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Lecture:(Re)Thinking Ottoman Provincial History Taxation and Politics at the Margins of an Empire

Hagop Kevorkian Center 255 Sullivan Street, New York City, NY, United States

Ottoman economic historians often subscribed to a narrative which pictures the nineteenth century history as unfolding through a conflict over taxable resources between central political elite and provincial power-holders. In this paper I aim to provide a critique of this approach and find alternative ways of interpreting post-Tanzimat fiscal history. As an alternative to this dichotomous conception of center vs…

XXI International Chopin & Friends Festival in New York

Consulate General of Poland 233 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, United States

The International Chopin & Friends Festival in New York is an annual festival organized by the New York Dance & Arts Innovations, Inc. and supported by the Polish Cultural Institute NY showcasing artists of various disciplines inspired by Chopin’s legacy and working across a variety of media to unite traditional and contemporary art forms. Polish Cultural Institute NY is proud…

Concert: Spiritual Kvintet, Celebrating the Velvet Revolution

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

Join us for the concert of the legendary Czech folk ensemble Spiritual Kvintet to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. Dress code: semi-formal. Cash bar provided by Bohemian Spirit. Critics regard Spiritual Kvintet as the first and best Czechoslovak folk group. In 1989 the government blacklisted Spiritual Kvintet, yet their songs were played on the streets of Prague…

Film: Bauhaus Spirit: 100 Years of Bauhaus

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

What does a Latin American favela have to do with an old workers’ settlement in Dessau? What is the connection between a Jewish socialist in a rural commune and the children in a school class in Stockholm? All of these stories concern visions and the practical attempts to make them come true. Nearly a hundred years ago, a radical artistic utopian…

An Evening of Mediterranean and Balkan Music

148 W 4th St 148 W. 4th St., New York, NY, United States

Daphna Mor (voice, winds, percussion) and Kane Mathis (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…

Heart and Soul

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

HEART AND SOUL  Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. SUSAN LORETTE DUNN, soprano SOLOMIYA IVAKHIV, violin • CHRISTINE GROSSMAN, viola YVES DHARAMRAJ, cello • CHRISTINA DAHL, piano DVOŘÁK: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: No. 1 Mein Leid ertönt, ein Liebespsalm, No. 4. Als die alte Mutter, No. 5. Reingestimmt die Saiten; PREVIN: Four Songs for Soprano, Cello, and Piano (1994);…

Prose & Pose: Circle the Square

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City, NY, United States

A part of the new family program series, families will work together to discover the untold stories of Union Square through this activity-based walking tour! Ticket Info: $10 per family at bpt.me/4309884 or 800-838-3006  

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Film, performance: Karel Gott, Celebration of Life

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

Screening of a film from Karel Gott’s concert at Carnegie Hall and a performance by Czech swing singer Jan Smigmator, to honor the late pop singer Karel Gott , a romantic Czech crooner whose popularity behind the Iron Curtain helped earn him the nickname “Sinatra of the East.” Karel Gott (July 14, 1939 – October 1, 2019) won the Golden…

The Steppe Tradition in International Relations: Russians, Turks and European State Building 4000 BCE–2017 CE by Iver B. Neumann

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 Iver B. Neumann, incoming Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Oslo, Norway, and Adjunct Professor at the Museum of Cultural History, University of Oslo, on the book he co-authored, The Steppe Tradition in International Relations: Russians, Turks and European State Building 4000 BCE–2017 CE (Cambridge University Press, June 2018). Neumann and Wigen counter Euro-centrism in the study of international…

Mobilizing for the Climate Emergency

Columbia Journalism School 2950 Broadway, New York

Environmentalist and author Bill McKibben was among the first journalists to sound the alarm about the perils of climate change over 30 years ago, and he has continued to be a leading voice in raising awareness about climate disruption and a leader in launching an international climate movement as founder of 350.org. Marie Toussaint is a jurist and French member…