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

Presenting Fabio Parasecoli's "Food" Food (2019, MIT Press) by Fabio Parasecoli The author in conversation with Meryl Rosofsky (NYU) A consumer's guide to the food system, from local to global: our part as citizens in the interconnected networks, institutions, and organizations that enable our food choices. Everybody eats. We may even consider ourselves experts on the topic, or at least…

Parisian Fashion and its Global Influences: Appropriations, Circulations and Transfers

La Maison Française (NYU) 16 Washington Mews, New York City

The Parisian fashion industry has always been the visible tip of an invisible web of exchanges. What we call French couture, far from being only French and influenced by French creativity and know-how, has always been a microcosm of globalization, with crucial contributions from foreigners and immigrants, transfers and hybridizations of techniques, ideas, styles, consumption habits, etc., which are often…

Globalizing Eastern Europe-New Perspectives on Transregional Entanglements of an often Neglected Region

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

This workshop is organized by the ScienceCampus “Eastern Europe – Global Area” (EEGA), a collaborative research network spanning over three German states, funded by the Leibniz Association (https://www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/). EEGA focuses on Eastern Europe’s changing role in current and historical processes of globalization (www.leibniz-eega.de). The event is meant to present recent findings of this network and to engage in a debate…