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The 6-Minute Challenge, Vol.10!

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

Czech and Slovak artists, professionals, students, and scholars are challenged to introduce the subject of their project, research or studies in a short presentation limited to six minutes. In English. Suggested donation $5.00 Light refreshments. RSVP Moderated by Christopher Harwood, Ph.D., Columbia University Presenters: Jakub Lajmon (aerospace software), Martin Rybár (nuclear physics), Silvia Fishbaum (Jewish history), Jan Remšík (oncology), Maya…

Monsters

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

By David Del Tredici (world premiere) Performed by Eric Moe, piano, and Robert Frankenberry, actor Generally recognized as the father of the Neo-Romantic movement in music, David Del Tredici has received numerous awards and has been commissioned and performed by nearly every major American and European orchestral ensemble. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1980 for In Memory of…

CWS Series | Conversation about the work of Kirmen Uribe

King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center 53 Washington Square South, New York, United States

Kirmen Uribe is a Basque language writer, and one of the most relevant writers of his generation in Spain. He won the National Prize for Literature in Spain in 2009 for his first novel Bilbao-New York-Bilbao, a work that was acclaimed as a literary event. The languages into which the novel has been translated already exceed fifteen, including French (Gallimard),…

Rising Inequality and Globalization

Butler Library, Columbia University 535 W. 116 Street, New York, NY, United States

Distinguished Lecture in the Just Societies Series, organized by Dean Fredrick Harris This event is full. It will be livestreamed. Check back for details. To find out more, please click here. Location: LOW LIBRARY ROTUNDA Thomas Piketty is Professor at EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics and the author of the international bestseller Capital in the 21st Century. He has done major historical and…

Dominique Robin: Stone Puzzles from the Valdarno and the Hudson Valley

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

In the exhibition “Stone Puzzles,” Dominique Robin explores the projections of humankind on landscape and more generally on nature. At the opening reception on Thursday, March 28, guests will be invited to write a one-sentence “secret” on paper, which they will then cross out with pencil, revealing only a single word. Selected drawings will be displayed in the gallery space.…

A European Approach to Data Protection and AI: Discussing the EU General Data Protection Regulation and Impacts

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

AI and the GDPR March 28, 2019 Featuring Speakers Fanny Hidvegi, Policy Manager, Access Now Estelle Masse, Senior Policy Analyst, Access Now Etienne Maury, Legal & Policy Officer, Commission Nationale de l'Informatique et des Libertés (CNIL) Sponsored by the Technology, Media, and Communications (TMaC) Specialization at SIPA and by the European Institute, with the support of the Erasmus + Programme of the European Union.

House of Secrets

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

The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo House of Secrets The Many Lives of a Florentine Palazzo (2019, Bloomsbury) by Allison Levy, Brown University Author Allison Levy in conversation with: Leonard Barkan, Princeton University Gerry Milligan, College of Staten Island/CUNY GC Alexander Stille, Columbia University House of Secrets tells the remarkable story of Palazzo Rucellai from behind its celebrated façade.…

Jews and Ukrainians, a Talk by Paul Robert Magocsi

Ukrainian Institute of America 2 East 79th Street, New York, NY, United States

Jews and Ukrainians: Myths and Stereotypes There is much that Ukrainians do not know about Jews and that Jews do not know about Ukrainians. As a result, Jews and Ukrainians who care about their respective ancestral heritages often view each other through distorted stereotypes, misperceptions, and biases. Professor Paul Robert Magocsi will shed new light on controversial issues in Ukrainian-Jewish…

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Festival Neue Literatur 2019

Unnamed Venue NY

FESTIVAL NEUE LITERATUR brings New York audiences new writing from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, as the first and only festival to spotlight German-language and American fiction. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Festival Neue Literatur. The theme of the 2019 festival is *IN MEMORY WE TRUST* curated by literary critic, writer and translator, Liesl Schillinger and Tim Mohr,…

French Decolonization in Global Perspective – Conference

New York University New York, NY, United States

Institute of French Studies Conference Organized by Jessica Pearson (Macalester College) and Herrick Chapman (NYU) Located at 5 Washington Place, Room 101, New York, NY 10003 (Department of Philosophy) This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French…