Remaining a Ukrainian Woman: Normative Femininity as “Armor” in the Gulag

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

Join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute, Columbia University for a presentation by Oksana Kis(National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine). In the 1940-50s, tens of thousands of Ukrainian women were sentenced to long-term imprisonment in the Gulag for political charges. Their experiences of living in the most brutal conditions of the Soviet camps have not yet been the subject of…

The Politics of Religion in Israel

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

A panel discussion with Yinon Cohen, Katherine Franke and Alain Dieckhoff. Moderated by Chiara Superti To RSVP, please click here. The Israeli elections of April and September 2019 highlighted, yet again, the profound rifts that divide Israeli society. But the now familiar political haggling that ensued did not only reveal traditional left-right divides. More significantly, it put into sharp focus the religious-secular…

Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People

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

Join AJHS and CJH for a film screening followed by a conversation with Director Oren Rudavsky about the fascinating life and legacy of Joseph Pulitzer. Joseph Pulitzer: Voice of the People explores the remarkable man behind the prestigious prizes. A Jewish immigrant from Hungary, Joseph Pulitzer began as a gifted journalist before becoming a successful publisher and businessman. Pulitzer was famous…

$15

Music On Park Avenue With Per Tengstrand & Opus 21 Rhapsody in Blue

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

This season, Swedish pianist Per Tengstrand returns to Scandinavia House for the Music on Park Avenue concert series with a special presentation of famous piano concerti performed with musicians from Princeton chamber music group Opus 21. This evening, Tengstrand and Opus 21 musicians Sophia Winograd and Bryant So (violin), Johanna Linna (viola), and Ian Kim (cello) will be performing George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in…

The Restitution Debate: African Art in a Global Society

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

In November 2018, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy released a report that had been prepared for the President of France, Emmanuel Macron, entitled The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics. This report has set in motion a debate that could have a profound impact on the status of African art held in collections around the world.…

The Restitution Debate: African Art in a Global Society

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

In November 2018, Felwine Sarr and Bénédicte Savoy released a report that had been prepared for the President of France entitled The Restitution of African Cultural Heritage. Toward a New Relational Ethics. This report has set in motion a debate that could have a profound impact on the status of African art held in collections around the world. During this…

Arcangelo Corelli

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

Taking Wing What Makes It Italian? Discovering National Character in Music is a music listening and discussion group that meets at Casa Italiana and is open to everyone. Participation is free. The group is led by Gina Crusco, who guides listening at Bard LLI and Riverdale Y, and who has been music instructor at The New School and director of Underworld…

CALA Fall 2019 Film Series | Fragile Earth: Environmental Films Around the World Screening of “When Two Worlds Collide”

KJCC Auditorium 53 Washington Square South, New York

Environmental Films Around the World Screening of “When Two Worlds Collide” 2016 ‧ Documentary ‧ 1h 43m By Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orzel. Introduced by Odi Gonzalex, NYU CLACS. From population growth and urbanization to climate change, the films in this series present different perspectives on the biggest threats to the environment and reflect on possible solutions and pathways for…

Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize Ceremony

Deutsches Haus NYU 42 Washington Mews, New York City, NY, United States

Deutsches Haus at NYU will proudly award the seventh annual Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize to Dr. Susan Neiman, the director of the Einstein Forum in Berlin. Sander Gilman, distinguished Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences and Psychiatry at Emory University, will hold the laudatory speech in honor of Dr. Susan Neiman. A musical performance by Devony Smith (soprano) and Danny Zelibor…

Sisters in Liberty

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

From Florence to New York Drs. Ann Wilkins and David Wilkins, two of the curators of the Sisters in Liberty: From Florence, Italy to New York, New York exhibition at the Ellis Island Museum of Immigration (October 18, 2019—April 26, 2020), will discuss Pio Fedi’s monumental Libertà della Poesia (1883) on the tomb of the Risorgimento author Giambattista Niccolini in the church of Santa Croce, in Florence.…