Thomas Piketty: Of Inequality in Europe

Heyman Center for the Humanities 74 Morningside Dr, New York, NY, United States

Join us for a conversation around a conference by Thomas Piketty, « Of Inequality in Europe », given in Paris as part of the « An Idea of Europe » talk series organized by the Groupe d’Etudes Geopolitiques (http://ucide.eu). Thomas Piketty’s work has renewed the research field on capitalism and global inequalities. Anu Bradford, Seyla Benhabib,Turkuler Isiksel, Adam Tooze, and…

Film: In the Intense Now (No Intenso Agora)

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

To RSVP, please click here. A.O. Scott says viewers “will find solace, enlightenment and surprise in João Moreira Salles’s In the Intense Now, a bittersweet, ruminative documentary essay composed of footage from the era of the 1960s, accompanied by thoughtful, disarmingly personal voice-over narration. Some of the images — and virtually the only ones in color — come from Mr. Salles’s own…

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Conference: Governance issues in the use of blockchain technology

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

Some technological innovations have potentially far-reaching consequences for society and the institutions that govern societal interactions. With the increasing adoption of blockchain technology, a new innovation presents itself and poses questions that are of import to social scientists. This one-day conference will assemble leading experts in the field to discuss governance issues in the implementation of blockchain technology. Taking a broad…

Panel Discussion: Uprising 13/13: Counterrevolution

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

Malcolm Gladwell (author), Bernard E. Harcourt (Columbia), Laleh Khalili (SOAS, University of London), Emmanuelle Saada (Columbia), Massimiliano Tomba (University of California Santa Cruz), moderated by Adam Tooze and Jeremy Kessler To RSVP, please click here. Open to the public. Seating is limited. *NEW LOCATION: Faculty House Presidential Suite (3rd Floor), 64 Morningside Drive The year-long “Uprising 13/13” seminar series explores various…

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La Guitare Napoléonienne – Concert

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

PASCAL VALOIS, Early Romantic Guitar Tickets and details:  showclix.com/event/la-guitare-napoleonienne Contemporaneously with Napoleon’s rise, “Guitaromanie” reached its height in salons throughout the French capital. Whether for Fernando Sor’s new fantasia or Louis-Ange Carpentras’s arrangements of operas, new guitar works were entusiastically embraced, opening a new world of repertoire to the freshly empowered bourgeois musicians of post-Revolutionary era. Thanks to its clarity, precision,…

Exhibition: Ludovica Carbotta and Sara Enrico

International Studio & Curatorial Program 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn, United States

This event will take place at the International Studio & Curatorial Program, 1040 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn. The International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) Spring Open Studios is a two-day exhibition of international contemporary art. The 38 artists and curators from 22 countries currently in residence will present work in their studios. Opening Reception: Friday, April 27, 6–9pm Guest speaker: Tania Bruguera, Cuban Performance…

Lecture: 1968 in 2018: Geographies and Temporalities of Mai 68

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

To RSVP, please click here. Revolts, revolutions and calls to resistance have shaped the 2010s globally. In this context, the 50th anniversary of Mai 68 calls less for a commemoration than for a reflection on the spatial and temporal parameters of the events of Mai 68 and their relevance today. Traditional narratives locate the events of 1968 on a line running from Paris to New…

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Film: Stopped on Track

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

Frank and Simone have fulfilled their dream and live with their two children in a townhouse in the suburbs. They are a happy couple until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death. The time to say goodbye is short, which makes the situation all the more difficult for Frank. Andreas…

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The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow: Heidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Others

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

Join us as Elliot R. Wolfson, Marsha and Jay Glazer Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, speaks about his highly anticipated new book, The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow: Heidegger, Nazism, and the Jewish Other. In The Duplicity of Philosophy’s Shadow, Elliot Wolfson intervenes in debates about the notorious philosopher as a scholar of Jewish mysticism who…

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Moving The Palace

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

Join Lebanese author Charif Majdalani as he discusses Moving The Palace, his latest novel published in the US, with author and literary critic Nathaniel Popkin. Moving The Palace is a captivating modern-day Odyssey in the tradition of Bruce Chatwin and Paul Theroux. It won the 2008 François Mauriac Prize from the Académie Française as well as the Prix Tropiques. In English. Free and…

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