April 10 | Translanguaging as Critical Inquiry and Pedagogy Presented by the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education Provocative Inquiries in Urban Education (PIUE) Lecture Series, Spring 2018: Listening to Alumni Translanguaging as Critical Inquiry and Pedagogy Presenters: UEd alums: Dr. Carla España and Dr. Luz Herrera, and Cristian Solorza, UEd Doctoral Student Tuesday, April 10th, 6:30–8:30pm The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue, New… Read More
Deadline Sept 5 | 2019-2020 IIE Fulbright Grants for Graduate Research Abroad 2019-2020 IIE Fulbright Grants for Graduate Research Abroad Campus Deadline: Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 5pm The 2019-20 Institute for International Education (IIE) Fulbright Grant competition is now open, application materials and guidelines are available on-line at http://www.us.fulbrightonline.org. The application must be completed online and the website provides full guidelines, instructions, and country-specific information. Eligibility requirements… Read More
April 11 | West African Manuscripts round table Please join us at New York University’s Tamiment Library (10th floor, Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, 70 Washington Sq. South) on Wednesday, April 11, 6:30-8:00PM (doors open at 6pm) for a round table on issues relating to early West African manuscripts. A fundamental source for the history of West Africa lies in rich archival collections, most famously the manuscript libraries of Timbuktu.… Read More
April 17 | Careers in Publishing Careers in Publishing Tuesday, April 17, 2018 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm CUNY Graduate Center, room 9207 About the Event Al Bertrand is Editor in Chief and Associate Publishing Director at Princeton University Press (PUP). Prior to joining PUP in 2010, Al was an editor and editorial director at Blackwell Publishing and John Wiley & Sons.… Read More
Apr 9-30 | Open Classroom Month The Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center’s Open Teaching Initiative is pleased to launch Open Classroom Month. Designed to help prepare and familiarize Graduate Center students with CUNY’s undergraduate classrooms as well as a range of instructional models, Open Classroom Month invites GC students to visit classes taught by experienced CUNY faculty. Observing how other instructors develop and implement lessons, manage discussions,… Read More
Due Apr 1 | Call for Applications: 2018 Reclaimed Lands Conference Planning Fellowship FELLOWSHIP DESCRIPTION: The Freshkills Park Team is working to transform the 2,200-acre Fresh Kills Landfill on the Arthur Kill waterfront of Staten Island into a new public park over the next 25 years. The ongoing development of Freshkills Park is one of the most ambitious public works projects in the history of New York City,… Read More
Due Apr 27 | Call for applications: IRADAC Fellowship 2018-2019 IRADAC Fellows Program Fall 2018/Spring 2019 Purpose The IRADAC Fellowship provides institutional and intellectual support for Ph.D. candidates at the writing stage. Organized around an interdisciplinary seminar, the IRADAC Dissertation Fellowship offers sustained and supportive criticism among scholars writing on any area of the African Diaspora. During the academic year, fellows will have the opportunity… Read More
Due Mar 31 | CfP – “Community College and the Future of the Humanities” Call for Papers for: “Community College and the Future of the Humanities” #humsCC A National Conference Convened by LaGuardia Community College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York October 18 and 19, 2018 Community colleges are redefining the importance and centrality of the humanities to the lives of the “new majority” of students, both during their academic careers and after… Read More
May 1 | (Re)addressing Urban Education Literacy, Curriculum and Pedagogy Provocative Inquiries in Urban Education (PIUE) Lecture Series, Spring 2018: Listening to Alumni (Re)addressing Urban Education Literacy, Curriculum and Pedagogy Presenters: Dr. Maria Akinyele and Dr. Altovise Gipson-Colon, UEd alums Tuesday, May 1st, 6:30–8:30pm The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Room 4202, Urban Education Lounge FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC… Read More