Afro Latin Perspectives in Jazz and Classical Music
King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH CRISTINA PATO, AFA S. DWORKIN AND ARTURO O’FARRILL: Afro Latin Perspectives in Jazz and Classical Music Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South, NYC Reception to Follow Cristina Pato is the 2019 / 2020 King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization, NYU […]
NYCLAHW, “LADIES AT THE REGISTER: PROTEST, CHARITY, AND URBAN SPACE IN 1890S PORT-AU-PRINCE
The New York Latin American History Workshop (NYCLAHW) hosts the talk “Ladies at the Register: Protest, Charity, and Urban Space in 1890s Port-au-Prince” by scholar Anne Eller, Yale University. For information or to obtain a copy of the pre-circulated paper, contact Mariana Katz at m.katz@columbia.edu The event is free and open to the public. Photo ID required to […]
Valley of the Birdtail: An Ojibway Reserve, a White Town, and Canada’s History of Separate and Unequal Education
Nov 15, 2019 Valley of the Birdtail: An Ojibway Reserve, a White Town, and Canada’s History of Separate and Unequal Education 12:30pm - 2:00pm | Wilf Hall Room 512, 139 MacDougal Street, New York, NY 10012
In Conversation: Regina Hall on Race, Hollywood and Other Stories, and Pamela Newkirk’s Diversity, Inc.
Friday, November 15th 6 - 8 pm Silver Center-NYU, Hemmerdinger / Jurow Lecture Hall, 100 Washington Square East, Room 101a, 1st Floor In 2015 #Oscarssowhite trended on Twitter after, for the second year in a row, no actors of color were nominated for acting Oscars. In 2019 veteran actress and NYU alumna Regina Hall became the first […]
INTERNATIONAL PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE FILM FESTIVAL
The International Puerto Rican Heritage Film Festival (IPRHFF)’s mission is to create platforms that allow a diverse pool of influencers in filmmaking to reach a broader audience. We develop programs that allow local and international filmmakers, from emerging artists to film industry veterans, to reach out to audiences throughout New York City and beyond. Our […]
DETROIT 48202: CONVERSATIONS ALONG A POSTAL ROUTE
Pam Sporn’s 2018 documentary Detroit 48202: Conversations Along a Postal Route explores the rise, demise, and contested resurgence of America’s “motor city” through a multi-generational choir of voices who reside in mail carrier Wendell Watkins’s work route. Archival footage and oral histories convey the impetus behind the African American migration up north to push against […]
Art History and Visual Culture Between Africa and Middle East
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United States
Puerto Rico Summer Uprising: What comes next?
The Summer of 2019 marked a pivotal moment in the history of people’s struggles in the island of Puerto Rico. Two weeks of massive protests culminated in the ousting of then-governor Ricardo Roselló. Our event explores how this protest was a response to humiliation, corruption, and austerity measures imposed by a “fiscal oversight board,” and […]