Sep 27 | “Rod Serling’s Speculative Anti-racisms,” a talk by Melissa Phruksachart (GC Alum) Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 6:00 pm Michelson Theater NYU Department of Cinema Studies 721 Broadway, 6th Floor How might The Twilight Zone (CBS, 1959-1964) and its creator Rod Serling afford us an opportunity to rethink the operations of mid-twentieth century U.S. racial liberalism? This talk argues that Serling’s infamous use of allegory and the… Read More
Block Party: Exhibition and Related Programming, Fri, Sep 15–Sat, Oct 28 Block Party: Peter Krashes Opening Reception: Friday, September 15, 2017, 6:00 PM — 8:00 PM | The James Gallery Please join us Friday, September 15th from 6 to 8pm at the James Gallery for the opening reception of “Block Party” an exhibition of paintings by artist and community organizer Peter Krashes. We invite the Graduate… Read More
The Gotham Center events “Why Can’t NYC Do Big Projects Anymore?” The Myths and Challenges of Large-Scale Development in Today’s NYC, And Planning for Tomorrow Monday, September 11th, 6:30 – 8 pm Elebash Recital Hall (Ground Floor) While many complain NYC’s days of major public works are long gone, the government has in fact undertaken a number of huge… Read More
Sep 7 | Featuring Profs. Kandice Chuh, Dorothy Wang: Pedagogies of Dissent for Asian American Studies Dear colleagues, Welcome back to the start of a new semester! I am writing to invite you to the inaugural Futures Initiative event of the year: Pedagogies of Dissent for Asian American Studies, which will take place on September 7th at 12-2pm, The Graduate Center, CUNY (365 Fifth Avenue), Room 9207. This is an informal, brownbag lunch discussion in our new Thursday Dialogues series.… Read More
Sept 7 | The Performance of Blackness in Contemporary Brazil, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic Please join The Center for the Humanities on Thursday, September 7th at 6:00pm for “The Performance of Blackness in Contemporary Brazil, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic” in the Martin E. Segal Theatre at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Join Abigail Lapin Dardashti, Fabiana Lopes, Dadland Maye, and Marcos Teixeira de Souza for a panel discussion exploring… Read More
CLAGS Fall Semester 2017 Events Queer Pedagogies Mon, Sept 11| The Graduate Center, CUNY | C204 6:00pm – 8:00pm Register Here A conversation for educators who are LGBTQ or allied, moderated bu María R. Scharrón-del Río (Associate Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY), Kalle Westerling (Ph.D. Candidate and Futures Initiative Fellow, the Graduate Center, CUNY), and Stephanie Hsu (Associate Professor, Pace University). Hear… Read More
May 4 & 5 | Freedom: a Mellon-Sawyer Symposium May 4, 2017 – The Graduate Center, CUNY, May 5, 2017 – New York Public Library, Schwartzman Building In what ways does an engagement with the concept of FREEDOM complicate, if not trouble , our understanding of colonial histories, individualism, sovereignty, the public sphere, liberalism, nationalism, republicanism, contemporary and post-colonial politics?… Read More
Apr. 27 | Inside Voices: An Oral History Exhibition Faculty and students are invited to an upcoming student showcase at Columbia University, Inside Voices[oralhistory.columbia.edu], a multimedia pop-up exhibition free and open to the public on Thursday, April 27 from 5 to 8 p.m. This event employs a wide range of interactive formats and stories based on interviews conducted by student in 2016 cohort of… Read More
April 25 |”Betsy DeVos & Federal Education Policy” The PhD Program in Urban Education is pleased to host a panel session: “Betsy DeVos & Federal Education Policy” PANEL: Joel Spring, David Bloomfield, and Audra Watson, Graduate of Cohort 11. LOCATION: Urban Education Community Room, 4202, 4:15 to 6:15 PM … Read More