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“Ustedes,” A New Public Art Project and Digital Campaign By Krzysztof Wodiczko

Governors Island, New York

Polish Cultural Institue New York is proud to support a new site-specific and community-engaged project by acclaimed artist Krzysztof Wodiczko in collaboration with More Art and its founder/director Micaela Martegani. The grand opening will place on Governors Island, New York, Saturday, October 3, 2020 at 5:00pm. This live performance uses drones and innovative new technologies to amplify the eprspectives of migrants, political refugees, and…

The Refugee-Diplomat

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

Venice, England, and the Reformation A lecture by Diego Pirillo, University of California, Berkeley The establishment of permanent embassies in fifteenth-century Italy has traditionally been regarded as the moment of transition between medieval and modern diplomacy. This talk proposes an alternative history of early modern diplomacy, centered not on states and their official representatives but around the figure of "the…

Refuge in the Heights: The German Jews of Washington Heights with Robert Snyder

Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street, New York City

Rob Snyder, author of the book Crossing Broadway, Washington Heights and the Promise of New York City and Professor of Journalism and American Studies at Rutgers University-Newark, will help LBI celebrate its new exhibition on the German-Jewish refugees of Washington Heights with a talk on the northern Manhattan neighborhood once known as “Frankfurt on the Hudson” for its large population of German-Jewish…