SPRING 2019 ARABIC LECTURE SERIES: BELAL FADL
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesThe Hagop Kevorkian Center and the Department of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies at NYU kindly invite you to attend our Spring 2019 Arabic Lecture Series. The Series is a student-led initiative to encourage academic and intellectual discussion in Arabic of history, politics and the arts. All events are open to the public, and will […]
LECTURE: ROBERT VITALIS: ENDING OILCRAFT’S SPELL OVER US
Hagop Kevorkian Center for Near Eastern Studies 255 Sullivan St., New York, NY, United StatesABSTRACT: In his forthcoming book Robert Vitalis takes apart an ideological construction that he calls “Oilcraft,” a set of deeply-held, pervasive beliefs about the world, together with the actions these vivid truths license—op eds and classified memoranda, documentaries, classroom lectures, naval patrols and calls at port, journal articles, podcasts, press conferences, and protests, to name […]
Global Africa, Migration, Literature and the Arts
The Symposium Global Africa, Migration, Literature, and the Arts is intended to explore how Africans and people of African descent globally have been and continue to be at the center of complex histories of encounter and exchange, traversing geographic, generational, and cultural boundaries over the centuries. It will highlight the lived experiences of migration of, and its […]
CONFERENCE: BEYOND TURMOIL AND CONFLICT: IRAQ SINCE 2003
Marking the sixteenth-anniversary of the the 2003 invasion of Iraq, this event will reflect on the environmental, political, cultural, and social consequences of the 2003 war, as well as visions for Iraq’s future, and will center discussions around the implications, possibilities, and new directions in the study of modern Iraq. Through the panels and keynote […]
NYU Stern Emerging Markets Association & Stern in Africa Present: Emerging Markets: What Comes Next?
NYU Paulson Auditorium 44 West 4th Street NYCFeaturing Keynote Speaker Jagangir Aziz Global Head of Market Economics J.P. Morgan and Panelists from Goldman Sachs, Eurasia Group, Brookfield, CrossBoudnary, IFC, Ankura, Chatham House, and More!
French Decolonization in Global Perspective
5 Washington Place, Room 101Conference organized by Jessica Pearson (Macalester College) and Herrick Chapman(NYU). This conference will explore the process of French decolonization in the twentieth century in the context of broad global developments, movements, ideas, and policies. It aims to evaluate recent trends in the fields of French history and the history of decolonization and to suggest possible avenues for future […]
FESTIVAL DES CINQ CONTINENTS
This event will recur Every Day until Apr. 6, 2019 The festival takes place at a number of NYC locations. Events at La Maison Française of NYU are listed below. FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2:15 P.M. Parler avec le corps et la musique: qu'est-ce que c'est la voix humaine? Roland Auzet (compositeur et metteur en scène), Koffi Kwahulé (dramaturge), François Noudelmann (philosophe). Modératrice: Prof. […]
Round table discussion | FROM PLAZA MAYOR TO WASHINGTON SQUARE: SPANISH REPUBLICAN EXILES AT NYU
Round table discussion | FROM PLAZA MAYOR TO WASHINGTON SQUARE: SPANISH REPUBLICAN EXILES AT NYU Eighty year ago, on April 1, 1939, the Spanish Civil War was officially declared over. One of its many tragic outcomes was the exile of as many as 500,000 people. Some of those fleeing, like the poet Antonio Machado, would […]
CWS Series | Conversation about the work of María Dueñas
CWS Series | Conversation about the work of María Dueñas Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South In Spanish Reception to Follow A conversation with the author María Dueñas accompanied by Mariela Dreyfus (NYU) and James D. Fernandez (NYU) María Dueñas is PhD in English Philology and was a full professor at the Universidad […]
NYU Center for French Language presents “La Sonothèque Nomade” at Africa House
NYU Africa House 44 Washington Mews, New York, NYNYU Center for French Language presents “La Sonothèque Nomade” at Africa House – April 4-5, 2019 The Center for French Language and Cultures is happy to invite you to La Sonothèque Nomade – an artistic residency and musical event on Thursday and Friday, April 4-5, 2019. La Sonothèque Nomade is a lively, nomadic, and poetic space of listening and recording […]