Tony Judt Memorial Lecture
Timothy Garton Ash Presents: "Muslims in Europe! Challenges to Liberalism"
An Evening to Remember Amos Elon
New York
November 18, 2009
Speakers: Joan Didion, Stephen Holmes, Tony Judt, Gideon Levy, Hugh Nissenson, Morley Safer, Robert Silvers and Fritz Stern.
La Légitimité démocratique en question
Yves Charles Zarka (Professor of Philosophy, Université Paris V)
(Co-sponsored by the Consortium for European Intellectual and Cultural History at NYU and Columbia University, the Department of French, Institute of French Studies, and the Center for French Civilization and Culture at New York University)
New York
November 2, 2009
What is Living and What is Dead in Social Democracy
Tony Judt
NOUR in Concert: Songs from Irene to Ishtar
Ex Oriente Luxe
Nourishing itself from Middle Eastern polyglot folk traditions, NOUR—Pomegranate in Armenian, Divine Light in Arabic—sings in Armenian, Kurdish, Turkish, Ladino, Arabic, Hebrew, Assyrian and Greek. Ex Oriente Luxe concert series strives to illuminate the New World with the divine light that NOUR brought from the Old one.
(Co-sponsored by the Remarque Institute)
New York
March 8, 2009
Liberalisms in East and West
(Co-sponsored by the Remarque Institute)
University of Oxford
January 9-11, 2009
Political Secrecy in Medieval and Modern Jewish Thought Symposium
The political usefulness of veiling belief is an important theme for Jewish thinkers. This forum brings major scholars together to discuss the way medieval and modern Jewish thinkers conceive political concealment. Questions to be addressed include: What is the role of myth in the polity? Is there a conflict between political transparency and political commitment? When, if ever, is censorship valid and for what purposes? How do Enlightenment thinkers differ from medieval thinkers on the role of concealment in politics? What is the function of popular education? Can faith constructively inform politics?
New York
November 19, 2008
The Missing Italian Nuremberg. Cultural Amnesia and Postwar Politics
A book presentation with the author, Michele Battini, and Marta Petrusewicz (CUNY Graduate Center) & Nadia Urbinti (Columbia Univeristy), moderated by Ruth Ben-Ghiat (NYU) and introduced by Tony Judt (Remarque Institute, NYU). Michele Battini, a Professor of Modern European History and Political Thought at the University of Pisa has narrated in this book the failure to bring to trial the military command of the Nazi power structure in Italy. This lack of an "Italian Nuremberg" resulted in an enormous historical misrepresentation of the Nazi occupation of Italy and what that means for our collective memory of the past.
(Co-sponsored by the Remarque Institute)
February 5, 2008
Regime Change: The Social and Cultural Origins of Political Transformation in France
The Institute of French Studies presents the inaugural interdisciplinary graduate symposium with a keynote address by Laurent Dubois, Professor of History, Duke University.
(Co-sponsored by the Remarque Institute)
November 2-3, 2007
La Question et ses réceptions depuis la guerre d'indépendance en Algérie
A colloquium by Henri Alleg, journalist and writer, author of La Question (1958), Mémoire algérienne : Souvenirs de luttes et d'espérances (2005) with a response by Steven M. Lukes, sociologist (New York University); author of Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work. A Historical and Critical Study (1973), Moral Conflict and Politics (1991), "Liberal Democratic Torture" (British Journal of Political Science, 2005).
(Organized by the Institute of French Studies and the Remarque Institute)
New York
April 18, 2007
Turkey – or is it Europe – at the Crossroads?
A panel discussion with: Steven Cook, Douglas Dillon Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations; Baki Ilkin, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations; Tony Judt, Director of the Remarque Institute; Bahadir Kaleagasi, Permanent Representative of the Turkish Industrialists’ and Businessmen’s Association (TUSIAD) to the EU in Brussels; and Fernando M. Valenzuela, Ambassador and Permanent Observer of the European Commission to the United Nations. Moderated by Mustapha Tlili,Founder and Director, Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West, NYU. New York
April 4, 2007
Participants
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch political activitist and Parliamentarian
Frits Bolkestein, former President of the Liberal Party in the Dutch Parliament and European Commissioner
Bas Heijne, Dutch journalist and author of Hollandse toestanden (The State of the Netherlands)
Tony Judt, New York University
Disturbing the Peace: Intellectuals and Universities in an Illiberal Age
Tony Judt (Director, Remarque Institute) delivers his University Professorship Lecture. The University Professorship Lecture series was established to recognize faculty who have recently been appointed as University Professors at NYU. University Professorships are conferred upon outstanding scholars in recognition of the interdisciplinary dimension and breadth of their work.
(Organized by the Remarque Institute and the Office of the Provost)
New York
December 4, 2006
Religion and the Limits of Tolerance, Dutch multiculturalism in question
A discussion, October 12, 2006
Participants:
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dutch political activitist and Parliamentarian
Frits Bolkestein, former President of the Liberal Party in the Dutch Parliament and European Commissioner
Bas Heijne, Dutch journalist and author of Hollandse toestanden (The State of the Netherlands)
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Israel Lobby: Does it Have Too Much Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy?
A panel discussion at The Cooper Union examining the Israeli lobby and its effect on U.S. foreign policy. The event will be presented by The London Review of Books and chaired by Anne-Marie Slaughter (Princeton University). Panelists include Shlomo Ben-Ami, former Foreign Minister of Israel, John Mearsheimer (University of Chicago), Martin Indyk (Saban Center for Middle East Policy, DC), Rashid Khalidi (Columbia University) and Tony Judt (Remarque Institute, NYU)
New York
September 28, 2006
"What happens now? Israel and the Palestinians After Gaza, Sharon, and Hamas"
A discussion, March 9, 2006
(co-sponsored with the Israel Forum)
Participants
Christopher Hitchens, independent author and journalist
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Elias Khouri, Middle Eastern Studies, NYU
Gidon Levy, editorialist and commentator for Ha'aretz, Israel
The Gap Between West and West: Transatlantic Relations in the 21st Century
(Organized by the Remarque Institute and the University of Amsterdam)
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
October 1, 2004
An Inevitable Tragedy? Jews, Palestinians, and the Fate of Jerusalem
Conversation with Meron Benvenisti, columnist for Ha'aretz, Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University, and Peter Marcuse, Professor of Urban Planning and Theory at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture.
(Organized by the Israel Forum and co-sponsored with the Remarque Institute)
New York
November 10, 2004
What Is To Be Done? A Conversation About America, Europe & The West Today
(Organized by the Remarque Institute and the University of Amsterdam)
Conversation with Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies; Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics, Director, European Union Program, Princeton University; Ambassador Peter Van Walsum, Former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, and Tony Judt, Moderator.
New York
November 29, 2004
Participants
Professor Michael Mandelbaum, Christian A. Herter Professor of American Foreign Policy, Director of the American Foreign Policy Program, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies
Professor Andrew Moravcsik, Professor of Politics, Director, European Union Program,Princeton University
Ambassador Peter van Walsum, Former Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations
Moderator:
Professor Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, New York University
"Does The Jewish State Have a Future? Debating Israel in America"
A discussion, April 20, 2004
Co-sponsored by Columbia University, the Israel Forum and the Remarque Institute, NYU
Participants:
Alan Brinkley, professor of American history and Provost of Columbia University
Amos Elon, noted Israeli author and historian
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Raef Zreik, a Palestinian-Israeli civil rights lawyer and political activist
Israel Forum
Conversation with Amos Elon (independent journalist and writer, Israel and Italy), Alan Brinkley (Pofessor of American history and Provost of Columbia University; Raef Zreik, (a Palestinian- Israeli civil rights lawyer and political activist); and Tony Judt.
New York
April 20, 2004
"What now? A debate on America in the world"
Date: Saturday, May 10, 2003
America and the world since 9/11
Moderator: Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute, NYU
Speakers:
Azyumardi Azra, Rector, Syarif Hidayatullah State Institute for Islamic Studies Jakarta, Indonesia
Christoph Bertram, Director, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin
Anne-Marie Slaughter, Dean, The Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University
Nikolai Zlobin, Senior Fellow,The Center for Defense Information, Washington D.C.
America and the Middle East
Moderator: Michael Gilsenan, Chair, Middle Eastern Studies, NYU
Speakers:
Shlomo Ben-Ami, Former Foreign Minister of Israel, Elias Sourasky Professor, Tel Aviv University
Anatol Lieven, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington D.C.
Robert Malley, Middle East Program Director,The International Crisis Group, The Council on Foreign Relations, Washington D.C.
Salim Tamari, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Institute of Jerusalem Studies, Birzeit University
What is to be done?
Moderator: Paul Boghossian, Chair, Philosophy Department, NYU
Speakers:
Joshua Cohen, Professor and Chair, Political Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dominique Moïsi, Deputy Director, Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI), Paris
Samantha Power, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
Edward W. Saïd, University Professor of English and Comparative Literature Columbia University
Israelis and Palestinians: Tragic dilemmas and Mortal dangers
by Amos D. Elon
November 22, 2002
Remarque Senior Visiting Fellow, independent writer and journalist. Author: The Pity of It All: A History of Jews in Germany, 1743-1933; A blood-dimmed tide: Dispatches from the Middle East; Jerusalem, Battleground of Memory; Theodor Herzl: A biography and The Israelis: Founders and Sons.
"America and the Age of Genocide"
A conversation, April 2,2002
Samantha Power, (Executive Director, Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University), Tony Judt - given upon the occasion of the publication of her book (Basic Books), A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide
The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modern Anti-Semitism
Co-sponsored with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.
Chair: Leon Wieseltier, The New Republic
Discussants:
Paul Baumann, Commonweal
Istvan Deak, Columbia University
Jack Miles, God: A Biography
David Kertzer, author of The Popes Against the Jews: The Vatican's Role in the Rise of Modem Anti-Semitism
Introduction by Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute
Remarque Institute Faculty-Graduate Open Seminar
The nature of European and American influences on Japan
Ian Buruma, Fall semester 2000
"The Spectre of Haider: Austria's Past or Europe's Future?"
Panel discussion, February 29, 2000
Participants:
Tony Judt, Director, Remarque Institute
Anson Rabinbach, Department of History, Princeton University
Andrei S. Markovits, Professor of Politics, The University of Michigan
Richard Mitten, Professor of History, Central European University, Budapest