Conferences
The Underground Railroad: Challenges and Opportunities for the Investigation of a Clandestine History.
Gerard Aching, professor at Cornell University and director of the Underground Railroad Research Project in Ithaca, New York, will give a talk on the history of the Underground Railroad and the work of archaeologists and historians to locate evidence and tell the story of the enslaved people who They fled slave states in the XNUMXth century in search of freedom.
A tribute to the legacy of Javier Marías in the United States
Lecture by Marta Pérez-Carbonell on the legacy of Javier Marías in the United States
Debate “Certainties and doubts about the mid-term elections in the US”
Debate on the mid-term elections in the US
The House on Haunted Hill: A Classic Horror Film for Halloween
Streaming movies at home is so…2020. Do you miss the pleasure of going out to the movies? Do you enjoy watching a good movie in the company of others, and feeling like you are part of a shared experience? One of the great pleasures in life is watching a good horror movie in a theater,
Performing Orpheus: Meet Baritone Edward Nelson
Baritone Edward Nelson is performing the title role in Philip Glass's chamber opera Orphée this September with the Teatro Real in Madrid. Join us for a conversation about getting inside the figure of Orpheus and the experience of interpreting Glass, one of the great American Minimalists. Edward Nelson is a rapidly-rising star in the world
A New Look at American Art: Alba Campo Rosillo on Baron Thyssen's American Collection
The International Institute welcomes Dr. Alba Campo Rosillo, one of the curators of the exhibition currently on in Madrid, American Art from the Thyssen Collection, to give a public talk about some of the show's highlights. Learn why we should all visit this exhibition in its final month, before many of these exceptional works are
Yolanda del Riego: An Artist-Printmaker Formed in Alaska
Join us for an evening of conversation with Spanish-American artist, Yolanda del Riego. This public talk and subsequent question-and-answer session with the audience will be conducted in English. Over the past five decades, Yolanda del Riego has been creating highly expressive and lyrical art using a wide array of materials and supports. Printmaking, and the use of printmaking techniques,
Growth for Good: Conversation with Economist Alessio Terzi
The International Institute welcomes Dr. Alessio Terzi to give a public talk about his new book Growth for Good on Tuesday May 31st, 19pm. He will explain how both the US and the EU are advancing green agendas, and how the current war in Ukraine and the energy crisis are impacting the green transition globally.
Eighty-nine years of women's suffrage in Spain: A historical perspective
We celebrate the centenary of the achievement in 1920 of women's suffrage in the US with a reflection from the American and Spanish perspective. Dr. Rosario Ruiz Franco will speak about the reflection of the achievement of the North Americans on the Spanish reality as well as the debate that led to obtaining the right to vote for the
Towards Women's Suffrage: The Activism of Emily Howland
The lecture will focus on the life of Emily Howland, a leading figure in suffragism in the New York region, who, like Elizabeth Cady Stanton — lead author of the Declaration of Sentiments — began her activism in the American abolitionist movement.