Oct 21 | Transformative Learning in the Humanities: An Information Session We invite you to an information session on Wed, Oct 21 at 2-3 pm, for a new three-year initiative supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, “Transformative Learning in the Humanities.” Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost José Luis Cruz (PI of the historic $10 million grant to CUNY, of which this is a part)… Read More
Oct 15 | Beyond Populism: A Panel Discussion The American Studies Certificate Program invites you to join us on Thursday Oct. 15 at 4:30 p.m. for a panel discussion addressing issues raised in the newly released essay collection Beyond Populism: Angry Politics and the Twilight of Neoliberalism (West Virginia UP, 2020), edited by the Graduate Center’s Jeff Maskovsky (Anthropology) and Vanderbilt University’s Sophie Bjork-James. The volume takes up… Read More
Oct 8 | American Studies Working Group Meeting Students and faculty interested in and/or affiliated with the American Studies Certificate Program are invited to attend an informal gathering of what we’ve dubbed our Working Group on Thursday, Oct. 8 at 4 p.m. The point first and foremost is to gather; we will discuss, among other things of current interest, Scott Kurashige’s 2019 American Studies Association Presidential Address,… Read More
Oct 7 & 8 | Upcoming PublicsLab Events Ghost River: Decolonization through Artistic Reinterpretation Wednesday, 7 October 2020 4:30-6:00pm Co-sponsored by the American Social History Project. Ghost River: The Fall and Rise of the Conestoga (Red Planet Books and Comics, 2019) is a graphic novel about the Paxton massacres of 1763. However, as the title suggests, the Paxton vigilantes associated with this tragedy… Read More
Sep 25 | Meet the Faculty and Students Open Session Please join us for a virtual meet and greet. You will have a chance to meet some of the American Studies faculty and ask questions related to the Certificate Program. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/121793751389 to access the Zoom link to join.… Read More
Mina Rees Library | Conversation Series Mina Rees Library Conversation Series: Summer 2020 Schedule Thursday June 18th, 1:00pm EST: Brian Mercado & Karen Zaino, GC Doctoral students, and participants in the 2020 Open Pedagogy Fellowship .They’ll talk about their experience developing OER for courses in Sociology and Urban Education, and the ethics of finding open resources in those fields. Sign up here for the Zoom link! Thursday,… Read More
March 13 | The Met’s 2020 Spring Fellows Colloquia Academic and Professional Programs at The Met is delighted to announce the 2020 Spring Fellows Colloquia will begin Friday, March 13, at 10:00 AM. Please find the full program attached here, along with links to information on the individual sessions below. All events will take place in the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall, on the… Read More
Feb 14 | “Art, Quietude, and the Feminine Interior in 21st-Century Dominican American Writing” The next meeting of The Colloquium for the Study of Latina/o/x Culture & Theory will take place Friday, February 14, 2020 3:00 to 4:30 pm CUNY Graduate Center, Room 8304 “Art, Quietude, and the Feminine Interior in 21st-Century Dominican American Writing” (on Angie Cruz’s Soledad and Naima Coster’s Halsey Street) Regina Mills (Texas A &… Read More
Aug 8 | Empire, Memory, Violence, and the Sociological Imagination Please join us for a symposium on Thursday, August 8 (9:30am-3:30pm) being organized by Linda Luu, ASCP student and Ph.D. candidate in Sociology. See details below! Feel free to share with friends. The event is open to the public. Empire, Memory, Violence, and the Sociological Imagination Thursday, August 8, 2019 CUNY Graduate Center [goo.gl] Skylight… Read More
May 14 | 2019 GC Digital Showcase GC Digital Showcase Tuesday, May 14th, 2019 at 6:30-8:30 pm Martin E. Segal Theatre, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016 Are you using digital technologies in your research? Are you interested in learning about digital initiatives at the Graduate Center? The GC Digital Initiatives End-of-Year Showcase highlights student research, teaching, and digital projects across the #DigitalGC community.… Read More