NYIH Fellow André Aciman shared his advice for young writers in a 2020 episode of NYIH Conversations. Revisit the conversation and listen to the full episode at www.nyihumanities.org/podcasts

In 1983, ten years after W. H. Auden’s death, the NYIH organized a series of readings and discussions of his work. In this episode from the Vault, Edward Mendelson moderates a discussion between Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spender. Listen to the full episode at www.nyihumanities.org/podcasts

In the newest episode of The Vault, we revisit Nadine Gordimer's 1982 James Lecture on living in South Africa's interregnum. Visit nyihumanities.org/podcasts to hear the full episode.

In the most recent episode from the Vault, we revisit a 1982 lecture by the composer Lukas Foss, a leader of the American musical avant-garde of the 1960s and 70s. Listen to the rest of the episode: https://newbooksnetwork.com/lukas-foss-a-new-american-music-series-gallatin-lecture-april-15-1982

In 1979, our founder, sociologist Richard Sennett, and philosopher Michel Foucault discussed the connections between the history of sexuality and self-consciousness. In an episode from the Vault, the two discuss their research and, by extension, the underpinnings of the idea of solitude.

NYIH Notes: Jeremy Bernstein (1929-2025) on J. Robert Oppenheimer open.substack.com/pub/nyih/p/n...

NYIH Notes: Jeremy Bernstein (1929-2025) on J. Robert Oppenheimer

Various news and notes by, about, and of interest to the Fellows of the New York Institute for the Humanities

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