics would eventually be needed to describe the cosmos that his physics predicted. In this lecture, Professor Egginton shows how, by confronting some of the greatest metaphysical problems of…

Troubling Terms in the Sex Trade: European Seminar Series

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York, United States

As part of the European Seminar Series, Judith R. Walkowitz will discuss Troubling Terms in the Sex Trade. All sessions will take place at the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center, 3rd Floor East, Room 324, 53 Washington Square South 3rd Floor East, New York, NY 10012. Light fare will be served.

European Seminar Series | Troubling Terms in the Sex Trade

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

Judith R. Walkowitz (Johns Hopkins University): Troubling Terms in the Sex Trade: from Prostitution to Sex Work, 1970-2000 From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. 

Varieties of Anxiety: A Global Perspective

NYU Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United States

December 10—11, 2019 Tuesday, December 10 Silver Center for Arts & Science 32 Waverly Place Room 101A and Silverstein Lounge New York, NY 10003 Wednesday, December 11 Kimmel Center 60 Washington Square South Room 905/907 New York, NY 10012 Sponsored by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, New York in collaboration with NYU's Center for European and…

When Our History Begins

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

Federico Rampini's "Quando inizia la nostra storia" Quando inizia la nostra storia Le grandi svolte del passato che hanno disegnato il mondo in cui viviamo (2018, Mondadori) by Federico Rampini The author and journalist in conversation with Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU) History is a life coach: we urgently need to rediscover it as our guide. In this book, Federico Rampini plays…

American Italian Cultural Roundtable 35th Anniversary

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

Celebration and Christmas Concert Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, President In association with The Enrico Caruso Museum 35th Anniversary Celebration and Christmas Concert Presenters: David Maiullo, pianist/conductor Brian Ernstes, tenor Justyna Giermola, soprano Lucia Wehr, soprano Please note: This event is only open to members of Casa Italiana and the American Italian Cultural Roundtable. In ENGLISH. Followed by refreshments. From…