Feb 27 | TLC Workshop on Creativity in the Classroom February 22, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Tuesday, February 27 | 4:30-6:30pm | Room 9205 Are you looking for ways to get students more engaged with challenging course material and assignments? Students come into the classroom with a wide range of creative skills that you can help them apply to materials in your course. Offering students creative options (both in-person and digital)… Read More
Mar 8 | Immigration Seminar with Immigration Attorney Michael J. Goldstein February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Read More
Feb 28 | Effective Networking: A Workshop with Ann Kirschner February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Wednesday, 02/28/2018 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Graduate Center, Room C197 You’ve heard about networking. It helps ensure that your job materials land on the right desk, improves your chances of getting interviews, and opens you up to new opportunities and experiences. But how do you network efficiently? What strategies effect change? Join Ann Kirschner, CUNY… Read More
Feb 23 | “Activism in Academia II” interdisciplinary symposium at the Graduate Center, CUNY February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil Read More
Mar 1 | Professionalizing Your Online Identity February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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” February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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 February 20, 2018 | Rukshana Jalil 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