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A Bridge Between You and Everything: Iranian Women Artists in Conversation
NYU Hemmerdinger Hall, Silver Center 32 Waverly Place, New York, NY, United StatesWorking in the aftermath of the 1979 Revolution, contemporary Iranian women artists are embracing themes of gender identity, repression, religion, and memory. In this panel, speakers will also discuss the complexities of cultural duality and the nuances of an evolving artistic discourse. Moderated by artist and curator Shirin Neshat, with artists Shiva Ahmadi, Afruz Amighi, Ala Dehghan, Roya Farassat, Nazanin Noroozi, […]
Carmen C. Bambach: Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered
Italian Cultural Institute 686 Park Ave., New York, NY, United StatesOn the occasion of the publication of Leonardo da Vinci Rediscovered, the Italian Cultural Institute welcomes Carmen Bambach, internationally renowned Leonardo specialist and author of the prestigious monograph. Carmen’s four-volume work is a groundbreaking contribution of original scholarship that continues the long legacy of Leonardo studies, while simultaneously reexamining the multifaceted artist’s life and work from […]
Math Encounters: “Tales of Impossibility: The Problems of Antiquity” with David Richeson
National Museum of Mathematics 11 E 26th St, New York, NY, United States“Nothing is impossible!” While it is comforting to believe this greeting card sentiment — it’s the American dream, after all — there are impossible things. Ancient Greek geometers and future generations of mathematicians tried and failed to square circles, trisect angles, double cubes, and construct regular polygons using only a compass and straightedge. Join David Richeson, Professor of […]
AMNH Presents: SciCafe: Climate Change and Rising Sea Levels
American Museum of Natural History 175-208 79th Street, Central Park West, NY, United StatesThe ongoing pollution of our atmosphere with an invisible odorless gas called carbon dioxide is trapping heat at the Earth’s surface and causing temperatures to rise on land and in the ocean. The polar regions are warming fastest of all and the melting ice sheets are causing sea levels to rise around the globe. How […]
Why Skill Matters: From Bronze Age Metalworking to the Future of Crafts
Columbia University Fayerweather Hall 1180 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesWhat do we consider valuable knowledge, and why? In this presentation, Professor Maikel H. G. Kuijpers intends to explore the connections between craft, science, and technology through the notion of skill. Maikel H. G. Kuijpers is Assistant Professor of European prehistory at Leiden University. He holds a Ph.D. in archaeology and anthropology from Cambridge University. Specializing in […]