The Ukrainian Institute of America, in collaboration with the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences, is delighted to invite you to a special virtual book discussion by Serhii Plokhy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky Professor of History and Director of the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University. Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front: American Airmen Behind the Soviet Lines and the…
Join us for a morning of reading and fun activities with author and illustrator Léa Decan who will read from Où va le chat ? her latest book published by L’Agrume. You will receive a signed copy of Où va le chat ? if you register for this event and purchase your copy from Albertine before October 14. The reading…
The Consulate General of Germany New York and Deutsches Haus at NYU, in collaboration with the German Language School Conference (GLSC), present a reading from Reckless 4, the most recently published novel by Cornelia Funke, followed by a conversation between the acclaimed German storyteller and illustrator and Juliane Camfield, Director of Deutsches Haus at NYU. This reading and conversation, which…
On this episode we explore how Ashkenazi and Sephardi immigrants adapted a New World food and quintessential Thanksgiving dish: pumpkin. Inspired by the AJHS cookbook collection, specifically an award-winning Sabra Liqueur pumpkin pie dreamed up in a kitchen in Milwaukee and sweet pumpkin burekas perfected by a kosher food columnist right here in New York City, culinary historian Sarah Lohman demonstrates how Ashkenazi…
We hope that you and your loved ones have been well during these unprecedented times. Like everyone around the world, we are doing our best to meet the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this spirit, we hope that you will participate in and support our reimagined “LBI Dinner” this year on November 17, 2020 to recognize the remarkable…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar and streamed via YouTube Live. There will be no in-person event. Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. Please join the Harriman Institute and the Russian Film Club at Columbia University for a discussion with Tatiana Efremova, Tatiana Mikhailova, Elena Prokhorova, and Alexander Prokhorov about the changing world of new Russian…
Today, techniques such as fermenting and foraging are increasingly appealing to those seeking to create economical, nourishing, waste-free meals. This panel, moderated by Jane Ziegelman, will explore today’s innovative tactics and the historical precedents for these strategies in the Ashkenazi Jewish immigrant kitchen at the turn of the 20th century. Ticket Info: Free; reservation required at https://www.yivo.org/Fermenting-and-Foraging to receive a link to…
November 18th, 12:30pm EST/5:30pm GMT On November 18th, Brian Dooley will share his reflections on his, now twenty-year old book, Black and Green: The Fight for Civil Rights in Northern Ireland and Black America (Pluto Press). Click to register Find out more about our research initiatives in this vein here: https://as.nyu.edu/irelandhouse/academic-initiatives/black--brown-and-green-voices.html This is an event is in collaboration with NYU's Office of…
The sixth in our series exploring new research. Jane Gerber discusses her new book "Cities of Splendour in the Shaping of Sephardi History." Sephardi identity has meant different things at different times, but has always entailed a connection with Spain, from which the Jews were expelled in 1492. While Sephardi Jews have lived in numerous cities and towns throughout history,…
To sign up for this virtual conversation, click here. Antoine Compagnon talks with Elisabeth Ladenson about his new research on the reception of Marcel Proust's novel, In Search of Lost Time, by the French Jewish community in the 1920s. Proust has sometimes been characterized as anti-semitic, and his treatment of characters such as Swann, Nissim Bernard or Rachel shock today's…