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Ten Years on: Reflections on the Economic and Political Legacy of the Financial Crisis for Europe

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

Pierre Moscovici, in conversation with Adam Tooze To RSVP, please cick here. Join us for a conversation between Pierre Moscovici and Adam Tooze, followed by a Q&A. Pierre Moscovici is the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Taxation, and Customs, and the former French Minister for Economy and Finance. Adam Tooze is the Kathryn and Shelby Cullon Davis Professor of History and…

Works by Iris Origo “A Chill in the Air” and “War in Val d’Orcia”

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

New York Review Books Classics has just released Iris Origo's A Chill in the Air: An Italian War Diary, 1939-1940 for the first time in the United States, as well as her best known work War in Val d'Orcia: An Italian War Diary, 1943-1944. Panelists: Ben Downing, author Marisa Escolar, UNC Chapel Hill Katia Lysy, journalist and translator, granddaughter of…

Pre-“Aida” Evening

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

Opera to the People is a group open to students or other young present and future audience members in order to delve into the world and language of opera, with the objective of fostering a new generation of attentive opera-goers. The group meets to watch and listen to recordings of a particular opera that will then be attended LIVE. This…

Night Before the Funeral

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

A stage reading presented by the New York Untitled Theater Company #61 and Prague Svanda Theatre. Night Before the Funeral is a new Czech play, originally produced in 2017 by the Svanda Theatre under the direction of Daniel Hrbek. A death in the family brings everybody home, but a brief peace is broken by family squabbles, politics, and life crises.…

Saint-Domingue by Way of Saint Petersburg: Writing the Haitian Revolution in Imperial Russia

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

In 1802, Nikolai Karamzin founded the journal Messenger of Europe with the intention that it would inform the Russian public of current political developments in the West, including as they related to the European colonies. From its inaugural issue through 1804, about two dozen stories explicitly concerning the Haitian Revolution appeared in its pages, and as an editor, Karamzin was sympathetic to…

Agora Europe Series

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

Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders To RSVP, please click here. With Etienne Balibar, Jean Cohen, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Lydia Goehr, Stephen Holmes, Carlo Invernizzi, David Johnston, Giulia Oskian, Silvana Patriarca, David Ragazzoni, Rui Tavares, Nadia Urbinati, Achille Varzi, Nicolas De Warren; chaired by Caterina Di Fazio. Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora…

Agora Europe Series – Migration and the European Political Space: The Future is at the Borders

The European Institute at Columbia University 420 W 118th St #1205, New York City, United States

Speakers: Etienne Balibar (Columbia) Souleymane Bachir Diagne (Columbia) Carlo Invernizzi (CUNY) Andreas Kalyvas (New School) Giulia Oskian (Yale) Silvana Patriarca (Fordham) David Ragazzoni (Columbia) Rui Tavares (LIVRE / Brown University) Nadia Urbinati (Columbia) Achille Varzi (Columbia) Chaired by: Caterina Di Fazio (Pantheon-Sorbonne University / Columbia University) Conceived in this moment of tremendous political instability, Agora Europe is intended to create opportunities for…

A Musical Celebration

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

On the occasion of Italian Heritage and Culture Month Presented by the American Italian Cultural Roundtable Commendatore Aldo Mancusi, President In association with The Enrico Caruso Museum A performance of major contributions by Italian composers through the ages, from regional songs to the operatic repertoire. Presented by pianist and composer David Maiullo. Featuring: Lucia Wehr, soprano Brian Ernstes, tenor Please note:…

Protest/Debt

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

Thirty-three years separate two one-act plays that are connected by absurd humor and the characters of Vanek and Stanek. What happens when two writers meet—one who is not allowed to write and the other who writes whatever he wants? What if the first one has a surprising proposal for the second one? And what if the two of them meet…

Adventures in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin

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

The first Adventure in Italian Opera with Fred Plotkin of this season features Tuscan conductor Nicola Luisotti, on the occasion of his presence on the podium of The Metropolitan Opera, leading performances of Verdi's Aida, Rigoletto, and La Traviata. In ENGLISH. From the Casa Italiana Zerilli Marimo.