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SUMMARY:King Juan Carlos Chair CRISTINA PATO | A CONVERSATION WITH CRISTINA PATO AND KENNETH S. KOSIK: An Invisible Ancestry and the Unquiet Genes of the Brain
DESCRIPTION:Venue: KJCC Auditorium // 53 Washington Square South\, NYC\nReception to Follow\n\nCristina Pato is the 2019 / 2020 King Juan Carlos Chair in Spanish Culture and Civilization\, NYU King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center. \nIn this conversation\, artist and educator Cristina Pato and neuroscientist Kenneth S. Kosik will talk about music\, memory loss\, cultural memory\, learning and genetics. Dr. Kosik is the co-director of the Neuroscience Research Institute and the Harriman Professor of Neuroscience Research at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. Over the last 25 years he has been researching the largest known family in the world with hereditary early-onset of Alzheimer’s disease\, in the state of Antioquia\, Colombia. His work alongside Prof. Franscico Lopera\, director of the Neuroscience Group of Antioquia\, inspired Cristina to co-create and co-teach a trans-disciplinary class on memory and migration at UCSB. This collaborative project\, designed as part of the Arnhold Innovative Teaching and Learning Initiative for the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts\, was co-created by Pato\, Kosik\, and Kim Yasuda (Spatial Art). \n*Kenneth S. Kosik\, M.A. M.D. is a neuroscientist who served as professor at the Harvard Medical School from 1996-2004 when he became the Harriman Professor of Neuroscience and Co-Director of the Neuroscience Research Institute at the University of California Santa Barbara. He co-authored Outsmarting Alzheimer’s Disease\, co-founded the Learning and the Brain Conference for educators and conducted seminal research in Alzheimer’s disease genetics and cell biology. His UCSB Arts and Humanities commencement address was archived at the Graduation Wisdom Best Commencement Speeches web site. \n\n\n\n\nSponsors
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LOCATION:Location: King Juan Carlos I of Spain Center\, 53 Washington Square S\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: THE BAGHDAD CLOCK A Reading and Conversation with Award-Winning Iraqi Novelist Shahad Al Rawi and Translator Luke Leafgren
DESCRIPTION:Baghdad\, 1991. In the midst of the first Gulf War\, a young Iraqi girl huddles with her neighbors in an air raid shelter. There\, she meets Nadia. The two girls quickly become best friends and together they imagine a world not torn apart by civil war\, sharing their dreams\, their hopes and their desires\, and their first loves. But as they grow older and the bombs continue to fall\, the international sanctions bite and friends begin to flee the country\, the girls must face the fact that their lives will never be the same again. This poignant debut novel will spirit readers away to a world they know only from the television\, revealing just what it is like to grow up in a city that is disappearing in front of your eyes\, and showing how in the toughest times children build up the greatest resilience. \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShahad Al Rawi was born in Baghdad in 1986. She is a writer and a novelist. The Baghdad Clock is her first novel. It was shortlisted for the International Prize for Arabic Fiction and went through three printings in the first months of publication. She is currently completing a PhD in Anthropology in Dubai. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nLuke Leafgren received his PhD in Comparative Literature from Harvard University in 2012\, after taking BA degrees in English and theology from Columbia University and Oxford University. He has translated several novels from Arabic into English\, including Najwa Barakat’s Oh\, Salaam! (Interlink Books). He teaches Arabic at Harvard University\, where he also serves as assistant dean of Harvard College. He is an avid sailor and designed the StandStand portable standing desk. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-sponsored by the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\nADD TO CALENDAR\n\n\n\n\nAdd to Google Calendar\n\n\n\nAdd to iCal\n\n\n\nAdd to Outlook\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSHARE THIS PAGE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nARTS & SCIENCE
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/book-talk-the-baghdad-clock-a-reading-and-conversation-with-award-winning-iraqi-novelist-shahad-al-rawi-and-translator-luke-leafgren/
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SUMMARY:DAY 1: FIFTH ANNUAL INDO-AMERICAN ARTS COUNCIL (IAAC) LITERARY FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:The fifth annual IAAC Literary Festival will take place in New York City on October 19th and 20th and will feature the work of authors from around the world\, whose heritage lies in the Indian subcontinent as well as literary pieces that are inspired by India. Along with the addition of Poetry\, IAAC will be expanding the Literary Festival to provide a platform for Children’s Literature emanating from India and authors of Indian origin. The adult portion will have the fiction\, nonfiction\, poetry and other genres including Health and Wellness. \nThe mission is to create a space where Indo-American children can access stories that will enrich them through the powers of imagination and experience\, in an effort to ignite cultural connection. Such books will not only expand the world that they live in but will also provoke conversation by stretching the boundaries of imagination and storytelling. Our hope is that American students will also participate and that we will facilitate cultural literacy and diversity. There will be an expressions creative contest for children around the theme of Indo-American cultural identity. Stories\, Poetry\, and illustrations will be accepted and recognition/awards offered. This will be the first time that young Indian literary talent will be recognized and nurtured in the U.S. \nAuthors who will be coming include Anupam Kher\, Anjali Sachdeva (Winner of the 2019 Chautauqua Prize)\, Anuradha Bhagwati (media superstar)\, Jaswinder Bolina (Green Rose Prize)\, Kiran Kapoor\, Ralph Nazareth (award winner)\, Indran Amirthanayagam ( Paterson prize winner)\, Monica Ferrell (Numerous awards winner)\, Diane Mehta\, Tsering Wangmo\, Rafiq Kathwari (Patrick Kavanaugh award winner)\, Pramila Venkateswaran (Poet laureate Suffolk County)\, John Guy (Metropolitan Museum Head of South Asia)\, Jennifer Acker (Most anticipated book 2019)\, Veera Hirnandani (2019 Newberry Award winner)\, Sheetal Sheth\, Mona Sehgal\, Roopa Pai (Crossword Award winner)\, Rakesh Kaul bestseller author)\, Ravi Shankar and more. \n  \nOCTOBER 19 – DAY 1 – EVENT SCHEDULE:  \nSESSION 1 – OCTOBER 1 9 \n10:00 am to 10:50 am – Sheetal Sheth (Book Read and Interactive Session: Always Anjali) \n  \nSESSION 2 – OCTOBER 1 9 \n11:00 am to 11:50 am -Veera Hiranandani (Book Talk: The Night Diary) \n  \nBREAK \n12:00 pm to 12:30 pm – Break and Networking \n  \nSESSION 3 – OCTOBER 1 9 \n12:30 pm to 1:00 pm – Roopa Pai (Book Talk) \n  \nSESSION 4 – OCTOBER 19 \n1:45 pm to 3:00 pm – Mona Sehgal (Book Read and The Culture Tree Puppet Show: Under the African Sky) \n  \nSESSION 5 – OCTOBER 19 \n3:15 pm to 4:15 pm – Kavita Bafana (Book Read: Namaste Series and Little Ustaad Cultural Show) \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCo-Sponsored By: \nIndo-American Arts Council and The Culture Tree
URL:https://csaad.nyu.edu/event/day-1-fifth-annual-indo-american-arts-council-iaac-literary-festival/
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