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SUMMARY:Ancient Sculpture from the Brooklyn Museum and The Hispanic Society of America
DESCRIPTION:Longterm loans of important and rarely seen ancient sculpture from the Brooklyn Museum and the Hispanic Society of America are on view at the Fordham Museum until 2026. The Museum is located in the atrium of the Walsh Library at Rose Hill
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/ancient-sculpture-from-the-brooklyn-museum-and-the-hispanic-society-of-america/
LOCATION:Museum of Greek\, Etruscan\, and Roman Art\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Udell":MAILTO:udell@fordham.edu 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250402T160000
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SUMMARY:Urban Devotions\, Images of Faith in the City: A Photographic Exhibition by David Gonzalez
DESCRIPTION:Join the Fordham community to welcome photographer David Gonzalez for an opening reception of his show “Urban Devotions” at Refuge Gallery at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs. “Urban Devotions” recently lived at Fordham’s Lipani Gallery and will now be on exhibit until May at the Refuge Gallery\, located on the second floor of Canisius Hall. \nRefreshments from a local Bronx restaurant will be served. Please register below and invite your colleagues and peers! \nAbout the Show\nNew York has been a city of faith\, whether it’s small devotions in unexpected nooks or bold public declarations of belief. And with a global city reshaped every few generations\, traditions offer a familiar and comforting touch\, if not hope itself\, in every corner of the city if you look. Indeed\, as the writer Oscar Hijuelos once said to the artist about New Yorkers who go about their days oblivious to the nuances of faith: “They are like tone-deaf. They hear a piano being played and they only hear ‘thunka-thunk.’ There is this wild jazz going on called religion and some people don’t have the chops.” \nAbout the Artist\nDavid Gonzalez is a journalist at The New York Times. Among other posts\, he has been the Times‘ Bronx bureau chief\, the “About New York” columnist\, and the Central America and Caribbean bureau chief. His coverage has ranged from the Oklahoma City bombing and Haiti’s humanitarian crises to chronicling how the Bronx emerged from years of official neglect and to in-depth reports on how Latino immigration is shaping the United States. In addition to his print reporting\, Gonzalez is a photographer and the co-editor of the Times‘ Lens Blog\, which has become the premier internet site for photojournalists from around the world. \nIn 2009\, Gonzalez and five fellow photographers—Angel Franco\, Joe Conzo Jr.\, Ricky Flores\, Francisco Molina Reyes II\, and Edwin Pagán—formed a collective known as Seis del Sur (Six from the South)\, with the shared goal of documenting the life of the South Bronx that they had all witnessed\, particularly from the 1970s through the early 1990s.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/urban-devotions-images-of-faith-in-the-city-a-photographic-exhibition-by-david-gonzalez/
LOCATION:2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY\, 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Receptions
ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250405T203000
DTSTAMP:20260416T080632
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SUMMARY:Fordham University Choir Spring Concert
DESCRIPTION:The Fordham University Choir presents “Requiem” by Gabriel Fauré. Accompanied by the Bronx Arts Ensemble and organist Anthony Rispo. Performed at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle. W. 60th and Columbus Ave. Please note that there is no performance at the Rose Hill Campus.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-university-choir-spring-concert/
LOCATION:Church of St. Paul the Apostle\, 405 W 59th St\, New York\, NY\, 10019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham
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ORGANIZER;CN="Fordham University Choir":MAILTO:minotti@fordham.edu
GEO:40.7698331;-73.9850824
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250408T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250501T160000
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SUMMARY:Art Exhibit: 'Urban Devotions\, Images of Faith in the City'
DESCRIPTION:The Refuge Gallery at the Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (IIHA) is pleased to invite the Fordham University community to our spring photography exhibition\, “Urban Devotions\,” featuring Bronx-born visual journalist and former New York Times Bronx Bureau Chief David Gonzalez. His show was recently featured at Lincoln Center and now lives at Rose Hill until May 1st. \nAbout “Urban Devotions” photo exhibition at the Refuge Gallery:\nNew York has been a city of faith\, whether it’s small devotions in unexpected nooks or bold public declarations of belief. And with a global city reshaped every few generations\, traditions offer a familiar and comforting touch\, if not hope itself\, in every corner of the city if you look. Indeed\, as the writer Oscar Hijuelos once said to me about New Yorkers who go about their days oblivious to the nuances of faith: “They are like tone-deaf. They hear a piano being played and they only hear ‘thunka-thunk.’ There is this wild jazz going on called religion and some people don’t have the chops.”\n-David Gonzalez \nTo visit:\nFrom now until May 1st\, the Refuge Gallery will stay open for viewing by appointment at brcahill@fordham.edu and refugegallery@fordham.edu Monday – Thursday during regular business hours. Canisius Hall is just outside the Pedestrian Entrance and Fordham Regional Parking Facility at 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY. We strongly encourage class visits. See directions and learn more about the Refuge Gallery here. \nAbout David Gonzalez\nDavid Gonzalez is a journalist at The New York Times. Among other posts\, he has been the Times Bronx Bureau Chief\, the “About New York” Columnist\, and the Central America and Caribbean Bureau Chief. His coverage has ranged from the Oklahoma city bombing and Haiti’s humanitarian crises\, to chronicling how the Bronx emerged from years of official neglect\, to in-depth reports on how Latino immigration is shaping the United States. In addition to his print reporting\, Gonzalez is a photographer and was the co-editor of the Times Lens Blog\, which was once the premier internet site for photojournalists from around the world. \nIn 2009\, Gonzalez and five fellow photographers—Angel Franco\, Joe Conzo Jr.\, Ricky Flores\, Francisco Molina Reyes II\, and Edwin Pagán—formed a collective known as Seis del Sur (Six from the South)\, with the shared goal of documenting the life of the South Bronx which they had all witnessed\, particularly from the 1970s through the early 1990s.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/art-exhibit-urban-devotions-images-of-faith-in-the-city/
LOCATION:IIHA Refuge Gallery located on the second floor in Canisius Hall. 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, NY 10458\, 2546 Belmont Ave\, Bronx\, New York City\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham
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ORGANIZER;CN="Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs":MAILTO:iiha@fordham.edu 
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T140000
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SUMMARY:Lecture & Lunch: Joshua Teplitsky on the Aftermath of Epidemics Among Jews of Early Modern Europe
DESCRIPTION:In connection with an exhibit “COVID Pandemic Five Years On: Remembering and Forgetting” \nThe spring of 2025 marks five years since the first outbreaks of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Retrospectives in different forms of media—books\, newspaper articles and editorials\, radio and podcasts\, and conferences and gatherings—all represent different approaches to grappling with the past and thinking about the future. How did people in past times confront epidemics\, not as they were happening\, but after the fact? What tools did they have and create to commemorate and mourn\, to rebuild and renew\, and even to plan for the next crisis? In this talk\, we will look at examples from Jewish communities and culture in early modern Europe\, especially in the 17th and 18th centuries. We will explore examples of how media shared memory\, ritual\, preserved practices\, and how Jews understood themselves as poised between past traumas and future necessities. \nThis talk is connected to a new exhibit at Fordham’s O’Hare Special Collections and Archives\, “COVID Pandemic Five Years On: Remembering and Forgetting of Epidemics in History.” \nA kosher lunch will be served. Registration is required. \nAbout the Speaker\nJoshua Teplitsky is the Joseph Meyerhoff Associate Professor of Modern Jewish History. He studies the history of Jewish life in early modern Central Europe\, with an eye both to the particularities of Jewish experience and the wider contexts of Jewish-Christian interaction\, minority experience\, and what the history of minorities reveals about majority culture. He is the author of Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library (Yale\, 2019)\, which explores the history of an early 18th-century Jewish book collector\, with an eye to the history of material texts\, the history of collecting\, and the cultures of learning and power in which his library was formed. The book won the Salo Baron Prize of the American Academy for Jewish Research for best first book in Jewish Studies in 2019\, the 2020 Jordan Schnitzer Book Award of the Association for Jewish Studies\, and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award. \nIn 2022\, he published an edited volume titled Be Fruitful! The Etrog in Jewish Art\, Culture\, and History (Mineged Press)\, with Sharon Liberman Mintz and Warren Klein. Teplitsky is currently at work on a book provisionally titled “Quarantine in the Prague Ghetto: Jews\, Christians\, and the Plague in Early Modern Europe\,” which reconstructs a six-month plague epidemic in the city of Prague in the early 18th century. In April 2020\, Teplitsky joined Magda Teter for two conversations in what became a pandemic-era series of webinars about epidemics in Jewish history.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/lecture-lunch-joshua-teplitsky-on-the-aftermath-of-epidemics-among-jews-of-early-modern-europe/
LOCATION:O’Hare Special Collections Room\, Walsh Library\, 441 East Fordham Road\, Bronx\, NY\, 10458\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Jewish Life,Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250409T213000
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SUMMARY:Voices Up! Presents Primavera in Concert
DESCRIPTION:Fordham’s biannual series of concerts at the Lincoln Center campus begins its 2025 season on Wednesday\, April 9th\, at 7:30 PM in the 12th floor lounge of the Lowenstein Center. The ensemble Primavera—Halley Gilbert\, soprano; Claudia Schaer\, violin; and Helen Lin\, piano—will perform music by Philip Glass\, Samuel Barber\, Ned Rorem\, Matthew Peterson\, Einojuhani Rautavaara\, Fordham professor Lawrence Kramer. The spring concerts in the series highlight modern and contemporary vocal music\, so expect plenty of lyricism and drama from the performers and composers.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/voices-up-presents-primavera-in-concert/
LOCATION:12th-Floor Lounge\, Corrigan Conference Center\, Lowenstein Center\, Lincoln Center Campus\, 113 W. 60th St.\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Lawrence Kramer":MAILTO:lkramer@fordham.edu 
GEO:40.7710994;-73.9852715
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250410T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T223000
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SUMMARY:Fordham Theatre Presents: 'Horoscope'
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the final MainStage production of the 2024-25 season! \nThe world premiere of Horoscope runs March 10\, 2025 – April 26\, 2025. \nThe culminating production of the season is Fordham Theatre’s commissioned work by acclaimed playwright Rajiv Joseph\, a Pulitzer Prize finalist and recipient of the Obie award. Helmed by the Director of the Theatre Program\, May Adrales\, this collaboration marks a significant milestone. The genesis of the play took root in Adrales’ Rehearsal Technique class\, where initial concepts were explored with Fordham students. Now\, through the collective efforts of Fordham students and faculty\, the play will be brought to life in its entirety. Serving as a tribute to the boundless creativity\, intellect\, and curiosity within the Fordham community\, the production aims to be a vibrant celebration of collective talent and ingenuity. \nStory synopsis: Horoscope is a darkly funny and emotionally charged drama about fate\, family\, and the chaos of human connection. In a decaying world where human life expectancy is drastically reduced\, children become worshipped alongside the stars. As a group gathers for a wedding at a sprawling estate\, everyone must decide whether the stars dictate our lives or we can choose our own destiny. \nTo reach Fordham Theatre Box Office\, email us at fclcboxoffice@gmail.com or call 212.636.6340.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/fordham-theatre-presents-horoscope/
LOCATION:Pope Auditorium\, Lowenstein Center\, Lincoln Center Campus 113 W 60th St\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Inside Fordham,Social
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T213000
DTSTAMP:20260416T080632
CREATED:20250318T151159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250323T154225Z
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SUMMARY:Filming Words–Nurith Aviv Retrospective: Screenings and Conversations\, Day 1
DESCRIPTION:A screening of Translating (2011)\, with Nurith Aviv in conversation with Aviya Kushner\, Jacques Lezra\, and James Redfield \nCo-sponsored by Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies\, Centro Primo Levi\, and Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture \nIn this Babelic film\, translators from different corners of the world speak in their own tongues\, recounting their encounters with Hebrew literature across the centuries—from the Midrash and medieval poetry to contemporary fiction. They speak with fervor\, revealing how translation can be an act of both devotion and defiance\, sometimes bending the very structures of their own languages to carry across the soul of another. \nTickets for all four events in this series are free for Fordham University’s and Centro Primo Levi’s guests who register by April 15. Starting on April 16th\, tickets will be available for sale for $20 or $10 (students and seniors discount). \nNurith Aviv (Tel Aviv\, Mandatory Palestine\, 1945) has directed ​​18 documentary films. Her works investigate language and move lyrically through the landscapes\, collective myths\, and intimate narratives that shape humans’ ways of being together. The first woman to be a director of photography in France\, she has shot a hundred fiction and documentary films with directors such as Agnès Varda\, Amos Gitai\, René Allio\, and Jacques Doillon. She has received important prizes\, including the Edouard Glissant Prize (2009) and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française (2019). Her works have been shown in multiple retrospectives in Paris\, including a week-long one last month. She has been the subject of a movie (Woman with a Camera by Zohar Behrendt\, 2023) and now of a book (Filmer la Parole\, 2025). \nThis tribute\, the fruit of a collaboration between the Fordham University Center for Jewish Studies\, the Primo Levi Center\, and the Fordham Center on Religious and Culture\, is the first of its kind in New York City. It will gather Aviv’s long-time fans\, newcomers to her work\, and lovers of language from all backgrounds to celebrate through images and words this exceptional director as she turns 80.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/filming-words-nurith-aviv-retrospective-screenings-and-conversations-day-1/
LOCATION:anthology film archives\, 32 Second Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250422T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T140000
DTSTAMP:20260416T080632
CREATED:20250319T130919Z
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SUMMARY:Filming Words\, A Retrospective of Nurith Aviv’s Films: Screenings and Conversations
DESCRIPTION:Nurith Aviv (Tel Aviv\, Mandatory Palestine\, 1945) has directed ​​eighteen documentary films. Her works investigate language and move lyrically through the landscapes\, collective myths\, and intimate narratives that shape humans’ ways of being together. The first woman to be a director of photography in France\, she has shot 100 fiction and documentary films with directors such as Agnès Varda\, Amos Gitai\, René Allio\, and Jacques Doillon. She has received important prizes\, including the Edouard Glissant Prize (2009) and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française (2019). Her works have been shown in multiple retrospectives in Paris\, including a week-long one last month. She has been the subject of a movie (Woman with a Camera by Zohar Behrendt\, 2023) and now of a book (Filmer la Parole\, 2025). \nThis tribute\, the fruit of a collaboration between the Fordham University Center for Jewish Studies\, the Primo Levi Center\, and the Fordham Center on Religious and Culture\, is the first of its kind in New York City. It will gather long-time Aviv fans\, newcomers to her work\, and lovers of language from all backgrounds to celebrate through images and words this exceptional director as she turns 80. \nTickets for all four events in this series are free for Fordham University’s and Centro Primo Levi’s guests who register by April 15. Starting on April 16th\, tickets will be available for sale for $20 or $10 (students and seniors discount)
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/filming-words-a-retrospective-of-nurith-avivs-films-screenings-and-conversations/
LOCATION:anthology film archives\, 32 Second Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250423T213000
DTSTAMP:20260416T080632
CREATED:20250318T152253Z
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SUMMARY:Filming Words – Nurith Aviv: Screenings and Conversations\, Day 2
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of Sacred Tongue\, Profane Language (2008)\, with Nurith Aviv in conversation with Ofer Dynes\, Aviya Kushner\, Jacques Lezra\, and Moulie Vidas \nCo-sponsored by Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies\, Centro Primo Levi\, and Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture \nHebrew was the language of Scripture\, liturgy\, and rabbinic commentaries for centuries. Then\, by force of national and political will\, it was reborn as a language of daily life in the early 20th century. Writers and artists from Israel explore their intimate\, often conflicted relationship with Hebrew’s layered past\, reflecting on what has been forgotten or repressed and what needs to resurface. Their confessions overlap and part\, as the film allows no single version of this history prevails. \nTickets for all four events in this series are free for Fordham University’s and Centro Primo Levi’s guests who register by April 15. Starting on April 16th\, tickets will be available for sale for $20 or $10 (students and seniors discount). \nNurith Aviv (Tel Aviv\, Mandatory Palestine\, 1945) has directed ​​18 documentary films. Her works investigate language and move lyrically through the landscapes\, collective myths\, and intimate narratives that shape humans’ ways of being together. The first woman to be a director of photography in France\, she has shot a hundred fiction and documentary films with directors such as Agnès Varda\, Amos Gitai\, René Allio\, and Jacques Doillon. She has received important prizes\, including the Edouard Glissant Prize (2009) and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française (2019). Her works have been shown in multiple retrospectives in Paris\, including a week-long one last month. She has been the subject of a movie (Woman with a Camera by Zohar Behrendt\, 2023) and now of a book (Filmer la Parole\, 2025). \nThis tribute\, the fruit of a collaboration between the Fordham University Center for Jewish Studies\, the Primo Levi Center\, and the Fordham Center on Religious and Culture\, is the first of its kind in New York City. It will gather Aviv’s long-time fans\, newcomers to her work\, and lovers of language from all backgrounds to celebrate through images and words this exceptional director as she turns 80.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/filming-words-nurith-aviv-screenings-and-conversations-day-2/
LOCATION:anthology film archives\, 32 Second Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250424T210000
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SUMMARY:Filming Words – Nurith Aviv: Screenings and Conversations\, Day 3
DESCRIPTION:A screening of Words That Remain (2022​) and Bruly Bouabré’s Alphabet (2005) with Nurith Aviv in conversation with Gil Anidjar\, Yemane Demissie\, Cynthia Madansky\, James Redfield\, and Moulie Vidas\nCo-sponsored by Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies\, Centro Primo Levi\, and Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture \nWords That Remain  (2022)\nWhat is a mother tongue? In this film six voices call forth memories of the languages that shaped their childhoods: Judaeo-Spanish\, Judaeo-Arabic\, and Judaeo-Persian—each infused with lexical elements of Hebrew and written in the Hebrew script. Though these languages are fading\, their melodies\, cadences\, and intonations linger\, shaping the consciousnesses of those who once heard them in their homes. \nBruly Bouabré’s Alphabet (2005)\nWhat remains of a language when no one is left to speak it? In the Ivory Coast\, some 600\,000 Bété people communicate mainly in a language that is absent from their schools\, overshadowed by the dominance of French. In the 1950s\, artist Frédéric Bruly Bouabré sought to change that. He devised hundreds of pictograms\, drawn from the simple syllables of Bété\, to help his people claim the written word. Now in old age\, he reflects on his mission: to craft an African script born from the images of daily life\, preserving in symbols what speech alone could not. \nNurith Aviv (Tel Aviv\, Mandatory Palestine\, 1945) has directed ​​18 documentary films. Her works investigate language and move lyrically through the landscapes\, collective myths\, and intimate narratives that shape humans’ ways of being together. The first woman to be a director of photography in France\, she has shot a hundred fiction and documentary films with directors such as Agnès Varda\, Amos Gitai\, René Allio\, and Jacques Doillon. She has received important prizes\, including the Edouard Glissant Prize (2009) and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française (2019). Her works have been shown in multiple retrospectives in Paris\, including a week-long one last month. She has been the subject of a movie (Woman with a Camera by Zohar Behrendt\, 2023) and now of a book (Filmer la Parole\, 2025). \nThis tribute\, the fruit of a collaboration between the Fordham University Center for Jewish Studies\, the Primo Levi Center\, and the Fordham Center on Religious and Culture\, is the first of its kind in New York City. It will gather Aviv’s long-time fans\, newcomers to her work\, and lovers of language from all backgrounds to celebrate through images and words this exceptional director as she turns 80.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/filming-words-nurith-aviv-screenings-and-conversations-day-3/
LOCATION:Bookhouse\, 15 W 16th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250425T123000
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SUMMARY:Filming Words – Nurith Aviv: Screenings and Conversations\, Day 4
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a screening of From Language to Language (2004) and Allenby\, Passage (2001) with Nurith Aviv in conversation with Gil Anidjar\, Yemane Demissie\, Cynthia Madansky\, and Richard Peña \nCo-sponsored by Fordham’s Center for Jewish Studies\, Centro Primo Levi\, and Fordham’s Center on Religion and Culture \nThe transformation of Hebrew from a language set apart to the common speech of a nation happened within a handful of decades. Yet this triumph came at a cost: the erasure\, sometimes violent\, of the languages that once lived in its speakers’ minds and mouths. From Language to Language (2004) gathers a chorus of exiles of language—poets\, writers\, singers\, and actors—who search for new roots as they remain wooed by the echoes of the past.   \nIn Allenby\, Passage (2001)\, an oneiric video essay\, the director retraces her father’s steps along a passage of Allenby Street in Tel Aviv\, where he once bought his photographic equipment. Amid the rustling of chatter rising from the street\, the camera turns its gaze to fleeting details\, intercepted in their evanescence. As Aviv once described her work as a cinematographer\, this film attempts to capture the “beats of time.” \nNurith Aviv (Tel Aviv\, Mandatory Palestine\, 1945) has directed ​​18 documentary films. Her works investigate language and move lyrically through the landscapes\, collective myths\, and intimate narratives that shape humans’ ways of being together. The first woman to be a director of photography in France\, she has shot a hundred fiction and documentary films with directors such as Agnès Varda\, Amos Gitai\, René Allio\, and Jacques Doillon. She has received important prizes\, including the Edouard Glissant Prize (2009) and the Grand Prix de l’Académie française (2019). Her works have been shown in multiple retrospectives in Paris\, including a week-long one last month. She has been the subject of a movie (Woman with a Camera by Zohar Behrendt\, 2023) and now of a book (Filmer la Parole\, 2025). \nThis tribute\, the fruit of a collaboration between the Fordham University Center for Jewish Studies\, the Primo Levi Center\, and the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture\, is the first of its kind in New York City. It will gather Aviv’s long-time fans\, newcomers to her work\, and lovers of language from all backgrounds to celebrate through images and words this exceptional director as she turns 80.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/filming-words-nurith-aviv-screenings-and-conversations-day-4/
LOCATION:Bookhouse\, 15 W 16th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Jewish Studies":MAILTO:jewishstudies@fordham.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250426T130000
DTSTAMP:20260416T080632
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SUMMARY:Chelsea Gallery Walking Tour for Alumni
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in the heart of New York’s vibrant contemporary art scene with a guided tour of the Chelsea Arts District\, led by Fordham’s chair of the Visual Arts Department\, Stephan Apicella-Hitchcock. \nThis engaging tour will guide you through a carefully curated selection of galleries\, showcasing a diverse range of exhibitions\, from paintings and sculptures to photography and installation art. This tour offers an exciting opportunity to explore the dynamic world of contemporary art in one of New York’s most renowned districts. \nThe event will conclude with a toast with fellow alumni art enthusiasts. \nThe event costs $30 per person.
URL:https://now.fordham.edu/event/chelsea-gallery-walking-tour/
LOCATION:Chelsea\, New York
CATEGORIES:Arts at Fordham,Cultural
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ORGANIZER;CN="Office of Alumni Relations":MAILTO:alumnioffice@fordham.edu
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