Events

Henry Louis Gates Jr. & Andrew S. Curran: The Robert B. Silvers Lecture

Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Andrew Curran presented this year’s Robert B. Silvers Lecture at the New York Public Library, March 10, 2022.

Flacking for Facebook

How perfect that a failed Liberal Democrat should be leading the PR effort to persuade us that liberal democracy is safe with the social media giant.

Journalism in a Time of Crisis

How has the work of journalists been altered by pandemic, protests, political violence, and the transformation of the news business?

The Future of New York: The 2020 Robert B. Silvers Lecture

At the close of one of the city’s most challenging years, contributors Molly Crabapple, Deborah Eisenberg, Michael Greenberg, and Hari Kunzru discussed a future of resilience and renewal for New York, moderated by senior editor Jana Prikryl.

The Power of the Critic

On September 23, 2019, The New York Review of Books and David Zwirner Books hosted “The Power of the Critic,” the first in a four-part series of public talks bringing together leading writers, artists, and thinkers to explore the role of power within the cultural sphere.

The Governance of China

Proceedings from an international conference on the development of Chinese political economy and the role of governance within it

What’s Wrong with the Economy—and with Economics?

On March 14–15, 2015, The New York Review of Books Foundation, Fritt Ord, and the Dan David Prize held a conference, “What’s Wrong with the Economy—and with Economics?” at Scandinavia House in New York. We are pleased to present the following video footage of the event.

Power, Privacy, and the Internet

On October 30–31, 2013, The New York Review of Books held a conference at Scandinavia House in New York City on the internet’s transformative effect on our lives.

Philosophy as a Humanist Discipline

On June 22, 2013, The New York Review held a conference to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary and to honor the lives, work, and legacy of Isaiah Berlin, Stuart Hampshire and Bernard Williams. We are pleased to present an audio record of this event.