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From Gruyère to Gatchina: The Meanings of Cheese in Modern Russia

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

Although Russia has an extensive tradition of dairy products including fresh cheese, ripened and aged cheeses were introduced from abroad at least by the seventeenth century, and they immediately took on all sorts of new meanings. Cheese was a commodity, an object of international trade. Cheese was the product of technology that Russians came to hope to master. And cheese…

Should We Tolerate the Intolerant?

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

To RSVP, please click here. In the increasingly divided political and social landscape that surrounds us today, the idea of tolerance seems to be more relevant than ever. Beyond the acrimonious debates on migration, hate speech, impeachment, or religious symbols in public places, the ideal of tolerance offers the vision of a social order that accommodates diversity while preserving common principles…

Should We Tolerate the Intolerant? A debate between Denis Lacorne and Bernard Harcourt

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

In the increasingly divided political and social landscape that surrounds us today, the idea of tolerance seems to be more relevant than ever. Beyond the acrimonious debates on migration, hate speech, or religious symbols in public places, the ideal of tolerance offers the vision of a social order that accommodates diversity while preserving common principles that bind citizens together. But…

When I Am Italian

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

with author Joanna Clapps Herman When I Am Italian Quando sono Italiana (2019, SUNY Press) by Joanna Clapps Herman The author in conversation with authors: Mary Ann Carolan Maria Laurino Edvige Giunta Nancy Carnevale With the participation of Michela Musolino The four women writers, scholars and friends discuss what it is to be Italian in America, what it means to…

Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geraldine E Byrne Nason, with Ted Smyth

Glucksman Ireland House NYU One Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Ireland's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geraldine Byrne Nason, will be in conversation to dicuss Ireland, the UN and the global impact of the Irish, with former Irish diplomat and businessman, Ted Smyth. Ambassador Geraldine Byrne Nason is a career diplomat who has served in Brussels, New York, Paris, Vienna and Helsinki during her career. As Secretary-General in the…

RAMIN AMIR ARJOMAND, piano

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

An improvisation, two works by Giacinto Scelsi, and a fugue by J.S. Bach Arjomand: Improvisation Giacinto Scelsi: Quattro Illustrazioni ("Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu," 1953) Scelsi: Poemi (1934/1937) J.S. Bach: Fugue No. 8 in D-sharp minor (Well-Tempered Clavier II) Ramin Amir Arjomand is an Iranian-American composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Studied composition with Stephen Jaffe, Gheorghe Costinescu, Fred…

Festival Albertine 2019: The Climate Moment

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

At this point in human and geological history, dealing with climate chaos is a race: can we move fast enough to prevent civilization-scale collapse? —Bill McKibben Festival Albertine 2019, curated by environmentalist and author Bill McKibben, will take on climate change. For three days, leading thinkers, politicians, activists, artists, and authors will come together to discuss the urgency to act,…

Rewiring Democracy: Beyond “Us” and “Them” – Conference

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

An international conference co-organized by Jeanne Etelain and Phillip John Usher Our current moment is one in which our understanding of democracy is placed under critical pressure, making it increasingly difficult to divide the world into "them" and "us"‐‐ and equally difficult to even know what is meant when we say "we." Whereas a certain modern tradition defies the political via the…

Enrico Fink and Jewish Liturgy in the Mediterranean

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

An afternoon tea with Enrico Fink, musician, scholar, improviser, chazan and story-teller from Florence who will talk and sing about the many influences and exchanges that shaped the liturgy of Jews all over the Mediterranean. At Los Corassones Avlan, 146 West 4th Street, Friday, November 8th at 2 pm! Poetry of devotion, joy and sorrow – a glimpse into the…

Theology of Terror: Vladimir Sharov’s Historiographic Metafiction

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

During Vladimir Sharov’s lifetime, his historical novels at first triggered heated discussions, serving as an example of postmodernist “blasphemous” treatment of Russian history; later they received important literary prizes; yet, they never belonged to the mainstream and enjoyed wide readership. However, after the writer’s untimely death, many literary authorities spoke about Sharov’s historiographic metafiction as one of the most powerful and original…