Zoom signup Many dynamic “alternative” news portals & collaboratives have developed during/since the Arab Spring. How do they spread information and create publics beyond the traditional news cycle? Most often this happens through websites, social media and by creating dynamic content across various digital entanglements. Yet how do they mobilize their messages across different platforms specifically? Why one platform over…
A conversation with Etienne Balibar, Adam Tooze, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Emmanuelle Saada, moderated by Bernard Harcourt To sign up for this virtual transatlantic event, RSVP here. The Covid-19 pandemic and public health crisis; economic collapse; waves of anti-racist protests; threats to democracy and rising authoritarianism in the U.S. and elsewhere, all against a backdrop of an ever-worsening climate crisis... how…
Hosted by the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association & Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, the gala will honor Ambassador William and Wendy Luers. Presentations will include the 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk, BBLA's Award for Unparalleled Service to the Czech and Slovak Communities, and salutes by Czech, Slovak, and American artists and cultural diplomats.
This film series is part of Queer as German Folk, a project celebrating the intersectional histories of Germany’s and America’s diverse LGBTIQ+ communities. A digitally modified version of the exhibition Queer as German Folk and a full program of virtual events is presented by the Goethe-Institut in North America in collaboration with its Goethe Pop Ups and the Schwules Museum Berlin (SMU). The film will be available to stream from…
WEBINAR REGISTER HERE Prime Venue: Ukrainian Institute of America Webinar Coordinator: Andrij Dobriansky (UCCA) Webinar Moderator: Wolodymyr Zaryckyj (CUSUR) 10:00 am – 10:25 am — Focus Session I: Forum Word of Welcome Host: Ukrainian Institute of America President Kathy Nalywaiko First Word: Consul General of Ukraine Oleksii Holubov 10:25 am – 11:55 am — Discussion Session…
Utility (pol’za) was a watchword of Empress Elizabeth’s reign (1741-61). The 1745 Atlas of the Russian Empire, published in nineteen regional maps and a general map of the empire, was presented in this spirit. The atlas united “geographical rules” and “new observations” to create a complete picture of the All-Russian Empire and contiguous lands. The visual and the imperial intersect…
Digital Forays in Middle Eastern Studies // A year-long series 2020-2021: This year long series starts from a simple premise: What does it look like to think, engage, and do research in this digital age? This is not a call for researchers to simply produce digital outputs - but we live in an ever increasingly digital world. In order to better activate our scholarship, and…
REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO COME. Organized by François Noudelmann. Sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking…
Global Irish Studies at Georgetown University, in conjunction with the African American Irish Diaspora Network, University College Cork, New York University, and the Embassy of Ireland USA, presents FREDERICK DOUGLASS AND IRELAND A conversation about history, solidarity, and racial justice in Ireland and the US Tuesday, September 29, 5:00 – 6:15 pm. This will be on online webinar, hosted on the…
This event will be hosted virtually via Zoom. Advance registration is required. Upon registration, you will receive a confirmation email with access details. The event will be recorded and the video recording will be added to our website following the event. Purchase The Perfect Fascist through Book Culture! For 10% off, use promo code: CUEUROPE The Perfect Fascist (Harvard University Press,…