NYC has a good week for smart talks and happenings. We're looking forward to talks around '80s New York, the ancient Silk Road, and a night in the Frank family's Annex.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 8
Join Times best-selling author Clint Smith and Tenement Museum President Annie Polland for a conversation about immigration, Black history, and the contested meaning of what it means to be an American.
Ryan Holiday, an expert in ancient philosophy, presents the latest in his Stoic Virtues series. Find him in conversation with NBC News' Stephanie Ruhle on Wisdom Takes Work: Learn. Apply. Repeat.
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 9
Reflect on the development of society with a cultural history from Tomer Persico, author of the new In God’s Image: How Western Civilization Was Shaped by a Revolutionary Idea. Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10
This is the 60th year of the World Monument Fund's battle to save endangered cultural heritage sites. President and CEO Bénédicte de Montlaur heads up an esteemed panel celebrating the release of the anniversary publication Irreplaceable: 60 of Humanity’s Most Treasured Places.
Pictured: the Konark Sun Temple of Odisha, India.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11
South Korean historian, writer, and “memory activist” Jie-Hyun Lim speaks on shifting perceptions of identity as he shares his concepts of Mass Dictatorship and Victimhood Nationalism.
Seek insight into Italy’s 1935 invasion of Ethiopia at the Poster House talk Colonial Dreams to Fascist Empire, in conjunction with current exhibition The Future Was Then: The Changing Face of Fascist Italy.
Delve into America’s signature art form with David Armstrong, author of the new bookBroadway Nation—How Immigrant, Jewish, Queer, and Black Artists Invented the Broadway Musical. He'll be in conversation with Tony and Olivier Award-winning lyricist David Zippel, looking at the role marginalized groups have had in the musical's evolution.
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