THU—April 23—3 PM EST American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to an online discussion with Dr. Gudrun Aspelund, Head Physician at Centre for Health Security and Communicable Disease Control at the Directorate of Health in Iceland, regarding the nation’s response to the coronavirus. With ASF President Edward Gallagher as moderator, Dr. Aspelund will discuss measures that Iceland has taken to prevent the…
Deutsches Haus at NYU and NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies present "Germany, Corona, and the State of Exception," a conversation among Christiane Lemke, Professor of Political Science at the Leibniz Universität Hannover; Claus Leggewie, Ludwig Boerne Professor at the University of Giessen; and Christian Martin, current Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at NYU. To comply with social…
This event will be held virtually as a Zoom webinar as well as on our Facebook page via Facebook Live. There will be no in-person event. Click here at 12pm to join the Zoom webinar, or tune in on the Harriman Institute's Facebook page. Please join the Program on U.S.-Russia Relations at the Harriman Institute for a presentation by Tymofii Brik, Assistant Professor at the Kyiv…
Join on Zoom for conversations on the interactions between African Americans and Irish in the U.S. and beyond. ______________________________________________ April 30, 1pm: Lenwood Sloan, artist and scholar of dance and popular culture, will be interviewed by NYU's Dr. Miriam Nyhan Grey about his work on the interconnections between these groups. Please RSVP online for the Zoom session Here
This program is sponsored by the “Hear Their Cry: Understanding the Jewish Orphan Experience” Scholars Working Group, which has been meeting at the Center for Jewish History since September 2019. Soon after the conclusion of WWII, American Jewish families began to express interest in adopting young Jewish war orphans. Prompted by the fundraising images of child survivors that peppered the…
Following our program on April 22, this is the second conversation between Joshua Teplitsky and Magda Teter on disease and plagues in Jewish history and memory. During this installment, Professors Teplitsky and Teter will discuss the role historians have played in shaping public memory of the plagues. They will examine the role premodern chroniclers played in defining “facts” and the…
How Mindful Creativity Can Help Reshape the World Beyond the Workplace. Mauro Porcini (Chief Design Officer, PepsiCo) with Ennio Ranaboldo (CEO, Martin Bauer North America) Time of Change and the Power of Design: How Mindful Creativity Can Help Reshape the World Beyond the Workplace Ennio Ranaboldo (CEO, Martin Bauer North America) in conversation with Mauro Porcini (Chief Design Officer at…
THU—May 7—1 PM EST REGISTER American-Scandinavian Foundation invites you to an online discussion with Swedish historian, author and social commentator Lars Trägårdh regarding the nation’s response to the coronavirus. In conversation with ASF President Edward Gallagher, Trägårdh will explore the nation’s strategies, the rationales behind them, and the controversy they have engendered. Please send audience questions ahead of the discussion…
This meeting will be virtual. Celebrated French writer Catherine Cusset leads a French Book Club, exploring new tendencies in French and Francophone literature in a relaxed setting. Discussion is in French. At the special request of the regular Mews French Book Club attendees, the book to be discussed at the May 8 online meeting will be Catherine Cusset's novel L'autre qu'on adorait. Please purchase…
A key part of activism – is to take action and be active. This virtual series uniquely blends storytelling and physical movement and connects families in real time through Zoom! These 45-minute classes invite families to get up and participate in connecting past and present through poses inspired by the stories of Emma Lazarus and the soapbox speakers of Union Square.…