7:30pm - 9:30pm
Casadesus Hall (FA 117)
Man Without A World
A film by Eleanor Antin (1991)
A Live Music and Silent Film Event, followed by Q&A with the artists
Original score composed and performed by Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin
Thursday | March 5th, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Binghamton University's Casadesus Recital Hall (FA 117)
Performance is free and open to the public
Join us for the third in our silent movie and live music series. Set in the historic Yiddish-speaking landscape of Jewish Eastern Europe, Man Without a World is a new silent film from the contemporary director Eleanor Antin. The film screening features the exquisite musical accompaniment of world-renowned klezmer violinist, Alicia Svigals – of Klezmatics fame – and Donald Sosin, the celebrated silent film pianist.
Organized by the Judaic Studies Department with help from co-sponsors: the College of Jewish Studies, German & Russian Studies, Russian, Cinema Department, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature.
With special added thanks to the Music Department for their expert support.
This program is made possible by a generous grant from the Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts, La Jolla, California.
A film by Eleanor Antin (1991)
A Live Music and Silent Film Event, followed by Q&A with the artists
Original score composed and performed by Alicia Svigals and Donald Sosin
Thursday | March 5th, 2026 | 7:30 p.m.
Binghamton University's Casadesus Recital Hall (FA 117)
Performance is free and open to the public
Join us for the third in our silent movie and live music series. Set in the historic Yiddish-speaking landscape of Jewish Eastern Europe, Man Without a World is a new silent film from the contemporary director Eleanor Antin. The film screening features the exquisite musical accompaniment of world-renowned klezmer violinist, Alicia Svigals – of Klezmatics fame – and Donald Sosin, the celebrated silent film pianist.
Organized by the Judaic Studies Department with help from co-sponsors: the College of Jewish Studies, German & Russian Studies, Russian, Cinema Department, East European, and Eurasian Studies, and the Department of Comparative Literature.
With special added thanks to the Music Department for their expert support.
This program is made possible by a generous grant from the Sunrise Foundation for Education and the Arts, La Jolla, California.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
IASH Room, LN 1106
Please join us March 16th from 12-1pm in the IASH Room (LN 1106) for the Israel Studies Roundtable Lunch II, featuring Dr. Reut Ben Yaakov.
"On the Great Privilege of Saying No": Hebrew Protest Poetry and Its Absence
Vegetarian boxed lunches will be served.
Please register on B-Engaged.
"On the Great Privilege of Saying No": Hebrew Protest Poetry and Its Absence
Vegetarian boxed lunches will be served.
Please register on B-Engaged.
12:00pm - 1:00pm
IASH Room, LN 1106
Please join us April 13th from 12-1pm in the IASH Room (LN 1106) for the Israel Studies Roundtable Lunch III, featuring BU's own Dr. Lubna Omar.
Shattered Sites, Silenced Stories: The Destruction of Palestinian Heritage
Vegetarian boxed lunches will be served.
Please register on B-Engaged.
Shattered Sites, Silenced Stories: The Destruction of Palestinian Heritage
Vegetarian boxed lunches will be served.
Please register on B-Engaged.