While James Joyce’s place in the modernist pantheon has long been firmly entrenched, its resonances continue to be uncovered. In the Russian context, the Irish writer has occupied many roles since his work was first translated in the mid-1920s. This talk will trace the development not of a monolithic Joyce, but rather of five separate Russian Joyces — the versions of…
Join us for a virtual literary talk with bioarchaeologist Dr. Cat Jarman to celebrate the release of her new book River Kings: A New History of the Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads out on February 1, 2022 from Pegasus Books! In tonight’s discussion, learn about an epic story from the Viking Age that traces the historical path of an ancient piece of jewelry—found…
In The Hare with Amber Eyes, celebrated artist Edmund de Waal investigates his illustrious family history, their journey from Odessa to Vienna and Paris in the 19th century, and how they lost everything during the Holocaust except a collection of rare Japanese netsuke, which were rescued by a family maid. This collection is now the subject of an exhibition at…
Please join us for a discussion with Tinatin Japaridze (MARS-REERS ’19), author of Stalin’s Millenials: Nostalgia, Trauma, and Nationalism (Lexington Books, February 2022), moderated by Alexander Cooley, Claire Tow Professor of Political Science, Barnard College. Stalin’s Millennials examines Joseph Stalin’s increasing popularity in the post-Soviet space, and analyzes how his image, and the nostalgia it evokes, is manipulated and exploited for political gain. The author argues…
Go behind the stories and peer into the archives at the CJH book discussion, led by Lauren Gilbert, Senior Manager for Public Services at the Center for Jewish History. Join a discussion of Eva and Eve: A Search for My Mother’s Lost Childhood and What a War Left Behind, a memoir by Julie Metz. After her mother passed, Julie discovered a keepsake book filled with…
**This event will take place in French** La Maison Française est ravie d'accueillir l'auteure Gabriela Trujillo pour une discussion autour son roman acclamé L'invention de Louvette. Son livre raconte l'enfance et l'adolescence d'une fille née dans un petit pays d'Amérique centrale. Opérée, suite à une lésion occulaire, Louvette explore les souvenirs enfouis de son passé et ses rêves d'avenir. Imaginatif…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation among Hengameh Yaghoobifarah, Sharon Dodua Otoo, Sasha Marianna Salzmann, and Jon Cho-Polizzi, which will be moderated by Tiffany Florvil to celebrate the digital publication of the English-language translation of Your Homeland Is Our Nightmare with TRANSIT Journal. RSVP here.
Casa Italiana hosts this book club online on the Zoom platform to discuss contemporary Italian books in Italian. The Club is open to anyone and its purpose is to offer the possibility to practice the Italian language. Everybody is encouraged to speak. The group suggests the books, usually by contemporary Italian authors, that reflect the changes that have taken place with time in…
Through the 1930s Jews fled Germany, and then Austria, seeking a safe haven as Nazi persecution intensified. In this program, we will look at three cities of refuge, and neighborhoods within these cities that were focal points of settlement (Rehavia in Jerusalem, Washington Heights in New York, and Hampstead/Swiss Cottage in London in particular) for the new arrivals. Speaking with…
This event celebrates the recent publications of Gil Hochberg’s Becoming Palestine: Toward an Archival Imagination of the Future, and Shirly Bahar’s Documentary Cinema in Israel/Palestine: Performance, the Body, the Home. Join the authors and moderator Helga Tawil Souri for a conversation and a visual show and tell of some of the artwork explored in the books, followed by a Q…
