On Marcel Proust: Jean-Yves Tadié and Caroline Weber in conversation

Join author, publisher, and internationally acclaimed Proust scholar Jean-Yves Tadié and author and Barnard professor Caroline Weber as they discuss the Proust issue of Les Cahiers de L’Herne and the 75-page unpublished novel by the greatest 20th century novelist. Marcel Proust being a godfatherly figure to Albertine, it is a tremendous honor and profound joy to (even virtually) host Jean-Yves…

New Tensions in Russia-Ukraine Relations: The Drivers and Politics Surrounding the 2021 Russian Troop Build-Up

Register here for the Zoom webinar, or tune in on YouTube Live. The New York-Russia Public Policy Series is co-hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University and the New York University Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. After weeks of growing regional tensions as Russia amassed more than 100,000 troops next to Ukraine’s borders, on April 22, 2021, Russian defense officials ordered troops back to their…

Film Screening: “BEUYS”

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Few German cultural figures of the 20th century were as controversial as the action artist, sculptor, draftsman, art theorist and professor Joseph Beuys (1921 - 1986). In the course of the film, the work of Beuys becomes clearer and clearer. Director Andres Veiel trained as a director and dramaturg at the international cultural centre Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. Since 1988…

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Anxious People By Fredrik Backman–Online Nordic Book Club

Looking at real estate isn’t usually a life-or-death situation, but an apartment open house becomes just that when a failed bank robber bursts in and takes a group of strangers hostage. The captives: a recently retired couple with unaddressed marriage problems; a wealthy bank director too busy for relationships; an 87-year-old woman who has lived too long to be afraid…

Outgoing Vessel & Sense Violence – Virtual Poetry Reading

On May 13, see a virtual poetry reading and discussion with Nordic poets and translators Helena Boberg, Johannes Göransson, Katrine Øgaard Jensen, and Ursula Andkjær Olsen, moderated by Paul Cunningham (The House of the Tree of Sores). Helena Boberg and Johannes Göransson will present readings of works from Boberg’s new book Sense Violence, now out in English translation by Göransson from Black Ocean, and…

Film Screening: “Atlas”

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The German Film Office is pleased to present David Nawrath’s award-winning film Atlas as part of its monthly German Movie Nights series. Atlas won the Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Award as well Best Actor (Rainer Bock) at the 2018 Torino Film Festival. It also received the Emden Screenplay Award in 2015. Free admission to viewers across the United States.

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Lecture with Carter V. Findley

“Everything the Enlightened Despot Needed to Know to Get Along with the Padişah of Islam:” Mouradgea d’Ohsson’s Tableau général de l’Empire othoman This event is part of the 2nd Mid-Atlantic Ottoman Studies Workshop hosted by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Initative at NYU (OTS-NYU). The Workshop comprises a series of panels and lectures held on Fridays throughout the Spring 2021…

The Mews Book Club: L’énigme Du Retour by Dany Laferriére

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The Mews Book Club, hosted by Catherine Cusset, explores new tendencies in French and Francophone literature in a relaxed setting. Discussion is in French. The book to be discussed is L'Énigme du retour by Dany Laferière.

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Rain – Virtual Read Aloud and Studio Visit with Anders Holmer

On Saturday, May 15 at 11 AM ET, join us for a virtual visit and read aloud with award-winning artist and architect Anders Holmer! In today’s program, Anders will invite us into his studio in Göteborg and his sacred and serene hideaway place in Bohuslän, Sweden. Surrounded by the majestic landscape of the Bohuslän coastline, Anders will introduce us to…

Songs My Mother Taught Me

Music at the Institute (MATI) Concert Series presents “Songs My Mother Taught Me” Sophie Shao, cello, Solomiya Ivakhiv, violin, and Tanya Bannister, piano, will perform works by Nadia Boulanger, Bohdanna Frolyak, and Antonín Dvořák. This exclusive in-person event is limited to twenty five (25) people in order to comply with current COVID-19 guidelines. Non-refundable tickets are $30 per person. TICKETS…

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