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The Stuff of Soldiers: A History of the Red Army in World War II Through Objects

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

The Stuff of Soldiers uses everyday objects to tell the story of the Great Patriotic War as never before. Brandon Schechter attends to a diverse array of things—from spoons to tanks—to show how a wide array of citizens became soldiers, and how the provisioning of material goods separated soldiers from civilians. Through a fascinating examination of leaflets, proclamations, newspapers, manuals,…

Critique 13/13 Seminar

La Maison Française (Columbia) Buell Hall, 515 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

For RSVP, please click here. The seminar Critique 13/13 in 2019-20 returns to brilliant texts in critical theory: Adorno, Althusser, Arendt, de Beauvoir, Du Bois, Fanon, Foucault, Freire, Horkheimer, Lorde, Said, Sartre, and others, in order to examine the current state of critical theory and ask how contemporary critical thought and practice function in these troubled times. The idea, in essence,…

Italian Dialect Theater

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

From 1900 to Today On the Italian Stage is a series of lectures conceived and led by Laura Caparrotti that journeys into the history of Italian Theater to explore its language, and its contribution to Italian society and world theater. This lecture will focus on Italian dialect theater from the 20th century to present times, especially in the ouvre of…

Politicizing the Past in D’Aubigné’s Tragiques – Ashley Voeks

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

This talk aims to explore the politicization of the past in Protestant poet-soldier-historian Agrippa d’Aubigné’s epic, Les Tragiques (1616). Focusing on the epic’s book of martyrs, “Les Feux,” it will be argued that D’Aubigné revives sixteenth-century accounts of Protestant martyrdom to propagate an alternate understanding of the religious minority in seventeenth-century France. The martyrs of “Les Feux” are not victims…

Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe: 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, Sheri Berman will discuss Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe. 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

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

Sheri Berman of Barnard College presents on Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe. From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. 

Thinking about a Future Russia Policy: Presidential Politics, Challenges and Issues

Davis Auditorium 530 West 120th Street, New York

Join us for the first meeting of the 2019-2020 New York Russia Public Policy Seminar, a forum co-hosted by the Harriman Institute and New York University's Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, as we examine how U.S. foreign policy towards Russia is likely to be approached by a future Democratic administration. The Trump administration has pursued a number of…

Conversations and Memories

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

Berkley-based psychologist Elliot Touriel discussed with Stella Levi their shared memories of Rhodes, how they made use of them during their lives, and where they lead us today. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimo. 

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

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

A Conversation with Ailyn Pérez The second Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features award-winning American soprano Ailyn Pérez, who regularly sings leading roles at the world’s top opera houses, including the Met and La Scala. This season at the Met she will be Mimì in La Bohème (October 25-November 21) and Amelia in Simon Boccanegra (April 10-25). Ailyn Pérez appears…

Defying Stereotypes: Stories of Roma in America

405 Schermerhorn Hall Columbia

Join the Harriman Institute, the Roma Peoples Project, and the Oral History Master of Arts Program at Columbia University for a book talk with Martha Aladjem Bloomfield, author of Romanies in Michigan (Michigan State University Press, 2019). Bloomfield will discuss her book, Romanies in Michigan, a collection of oral histories from Hungarian-Slovak Roma in Detroit, Michigan.