NYU's Deutsches Haus Hosts Special Events in April

Deutsches Haus at New York University, located at 42 Washington Mews (at University Place), will host several special events in April, including an April 1 panel discussion on “Germany, Iran, and Nuclear Power,” held in collaboration with The New School, which takes place at NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 W. 12th St. Events are free and open to the public and take place at Deutsches Haus, unless otherwise noted. For further information, call 212.998.8663 or visit www.nyu.edu/deutscheshaus.

A schedule of events follows:

• Tuesday, April 1, 6.30 p.m. Panel discussion: “Germany, Iran, and Nuclear Power,” in collaboration with imaging global asia of The New School. For a list of participants, visit www.nyu.edu/deutscheshaus. Note venue: NYU’s Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò, 24 W. 12th St.
• Thursday, April 3, 6 p.m. Max Weber Lecture Series on “Power, Architecture, and the Construction of Capitals” continues with a lecture on “Berlin: Three Centuries as Capital” by Christoph Asendorf, Viadrina University Frankfurt (Oder). Note venue: 19 University Place, Grand Room.
• Friday, April 4, 6:30 p.m. Lecture: “Sachwalter für die Zukunft: Bruno Walters Exil in den Vereinigten Staaten” by Michael Schwalb, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR). In German.
• Tuesday, April 8, 7 p.m. Lecture: “In the Dark: Figures of Exclusion (Agamben, Foucault, Arendt)” by Klaus Michael Bogdal, Universität Bielefeld.
• Thursday, April 10 - Saturday, April 12 Colloquium: “Catastrophe and Caesura: Lacoue-Labarthe Today.” Scholars, thinkers, and poets from France and the U.S. discuss Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, world expert on historical trauma in relation to poetry, fiction, and political myth-making. For participants, visit www.nyu.edu/deutscheshaus.
• Saturday, April 12, 6 p.m. Photography exhibition opens: “Kosmographie Gayhane” by Berlin artist Nicolaus Schmidt. On view through May 17.
• Tuesday, April 15, 7 p.m. Lecture: “Putting Language in Context - Putting Context into Language” by Heidi Byrnes, Georgetown University.
• Thursday, April 17, 6 p.m. Max Weber Lecture Series: “Power, Architecture, and the Construction of Capitals.” The series continues with a lecture on “Paris and the French State: Representation and Control” by Jean-Louis Cohen, NYU. Note venue: 19 University Place, Grand Room.
• Friday, April 18, 7 p.m. Lecture: translators Peter Wortsman and Ross Benjamin discuss “Great Voyages and Loves of Hölderlin and Heine: Hyperion by Friedrich Hölderlin and Travel Pictures by Heinrich Heine.” In collaboration with Archipelago Books.
• Thursday, April 24 - Saturday, April 26 Conference; “The Radical Right in post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe - The Role of Legacies,” organized by Michael Minkenberg, Viadrina University, Frankfurt (Oder). For details on conference and participants, visit www.nyu.edu/deutscheshaus.