PLEASE NOTE: This is not a film screening. Western Jewish pioneers are a largely forgotten chapter in U.S. history. And yet, they played a definitive and often colorful role shaping the expansion of the United States. There were nationally known names such as Levi Strauss, Samsonite founder Jesse Shwayder and the Guggenheim family, who built their great fortunes through grit…
The "December Dilemma" is a long-standing issue in America, but it also has deep roots in Eastern Europe, where the context and relationships between Jews and Gentiles were quite different. In this talk, Itzik Gottesman will examine the fascinating Jewish beliefs and traditions related to Christmas in the Old World. A Hanukkah candle lighting ceremony and a kosher Chinese food dinner will…
Please join the East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute for a talk with John Micgiel, author of Project Eagle: Polscy wywiadowcy w raportach i dokumentach wojennych amerykanskiego Biura Sluzb Bezpieczenstwa (Krakow: Universitas, 2019). John Micgiel's book tells the story of cooperation between the Polish Government in Exile and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War…
A Conversation with Eve Queler The third Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features legendary conductor and founder of Opera Orchestra of New York Eve Queler. More than anyone else, Maestro Queler was instrumental in the discovery and presentation of forgotten masterpieces of Italian opera as well as those from France, Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia. She…
Screening of animated short films from Central and Eastern Europe reflecting on the year 1989. Come and take a peek through the Wall. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Iron Curtain which physically and ideologically divided Europe during the Cold War, Hungarian Cultural Center in New York invites you to Bohemian National Hall to see a…
Please join the Harriman Institute and the European Institute for a talk with Klaus Segbers, Adjunct Professor of International & Public Affairs, SIPA/Harriman Institute; Director of the Center for Global Politics, Freie Universität Berlin. The EU is experiencing perhaps its most difficult period since its foundation. External pressure is significant, and internal constraints and quarrels cannot be overlooked, with East European EU…
Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club. Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions typically take place the last Tuesday of the month in the Halldór Laxness Library at Scandinavia House and online in our Goodreads group during the last week of the month. This…
To RSVP, please click here. This event is part of a series of talks organized by the Institute for Ideas and Imagination at Reid Hall in Paris and the Maison Française. It is also co-sponsored by the Heyman Center for the Humanities and Society of Fellows. A meeting of minds? A missed encounter? In 1836, as the abolition of slavery came into…
Please join the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center for a celebration of Romanian language and culture, on the occasion of Romania's National Day. Organized by Mona Momescu, N. Iorga Chair for Romanian Language and Culture. We are honored to have, among our guests, the Consul General of Romania, high-ranking diplomats from the Mission of Romania to the…
Madrigals for cello, choir, and city by Andrea Liberovici Wick Simmons, cello; Fractio Modi, vocal quartet Andrea Liberovici's music for solo cello and electronics is inspired by music of Vivaldi to evoke the mysterious, fragile city of Venice. Also featured in the evening's program are works by Strozzi and Vivaldi (for choir and continuo). Resonant City: Venice is brought to…