Latest Past Events

The Collective Body: Legacies of Monastic Discipline in the post-Soviet Prison

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

On Thursday, November 8th please join us for a talk with Lyuba Azbel (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) and Evan Morse (St. Francis College) on “The Collective Body: Legacies of Monastic Discipline in the post-Soviet Prison”. Despite an expanding HIV epidemic, methadone treatment—the most effective way to prevent infection—remains difficult to implement among prisoners in post-Soviet countries where…

Screening: Come Prima, Più di Prima, T’Amerò (for World AIDS Day 2017)

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

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2017 #WAS2017 Come prima, più di prima, t'amerò (Documentary, Italy, 1995, 60 min.) In ITALIAN with ENGLISH subtitles Directed by Daniele Segre A film dedicated to the topic of HIV-positive status and AIDS, told through 16 micro-stories of youths met through the experience of Milan's Associazione A77. They talk about discretions, fears, loneliness, anguish of death,…