Opportunity: Background Actors Needed for Short Film (Filming at the GC!) May 28, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Open Casting Call – Background Actors for R.F. Kuang Short Film We’re casting background roles in Book Talk, a short film based on a story by NYT-bestselling author R.F. Kuang and directed by Grace Sun. Seeking actors to play: College Students (ages 18–30, filming Sun June 7) and Faculty Members (ages 40–65, filming Mon June… Read More
Due May 30 | Submissions for NeMLA (2027 annual convention) May 27, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Northeast MLA (NeMLA.org) is pleased to announce the 2027 annual convention hosted on the campus of Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island. The dates are Saturday March 6 through Tuesday March 9, which coincides with their spring break. SEE FLYER HERE Submissions for NeMLA occur in two stages Stage 1: Session Proposals (due May… Read More
May 23 | Community Archiving Day at the Queens Museum May 20, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Community Archiving Day Saturday, 05.23.26, 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm On-site at the Queens Museum Are you an archivist—professionally or in-spirit—preserving history and stories for the future? Are you curious about what archives are and can do? Do you have a collection of items or memories you don’t know what to do with? Join us… Read More
Decorative Arts Trust Boston Symposium: Nonprofit Rate & Scholarship May 19, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Please see two opportunities below regarding the Decorative Arts Trust’s Fall 2026 Symposium in Boston. We are pleased to offer a special nonprofit professional rate for this otherwise sold out program! Two discounted registrations are available at $650 per person for the main symposium, which will take place from the evening of Thursday, September… Read More
May 18 | Kandice Chuh and Ken Wissoker on the Current State of Academic Writing and Publishing (Online) May 14, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Register here: https://bit.ly/3ORvTxg… Read More
April 3-4 | Tisch CRS Grad Student Conference 2026 + Keynote Lecture March 31, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Sprockets/Selvage/Shores: Grad Student Conference Center for Research & Study Join us on April 3rd + 4th for an exciting series of academic panels, screenings, and workshops across a variety of contemporary approaches and topics on the theme of Sprockets/Selvage/Shores. The conference will include presentations from current students and recent alumni from institutions across the country and beyond.… Read More
April 3 | Call for Proposals Extended: Imagining Otherwise 2026 March 31, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil Graduate Students from the New York University (NYU) Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (CLACS) and NYU’s Center for Collaborative Indigenous Research with Communities and Lands (Center CIRCL) invite proposal submissions from students across the NYC and the tri-state area for our 2026 Student Conference, Imagining Otherwise: Worldmaking in Progress hosted at NYU on… Read More
Mar 31 | CLAGS’s Trans Day of Visibility Online Podcast March 23, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil In celebration of Trans Day of Visibility, CLAGS is co-hosting a Live Recording of ‘Love in a F*cked Up World,’ the Podcast! Dean Spade hosts Vicky Osterweil in a rebellious conversation “Toward a Trans Politics of Looting.” Tuesday, March 31, 2026 4:00 pm — 5:30 pm. RSVP Here Join us for an episode of Love… Read More
Mar 6-7 | Graduate Student in Music Conference (GSIM) – Register now March 4, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil We are delighted to share that our conference, the 29th Graduate Student in Music Conference (GSIM), is open for registration. The conference will take place at the CUNY Graduate Center, on March 6 – 7th, 2026. Our conference will feature a keynote from Miriam Piilonen (UMass Amherst) on “Music Theory and Digital Publics,” as well… Read More
Mar 6 | BRES Research Symposium March 4, 2026 | Rukshana Jalil The BRES Collaboration Hub is excited to announce that we’re a hosting the 2026 BRES Research Symposium on Friday 03/06/26 at CUNY Graduate Center in the Sociology Lounge (Rm 6-112). We will be kicking off at 9AM with opening remarks and diving into panel sessions throughout the day! Our BRES Faculty Fellows will be discussing… Read More