News and notes from across NYU's Campuses and Sites
Foreign languages can provide a gateway to new cultures, new relationships, and new opportunities. And, of course, an organic environment where students engage with native users is one of the best ways for students to hone language skills. At NYU Buenos Aires and NYU Madrid, the University’s two Spanish-using locations, students can learn Spanish in […]
Orientation Week at NYU global locations introduces students to the history and culture of their new home through exciting programming. Additionally, students receive important academic information to set them up for success during their time away. NYU Abu Dhabi NYU Florence NYU Madrid NYU Paris NYU Prague NYU Sydney NYU Tel Aviv NYU Washington, D.C.
“What we saw in this period of scarcity was the emergence of creativity,” said Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo, Emmy-winning filmmakers and lecturers at NYU Madrid, who described their experience moving Madrid Stories, a location-based course, to an online format. Madrid Stories is a semester-long class at NYU Madrid that encourages students to look, […]
Award-winning filmmakers and lecturers at NYU Madrid Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo’s documentary, The Silence of Others, won an Emmy for Best Documentary at the virtual awards ceremony last week. The film, executive produced by Pedro Almodovar, examines the experiences and traumas of victims of Spain’s 40-year dictatorship under General Franco and the decades-long […]
Next week, James D. Fernández, site director of NYU Madrid and professor of Spanish Literature and Culture, and Luis Argeo, a journalist and filmmaker from Asturias, Spain, will launch a fascinating multi-media exhibit that takes the viewer on the personal journeys of emigrants who settled in the US generations ago. From the 23rd of January […]
NYU Madrid will breathe some new life into the academic space with the launch of the MADart project. The project brings together four local artists – two photographers and two graffiti artists. These artists will, over a month, guide groups of three to five NYU Madrid students in creating pieces of art that will hang on […]
NYU Madrid professors Almudena Carracedo and Robert Bahar recently won a Goya Award for best documentary for their film The Silence of Others. This is Spain’s National Academy Award and a tremendous honour for the filmmakers. Read more about it here: https://www.lavanguardia.com/…/premios-goya-2019-mejor-peli…
NYU Madrid Professors and Emmy-winning filmmakers Robert Bahar and Almudena Carracedo have just premiered their new documentary film, The Silence of Others at the 68th edition of the Berlinale. The film has won two prestigious awards: the Berlinale Panorama Documentary Audience Award and the Berlinale Peace Film Prize. The film, The Silence of Others, reveals the epic struggle of […]
On February 20-21, 2017, NYU Madrid convened a symposium in Abu Dhabi hosted by the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute. The symposium, Islam and Spain, featured talks and panels with four scholars from NYU Madrid as well as scholars from NYU, NYU Abu Dhabi, Cornell, and other institutions. Islamic Spain is characterized as a uniquely productive […]
NYU Madrid Director Robert Lubar’s exhibition “Joan Miró: Materiality and Metamorphosis” at the Museu Serralves in Oporto has been visited by high level dignitaries, heads of state, and royalty. The exhibition opened on September 30th and closes on January 28th. It is a show of the Portuguese State’s collection of 85 works by Joan Miró, […]