Saint-Domingue by Way of Saint Petersburg: Writing the Haitian Revolution in Imperial Russia

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

In 1802, Nikolai Karamzin founded the journal Messenger of Europe with the intention that it would inform the Russian public of current political developments in the West, including as they related to the European colonies. From its inaugural issue through 1804, about two dozen stories explicitly concerning the Haitian Revolution appeared in its pages, and as an editor, Karamzin was sympathetic to…

Agora Europe Series

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

Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders To RSVP, please click here. With Etienne Balibar, Jean Cohen, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Lydia Goehr, Stephen Holmes, Carlo Invernizzi, David Johnston, Giulia Oskian, Silvana Patriarca, David Ragazzoni, Rui Tavares, Nadia Urbinati, Achille Varzi, Nicolas De Warren; chaired by Caterina Di Fazio. Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora…

Agora Europe Series – Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders

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

Speakers: Etienne Balibar (Columbia) Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia) Carlo Invernizzi (CUNY) Andreas Kalyvas (New School) Giulia Oskian (Yale) Silvana Patriarca (Fordham) David Ragazzoni (Columbia) Rui Tavares (LIVRE / Brown University) Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) Achille Varzi (Columbia) Chaired by: Caterina Di Fazio (Pantheon-Sorbonne University / Columbia University) Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora Europe is intended to create opportunities for…

A Musical Celebration

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

On the occasion of Italian Heritage and Culture Month Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, President In association with The Enrico Caruso Museum A performance of major contributions by Italian composers through the ages, from regional songs to the operatic repertoire. Presented by pianist and composer David Maiullo. Featuring: Lucia Wehr, soprano Brian Ernstes, tenor Please note:…

Protest/Debt

Bohemian National Hall 321 E 73rd St., New York, NY, United States

Thirty-three years separate two one-act plays that are connected by absurd humor and the characters of Vanek and Stanek. What happens when two writers meet—one who is not allowed to write and the other who writes whatever he wants? What if the first one has a surprising proposal for the second one? And what if the two of them meet…

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

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

The first Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features Tuscan conductor Nicola Luisotti, on the occasion of his presence on the podium of The Metropolitan Opera, leading performances of Verdi's Aida, Rigoletto, and La Traviata. In ENGLISH. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo.

Meet the Empire: The Epic Journey of Grand Prince Alexander Nikolaevich in 1837

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

The Jordan Center’s Colloquium Series serves to introduce the most recent work of scholars within the Slavic field. Participants come from universities across the country and abroad, and work in disciplines ranging from history, political science and anthropology to literature and film. The colloquium discussion is based on a working paper which will be circulated prior to the event. On…

“FREMDE SEELE, DUNKLER WALD:” AN EVENING WITH REINHARD KAISER-MÜHLECKER AND ERIC JAROSINSKI

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

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current writer-in-residence at Deutsches Haus at NYU, Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker, from his recent novel Fremde Seele, Dunkler Wald, followed by a conversation with the acclaimed Germanist, writer and mastermind of @neinquarterly, Eric Jarosinski. About the book: Alexander leaves the small village he grew up in and joins the army. A restless soul, he pays…

Hard Coal, Hard Times: The Social Realist Art of Nicholas Bervinchak

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Art at the Institute is pleased to present an exhibition of etchings by American artist of Lemko ancestry, Nicholas Bervinchak (1903-1978). Executed mostly during the Great Depression and into the following decade, these prints document the miners, tools, working conditions, and family life surrounding the isolated anthracite coal mining towns (also known as patches) of northeast Pennsylvania. Please join us…

FILM SCREENING: BARBARA

Goethe-Institut New York 30 Irving Place, New York City, NY, United States

About nine years before the fall of the Wall: Barbara, a doctor from Berlin, applies for an exit permit from the GDR. She is arrested and transferred to a provincial hospital after her release in the summer of 1980. While her lover prepares for her escape to the West via the Baltic Sea, Barbara works as a paediatric surgeon, under…