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The Jewish Dead in Literature and Lore
Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies 1140 Amsterdam Ave., New YorkWhat happens when the line between the dead and the living gets transgressed? Join us for a haunting lecture as we explore this gray area in Jewish lore, literature, and culture. Hear from Jonathan Boyarin as he delves into examples that are both familiar and not and shows us that though we try to preserve tidy lines separating […]
Doctors Differ: Early Medical Caricature and the Birth of the Comics Form
New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, New YorkJared Gardner is the Joseph V. Denney Designated Professor of English and Director of Popular Culture Studies at The Ohio State University, specializing in American literature, comics, film, and popular culture. Dr. Gardner is the author of Master Plots: Race and the Founding of an American Literature, 1787-1845; Projections: Comics and the History of 21st-century Storytelling; and The […]
White Lies, Tall Tales, and Whoppers
Subject 188 Suffolk St, New YorkIn this Think & Drink NYC talk, Dr. Ian Reed will show us how we can assess whether someone is lying to us through the face, body, and voice. He will then conclude with remarks on the virtues of deception, truth, and knowledge. Lawrence Ian Reed is a clinical assistant professor in NYU. He studies […]