The New York Public Library & EUNIC present on Jun 9-11
ISLAM IN EUROPE
INSULT: Fractured States?
LIVE from the NYPL, in collaboration with the European Union National Institutes for Culture presents this series of debates, discussions, and conversations gathering prominent, multidisciplinary speakers from around the world to explore how the power of insult ignites, engages, and launches both positive and negative action that shapes society.
The Romanian Cultural Institute in New York is proudly participating in Islam in Europe, a three-evening symposium of debate and discussion at the New York Public Library, June 9- 11, 2009. The program is co-hosted by the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC) and Live at the NYPL, the New York Public Library's public programs series. 'Islam in Europe' is part of the festival, Muslim Voices: Arts and Ideas, co-hosted by Asia Society, BAM and NYU Center for Dialogues.
The program will gather prominent, cross-sector speakers from across disciplines, and across Europe, the United States and elsewhere across the Muslim diaspora, to share country-specific perspectives on Muslim communities' integration in European society, addressing related topical issues for citizens of a multi-cultural, increasingly globalized world.
An active member of EUNIC New York, RCINY is supporting the presence within the symposium of the specific experience of the Balkans, and is pleased to be bringing Ziyah Gafic, an award winning photographer based in Sarajevo, who will appear as a panelist for "Youth: The Future" on WED, June 10 at 7:30 pm. His most recent exhibition, recently presented Beacon, NY, is "Troubled Islam: Short stories from Troubled Societies". It is a series of photo essays on the aftermath of war and violence in the daily life of people living from Bosnia to Kosovo, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran or Iraq.
June 9-11
NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
South Court Auditorium
(all events)
Celeste Bartos Forum
(opening & closing events only)
5th Avenue and 42nd Street, NYC
General Admission: $25; $15 for library donors, seniors and students. Purchase tickets online or by calling 212.868.444
