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Ossessione [Obsession]

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

In conjunction with the exhibition NeoRealismo: The New Image in Italy, 1932-1960 Ossessione (Italy, 1943, 140 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Luchino Visconti Starring Clara Calamai, Massimo Girotti Introduced by David Forgacs, NYU Luchino Visconti’s first film, Ossessione (1943), shot on location in the Po Delta with stunning photography by Domenico Scala and Aldo Tonti, is widely considered…

4th JAZZTOPAD FESTIVAL NEW YORK

The Jazztopad Festival, a leading event of its kind in Poland. . .” – NATE CHINEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES “. . . top flight musicians will celebrate improvisation on stage in the homeland of Jazz, the United States. . .” – BONNIE JOHNSON, WICN “Colors of Jazz” “The Jazztopad Festival brings together the jazz movement that is happening in…

Geography of Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia

Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia 19 University Place, 2nd Floor, New York City, NY, United States

Please join us on Wednesday, October 3rd for “Geography of Anti-Corruption Protests in Russia”, a talk with Olena Nikolayenko, Fordham University. This event is part of the Occasional Series, sponsored by the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia. On 26 March 2017 thousands of people in nearly one hundred Russian cities participated in anti-corruption protests. This episode of…

The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy

The Graduate Center, The City University of New York 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States

Book talk with Simon Levis Sullam (University of Venice Ca’ Foscari) “The Italian Executioners: The Genocide of the Jews of Italy” (Princeton University Press, 2018) In conversation with Alexander Stille (Columbia) and Federico Finchelstein (The New School for Social Research) Sponsored by the Center for Jewish Studies at The Graduate Center in collaboration with the History PhD Program and Centro Primo…

The Kremlin Ball

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

The Kremlin Ball (post. 1971; 2018, New York Review Books Classics Original) by Curzio Malaparte (1898-1957) Translated by Jenny McPhee Translator Jenny McPhee (NYU) in conversation with Franco Baldasso (Bard) Perhaps only the impeccably perverse imagination of Curzio Malaparte could have conceived of The Kremlin Ball, which might be described as Proust in the corridors of Soviet power. The book is set at…

Francesco Dillon, cello; Emanuele Torquati, piano

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City, NY, United States

"Mr. Torquati did exceptionally well in his fascinating program... conveyed not just how he plays the piano, but how he hears and thinks about music." Anthony Tommasini, NY Times Giacinto Scelsi: To the Master Ryan Carter: break; (world premiere) Marco Momi: Unstill -- written for Dillon/Torquati (US Premiere) Salvatore Sciarrino: Melencolia 1 Debussy: Sonate pour violoncelle et piano Pianist Emanuele…

CONFRONTING THE NAZIS. REFLECTIONS ON THE FORMS AND DILEMMAS OF RESISTANCE

Deutsches Haus Columbia 420 West 116th Street, New York City, NY, United States

On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Rosenstrasse protest in February 1943 by non-Jewish women demanding the release of their Jewish husbands rounded up for their dispatch from Berlin, this conference examines different forms of resistance to the "Final Solution" policy in Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe. Contact Information Professor Volker R. Berghahn vrb7@columbia.edu

Film: Iuventa

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

Iuventa Michele Cinque, 2018, 92 min. To RSVP, please click here. A film screening and discussion with director Michele Cinque and Kathrin Schmidt, in conversation with Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Rajan Menon, Adam Tooze, and Nadia Urbinati. This event marks the launch of "Thinking Europe Now," a new interdisciplinary seminar series on European affairs convened by faculty from Columbia University and the…