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Etienne Balibar’s Complete Works – A discussion with Etienne Balibar, Emmanuelle Saada, and Bernard Harcourt, moderated by Souleymane Bachir Diagne

To sign up for this virtual transatlantic event, RSVP here. The first two volumes of Oeuvres complètes by French philosopher Etienne Balibar were recently published by La Découverte as Histoire interminable. D’un siècle l’autre. Ecrits I and Passions du concepts. Epistémologie, théologie et politique. Ecrits II. Etienne Balibar’s friends and colleagues at Columbia University, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Emmanuelle Saada, and…

How Covid-19 is Reshaping Politics in Europe

REGISTER HERE TO RECEIVE THE LINK TO THE EVENT. This roundtable discussion will examine how responses to the pandemic have differed between countries and from the USA; how the pandemic rearranged political fault lines within or between countries; and what impact the pandemic might have had on existing discussions about populism and the European Union. With Hadas Aron (Center for…

How Covid-19 is Reshaping Politics in Europe

Zoom

This event will recur Every Day until Sep. 17, 2020 Please note: Registration is required to receive the Zoom Meeting ID. Please follow this link to register. Please also note that you will need to have a Zoom account and be signed in to join the meeting. After China, Europe became one of the first major epicenters of the COVID-19…

Rosa von Praunheim “I am my own woman”

This film is part of Queer as German Folk, a project celebrating the intersectional histories of Germany’s and America’s diverse LGBTIQ+ communities. A digitally modified version of the exhibition Queer as German Folk and a full program of virtual events is presented by the Goethe-Institut in North America in collaboration with its Goethe Pop Ups and the Schwules Museum Berlin (SMU). The film will be available to stream from September…

Penser/panser avec Bernard Stiegler — un salut

REGISTRATION INFORMATION TO COME. Organized by Emily Apter and Peter Szendy With Katie Chenowith, Claire Colebrook, Martin Crowley, Divya Dwivedi, Michel Deguy, Devin Fore, Daniel Hoffman-Schwartz, Achille Mbembe, Shaj Mohan, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Daniel Ross Interventions in English and French.

Memories, Myths, and Monuments: Confronting National Narratives

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation on "Memories, Myths, and Monuments: Confronting National Narratives" among Peniel Joseph (University of Texas in Austin), Susan Neiman (Einstein Forum), Jürgen Zimmerer (University of Hamburg), and Atina Grossmann (The Cooper Union). About the panel: This virtual conversation will bring together historians, philosophers, and public intellectuals from both the United States and Germany to…

Nordic Book Club Presents: Miss Iceland by Audur Ava

Online

Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online. This bi-weekly online meeting will feature novels from the best Nordic literary voices.

DIGITAL FORAYS: Mediating the News: Digital Platforms & Publics

Zoom signup Many dynamic “alternative” news portals & collaboratives have developed during/since the Arab Spring.  How do they spread information and create publics beyond the traditional news cycle? Most often this happens through websites, social media and by creating dynamic content across various digital entanglements. Yet how do they mobilize their messages across different platforms specifically? Why one platform over…

20/20 Vision in a Time of Crisis

A conversation with Etienne Balibar, Adam Tooze, Souleymane Bachir Diagne, Emmanuelle Saada, moderated by Bernard Harcourt To sign up for this virtual transatlantic event, RSVP here. The Covid-19 pandemic and public health crisis; economic collapse; waves of anti-racist protests; threats to democracy and rising authoritarianism in the U.S. and elsewhere, all against a backdrop of an ever-worsening climate crisis... how…

The 2020 Annual Gala: Celebrating Cultural Diplomacy

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

Hosted by the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association & Vaclav Havel Library Foundation, the gala will honor Ambassador William and Wendy Luers. Presentations will include the 2020 Disturbing the Peace Award to a Courageous Writer at Risk, BBLA's Award for Unparalleled Service to the Czech and Slovak Communities, and salutes by Czech, Slovak, and American artists and cultural diplomats.

$125