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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…

New Works Wednesdays – The Jews of 18th-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition

The fifth in our series exploring new research. Stanley Mirvis discusses his new book "The Jews of Eighteenth-Century Jamaica: A Testamentary History of a Diaspora in Transition." An in-depth look at the Portuguese Jews of Jamaica and their connections to broader European and Atlantic trade networks. Based on last wills and testaments composed by Jamaican Jews between 1673 and 1815,…

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13th Annual Irish Institute Lecture Series: Professor Louise Richardson on Seamus Heaney

November 11, 12.30pm EST/5.30 GMT Airs and Graces Professor Richardson worked alongside Seamus Heaney while both were at Harvard University, a period during which he served as Oxford Professor of Poetry. She was Seamus Heaney’s personal contact when he was conferred with an Honorary Degree by the University of St Andrews during her tenure as St Andrew’s Vice-Chancellor. Professor Richardson will be introduced by the President of…

Family Affairs: Ashkenazi and Sephardi Personal Histories

In a series of discussions with leading scholars of modern Jewish history and the Holocaust, our new "Family Affairs" series explores researching and writing about Jewish experience from a distinctively personal perspective. We will also discuss projects in the making, with scholars who are currently working on their books that either trace their family history or take this connection as…

Conversatorios Online 2020-2021: Arte, Activismo y Lo Común Organized by Sara Nadal-Melsió | Public Trust: A Conversation with Paul Ramirez-Jonas

Wednesday, November 11, 2020 | 5:00pm EST Live stream on facebook.com/kjccnyu/live This event will be held in Spanish Over the past 25 years Paul Ramirez-Jonas has sought to challenge the definitions of art and the public and to engineer active au­dience participation and exchange. He has been made public in galleries, institutions and urban spaces around the world. He has…

The Fiume Crisis: Life in the Wake of the Habsburg Empire

Featuring Dominique Reill, University of Miami & respondent Malgorzata Mazurek, Columbia University. If you are interested in attending, please email Jamie Nadel at jbn2117@columbia.edu and you will be sent a Zoom link and password. This event is part of the European History & Politics Workshop series, which is supported by the European Institute and the Department of History at Columbia University.

20/20 Philosophers: Pierre Cassou-Noguès

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE A ZOOM LINK TO THE EVENT Philosophy, in the 21st century, has changed: its practices and languages are no longer those of the previous century. A turning point has been taken by new generations and thinkers from diverse origins who, more than commenting on the old masters, are taking philosophy into new fields: health, ecology, neurosciences,…