Read and discuss Scandinavian literature in translation as part of our Nordic Book Club, now online! Each month we select a novel from some of the best Nordic literary voices. Discussions have typically taken place the last Tuesday of the month at Scandinavia House but will now be taking place bi-weekly as an online meeting. Book club participants will all…
This program will focus on The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, Volume 1: Ancient Israel, from Its Beginnings through 332 BCE, edited by Jeffrey H. Tigay and Adele Berlin, and will feature Alison Joseph in conversation with Deborah Dash Moore. For two thousand years, Jews and Christians have been reading the Hebrew Bible. Are there new ways to read…
In English. Brian Russell Roberts reimagines the geography of the United States in his fascinating book Borderwaters: Amid the Archipelagic States of America. Rather than viewing the U.S. as a continental country bordered by Canada and Mexico, Roberts sees the American frontier encompassing broad swaths of water and sharing its border of some twenty-one other countries. He elucidates his theory…
“Where Do We Go from Here?” Revisiting Black Irish Relations and Responding to a Transnational Moment Conveners: Kim McClain DaCosta (NYU) and Miriam Nyhan Grey (NYU) Online Conference at New York University November 5, 12 and 19 People of Irish and African descent have lived in the United States for more than four centuries. Their respective trajectories -- marked by…
Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation among Volker Heins, Nandita Sharma, and Gabriella Etmektsoglou on "A Necessary Utopia: Rethinking Borders" focusing on the recent books by Volker Heins, Offene Grenzen für Alle: Eine notwendige Utopie (Hoffmann und Campe, 2020) and Nandita Sharma, Home Rule: National Sovereignty and the Separation of Natives and Migrants(Duke University Press, 2020). In today’s interconnected…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. In this meeting we explore the music of Giuseppe Sarti -- favored in courts from Copenhagen to St Petersburg -- attending particularly to his strong dynamic contrasts. Puccini would have noticed the expressive clarity this creates. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion…
Tuesday Nov. 9 12:30pm Onlinehttps://nyu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJcufuiuqToqEtQwLfrv07Y1Wek0hLuHcSks
Deutsches Haus at NYU will proudly award the eighth annual Volkmar and Margret Sander Prize to Dr. Heinz Ickstadt, Professor Emeritus of American Literature at the Kennedy Institute of North American Studies at the Free University, Berlin. Dr. Andrew Gross, Professor of American literature at the University of Göttingen, will hold the laudatory speech in honor of Heinz Ickstadt. Additional…
The program features the world premiere of “Echoes from the Darkness: Messages from the Terezin Diaries of Petr and Eva Ginz,” a chamber opera by John Califra. In addition, the concert will include Hans Krása’s “Dance for String Trio,” selected songs by Viktor Ullman and Pavel Haas, Gideon Klein’s “Piano Sonata,” and the “Sonata for Flute and Piano,” by Erwin…
Wednesday Nov. 10 12:30pm - 2:00pm Onlinehttps://nyu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P0uvpDIoQuuHOLq5g7r6fQ Vaccine Hostility: What We Can Learn From Europe With Peter Baldwin (UCLA), Audrey Célestine (University of Lille), Aleksandra Cislak (SWPS University, Warsaw), Philippe Marlière (University College London), Moderated by Frédéric Viguier (NYU). Event presented jointly with NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies. In Europe too, the Covid vaccine effort meets challenges, anger, disinformation or suspicion. Our panelists will discuss how responses to the first…
Please note: This event is open ONLY to individuals in possession of the NYU Daily Screener green pass screen. For contact tracing purposes, RSVP is Mandatory. In accordance with NYU Covid policies, vaccination and masks are required for all participants. Before the Close of Day Passages from Dante's Purgatorio (USA, 75') A film by Peter Lucas Followed by a Q&A with the director. The feature…
Thursday Nov. 11 2:00pm - 3:30pm Onlinehttps://bit.ly/3tEORYV The Limits of Human Reality and the Senses of Outer Space: Philosophical Anthropology and the Study of Astroculture Brad Tabas (ENSTA Bretagne) Thursday, 11 November 2021, 14:00–15:30 EST Astroculture abounds in prognostications inspired by the conviction that extra-terrestrial exploration informs our understanding humankind. The Apollo moon landings inspired reflections on the status of the human. Yet…
Hybrid event: open in person to the NYU community, open online to the public **This event will take place in French** Professor of French and Francophone literature of the 20th century at Princeton University, André Benhaïm will lecture on what it means to welcome a stranger. Based on the ideas in his book, Après Ulysse: Vers une poétique de l'hospitalité…
Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel returns for his ever-popular Keyboard Conversations® series at Scandinavia House. Each evening comprises an informal commentary on the music and its composers, a full performance of each work, and a short Q & A session. The accessible format enables audiences to build an understanding of classical music whether newcomer or seasoned listener. In tonight’s concert “Music of Joy…
“Where Do We Go from Here?” Revisiting Black Irish Relations and Responding to a Transnational Moment Conveners: Kim McClain DaCosta (NYU) and Miriam Nyhan Grey (NYU) Online Conference at New York University November 5, 12 and 19 People of Irish and African descent have lived in the United States for more than four centuries. Their respective trajectories -- marked by…
American-Scandinavian Foundation and Child Development Institute, Sarah Lawrence College invite you to a virtual panel November 13 on “Young Children & Teachers’ Experiences During COVID.” In this program, teachers from Scandinavia and the United States will discuss their experiences teaching in very different contexts during the pandemic, ranging from a forest school to a NYC public school to a small private school.…
Amidst the bloodshed and destruction of World War II, nearly 1.5 million Jewish men and women made vital contributions to the Allied war effort against Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers. However, despite the large volume of World War II research, books, movies, and other works, the very fact of these 1.5 million “Jewish soldiers” remains virtually unknown. In November…
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…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. In this meeting we explore the music of Niccolò Paganini, discovering how he fashioned devilish virtuosity out of bel canto melody. Puccini would have applauded the simplicity of the tunes he composed. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion group that meets online…
On November 16, join us for a virtual book talk on the new fiction anthology The Book of Reykjavik: A City in Short Fiction, out November 11 from Comma Press! Authors Kristín Eiríksdóttir & Björn Halldórsson and translator Larissa Kyzer will discuss the novel and its translation, as well as the themes explored in the book, with moderator Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir. Iceland is a land of…
From the earliest efforts by survivors themselves to document the destruction of European Jews to the enormous international and interdisciplinary literature being produced today, the historiography of the Holocaust has both followed the course of history as a discipline through numerous turns – cultural, narrative, forensic, spatial, etc... – and opened up new methodological paths of its own. As LBI's…
**This event will take place in French** L'auteur Mohamed Mbougar Sarr parlera de son roman La plus secrète mémoire des hommes, qui suit l'histoire d'un jeune auteur sénégalais dans le Paris contemporain, enquêtant sur la toile de fond d'un livre mythique et mystérieux « Le labyrinthe de l'inhumain ». Le livre de M. Sarr est lauréat du prestigieux Prix littéraire…
“Where Do We Go from Here?” Revisiting Black Irish Relations and Responding to a Transnational Moment Conveners: Kim McClain DaCosta (NYU) and Miriam Nyhan Grey (NYU) Online Conference at New York University November 5, 12 and 19 People of Irish and African descent have lived in the United States for more than four centuries. Their respective trajectories -- marked by…
**This event will take place in French** In Expressions de supériorité: Petite encyclopédie des distinctions élitistes, Jean- Pascal Daloz looks at elitism through many different iterations, backgrounds and eras. Comparing the modalities and logics of elitist distinction on a global scale and through the ages, this book constitutes an absolutely unprecedented sum. It is based on decades of observation in…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. Puccini never mentioned eclecticism, yet it characterizes Italian music over the centuries. In this meeting we explore the music of Alfredo Catalani, who bonded elements of Wagnerian opera and Verismo into an original style. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion group that…
A Lecture-Recital with Sarah Kay- Professor, Department of French Literature, Thought and Culture and Author of Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera (forthcoming) and Christopher Preston Thompson- voice and medieval harp, and artistic director of the companion website to Medieval Song from Aristotle to Opera. The sound of light in the dawn sky, breathed by the breath of beasts, cosmic in its…
Giacomo Puccini named three criteria of Italian music: clarity, spontaneity, and simplicity. In this meeting we explore the music of Ennio Morricone who, in his film scores and beyond, conveyed messages of extraordinary intimacy and directness. He was indeed a kindred spirit of Maestro Puccini. "What Makes It Italian?": According to Puccini is a music listening and discussion group that meets…
The emancipatory promise of liberalism – and its exclusionary qualities – shaped the fate of Jews in many parts of the world during the age of empire. Yet historians have mostly understood the relationship between Jews, liberalism and antisemitism as a European story, defined by the collapse of liberalism and the Holocaust. This volume, edited by Abigail Green and Simon…
Wednesday, December 1, 2021, 7:00pm – EST This event will be ONLINE and in ENGLISH. Live stream on facebook.com/kjccnyu/live
The Russian Film Club presents a screening of Angels of Revolution (2014, dir. Aleksei Fedorchenko), followed by a discussion with Mark Lipovetsky (Slavic Department) and Daria Ezerova (Harriman Institute). This event is part of our Contemporary Culture Series. A spell-binding clash of art, utopia, and violence, Angels of Revolution follows four young revolutionaries who are sent to spread the ideals of Communism and the avant-garde to the indigenous populations of…
Please join the Harriman Institute and the Kolodzei Art Foundation for a presentation in conjunction with our exhibit Anatoly Zverev: Selections from the Kolodzei Art Foundation. Tatiana Kolodzei and Natalia Kolodzei of the Kolodzei Art Foundation will discuss the artist Anatoly Zverev and his legacy. Introduction by Mark Lipovetsky (Columbia Slavic Department/Harriman Institute), with recorded remarks by art historian/curator Maria Plavinsky and artist/art collector Natalia Kostaki.
NyuJoin us for the annual Irish Institute event when the former president of Ireland, Mary McAleese, discusses her recent memoir, Here's the Story, with National Book Award winner, James Carroll. Mary McAleese was inaugurated as the eighth President of Ireland in 1997. The first President from Northern Ireland, she was re-elected in 2004. She is currently Chancellor of Trinity College Dublin. In her recently published memoir, Here’s…