Author: Leah Nancy Gaffen (page 3)

Thursday, December 5, 6 p.m.: Guest Lecture, Trust in Media – a Fragile Affair by Dr. Alexandra Borchardt, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism Friday, December 6, 3-6 p.m.: Holiday Fair Christmas traditions, t-shirt printing… bring your family! This…

PragueCast podcast “Walls form a truly significant part of our lives. They surround us they protect us and in many cases they have hidden meanings beyond what meets the eye.” In their latest podcast, the PragueCast team looks at Czech…

NYU Prague composition professor and award-winning jazz musician Beata Hlavenková will launch her new album Dreams (Sně) on January 23, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. in Palác Akropolis. This is Beata’s first album to feature voice as well as instrumentals, and…

Viola competition jurist Stephanie Baer is the Director of Strings and Instrumental Performance at NYU’s Steinhardt School. As a professional violist, she has recorded with Philip Glass, John Adams, and Steve Reich and was the principal violist for “The Phantom…

When Ted Magder was the vice dean of academic affairs at Steinhardt. “there wasn’t much discussion on an institutional level about what makes good teaching – this was true not only NYU, but at most universities. At Steinhardt, we felt…

For the fourth year, NYU Prague will host students from Abu Dhabi for “J-term”- a three week course in January taught by professors from New York.  This year we will have 2 classes: Is Liberalism Dead? The rise and decline…

Inspired by her trip to Jáchymov on the NYU Political Prisoners trip, Alina Patrick is working on a photo documentary of the Czech countryside called BLACK SOIL. Alina is a junior studying photography at Tisch. She will have an exhibition…

Over the weekend of November 1-3, the halls of NYU Prague’s Richter Palace were flooded with music performed by 65 violists from 25 countries who were competing in the inaugural Oskar Nedbal International Viola Competition for musicians under 30.  The…

As the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution approaches, NYU Prague took the opportunity to bring together academics, politicians, journalists, diplomats and students to reflect on the friendship between the Czech Republic and America.  Gathered in a stunning Baroque Hall…