Shapes & Icons: Finnish Music for Accordion With Matti Pulkki

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

Combining iconic late 20th-century soundscapes with brand-new ones, Matti Pulkki presents a concert of Finnish music for solo accordion by Einojuhani Rautavaara, Cecilia Damström and Magnus Lindberg with a premiere performance of a piece by Reiko Füting. Compositions include an adaptation of Rautavaara’s “Icons,” written in 1955 and based on his experiences in New York; an exciting, recent work by…

“Tolerance… is in Our Blood”: The Politics of Tolerance in Putin’s Russia

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

Join us for a talk with Nikolay Sarkisyan, PhD candidate, Department of Literature, University of Oslo, Norway and Visiting Scholar at the Harriman Institute. Nikolay Sarkisyan will present the results of his PhD project on the formation, implementation, and decline of the politics of tolerance in Russia in 2000-2010s. In his research, he argues that the politics of tolerance became possible…

Una meravigliosa solitudine

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

L'arte di leggere nell'Europa moderna Una meravigliosa solitudine L'arte di leggere nell'Europa moderna (Einaudi, 2019) by Lina Bolzoni The author in conversation with Eugenio Refini (NYU) and Alessandro Giammei (Bryn Mawr College) We live in a world where methods of communication and of thought change faster than they ever did before. What does this mean for literature? Looking at the risks and…

The Wayward Girl:Evening With Liv Ullmann

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

In celebration of Liv Ullmann, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal, Scandinavia House presents two special evenings with the acclaimed actress and director, followed by a retrospective of her roles and work with leading auteurs. At tonight’s opening event, Jan Erik Holst and Liv Ullmann will discuss her life and career on screen, stage, and behind the camera, as…

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Film Screening. The Humorist

404 International Affairs Building 420 West 118th St, New York

Join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club for a screening of the 2019 film The Humorist, directed by Mikhail Idov, who will introduce the film and hold a Q&A after the screening. This event is part of the Russian Cinema Between Protests Film Series, organized by Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). The film has…

An Evening of Mediterranean and Balkan Music

Los Corassones Avlan 148 W. 4th Street, New York City, NY, United States

Daphna Mor (voice, winds, percussion) and Adam Good (oud) return to Los Corassones Avlan with an intimate acoustic musical performances inspired by the tradition of families, women and neighbors sitting together to make music, on Saturday night in Rhodes. The crossover of melodies includes Turkish, Greek, Judeo-español, Balkan and Mediterranean as well as liturgical hymns – Piyutim -from the Synagogue and…

Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution

Columbia International Affairs Building 420 W. 118th St., New York, NY, United States

Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution Featuring Helena Finn Visiting Scholar, Institute for the Study of Human Rights, Columbia University & Former Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs, U.S. Embassy in Berlin Dr. Helena Kane Finn is a former career diplomat of the Department of State who served as Minister-Counselor for Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin; as Counselor for Public…

Cultural Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution

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

Join the European Institute, the Harriman Institute, the Department of History, and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights for a talk organized by Professor Victoria Phillips, featuring Helena Finn, Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the Study of Human Rights. Registration is required. Please click here to register. Dr. Helena Kane Finn is a former career diplomat of the Department of…

The Humanities and the Sciences

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

Their Epistemologies A lecture by Richard Foley, NYU Introduction by Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU) Respondent: Jane Tylus (Yale) Should inquiries in the basic sciences and the humanities have different aims? Here are two closely related questions: Are the values informing these inquiries typically different and should they be? In his book, The Geography of Insight: The Sciences, the Humanities, How They Differ,…

Miss Julie: Evening With Liv Ullmann

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

In celebration of Liv Ullmann, recipient of the 2019 ASF Gold Medal, Scandinavia House presents two special evenings with the acclaimed actress and director, followed by a retrospective of her roles and work with leading auteurs. At tonight’s event, Liv Ullmann returns to present and discuss her last cinematic project as a director, the 2014 film Miss Julie /Frøken Julie, based…

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