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Book Talk: Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary by Yuri Shevchuk

Hybrid 1219 International Affairs Building, New York

Please join the Ukrainian Studies Program at the Harriman Institute for a talk with Yuri Shevchuk, author of the Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary (Hippocrene Books, 2021). The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary describes the core Ukrainian lexicon and how it is used in contemporary speech. It has no precedents in Slavic lexicography and combines elements of six types of dictionaries: translation, collocation, learner’s, thesaurus, phraseological and encyclopedic dictionaries. It…

Dance Again With Me Heywood!

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

N.I.C.E. Film Festival New Italian Cinema Events (N.I.C.E.) Film Festival celebrates its 29th edition in the United States. World Premiere of: Dance Again With Me Heywood! (2019, Italy/USA, 76 min.) Directed by Michele Diomà Starring Giorgio Arcelli Fontana, Ottavia Orticello, and featuring James Ivory Preceded by the screening of: American Marriage (2019, USA, 15 min.) Directed and starring Giorgio Arcelli Fontana…

Nathalie Sarraute discovering America

Albertine 972 5th Avenue, New York

On February 1, 1964, Nathalie Sarraute, a major contemporary author known for her works of intimate interiority, landed in New York to start a conference tour of the most prestigious universities and cultural centers in the United States–a visit sponsored by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy. In a series of twenty-four letters written in an elliptical style to…