Nov 4 | Peter Trachtenberg and Francine Prose “Downtown and The Twilight of Bohemia” Panel Discussion

The American Studies Certificate Program and the Leon Levy Center for Biography present Downtown and The Twilight of Bohemia – Panel Discussion Elebash Recital Hall Tuesday, November 4th 6:30pm-7:45pm RSVP at https://tinyurl.com/3nas3dr4 What is “Downtown”? Is it the Abstract Expressionists’ West 9th Street, or the Soho and Tribeca of succeeding generations of artists? Is it the East… Read More

May 18 | NY Metro – American Studies Association annual brunch

NYMASA BRUNCH 5/18/2025 SUNDAY (11am – 2pm) It’s time again for the legendary NYMASA (NY Metro chapter of the American Studies Association – nymasa.com) Spring Brunch on Sun, May 18 11AM-2PM! Hosted by a NYMASA member, the brunch is a terrific way to meet fellow Americanists from the region, catch up with friends, and eat… Read More

American Revolutions in the Digital Age Webinar Series

You are invited to a four-part webinar series with editors of and contributors to the new volume, American Revolutions in the Digital Age (Cornell University Press, 2024). You can access a PDF of the book at this link. This innovative text explores how scholars are using newly digitized materials and emerging digital methods to re-examine the… Read More

05/15 Book Talk; Oliver Radclyffe’s “Frighten the Horses”

The Center for the Study of Women and Society invites you to join us for our final book talk of the year with Oliver Radclyffe, author of FRIGHTEN THE HOURSES, a textured, sharply written memoir about coming of age in the fourth decade of one’s life and embracing one’s truest self in a world that… Read More

Tomorrow May 11 | Queer Student Social

Queer Student Social Tomorrow, May 11th at 6:30 PM in Room 5414 Join us for a queer night filled with chat, conversations, laughter, food and drinks.   The schedule is as follows:   6:30 PM : Meet and Greet   6:45 PM- 8:30 PM: Queer Socials   All GC/CUNY students are welcome! Please Register through… Read More

May 10 | The GC Digital Showcase

We are delighted to share that we will be hosting the GC Digital Showcase this year on Wednesday, May 10th. The event is hybrid, and attendees can join in-person at the Graduate Center Segal Theater or over Zoom. The event will feature student projects from the MA in Digital Humanities Praxis seminar, the Provost Digital… Read More

May 18 | Anti-Racism Committee Event

Please join the Ph.D. Theatre and Performance program for an Anti-Racist and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource Gathering facilitated by students. At this gathering, the Theatre and Performance program’s Anti-Racism Committee hopes to build connections and collectively strategize with colleagues across the Graduate Center who have been engaged in anti-racist work. This will serve as… Read More

April 18 | Experimental Aging and U.S. Modernisms

April 18, 6pm, room 4406 A lecture by Scott Herring This talk rehearses core arguments from Scott Herring’s recent book, Aging Moderns: Art, Literature, and the Experiment of Later Life (Columbia University Press, 2022). Canvassing artists, performers, and writers such as Mabel Hampton, Indra B. Tamang, and Tillie Olsen, my research illuminates how old age… Read More

Nov 18 | The Polish Oscars: A Discussion with Andrzej Krakowski

Friday, November 18, 2022 at 5:00pm Room 9205 Attendees must register in advance at https://bit.ly/3gtTi68 Andrzej Krakowski is a director, screenwriter, film producer, writer, educator, and cartoonist who has made over seventy films and TV series. He received the Outstanding Pole Abroad award in 2022 for researching the Polish roots of Hollywood. This event will… Read More