Talks
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JAPANESE DESIGN Design historian Hiroshi Kashiwagi gives a lecture about how the sociopolitical climate of Japan from the 1920s to the 1940s – which combined industrialization, Westernization, and nationalism – affected the period’s design. The lecture is part of a series exploring wartime design in Japan, Britain, and America. Tonight, 6 p.m., Bard Graduate Center, 38 W. 86th St., between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue, 212-501-3011, $17 general, $12 seniors and students. Note: The lecture is in Japanese with English translation.
HUMANS ON EARTH Science writer Andrew Revkin gives an illustrated talk about how scientists are measuring the human impact on climate and ecosystems. Tonight, 6:30 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. lecture, Explorers Club, 46 E. 70th St., between Park and Madison avenues, 212-628-8383, $15 general, $5 students.
SLAVERY AND ETHICS A philosophy professor at Princeton University, Kwame Anthony Appiah, gives a lecture examining precisely why slavery was ethically wrong. “What’s Wrong With Slavery?” moves beyond descriptions of cruelty, instead exploring how slaves’ fundamental humanity was violated in the practice of slavery. The lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibit “Slaves in New York,” which explores slavery in the beginning of the state’s history. Tomorrow, 6:30 p.m., New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-485-9205, $12 general, $6 members, students, teachers, and seniors.
RENAISSANCE MEN New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Goldberg, author Douglas Rushkoff, and poet Rodger Kamenetz participate in a discussion about “the closing of the Jewish mind.” They ask whether, in an era when professions are becoming increasingly specialized, people – including Jews – still take pride in being broadly cultured and widely read. Novelist and law professor Thane Rosenbaum moderates. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. at 92nd Street, 212-415-5500, $20.
EGYPTIAN SYNAGOGUES A writer for the Wall Street Journal, Lucette Lagnado, discusses the state of Jewish synagogues in Cairo. Ms. Lagnado, who was born in Egypt, compares the vibrant synagogues of her childhood with the comparatively empty synagogues of Egypt today. Tomorrow, 8 p.m., Congregation Shearith Israel, Central Park West at 70th Street, 212-873-0300, free.
CARDINAL’S ART Xavier Salomon of the Frick Collection gives a lecture on the influence of Cardinal Pietro Aldobrandini. “Pilgrims, Martyrs, and Mosaics” focuses on the cardinal’s architectural and artistic patronage and the ways in which he and other cardinals prepared for the jubilee of 1600, when hundreds of thousands of pilgrims came to Rome to worship. Wednesday, 6 p.m., the Frick Collection, 1 E. 70th St. at Fifth Avenue, 212-288-0700, free.
ON TUTTLE Art historian Richard Schiff participates in a conversation with Dia Art Foundation curator Lynne Cooke about Richard Tuttle’s growing influence on contemporary art. The discussion is presented in conjuction with the exhibit “The Art of Richard Tuttle,” on view at the Whitney Museum of American Art through February 5. Thursday, 7 p.m., Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave. at 75th Street, 212-570-7715, $8 general, $6 seniors, students, and members, reservations recommended.
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