Please join us for a lecture by Jodi Melamed Tuesday, 12 March, 6:30pm Segal Theatre How can we explain the open secret of permissible violence for capitalist accumulation, in the U.S. and globally?  Jodi Melamed argues that we must come to grips with the diffuse and deadly capacities of administrative power to give impunity to racial… Read More


The Nature, Ecology and Society Colloquium is a forum for research and action directed towards future sustainability and justice. This forum is intended to spotlight awareness, dialogue and collaboration between researchers and action oriented people, especially within the City University of New York, but outside CUNY as well. The 2019 Nature, Ecology, & Society Colloquium… Read More


You are invited to participate in this collaborative workshop on the fundamentals of working as an expert witness on asylum cases hosted by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies (CLACLS) at the CUNY Graduate Center. We will be joined by immigration attorneys in NYC, seasoned expert witnesses (with experience on affirmative and criminal cases)… Read More


Speaker: Maud Simonet Topic: “Free Labor: The New Exploitation Date: Thursday, February 14, 2019 Time: 4:30pm-6:30pm Location: CUNY Graduate Center (Room 5200/Political Science Lounge) Refreshments will be served Abstract:  What do a volunteer in extra-curricular activities at a school, a welfare recipient cleaning up New York’s parks, or a writer of an online blog have… Read More


Join us at The Graduate Center on February 14 at 12pm in room 9207 for a workshop on hip-hop and pedagogy moderated by Futures Initiative Fellow Kashema Hutchinson. This workshop will be conducted as a cypher, a hip hop cultural event, such as freestyling or battling that takes place in a circle, to discuss the relationship between the… Read More