Latest Past Events

LGBT Discourse in Ukraine

Harriman Institute 420 West 118th St., New York City

Please join the Harriman Institute and the Institute for the Study of Human Rights (ISHR) at Columbia for a talk with Olena Semenova, co-chair of the Ukrainian LGBT organization LIGA. Professor Tanya Domi (SIPA/Harriman) will moderate. Olena Semenova is the co-chair of the Ukrainian LGBT organization LIGA, which seeks to promote the interests of LGBTQ individuals, promote healthy lifestyles and diversity, and develop partnerships…

Short Films Screening: An evening of queer Italian media

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

The Queer Italia Network has the pleasure of presenting an evening of contemporary LGBTQ Italian short films. This night is a way for audiences to discover and enjoy films that break the boundaries of Italian mainstream LGBTQIA+ representation. Made by individuals or groups working outside the major media industry, these films offer a small glimpse into the ways that Italian and Italian…

Festival Neue Literatur

New York City

Each year Festival Neue Literatur brings six of the most important emerging and established writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland to New York City, where they join celebrated U.S. writers in a series of conversations and readings. 2017 marks the eighth installment of the festival, which will take place at venues throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn from March 2-5. This year’s festival theme, Queer…