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The Etruscans

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

Who Were They? Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, President In association with The Enrico Caruso Museum The Etruscans Who Were They? A presentation by Francesco Bonavita, Ph.D. Who were the Etruscans? Come listen to Prof. Francesco Bonavita, a linguist, educator, lecturer and author talk about the people often labeled as enigmatic, gluttons, and bon vivants,…

Landscape Design and Gardens

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

Through the Evolution of Homo Sapiens A lecture by Jonathan Fargion, Landscape Designer Focusing on the concept of landscape design and gardens through the evolution of Homo sapiens, from the agricultural revolution, through the need of expressing religious thoughts, to the rise of the magnificent ornamental gardens that reigned for a long time in history in the homes of the…

White Dress Dance Party

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

Our popular dance party is back! Come out and spend the evening with us as we dance the night away - this time dressed in all white. Ballroom dance music with popular Paul Errico Band, Latin, Chacha, Fox Trots, Tango, Waltzes, Swing. Dress code: all white. Food buffet, wine bar, and dance show by Alexandra & Stefan. Advance tickets for…

1990s Prague Through American Eyes

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

Join us on a journey back in time to 1990s Prague with its decaying facades, unexplored commercial opportunities, and the cultural scene that was resurging after forty years of oppression. The neuroscientist and entrepreneur André Fenton, the speechwriter and strategic communications advisor for IBM Rob Lewis, and Maura Griffin, co-founder of The Globe Bookstore & Coffeehouse and a former Prague…

MOSCOW: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920S-1980S

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City, NY, United States

The Harriman Institute is pleased to present the exhibit Moscow: Gay Cruising Sites of the Soviet Capital, 1920s-1980s featuring a series of works photographs by artist Yevgeniy Fiks. "What is the attitude of bourgeois society to homosexuals? Even if we take into account the differences existing on this score in the legislation of various countries, can we speak of a specifically bourgeois attitude…

DESIRE, ENVY & THE JEWISH-CHRISTIAN BORDERZONE

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

Are the borders and boundaries between religions any more secure than those between nations? Working with major Jewish modernist writers such as Sholem Asch and Henry Roth, Maeera Shreiber (University of Utah) questions and examines our assumptions about religious differences and explores the high-voltage emotional consequences of trafficking in that volatile space of interfaith encounters she calls the Jewish-Christian Borderzone.…

$5

KUGEL AND FRIJOLES: LATINO JEWS IN THE UNITED STATES

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

How do Latino Jews identify? Can they choose their identity or is it assigned to them? What is it like to be both Latino and Jewish in the United States? Join author Laura Limonic in conversation with Eric Lach of The New Yorker about her fascinating book. Laura Limonic analyzes the changing construction of race and ethnicity in the United…

$10

What is Suffering Worth? Perspectives Across Disciplines on the Treatment of Victims

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

To RSVP, please click here. This interdisciplinary symposium explores a crucial but little-studied issue with growing importance today: what is the value of harm suffered by victims, whether of terrorism, crime or natural disasters. In law, politics, economics and public opinion, answers differ widely, and unequal treatment is the norm. Across the globe, victims evoke a range of feelings, from compassion verging…

BOOK TALK. ART AND COMMERCE IN LATE IMPERIAL RUSSIA: THE PEREDVIZHNIKI, A PARTNERSHIP OF ARTISTS BY ANDREY SHABANOV

Marshall D. Shulman Seminar Room 420 W 118th Street, #1219 International Affairs Building, New York City, NY, United States

Contemporaries of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy and predecessors of Diaghilev’s World of Art and the Russian avant-garde, the group of artists known as the Peredvizhniki was no less significant for Russian art and culture of the time. Including virtually every leading painter, notably key representatives of realism and nationalism such as Repin and Shishkin, the group was celebrated for its innovative…

European Seminar Series

Center for European and Mediterranean Studies (NYU) 53 Washington Square South, 3rd Floor East, New York, United States

Alexander Goerlach (Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs): Homo Empathicus—How to Save Liberal Democarcy Located at the 3rd Floor East, Room 324.   From the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU.