Deadline Jan 12 | Applications for Mellon Fellowships at the Humanities Institute, New York Botanical Garden December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN THE HUMANITIES INSTITUTE — LuESTHER T. MERTZ LIBRARY CALL FOR FELLOWS 2018 The Humanities Institute, a research division within the LuEsther T. Mertz Library at The New York Botanical Garden, is pleased to offer a full-time, residential Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship for 2018 for current Ph.D. students or recent post-doctoral… Read More
Due Jan 29 | Applications for the Vera Institute and CUNY Graduate Center Summer Fellowships December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Vera Institute and CUNY Graduate Center invites applications for four Summer Fellows who will be based in Vera’s New York City offices. These $4000 fellowships will be offered to Graduate Center Ph.D. students from any program with primary research interests in criminal or immigration justice and the work of the Vera Institute. The primary… Read More
Dec 7 | Landing an Industry Job by Leveraging Your Academic Experience December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Thursday, December 7, 2017 12:00-2:00 p.m. Graduate Center, Room 9207 The Futures Initiative is pleased to invite you to our final Thursday Dialogue of the semester on December 7, “Landing an Industry Job by Leveraging Your Academic Experience.” This last dialogue will be an informal conversation about the transition from academia to industry. The discussion will… Read More
Dec 7 | Careers in the Arts and Cultural Production December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Thursday, 12/07/2017 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Graduate Center, Room 9204 The arts are frequently lumped in with the humanities as a means of institutional organization. However, students in the arts may have very different talents, skillsets, and interests than those of other students. Additionally, students outside traditional arts disciplines may also be interested in… Read More
Due Feb 9 | Graduate Center Early Research Initiative Fellowships in Interdisciplinary Research in the Service of Public Knowledge December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Carnegie Foundation initiative on doctoral education uses the label “steward” to convey a role for scholars that transcends accomplishments and skills: it has an ethical and political dimension. “Self-identifying as a steward,” Chris Golde of Stanford says, “implies adopting a sense of purpose that is larger than oneself” or one’s own discipline. Students and… Read More
Dec 5 | Info Session, Vera Institute of Justice December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Information Session: Vera Institute of Justice Tuesday, December 5, 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Graduate Center, Room 9204 Please register to attend here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduD6I6kIZvxP8EiSP9iW6Zv7n7SlIMjhN0jnEaJklBbR9mWQ/viewform. The Vera Institute of Justice has as its mission to build and improve justice systems that ensure fairness, promote safety, and strengthen communities. To do this, it works to tackle the most pressing… Read More
Winter Pilates and Hatha Yoga Classes Offered December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil We will be offering one Pilates class and one Hatha Yoga class during the winter intersession break between semesters, but only if we have adequate enrollment. Please register now in room 7301 if you wish to attend either class. Registration must be done prior to the first class. Hatha Yoga Session E 12:00-1:00pm (Wednesdays) $20… Read More
Dec 14 | Queering Black Women’s History by Beverly Guy-Sheftall with a special commemoration of Michele Wallace December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil The Audre Lorde/Essex Hemphill Memorial Lecture Queering Black Women’s History Sponsored by IRADAC and the Africana Studies Certificate Program. December 14, 2017, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM The Martin Segal Theatre Beverly Guy-Sheftall is the founding director of the Women’s Research and Resource Center (1981) and Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women’s Studies at Spelman… Read More
Dec 6 | Workshop: Interviewing for Faculty Positions December 4, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Wednesday, 12/06/2017 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm Graduate Center, room 9206 In this workshop, we’ll talk about what to expect from both preliminary (phone, Skype, and conference) interviews and campus visits for faculty positions. We’ll also discuss what to expect if you receive an offer and how you might negotiate it. Please register to attend here.… Read More
Due Jan 15 | CFP for ESA Conference ’18 – Breaking Through: Textures & Aesthetics of Rupture November 28, 2017 | Rukshana Jalil Breaking Through: Textures & Aesthetics of Rupture English Student Association Conference The Graduate Center, CUNY March 23rd, 2018 breakingthrough.commons.gc.cuny.edu // [email protected] CFP for ESA Conference 2018 – Breaking Through (printable) Call For Proposals: “The degree is in disruption,” announces the homepage of the USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy for Arts, Technology and the Business of… Read More