Archive Spring 2016 short

The Tenth Annual Telos Conference: Beyond Nostalgia: Ethics, Politics, and the Critique of Modernity

Saturday, January 16, 2016 – Sunday, January 17, 2016

The Telos-Paul Piccone Institute in collaboration with Deutsches Haus at NYU presents the tenth annual Telos Conference: Beyond Nostalgia: Ethics, Politics, and the Critique of Modernity.

Weekends on the Island. An Evening with Anna Weidenholzer and Tess Lewis

Friday, January 22, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current writer-in-residence at Deutsches Haus at NYU Anna Weidenholzer from her recent fiction, followed by a conversation with the acclaimed translator Tess Lewis.

Aggregates of the Real

Monday, February 1, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU German

Department present Aggregates of the Real, a talk by professor Elisabeth Strowick of Johns Hopkins University.

Europe's Political System: How Is It Changing And Where Is It Going?

Monday, February 8, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU, the Jean Monnet Center, and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at NYU present a talk by Anthony

Teasdale, Director General of the European Parliamentary Research Service, on Europe's political system and its changing dynamics.

New York — Berlin City Dialogues

Tuesday, February 9, 2016 – Monday, March 14, 2016

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents "New York — Berlin, City Dialogues," an

exhibition by photographer Sabine Erlenwein.

Berlin Cultural Transformations

Tuesday, February 16, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between Bernd Scherer, the Director of the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (the House of World Cultures) in Berlin, and Prof. Ulrich Baer (NYU's Vice Provost

for Faculty, Arts, Humanities, and Diversity), Prof. Manthia Diawara (Professor of Comparative Literature, Africana Studies), and Prof. Nick Mirzoeff (Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication), exploring how new cultural interventions are transforming cultural life in Berlin. The conversation will be moderated by Prof. Arjun Appadurai (Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication).

"Spiritual Experience"

Monday, February 22, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

19 University Place, Ground Level - The Great Room

The NYU German Department presents a talk by professor Hent de Vries, Russ Family Professor in the Humanities &

Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University.

Festival Neue Literatur 2016: Words with Writers

Friday, February 26, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Austrian Cultural Forum New York (11 E 52nd St, New York, NY

10022)

About Words with Writers: New York’s brightest students take on FNL authors in a lightning round of literary speed-dating. Featuring all six German-language authors and moderated by festival curator Ross Benjamin.

Festival Neue Literatur 2016: There's Something About Translation...

Saturday, February 27, 2016, 12:30 p.m.

Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012)

About There's Something About Translation: Join Festival Neue Literatur in an intimate conversation about literary translation with NYC’s celebrated literary editors, translators, and authors. If you’ve ever wondered how your favorite book from abroad arrived at your local bookstore, join us for a snapshot into this fascinating journey narrated by the people who have made it happen. Featured works include: Elena Ferrante’s DAYS OF ABANDONMENT; Álvaro Enrigue’s SUDDEN DEATH: A NOVEL; and Daniel Kehlmann’s FAME. Featuring Daniel Kehlmann, Natasha Wimmer, Álvaro Enrigue, Laura Perciasepe, Ann Goldstein, Joshua Rothman, and moderated

by Sal Robinson.

Festival Neue Literatur 2016: No Joke

Saturday, February 27, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Book Court (163 Court St, Brooklyn, NY 11201)

About No Joke: Nietzsche says that humans alone laugh because we alone suffer so deeply that we had to invent laughter. How do writers use humor in their work to confront, navigate and come to terms with pain, trauma and crisis? What roles can literary humor play in response to distressing, harrowing or nightmarish experiences? Featuring authors Xaver Bayer, Sibylle Berg, Iris Hanika, James Hannaham, and moderated by Siri Hustvedt.

Festival Neue Literatur 2016: A Literary Brunch

Sunday, February 28, 2016, 12:00 p.m.

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

About A Literary Brunch: The six German-language authors of Festival Neue Literatur pair up with NYC actors to give a sampling from their work,

providing a taste of new writing from Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. Light German fare will be served.

Festival Neue Literatur 2016: Laughing Matters

Sunday, February 28, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

McNally Jackson Books (52 Prince St, New York, NY 10012)

About Laughing Matters: Wry, mordant, acerbic, irreverent, witty, devastating, redemptive: There are so many adjectives to describe different sorts of humor in literature. And in conveying funny or absurd aspects of human predicaments and relationships, writers can also illuminate profound truths. What does it mean to reveal us to ourselves in ways that also make us laugh at ourselves? Featuring authors Vea Kaiser, Christopher Kloeble, Pedro Lenz, Jenny Offill, and moderated by John Wray.

Financial Governance

Thursday, March 3, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Great Room, 19 University Place, 1st Floor, 10003 New York, NY

The NYU German Department presents Financial Governance, a talk with Joseph Vogl, Permanent Visiting Professor at Princeton University.

Visions of the World: A Conversation between Ilija Trojanow and Teju Cole

Friday, March 4, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between Ilija Trojanow and Teju Cole focusing on The Lamentations of Zeno (Verso Books, 2016). The Lamentations of Zeno is an extraordinary evocation of the fragile and majestic wonders to be found at a far corner of the globe, written by a novelist who is a renowned travel writer. Poignant and playful, the novel recalls the experimentation of high-modernist

fiction without compromising a limpid sense of place or the pace of its narrative. It is a portrait of a man in extremis, a haunting and at times irreverent tale that approaches the greatest challenge of our age—perhaps of our entire history as a species—from an impassioned human angle.

Max Weber Guest Lectures 2016: Futures of the European Union

Friday, March 11, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies at

NYU present a talk by Reinhard Merkel, Professor of Criminal Law and Philosophy of Law at the University of Hamburg, on "Democratic Interventionism: Syria and the 'Refugee Crisis'." The event will be moderated by Christine Landfried and is part of the Max Weber Guest Lectures 2016.

The Guest as Host

Tuesday, March 22, 2016 – Saturday, April 23, 2016

NYU Berlin, Universität der Künste Berlin, and Deutsches Haus at NYU present the fifth annual student group exhibition at Deutsches Haus, reflecting students' transcultural experiences.

And we kissed, as though nothing could fall: DAVID BOWIE'S BERLIN TRILOGY

Friday, March 25, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a talk on David Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy" by film researcher Mary Wild.

"From now on you are on your own" — A Conversation with Tal Nitzán, Eric Banks, and Danielle Drori

Monday, March 28, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by poet Tal Nitzán, followed by a conversation between her, Eric Banks, and Danielle Drori.

Goethe Meets Palladio

Tuesday, March 29, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the NYU German Department present a talk by professor Hubertus Günther. The lecture addresses Goethe’s encounter with the works of the sixteenth-century

architect Andrea Palladio.

The Max Weber Conference 2016: Democracy and Expertise

Thursday, March 31, 2016 – Friday, April 1, 2016

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Center for European and Mediterranean Studies present the 2016 Max Weber

Conference.

Fled _ Newly Arrived _ Immigrated. Inside/Outside/Home

Tuesday, April 5, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and NYU's Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies present a discussion with author Esther Dischereit who

will read from her essay Fled _ Newly Arrived _ Immigrated. Inside / Outside / Home.

KINO! Festival of German Films New York

Thursday, April 7, 2016 – Thursday, April 14, 2016

Cinema Village, 22 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003

KINO! is back and ready to deliver new German films to downtown New York this April. Now in its third year as an independent festival, KINO! will showcase eleven feature-length films (one North

American premiere, four U.S. premieres and five East Coast premieres, one New York premiere) plus the Short Export Made in Germany program at the Cinema Village from April 7-14. The program was curated by New York film professionals—distributor Ian Stimler, journalist Karl Rozemeyer and festival consultant Marian Masone—who have selected a wide cross-section of high quality, remarkable films.

Grammatology of Images: Sigrid Weigel in Conversation with Emmanuel Alloa and Christopher Wood

Thursday, April 7, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

19 University Place, Ground Level - The Great Room

The NYU Department of German and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a conversation between Sigrid Weigel, Emmanuel Alloa, and Christopher

Wood on Sigrid Weigel’s recent book, Grammatologie der Bilder (Suhrkamp, 2015).

Merkel, Migration, and the Media

Friday, April 8, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and NYU Berlin present a panel discussion among Brita Wagener, German Consul General of New

York, Dr. Gabriella Etmektsoglou, Director of NYU Berlin, Christine Landfried, Max Weber Chair at NYU's Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, and Der Spiegel journalist Alexander Osang about Merkel, Migration, and the Media. The discussion will be moderated by Professor Marcia Pally.

The Fassbinder Story: A Conversation with Annekatrin Hendel, Martin Farkas, Laurence Kardish, and Noah Isenberg

Saturday, April 9, 2016, 4:30 p.m.

As part of KINO!, Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation among Annekatrin Hendel, the director and screenwriter of The Fassbinder Story, the cinematographer Martin Farkas, and Laurence Kardish, the former Senior Film Curator at the Museum of Modern Art. The panel will focus on

one of the most prolific figures in the history of film-making, Rainer Werner Fassbinder - his work, his life, and the impact of his legacy.

The Pains of Language

Friday, April 15, 2016 – Saturday, April 16, 2016

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents the NYU German Department Graduate Student Conference The Pains of Language. The Department of German at New York University is honored to present renowned philosopher and literary theorist Werner Hamacher (Frankfurt am Main) as the keynote

speaker of a graduate conference on the topics of pain and language. The second evening lecture will be held by professor Avital Ronell (NYU).

A Bestial Brave New World: A Reading and Talk by Alexander Pschera about Nature and the Digital Revolution

Monday, April 18, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a talk with Alexander Pschera, the author of Animal Internet: Nature and the Digital Revolution (New Vessel Press), and the book's translator, Elisabeth Lauffer.

The Hugo Wolf Project: A Retrospective

Tuesday, April 19, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus, in collaboration with the Brooklyn Art Song Society, presents The Hugo Wolf Project: A Retrospective. In honor of the conclusion of Brooklyn Art Song Society's epic six year survey of the complete Lieder of Hugo Wolf, some of the performers who have been there from the start will perform and discuss

their favorite songs. The Hugo Wolf Project: A Retrospective will be featuring performances by soprano Kristina Bachrach, baritone Kyle Oliver, and pianists Michael Brofman and Miori Sugiyama.

Book Launch: Chronicle of Separation

Wednesday, April 20, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a lecture by Michal Ben-Naftali on her new book Chronicle of Separation, followed by a conversation with Professor Avital Ronell, who authored the foreword.

Writing of Attractions: Else Lasker-Schüler's Avant-garde Techniques

Monday, April 25, 2016, 6:00 p.m.

19 University Place, 1st Floor - Great Room

The NYU German Department presents a talk by Professor Andrea Krauss (Johns Hopkins University).

Landscapes of Creative Destruction: Regenerating the Postindustrial City

Tuesday, April 26, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU and the Urban Democracy Lab at NYU present a panel discussion among Boris Vormann, Eve Baron and Robert Elmes. The discussion will be

moderated by Gordon Douglas.

La Frontera: Artists Along the U.S.-Mexican Border

Thursday, April 28, 2016 – Thursday, May 19, 2016

As part of the Literary Mews- a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival-

Deutsches Haus at NYU will present "La Frontera," an exhibition by

photographer Stefan Falke, and an artist talk with Stefan Falke and the journalist Claudia Steinberg.

PEN World Voices Festival - The Literary Mews

Friday, April 29, 2016, 12:00 p.m.

Global bazaar meets county fair at this year's Literary Mews - a festival within the

PEN World Voices Festival! Discover a world of literature, performances, and music on NYU’s beautiful Washington Mews, and its International Houses and Institutes. All events are free and open to the public.

Hector Canonge - POLARITIES (Polaridades)

Friday, April 29, 2016, 1:00 p.m.

As part of our Literary Mews- a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival- we present POLARITIES (Polaridades) is a multidisciplinary performance that explores human displacement and the traumas inherent in people’s migratory experiences.

Far Away, and Yet So Close A Conversation between Beate Rothmaier and Johannes Türk

Friday, April 29, 2016, 5:30 p.m.

As part of our Literary Mews - a festival within the PEN World Voices Festival - Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a conversation between our writer-in-residence Beate Rothmaier and Professor Johannes Türk on being far away and yet so close and the immunity of literature.

The German Refugee Crisis: Europe's Isolated Leader

Tuesday, May 3, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a talk with journalist Ali Aslan.

Chancellor Merkel's refugee policy has left Germany increasingly isolated in Europe, emboldened the far right at home and led to questions about her own political future. Is her "We can do this" approach failing?

The Cover-Up: Contributions to a Political Iconography

Thursday, May 5, 2016 – Friday, May 6, 2016

The NYU German Department and Deutsches Haus at NYU present The Cover-Up: Contributions to a Political

Iconography. This conference was organized by Christine Landfried, Max Weber Professor of German and European Studies, NYU, and Christopher Wood, Department of German, NYU.

Home Sweet Home

Tuesday, May 24, 2016 – Friday, June 24, 2016

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Home Sweet Home, an exhibition by photographer Stefanie Schmid Rincon.

The Diary of Clara and Robert Schumann

Tuesday, May 31, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a concert, The Diary of Clara and Robert Schumann, by New York Poetry and Song.

Artists: Sung Chung, Jazimina MacNeil and Suna Chung.

An Evening with Leta Semadeni and Tess Lewis

Monday, June 13, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a reading by the author and current writer-in-residence Leta Semadeni, of her poems and from her debut novel Tamangur, followed by a conversation with the acclaimed translator Tess Lewis about Leta Semadeni's bilingualism and storytelling in German and Rhaeto-Romanic.

Avant-garde from Below: A Talk by Clemens Marschall

Tuesday, June 21, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Avant-garde from Below: A Talk by Clemens Marschall.

Art and Friends

Thursday, June 30, 2016 – Saturday, August 27, 2016

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents Art and Friends, an intimate summer show featuring works by associates and friends using different mediums.

Show & Tell Showcase of Claudia Larcher's Short Films

Thursday, July 21, 2016, 7:30 p.m.

Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.), New York, NY

10003

Claudia Larcher is the co-recipient of the Erste Bank's MoreVALUE Film Award, which she received for Self at the 2015 Viennale. On the occasion of her one-month residency at Deutsches Haus at NYU, we co-present with Anthology Film Archives, Erste Bank, and the Austrian Cultural Forum a showcase of her short films, including Self (2015). For her Show & Tell program on Thursday, July 21 at 7:30 p.m., Claudia Larcher will be present in person to present a selection of her video works, alongside a film she has selected, Billy Roisz’s darkroom.

Harmony, Poetry, Fantasy: A Concert by Linda Guo and Yuhao Guo

Wednesday, August 10, 2016, 6:30 p.m.

Deutsches Haus at NYU presents a concert featuring the superb classical musicians Linda Guo (violin) and Yuhao Guo (piano).

"Lampedusa in Winter": Film Screening and Discussion

Friday, August 19, 2016 – Sunday, August 21, 2016

Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Avenue (at 2nd St.), New York, NY 10003

Jakob Brossmann is the co-recipient of the Erste Bank's MoreVALUE Film Award, which he received for Lampedusa in Winter at the 2015 Viennale. On the occasion of his one-month residency at

Deutsches Haus at NYU, we co-present together with Anthology Film Archives, Erste Bank, and the Austrian Cultural Forum three screenings of Lampedusa in Winter (2015), from Friday August 19, through Sunday, August 21, at 7:30 p.m. Jakob Brossmann will be present for an audience Q&A and to discuss his work.