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Tackling Trauma Through a Museum: The War Childhood Museum in Bosnia-Herzegovina

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

Please join the East Central European Center for a talk with Jasminko Halilović, Founder and Executive Director of the War Childhood Museum. How do you create a museum? Two years ago, young Bosnian author Jasminko Halilović and a small team of collaborators set out to establish an institution that would commemorate growing up during the country's brutal war in the…

James Cuno: Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones

Italian Academy (Columbia) 1161 Amsterdam Avenue, New York City

International Observatory for Cultural Heritage - Lecture: Protecting the Past for the Future James Cuno draws fire when arguing against the repatriation of some museum artifacts. This event examines his view that cultural property should be recognized as the legacy of humankind, and it engages the urgent and controversial debate around antiquities. Speaker  James Cuno  President, J. Paul Getty Trust With  Vishakha…

Exquisite Elegies

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

Genoa's Staglieno Cemetery In partnership with the Bogliasco Foundation. Once deemed “the most beautiful cemetery in the world” (Le Figaro), Genoa’s monumental cemetery is a museum unique in the world, with some of the 19th century’s most stunning and elaborate statuary. Against a historical background that evokes the period’s crucial sociopolitical shifts, poet Grace Schulman (BF ‘18), visual artist Susan…