Mar 1 | Professionalizing Your Online Identity The Futures Initiative is pleased to invite you to our first Thursday Dialogue of the spring semester: “Professionalizing Your Online Identity,” a conversation led by FI Fellow and Doctoral Candidate in English, Christina Katopodis. The event will be held on March 1 at the Graduate Center, CUNY in Room 9204. Join us to talk about creating… Read More
Due April 30 | Call for Applications: Decorative Arts Trust Summer Research Grants The Decorative Arts Trust is accepting applications for our 2018 Summer Research Grants. Each year the Trust awards at least five research grants to graduate students working on a Master’s thesis or PhD dissertation in a fields related to the decorative arts. Grants range from $500-$1,000. More information, as well as descriptions of past grant projects, can be found on our… Read More
Feb 21 | “Memory, Erasure, and Virtual Repatriation: The Zimbabwean Case” Memory, Erasure, and Virtual Repatriation: The Zimbabwean Case Co-sponsored by GC Digital Initiatives, the Institute for Research on the African Diaspora in the Americas & the Caribbean (IRADAC), and the Africana Studies Group February 21 6:30pm-8:30pm, Room C197 https://gcdi.commons.gc.cuny.edu/event/memory-erasure-and-virtual-repatriation-the-zimbabwean-case/ Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Nontsikelelo Mutiti, co-researchers of ReadingZimbabwe.com, have been collecting, cataloging, digitizing, and making available… Read More
The Advocate Call for Contributions NEVER SUBMIT, CONTRIBUTE! This spring, the Advocate invites everyone to build on the conversations on Revolution and Sovereignty that we have sustaining since the fall semester. Adding to our first issue on the idea of revolution and the second on its resonances in artistic and cultural practices, we now accepting contributions that expand these conversations… Read More
GC Digital Initiatives Sound Series This year, the GC Digital Initiatives is sponsoring a series of talks and workshops on topics related to sound analysis, comparison, theory, production, and recording. The GCDI Sound Series will reflect an interdisciplinary approach to sound studies and methodologies. We invite scholars from all disciplines to explore ways we can study and use sound in… Read More
Due Mar 9 | Applications for the Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Intern; Metropolitan Museum of Art Research Scholarship The Metropolitan Museum of Art is seeking eligible candidates for The Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Internship/Research Scholarship for 2018-2020. The Decorative Arts Trust Curatorial Intern/Research Scholar is a two-year position funded jointly by the Decorative Arts Trust and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This partnership seeks to provide hands-on curatorial experience for students and young… Read More
Feb 22 | TLC Workshop: Museum Pedagogy in the Classroom Thursday, February 22 6:30-8:30 PM Room 9205 Over the past generation, museums have undergone an enormous transition. No longer simply repositories of artifacts and authority, they are now, as the Smithsonian’s Stephen E. Weil once described, “a place for somebody.” As museums have moved toward a visitor-centered approach, their education departments have professionalized and developed… Read More
Due Mar. 10 | Call for proposals: Art Glass Forum The Art Glass Forum, a New York-based nonprofit founded in 1999, invites young decorative arts students to submit proposals for its annual “Emerging Scholars” event on May 1. AGF supports scholarship about glass, from ancient shards to contemporary experiments. Each spring, AGF brings in two emerging scholars to each give a 20-minute presentation to an AGF… Read More
Feb 14 | Co-Creating Social Change: Transformative Learning in a Community College The Futures Initiative is pleased to invite you to attend the next event in our University Worth Fighting For series, “Co-Creating Social Change: Transformative Learning in a Community College.” It will be held tomorrow, February 14, 12:00pm-2:00pm, at the Graduate Center, CUNY in the Skylight Room (9100). The discussion will address timely topics, including active… Read More