Film Screening & Discussion

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

The Russian Film Club presents a screening of Angels of Revolution (2014, dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko), followed by a discussion with Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. A spell-binding clash of art, utopia, and violence, Angels of Revolution follows four young revolutionaries who are sent to spread the ideals of Communism and the avant-garde to the indigenous populations of…

Anatoly Zverev as a Cultural Phenomenon: Remembering the Artist

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

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Kolodzei Art Foundation for a presentation in conjunction with our exhibit Anatoly Zverev: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation. Tatiana Kolodzei and Natalia Kolodzei of the Kolodzei Art Foundation will discuss the artist Anatoly Zverev and his legacy. Introduction by Mark Lipovetsky (Columbia Slavic Department/Harriman Institute), with recorded remarks by art historian/curator Maria Plavinsky and artist/art collector Natalia Kostaki.

Irish Institute Event: President Mary McAleese in conversation with James Carroll

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NyuJoin us for the annual Irish Institute event when the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, discusses her recent memoir, Here's the Story, with National Book Award winner, James Carroll. Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland in 1997. The first President from Northern Ireland, she was re-elected in 2004. She is currently Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin. In her recently published memoir, Here’s…

Book Talk – There is Nothing For You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century by Fiona Hill

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Please join the Harriman Institute and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) for a talk with Fiona Hill, author of There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century (Mariner Books, 2021), in conversation with Alexander Cooley (Harriman Institute). Moderated by David L. Philips (ISHR). In There Is Nothing for You Here, a celebrated foreign policy expert and key impeachment witness reveals how declining opportunity has set…

Colm Tóibín on “The Magician”

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Colm Tóibín on "The Magician"                                           Monday December 6, 6-7.15pm ET To say that Colm Tóibín is an award-winning author is an understatement: his fiction has won the Costa, the IMPAC Dublin Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and has…

Germany and Europe after Merkel

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NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and Deutsches Haus at NYUpresent “Germany and Europe after Merkel,” with Christian Martin (University of Kiel), Joyce Marie Mushaben (University of Missouri, St. Louis/Georgetown BMW Center for German and European Studies), Sophie Pornschlegel (European Policy Centre, Brussels), and Robert J. Rohrschneider (University of Kansas). The conversation will be chaired by Stephen Gross (NYU)…

Russia in Africa: Soviet Legacies, Current Objectives, Local Responses

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Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute and the Columbia Institute of African Studies for a panel discussion on the role of Russia in Africa, organized and moderated by Elise Giuliano (Harriman Institute). In recent years, Russia has stepped up its engagement in Africa, forging military and security agreements as well as business relationships with leaders in several states. What lies…

Friluftsliv or Lost in the Mountains: Nature Literature from Norway with Torbjorn Ekelund & Are Kalvo

Scandinavia House 58 Park Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

Join us on November 7 for a special Norwegian literary evening with authors Torbjørn Ekelund & Are Kalvø! Norway is known for its dramatic and beautiful nature, with fjords, mountains and endless hiking trails. Norwegians love to spend time outside, so called friluftsliv. In tonight’s event, get to know two fantastic authors with different approaches to nature. This event takes place live at Scandinavia…

Online Nordic Book Club: The Pastor by Hanne Orstavik

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Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. On December 7, we’ll be discussing The Pastor by award-winning Norwegian novelist Hanne Ørstavik, who recently joined us for a virtual panel now streaming here. Liv, an intense and reticent theologian, is fascinated by words and their edges…

The Best Weapon for Peace

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Book Presentation on Zoom In collaboration with NYU Department of Italian Studies In order to participate, RSVP and you will receive an e-mail with your Zoom link by 12pm on December 7 If you don't receive the e-mail by then, contact us at casa.italiana@nyu.edu The Best Weapon for Peace Maria Montessori, Education, and Children's Rights (2021, University of Wisconsin Press) by Erica Moretti (FIT - SUNY)…