Past Programs
- The Free World: Louis Menand with A.O. ScottApril 19, 2021 - 8:00pmLouis Menand presents his definitive new intellectual and cultural history of the United States in the post-WWII era. Read More ›
- Stepchildren of the Shtetl: Natan Meir with Jonathan Stevenson October 22, 2020 - 7:00pmUncover the lives of a minority within a minority and the roles played by the outcasts of Jewish society in the shtetls of eastern Europe. Read More ›
- The Language of Thieves: Martin Puchner with Sarah WeinmanOctober 14, 2020 - 8:00pmThe award-winning author decodes the history of a secret language and of his family’s own Nazi past.Read More ›
- Life of a Klansman: Edward Ball with Saidiya HartmanAugust 11, 2020 - 8:00pmThe National Book Award–winning author contends with two intertwined histories of white supremacy, one in his family, the other in our country. Read More ›
- Men on Horseback: David A. Bell with Annette Gordon-ReedJuly 30, 2020 - 8:00pmThe history of modern charismatic leadership is the shadow history of modern democracy.Read More ›
- CANCELED: Warhol: Blake Gopnik and Jerry SaltzApril 20, 2020 - 7:00pm
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED
Blake Gopnik and Jerry Saltz discuss Blake’s new biography of Andy Warhol. With unprecedented access to Warhol’s archives, Gopnik follows the artist from his working-class Pittsburgh upbringing as the child of immigrants to his early career in commercial
Read More › - CANCELED: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration: Nicole Fleetwood and Elizabeth HintonMarch 24, 2020 - 7:00pm
Nicole Fleetwood and Elizabeth Hinton discuss Fleetwood’s new book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration, about how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. The book is based on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits,
Read More › - Jet Age Aesthetic: Vanessa R. Schwartz and Jed PerlMarch 18, 2020 - 7:00pm
Vanessa R. Schwartz and Jed Perl discuss Schwartz’s new book, Jet Age Aesthetic: The Glamour of Media in Motion, about the impact of the jet plane on the mid-20th century aesthetic in areas such as airport architecture, theme park design, film, and photography.
Read More › - CANCELED: Tyll: Daniel Kehlmann and Hari KunzruMarch 12, 2020 - 7:00pmTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED Read More ›
- On Blood Libel: Magda Teter and Ruth FranklinFebruary 12, 2020 - 7:00pm
Magda Teter and Ruth Franklin talk about Teter’s new book, Blood Libel: On the Trail of an Antisemitic Myth, in which Teter examines how the myth of blood libel emerged in medieval Europe, and spread with the invention of the printing press and persists today.
Read More › - Inland: Téa Obreht and Meghan O'RourkeOctober 15, 2019 - 7:00pm
Téa Obreht discusses her new novel, Inland, with Meghan O'Rourke. Set in the Arizona Territory in 1893, the novel follows the intertwining stories of a frontierswoman waiting for the men in her life to return home, and an outlaw who is haunted by ghosts.
Read More › - The Flight Portfolio: Julie Orringer and Nell FreudenbergerOctober 2, 2019 - 7:00pm
Julie Orringer and Nell Freudenberger talk about Orringer’s recent novel, The Flight Portfolio, based on the true story of Varian Fry’s attempt to save the work, and lives, of writers and artists fleeing the Holocaust.
Read More › - The Enigma of Clarence Thomas: Corey Robin and Jamelle BouieSeptember 23, 2019 - 7:00pm
Corey Robin and Jamelle Bouie discuss Robin’s new book, The Enigma of Clarence Thomas, in which Robin delves into Thomas’s biography and jurisprudence, demonstrating the source and consequences of Thomas’s conservatism.
Read More › - The Ice at the End of the World: Jon Gertner and Victoria JohnsonJune 11, 2019 - 7:00pm
Jon Gertner discusses his new book, The Ice at the End of the World: An Epic Journey into Greenland’s Buried Past and Our Perilous Future, in which he delves into the history of exploration and investigation of Greenland’s ice sheet and looks at its future in
Read More › - Richard Holbrooke: George Packer and Ambassador Samantha PowerMay 13, 2019 - 7:00pm
George Packer talks with Ambassador Samantha Power about his new biography, Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century. Packer delves into the life of Richard Holbrooke, the force behind the Dayton Accords, which ended the Balkan wars, illustrating how his story is also
Read More › - Catastrophizing: Gerard Passannante and Michael WoodApril 18, 2019 - 7:00pm
Gerard Passannante discusses his new book, Catastrophizing: Materialism and the Making of Disaster, with Michael Wood. Catastrophizing may look like simply a bad habit, but Passannante argues that it was also a spur to some of the daring conceptual innovations and feats of imagination that
Read More › - The Volunteer: Salvatore Scibona and Joan AcocellaMarch 5, 2019 - 7:00pm
Salvatore Scibona talks with Joan Acocella about his new novel, The Volunteer, the epic story of a restless young man captured during the Vietnam War and pressed into service for a clandestine branch of the United States government.
Read More › - “Liberalism and American Tradition: Part II”: The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures, delivered by Marilynne RobinsonFebruary 6, 2019 - 7:00pm
Marilynne Robinson will deliver the Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government in two parts: Part I on February 5, Part II on February 6. This biennial lecture series at The New York Public Library, established by the estate of the historian Eric F. Goldman
Read More › - “Liberalism and American Tradition: Part I”: The Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures, delivered by Marilynne RobinsonFebruary 5, 2019 - 7:00pm
THIS IS A TWO-PART PROGRAM. YOU MUST REGISTER SEPARATELY FOR PART I, ON FEBRUARY 5, AND PART II, ON FEBRUARY 6.
Marilynne Robinson will deliver the Joanna Jackson Goldman Memorial Lectures on American Civilization and Government in two parts: Part I on February 5, Part II on February 6.
Read More › - Sugar, Cigars, and Revolution: Lisandro Pérez and Esther AllenJanuary 31, 2019 - 7:00pm
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