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Opening Concert Dedicated to the Victims of COVID 19

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

Featuring alumni & students of the Yale School of Music and the University of Connecticut, Melvin Chen, violin, Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin, and Toshiyuki Shimada, conductor. In-Person Experience This exclusive in-person event is limited to 25 people in order to comply with current COVID-19 guidelines. BUY TICKETS Livestreaming Experience Watch this concert from the comfort of your own home. BUY TICKETS

Psalmody through the Ages: Music and the Book of Psalms – A Four-Part Digital Conference on Zoom

The book of Psalms echoes from the ancient Jerusalem Temple to the modern concert hall, and its role as an inspiration for musical works is unquestionable. In this digital conference, we bring together scholars from across disciplines to begin to answer the following question: How are we to understand the relationship between the book of Psalms and the music it…

Price Tags for Wet Land: Resource-making in Late Imperial Russia (with Katja Bruisch)

In late imperial Russia, rising demand for energy and widespread concerns about the depletion of forests caused an interest in peat as an industrial fuel. In the booming industrial districts of the Vladimir and Moscow provinces in particular, factory owners adopted peat fuel to fire furnaces and operate engines, while railroad operators made experiments to move trains with the help…

Kristallnacht and Its Aftermath

Join us in commemoration of Kristallnacht for a tribute to artists who perished in the Holocaust. The evening will include performances by young artists from Mannes School of Music, poetry readings and an excerpt from the highly acclaimed film, The Last Flight of Petr Ginz, with a message from Peter Ginz's sister Chava Pressburger, a Holocaust survivor. View the program for the…

Kristallnacht and Its Aftermath – Remembering Terezin: A Tribute to the Artists who Perished in the Holocaust

Join us in commemoration of Kristallnacht for a tribute to artists who perished in the Holocaust. The evening will include performances by young artists from Mannes School of Music, poetry readings and an excerpt from the highly acclaimed film, “The Last Flight of Petr Ginz,” with a message from Peter Ginz's sister Chava Pressburger, a Holocaust survivor. Ticket Info: Free; RSVP…

Conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh: Regional and Domestic Dimensions

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 Eurasianet for a discussion of the political dimensions of the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh—the new regional dynamics, media coverage…

Are Europe and America Drifting Apart? Thierry Grillet interviews philosopher Régis Debray (pre-recorded in French)

This session will examine the relationship between Europe and America in light of the US presidential election, as well as current developments in the EU's relationships with China and Russia. November 10, 2020: Thierry Grillet interviews philosopher Régis Debray (pre-recorded in French). Pre-recorded event. The video will be posted on Columbia Global Centers | Paris YouTube Channel. November 17, 2020 | 1pm (New York) | 7pm (Paris): Join Pierre Vimont, former…

Joel Engel’s “Jewish Folksongs” Volumes I & II

Join us for a performance of Joel Engel's Jewish Folksongs (Volume I, 1909/ Volume II, 1912). These 20 arrangements, which frame the folksongs with classical piano accompaniments, proved to be very influential. They inspired the Society for Jewish Folk Music and the composers affiliated with it to create a vast oeuvre of similar work. Engel's work also provided a source for a…

Film Screening & Discussion. Ustav Republike Hrvatske (The Constitution)

Registrants will receive a link to independently view the film prior to the live event. Click here to register for the event. The East Central European Center at the Harriman Institute presents its 2020-2021 film series: Contemporary Society and Its Discontents, a series of screenings and discussions of films from the past five years that comment on various aspects of contemporary…

Camera Caucasica: Networks of Photographic Practices in the Transimperial Caucasus (with Dominik Gutmeyr and Discussant Naomi Caffee)

Join us for another installment of the 19v Seminar Series! Against the backdrop of photographic practices in the wider Caucasus region, this presentation looks to address theoretical and methodological specifics of the history of photography in imperial times and to map some of the networks that provided the conceptual and practical basis for the production, circulation and reception of photographic…