Modernity 3.0: Bridging East-West Art

80 Washington Square East

Now Through July 12th

"Modernity 3.0 intends to respond to the current crisis of Western modernity as part of a cosmopolitan course involving a worldwide transition of views. In this ongoing transition, a modernity referred to as Modernity 1.0 - characterized by traditional nation states - was transplanted by Modernity 2.0 - an ultimate form of globalization, where a compressed world without any boundary arose. However, such a compressed, globalized world producing the core notion of proximity, i.e. a world without any layer or distance, seems to no longer match today’s cultural and economic developments. We seem to have achieved a state of Modernity connoting a world where multidimensionality and the novel notion of rooted cosmopolitanism has erased a totalitarian form of globalized proximity."

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National Theatre of China: RICHARD III

 "Shakespeare’s tale of ruthless ambition is reinvigorated through an exciting adaptation utilizing kung fu and acrobatics in addition to traditional Chinese stagecraft, masks and music to create a world where madness aches for power.

This production of Shakespeare's wicked horror-show of power and paranoia, was an audience favorite and critical hit during London’s Globe to Globe Shakespeare Festival and Cultural Olympiad in 2012. Performed in Putonghua, or Mandarin, with English supertitles of the scene synopsis, the play's fundamental themes of desire, power, ambition and jealousy, are potent reminders of humanity’s ongoing struggles. National Theatre of China’s US premiere of Richard III reveals the new face of 21st century Chinese theatre.

Richard, the deformed Duke of Gloucester, lies, murders and cheats his way to the throne of England as he systematically slaughters his enemies, allies and family. As the Wars of the Roses rage on around him, his mind and his power start to disintegrate, until his final deadly encounter with the Duke of Richmond at the Battle of Bosworth."

March 26th - 30th

Discounted tickets available through NYU Home!

For more details, visit the Skirball Center website.

Imported From China

Imported From China highlights the experience of several Chinese International students at MSU as they navigate coming to the U.S. for the first time and their new campus. The film is approximately 35 minutes long. After the film screening, a panel discussion will take place, moderated by David Austell, Director of NYU's Office of Global Services. Contact the IESB to learn more about this event!

steinhardt.iesb-group@nyu.edu

Sponsored by the International Education Student Board, and the Center for Multicultural Education and Programs

Friday, November 22nd, 6:30pm, Kimmel 802 Shorin

[Event] Media & Asian Globalization: China and India, 1977-Present

Friday, March 29, 2013 | 2:15-7:30 pm
Saturday, March 30, 2013 | 9:15 am-4:45 pm
Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway, 6th Floor

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The extraordinary growth of China and India over the past three decades, involving the two most populous countries in the world, has set in motion a process of social change that, in its scale and speed, is without parallel in recorded history. The roughly contemporaneous entry of China and India into a period of rapid capitalist growth and market consumption offers important questions for humanistic inquiry. This symposium seeks to engage in productive conversations from trans-Asian and trans-media perspectives, as well as investigate the historical conditions from which the reform-era cultural productions arise and cross borders of one kind of another.

Cosponsored by Global Research Initiatives, NYU Provost; Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts; The Humanities Initiative at NYU; Department of Media, Culture and Communication, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

Rubin Museum Visit

Last Friday, March 1, a group of NYU CAS International students joined CAS Advising Staff and the CAS International Student Club for a trip to the Rubin Museum of Art: Art of the Himalayas, including a guided tour of the new show, Modernist Art from India and some of the standing collection. It is an amazing museum with unique works and they are continuously bringing in special exhibits.

If you did not have a chance to join us this time, grab a group of friends and explore on your own...perhaps over spring break. It is free for all NYU students.

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