News and notes from across NYU's Campuses and Sites
NYU Sydney Professor Petronella Vaarzon-Morel, who teaches Anthropology of Indigenous Australia and Indigenous Australian Art, recently gave a presentation at the Federal Court of Australia as part of a tribute to the contribution of anthropologists to the development of Australian native title law over the last 25 years. Her presentation was on gendered relations to […]
On March 13, NYU Washington D.C.’s John Brademas Center of New York University hosted a briefing, The Roles of Arts & Culture in Addressing Islamophobia. The schedule brought together funders working on these issues and provided an opportunity for leading scholars, thinkers, and activists to share their views. Islamophobia is escalating rapidly across the country, fueling fear, […]
Two former Czech Ambassadors to the USA- Alexandr Vondra and Michael Zantovsky – recently spoke at NYU Prague about their views on the Trump Presidency. They were joined by Tomas Klvana, NYU Prague professor and author of the recently published book FenomenTrump (The Trump Phenomenon). The ambassadors focused primarily on how the new administration could affect […]
On March 22, NYU Berlin and the NYU Alumni Club in Germany invite alumni, students, parents and guests for a talk with journalist Kristin Helberg. Kristin Helberg is a Syria expert, who reported from Damascus from 2001 to 2008. She has published about the recent conflict in Syria and experiences of Syrian refugees. The […]
Today we hear directly from an NYU London Professor, Dr. Philip Woods. Professor Woods teaches two classes at NYU London: Britain and Slavery 1492-1865 and Cultures and Contexts: Multinational Britain. He has been teaching at NYU London for more than fifteen years and says “it has been a really good experience.” Professor Woods also enjoys teaching American […]
Starting a community program from scratch can be daunting. NYU Abu Dhabi students Hannah Taylor and Sally Oh — founders of the Family Friends community initiative for those touched by autism — know first-hand the roller coaster ride that pilot programs often are; scary yet exciting, nerve-wracking but fun, and definitely worth it in the […]
Today we are in conversation with NYU Alum and NYU Buenos Aires Professor Mariano Lopez Seoane, who has been teaching at Buenos Aires since the site was established in 2008 and who helped pioneer NYU’s first networked course, taught in both New York and Buenos Aires. How did you come to teach at NYU Buenos […]
On March 13 and March 14 respectively, NYU Philosophy professor Anthony Appiah and NYU professor and Chair of the Photography Department at Tisch Deborah Willis are speaking at NYU Florence as part of its Equity, Diversity and Inclusion programming. Professor Appiah will participate in a dialogue about issues of identity. According to Appiah, “Not everyone […]
In late February, NYU Prague students had the unique opportunity to meet Nyima Lhamo, the 26-year old niece of a Tibetan lama who died in a Chinese prison in 2015. Ms. Lhamo, who fled Tibet in 2016, was in Prague on an advocacy visit to tell the story of her uncle’s death. Her uncle was […]
To conclude this series, we hear from an NYU Shanghai student who studied at NYU Tel Aviv, Michael Lukiman. What is your school affiliation and what year are you? What is your major? My main campus is NYU Shanghai, though I originally come from Southern California. I am a senior in the first graduating class […]