Hello Graduate Center friends and colleagues, We’re holding our annual book sale to raise funds for the Doctoral Theatre Students’ Association! The DTSA is the recognized program student association for the PhD Program in Theatre and Performance at the Graduate Center, and funds raised from the book sale are used to help us fund our Professionalization Events, the Booth Award, our student… Read More


Seeking a recent PhD or ABD to teach an interdisciplinary course to freshmen on immigration to (and migration within) NYC.  “The People of NYC” is the second seminar for students in the Macaulay Honors College (MHC). Below is the course description and objectives.  An instructor with an Humanities &Art American Studies approach would be ideal.  The course meets MW… Read More


A Sit-In at the GC Library: ‘68 Revisited Organizational meeting: Nov 16th, 1:00 to 4:30 pm  Room 5409 ALL WELCOME! We’d like to invite anyone who’s interested to plan with us the upcoming event at the Ground floor of the library that will take place on Monday November 26th. We hope that making the entrance… Read More


Socially Conscious Pedagogy and Hashtag Syllabi Thursday, November 15th Room 3207 4:15-6:15pm Hashtag syllabi have become a popular and public means of organizing and educating around complex social issues as they arise and in their immediate aftermath. Most of these projects result in lists of articles, books, films, television shows, and other texts curated to… Read More


Communicating Through Questions Wednesday, November 14th, 4 PM-6 PM Room 9207 We ask our students questions on our syllabi, in classroom discussions, in brief hallway encounters, on their essay assignments and exams. Too often, though, questions we ask in class seek only to assess content comprehension and miss the full potential of questioning as a… Read More


‘Jack Reacher’ author Lee Child coming to the CUNY Graduate Center for December seminars series. This December, the Graduate Center hosts Lee Child, the best-selling author of the “Jack Reacher” series, in a series of discussions ranging across a number of literary and social issues but revolving around his life and work. The three seminars… Read More


Converting a CV to a Resume Monday, November 12, 2018 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Graduate Center, room 7209 About the Workshop While a CV is necessary for an academic job search, a resume is the preferred document for most other fields. In this workshop you will: Learn the differences in purpose and style between… Read More