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E.L. Doctorow reading from "Homer and Langley" On Thursday, October 22nd, The New York University Creative Writing Program presented widely acclaimed writer E.L. Doctorow. Doctorow read from his new novel, "Homer and Langley". Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer provided a special introduction. Inspired by the notorious true story of the Collyer brothers-famous for their compulsive hoarding and their obsessive fear of throwing anything away-"Homer and Langley" (Random House, September, 2009) has elicited an outpouring of critical praise. "Following the panoramic scope of The March, Doctorow creates a microcosmic and mythic tale of compulsion, alienation, and dark metamorphosis", reads Booklist's starred review. "Wizardly Doctorow presents an ingenious, haunting odyssey that unfolds within a labyrinth built out of the detritus of war and excess." Publishers Weekly's starred review calls the novel "A sweeping masterpiece about the infamous New York hermits, the Collyer brothers. Occasionally, outsiders wander through the house, exposing it as a living museum of artifacts, Americana, obscurity and simmering madness. Doctorow's achievement is in not undermining the dignity of two brothers who share a lush landscape built on imagination and incapacities. It's a feat of distillation, vision and sympathy." The event was presented by The New York University Creative Writing Program October 22, 2009 Watch Video |
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"What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy" with Tony Judt New York University Professor Tony Judt delivered “What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy,” as part of the 2009 Remarque Lecture, on Monday, October 19. Judt, director of the Remarque Institute, is the author or editor of 13 books, most recently "Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth Century". His book "Postwar: A History of Europe since 1945" has been translated into 19 languages and was awarded the European Book Prize. Judt is a frequent contributor to "The New York Review of Books", "The New York Times", and many other journals in Europe, the U.S. and the Middle East. The event was presented by the Remarque Institute at New York University :: http://remarque.as.nyu.edu/page/home October 19, 2009 Watch Video |
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Food Show: When Performance Becomes Lunch The Critical Topics Series at New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library will held a lively and informative panel discussion on Thursday, October 15 entitled “Food Show: When Performance Becomes Lunch and Why We Finally Have an Appetite for a New Sort of Cooking Show.” Panelists included: Delores Custer, food stylist; Harold McGee, author, professor, and New York Times columnist; Florent Morellet, restaurateur and community activist; Sara Moulton, author and TV chef; Fabio Parasecoli, author & NYU Food Studies faculty member. The discussion was moderated by Clark Wolf, food and restaurant consultant. Sponors: The New York University Fales Library; NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies & Public Health; and Clark Wolf. The Critical Topics Series is Made Possible in Part by the Generosity of The Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Foundation. October 15, 2009 Watch Video |
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Steinhardt Piano Artist Faculty Concert Featuring virtuoso performances by Anthony de Mare, Fabio Gardenal, Eduardus Halim, Jose Ramon Mendez, Marilyn Nonken, Deirdre O’Donohue, and special guests. Event was held on Friday October 9th, 2009 in the Frederick Loewe Theatre and was sponsored by the Steinhardt Program in Piano Performance. October 9, 2009 Watch Video |
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The Children of Burroughs: New York Artists and the legacy of Naked Lunch On Thursday, October 8th 2009, the Fales Library of New York University hosted a panel discussion looking at the legacy of William Burroughs. Participants includes: Robert Fitterman, NYU, Liberal Studies Program; Bard College, Milton Avery School of Graduate Studies Lytle Shaw, NYU, Assistant Professor of English, a visual artist, poet, and editor, Shark magazine Jürgen Ploog, German writer and artist who has written extensively on Burroughs and late-20th century American culture Penny Arcade, writer, actress, comedienne, social commentator, political activist, and performance artist. Moderator: Marvin J. Taylor, NYU, Director of the Fales Library and Special Collections October 8, 2009 Watch Video |
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“Why Quality Journalism Matters” with Jill Abramson With a 24/7 news cycle and more media sites than ever, why is rigorous reporting crucial to the maintenance of an informed, civil society? How has The New York Times adapted and maintained its standards in a rapidly changing industry? Jill Abramson is Managing Editor of The New York Times. Until 2003 she served as Washington bureau chief. She joined the newspaper in 1997. Previously, she was an editor and investigative reporter at The Wall Street Journal. She is a graduate of Harvard College and co-author of two books, Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas and Where They Are Now. The event was presented by the Albert Gallatin Lectures Student Committee and held at The Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts. February 10, 2009 Watch Video |
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The Global Burden of Chronic Disease: A Rising Epidemic The NYU Master’s Program in Global Public Health presents "The Global Burden of Chronic Disease: A Rising Epidemic," an important and engaging conversation with three expert panelists — David V. McQueen, Rachel Nugent, and Henry Greenberg. Moderated by Francesca Gany, the discussion was held at New York University’s D’Agostino Hall following a pre-program reception at 6:30 p.m. According to the World Health Organization, chronic diseases are the major cause of death and disability worldwide, accounting for 59% of the 57 million deaths annually and 46% of the global burden of disease. Furthermore, 80% of all chronic disease deaths occur in low and middle income countries, especially among adults aged 30-69 years. Chronic diseases will likely be the predominant global source of morbidity, death and disease worldwide during the 21st century. What is the often unrecognized impact and burden of these chronic diseases on developing countries? What can we do to more evenly distribute among the global community the benefits of the accomplishments of medicine and public health in addressing these diseases? November 14, 2008 Watch Video |
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Rethinking HIV Prevention Strategy: Debating What Works The event was sponsored by the NYU Master's Program in Global Public Health and featured Dr. Daniel Halperin (Senior Research Scientist and Lecturer on International Health in the Department of Global Health and Population at Harvard University), who discussed his provocative recent work - including publications in Science and The Lancet and editorials in The New York Times and The Washington Post - which scrutinizes the prevailing orthodoxy of which HIV prevention strategies are effective and should be pursued, and which are less effective. Joining Dr. Halperin in this important discussion were Dr. Bill Easterly (Professor of Economics at New York University, co-Director of NYU's Development Research Institute, and author of the recent The White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good) and Dr. Helen Epstein (noted public health specialist and author of The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West and the Fight Against AIDS). October 24, 2008 Watch Video |
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President of Albania, Bamir Topi, on "The Albanian National Question and Security in the Balkans" Bamir Topi, the president of Albania, delivers an address, "The Albanian National Questions and Security in the Balkans", at NYU’s Jurow Lecture Hall, Silver Center. The event was sponsored by NYU’s Department of Politics. Topi, elected president of the Republic of Albania in 2007 and an advocate for the independence of Kosovo, was first elected to the Assembly of Albania in 1996. He subsequently served as Minister of Agriculture and Food. Topi, 51, has also been Deputy Chairman of Albania’s Democratic Party and Head of the party’s Parliamentary Group. September 25, 2008 Watch Video |
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“What Should Be In the Next U.S. President’s Foreign Policy Inbox?” featuring David Miliband David Miliband, the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, addressed the question, “What should be in the next U.S. president’s foreign policy inbox?” at New York University’s School of Law on Thurs., Sept. 25, from 3-4:30 p.m. Miliband, who was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in 2007, previously served as Secretary of State at the Department for Food, Environment, and Rural Affairs. He entered the Cabinet as Minister of Communities and Local Government in May 2005, supporting the Deputy Prime Minister on housing, planning, regeneration, and local government. He was appointed Minister for the Cabinet Office in December 2004 and Minister of State for schools in June 2002. He has been a member of Parliament since 2001. September 25, 2008 Watch Video |
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Simon Peres, “The Globalization of Peace” Shimon Peres, president of Israel and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, addresses, “The Globalization of Peace,” at NYU’s Tishman Auditorium in Vanderbilt Hall, NYU School of Law. The event was sponsored by NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies. Peres, who served under David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister, in several roles, is the ninth president of the State of Israel. He was prime minister of Israel on two different occasions and was once acting prime minister. He has been a member of 12 cabinets in a political career spanning over 66 years. Peres won the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize together with Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat for the peace talks in which he participated as Israeli foreign minister, producing the Oslo Accords. In 1996, he founded the Peres Center for Peace. September 25, 2008 Watch Video |
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"Compassionate Leadership" - Groundbreaking Dialogue with Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, Rabbi Irwin Kula, and the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche of Tibet The escalating crises in the world today offer two choices: continuing violence and conflict, or finding a way to toward peace and greater understanding. Never before have we needed more capable leadership than we do now, and no generation will be more affected by these choices than the generation now emerging into political maturity. In a groundbreaking dialogue at New York University, three influential leaders, Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan; Rabbi Irwin Kula, author of the award winning book, Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life and President of CLAL—The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership; and the Sakyong, Jamgon Mipham Rinpoche, one of Tibet’s highest and most respected incarnate Buddhist lamas, address the challenge in a public talk on the power and practice of compassionate leadership. The event, with New York University President John Sexton and Ellen Schall, Dean of the Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at NYU, was held at NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Probing their own traditions and experiences, the presenters will examine how their different paths can contribute to a shared vision of interdependence and global connection. September 24, 2008 Watch Video |
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WATER: A Global Discussion on a Critical Topic New York University’s Fales Library, the home of one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious archives in food studies, hosted a panel discussion entitled “WATER: A Global Discussion on a Critical Topic” on Thursday, June 5th. The event, which was moderated by Clark Wolf, focused on the nutritional values and health of bottled water. June 5, 2008 Watch Video |
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The Enduring Impact and Influence of James Beard on American Food New York University’s Fales Library, the home of one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious archives in food studies, hosted a panel discussion entitled “The Enduring Impact and Influence of James Beard on American Food” on May 1st, 2008. » details May 1, 2008 Watch Video |
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The Cohen-Nunn Dialogues New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined former U.S. Defense Secretary William Cohen and former Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sam Nunn for the second in a nationwide series of The Cohen-Nunn Dialogues. Through its Center for Catastrophe Preparedness and Response (CCPR), New York University was the host site of this New York City installment, entitled “Preserve, Protect and Defend: The Challenges to America’s Homeland Security.” The Cohen-Nunn Dialogues are being held around the nation and will take place throughout the U.S. presidential campaign. Secretary Cohen and Senator Nunn have organized the Dialogues to highlight the ideas of current and emerging political, media, military, business academic and community thought leaders on the seminal domestic and foreign policy issues faced by Americans. Watch Video |
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Albert Gallatin Lecture featuring James Schamus CEO of Focus Features James Schamus delivered the 2008 Albert Gallatin Lecture “Filmmaking, Storytelling, and the Indie Business” at NYU’s Kimmel Center for University Life. Schamus created Focus Features, a motion picture production, financing, and distribution company, with David Linde in 2002. He has had a long collaboration with Ang Lee, an alumnus of NYU’s Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film & Television, as writer and producer on 10 feature films, including Brokeback Mountain and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Other Focus Features releases include The Pianist, Lost in Translation, The Constant Gardener, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Watch Video |
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Inaugural Jacob K. Javits Foundation: Featuring Multiple Intelligences theorist Howard Gardner Howard Gardner, who developed the theory of multiple intelligences, delivered the inaugural Jacob K. Javits Lecture. The lecture, “From Multiple Intelligences to Future Minds,” is sponsored by NYU and the Jacob K. Javits Foundation. Gardner is the Jacob K. Javits Visiting Professor at NYU. As a developmental and cognitive psychologist with expertise in neuropsychology, Gardner developed the theory of multiple intelligences in the early 1980s. The interest shown by educators in this work stimulated him to become involved in educational reform in the United States and abroad. In more recent work, Gardner has addressed issues of policy, transitioning his scholarship from “how things are” to “how things ought to be.” He will describe the five kinds of minds—disciplined, synthesizing, creating, respectful, and ethical—that need to be cultivated in the future. The evening included remarks by NYU President John Sexton and Marcelo Suàrez-Orozco, the Courtney Sale Ross University Professor for Globalization and Immigration Studies at NYU’s Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. October 31, 2007 Watch Video |
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The Eighth Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture featuring Susan Wolf New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Science and the Department of Philosophy presents The Eighth Annual Lewis Burke Frumkes Lecture: “Moral Obligations and Social Commands” by Susan Wolf, Edna J. Koury Distinguished Professor of Philosophy University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wolf is the author of Freedom Within Reason (Oxford, 1990), a book on free will and moral responsibility. She has written numerous articles on ethics and the philosophy of mind. These include “Morality and Partiality,” “Two Levels of Pluralism,” “Self-Interest and Interest in Selves,” “Moral Saints,” and “Asymmetrical Freedom.” Her current research focuses on the relations among happiness, morality, and meaningfulness in life October 29, 2007 Watch Video |
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Race, Desegregation and the Promise of Equity:
A Colloquium on the Supreme Court Case
Parents Involved in Community Schools vs. Seattle School District et.al.
New York University School of Law, Dean Richard Revesz, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, Dr. Pedro Noguera present a discussion about “Race, Desegregation and the Promise of Equity: A Colloquium on the Supreme Court Case, Parents Involved in Community Schools vs. Seattle School District et.al. » details October 24, 2007 Watch Video |
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Voices of Latin American Leaders featuring Vicente Fox Quesada, Former President of Mexico Initiated in the fall of 2003, Voices of Latin American Leaders is a series of in-depth discussions with prominent Latin Americans on issue facing the Americas and the world. Moderated since its inception by Jorge Castañeda, Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU and the former foreign Minister of Mexico, the series probes economic, social, historical and political dimensions of Latin America’s relations with the U.S. and the world community. In October 2007, Vicente Fox Quesada, former President of Mexico, was the featured guest. October 8, 2007 Watch Video |
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Cooks Who Grow Their Own New York University’s Fales Library, the home of one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious archives in food studies, hosted a panel discussion entitled “Cooks Who Grow Their Own: A More Direct Route from Earth to Table” on Thursday, October 11. The event was co-sponsored with The Steinhardt School’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, with Clark Wolf, director of the NYU Critical Topics Series. » details October 11, 2007 Watch Video |
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Sustainable Agriculture vs. Industrial Food: A Conversation with Dan Imhoff & Dan Barber Everyone eats. Yet it’s surprising how little say most of us have in the types of food we eat, where it’s sourced, and what the cheap and abundant U.S. food supply truly costs. As the U.S. Congress debates the 2007 Farm Bill (with a September 30 deadline), this event explores the bill’s likely impact on our health, environment, economy, and future. This event is co-sponsored by the NYU Steinhardt School’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, and Clark Wolf. » details July 25, 2007 Watch Video |
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Building a Food Professional Pedigree: New Roads to Knowledge & Success New York University’s Fales Collection, the home of one of the nation’s largest and most prestigious archives in food studies, hosted a panel discussion entitled “Building a Food Professional Pedigree: New Roads to Knowledge and Success” on Thursday, June 14, at 4 p.m. This event was co-sponsored with NYU’s Steinhardt School’s Department of Nutrition, Food Studies & Public Health. » details June 14, 2007 Watch Video |
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Professor Tony Judt discusses “Disturbing the Peace: Intellectuals and
Universities in an Illiberal Age” Judt is a University Professor and director of the Remarque Institute at NYU. His research interests include French social history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and French and European intellectual and political history since World War II. » details December 4, 2007 Watch Video |
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Former Vice President Al Gore Gives Policy Address on Solving the Climate Crisis This is an opportunity for bipartisanship and transcendence, an opportunity to find our better selves and in rising to meet this challenge, create a better brighter future. » details September 18, 2006 Watch Video | Download Audio | Download Video |
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Women’s Rights are Human Rights with a keynote address
by Senator Hillary Clinton Clinton’s address marks anniversary of speech at historic 1995 UN conference on women in Beijing; joined by Women leaders from Iraq, Rwanda, Ukraine, China and Afghanistan, among others. » details March 6, 2005 Watch Video |