Cinema, 1st floor Film and Book Launch Screening of a documentary film and presentation of a book "Invasion of 1968: Russian Perspective" by Josef Pazderka offers unique view of the August events of 1968 from the point of view of Soviet dissidents and intelligence. Followed by a Q&A with the author and director Josef Pazderka. "The Soviet Invasion of 1968:…
Join for a talk by Julie George, Visiting Associate Professor of International and Public Affairs, SIPA and Associate Professor of Political Science, Queens College and the Graduate Center, CUNY. How do politicians in weakly institutionalized states make decisions on whether and when to defect from teetering regimes? What considerations haunt politicians as they decide to stay with a ruling party or to join…
Origins and History 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 address Goldoni and the use of dialect in Italian theater; the relationship between a theater for the people and…
Archeologie di un testo (Studj romanzi 2018) Presented by the NYU Department of Italian Studies with the Global Dante Project of New York. Studj Romanzi (2018) Vita nuova Archeologie di un testo Edited by Maria Luisa Ardizzone (NYU), Teodolinda Barolini (Columbia University) Featuring essays by Roberto Antonelli, Maria Luisa Ardizzone, Luca Azzetta, Teodolinda Barolini, Igor Candido, Donato Pirovano, Roberto Rea, Jelena…
Join for a book talk with Oscar Jonsson, current Director of the Stockholm Free World Forum (Frivärld) and associated researcher at the Swedish Defense University, on The Russian Understanding of War: Blurring the Lines between War and Peace (Georgetown University Press, November 2019). This book analyzes the evolution of Russian military thought and how Russia's current thinking about war is…
As part of the European Seminar Series, Harold James will discuss the The Euro-Crisis. 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.
We will hear from NYU Global and Distinguished Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies Boris Groys, who will speak about “The Cold War Between the Medium and the Message: Western Abstract Art vs. Socialist Realism.” It is well known that the Cold War was represented in the context of art by the conflict between Modernist, or, more precisely, abstract and figurative, realist…
Opening reception for the artist: Thursday, October 10, 6:00 to 8:00 PM. Please RSVP to attend. Art at the Institute is pleased to announce Legends and Parables, an exhibition of thirty-four paintings by Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, exploring and chronicling the embodiment of human celebration and drama founded on deceptively simple impressions of Jewish folk and religious life. The exhibition opens October…
Francesco Dillon (cello) and Emanuele Torquati (piano) "The two performers succeed masterfully" —Il Corriere Musicale "Dillon and Torquati gave a warm and fluent performance... perfect balance of delicacy and momentum." —Il Giornale della Musica Anticipating the 250th anniversary of his birth, the Italian Academy presents Beethoven's complete works for cello and piano performed by two of Italy's finest musicians, cellist…
This workshop will bring together scholars working on Siberia from different angles, and allow each writer to apply expertise and perspective to the others. The commentators are experts in one or another thematic aspect of the work. Convened by Professor Yanni Kotsonis, presenters will include David Darrow, Alberto Masoero, and Susan Smith-Peter. Ada Dialla, Igor Khristoforov, and Nathaniel Knight will serve as…