Past Events

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Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Mark J. Mirsky
Nov 14
Joyce Carol Oates in Conversation with Mark J. Mirsky
Chai & Chat Reading Series with Kima Jones
Nov 6
Chai & Chat Reading Series with Kima Jones
The Invention of Prehistory: Why Are We Obsessed With Human Origins?
Sep 17
The Invention of Prehistory: Why Are We Obsessed With Human Origins?
Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussion on the Middle East, with Ahmad Mahmoud
Apr 18
Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussion on the Middle East, with Ahmad Mahmoud

Ahmad Mahmoud, PhD Candidate at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, on the history of the Palestinian City of Nablus — told through its sewage system.

White Supremacy in Global Context
Apr 16
White Supremacy in Global Context

Join scholars and analysts Cynthia Idriss-Miller and Esther Adaire as they trace the underlying commonalities that unite the global far right.

Chai and Chat with David Groff
Apr 10
Chai and Chat with David Groff

David Groff’s third book of poems Live in Suspense, was published in 2023 from Trio House Press . . .

Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussion on the Middle East with Daniel Kurtzer
Mar 28
Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussion on the Middle East with Daniel Kurtzer

Daniel C. Kurtzer has served as U.S. Ambassador to both Egypt and Israel . . .

The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
Feb 29
The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon
‘Brainwashing’ from the Cold War to the Present
Feb 15
‘Brainwashing’ from the Cold War to the Present
Conversation with Brian Tart, President and Publisher, Viking Penguin
Feb 6
Conversation with Brian Tart, President and Publisher, Viking Penguin
45th Annual Langston Hughes Festival honoring Colson Whitehead
Feb 1
45th Annual Langston Hughes Festival honoring Colson Whitehead
Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussions on the Middle East
Dec 5
Edging the Abyss: Voices and Discussions on the Middle East
Racial Rage, Racial Guilt: The Uses of Anger in Asian America
Nov 30
Racial Rage, Racial Guilt: The Uses of Anger in Asian America
Robert Higney on Modernism, Magazines, and the Cold War
Nov 14
Robert Higney on Modernism, Magazines, and the Cold War
Semi-Conducting Hand-Held Moons
Nov 4
Semi-Conducting Hand-Held Moons

Exhibitions at the PS122 Gallery in NYC and at the CREATE Gallery in Catskill NY,

Conversation with Bruce Robbins about his book 'Criticism and Politics: a Polemical Introduction'
Oct 31
Conversation with Bruce Robbins about his book 'Criticism and Politics: a Polemical Introduction'
The War over a Democratic Future in Israel
Oct 24
The War over a Democratic Future in Israel

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Salar Abdoh: Out of Mesopotamia
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Dána-Ain Davis and Jonathan Metzl: The Pandemic and the Politics of Racial Resentment
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Federico Finchelstein: Fascism, Populism, and the Politics of the Pandemic
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RACE FOR PROFIT: HOW THE BANKS AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY UNDERMINED BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP
RACE FOR PROFIT: HOW THE BANKS AND REAL ESTATE INDUSTRY UNDERMINED BLACK HOMEOWNERSHIP

September 19, 2019

Join us for the reading of Race For Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

6:00 – 8:00PM

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#BLACKLIVESMATTER TO BLACK LIBERATION
#BLACKLIVESMATTER TO BLACK LIBERATION

March TBA:

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor (Princeton University)
Author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation.
LOCATION AND TIME: TBA

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THE VICTORIAN ACTRESS
THE VICTORIAN ACTRESS

November 29, 2018:

Professor Renata Miller Reading (CCNY – English Dept)
The Victorian Actress in the Novel and on the Stage.
LOCATION: Rifkind Room NAC, 6/316 
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 PM

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TYEHIMBA JESS READING
TYEHIMBA JESS READING

October 30, 2018: 

Reading by Tyehimba Jess, Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 
(Co-sponsored event with the MFA Program in Creative Writing). 
LOCATION: Shepard Hall –  S95
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00PM

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EFFECTIVE/DEFECTIVE
EFFECTIVE/DEFECTIVE

October 25, 2018:

A talk by Dr. Robert Reid-Pharr - Effective/Defective James Baldwin

LOCATION: Shepard Hall –  S95
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00PM

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A Conversation With Author Susan Faludi on Her Surprising New Book
A Conversation With Author Susan Faludi on Her Surprising New Book

November 17, 2016:

A Conversation With Author Susan Faludi on Her Surprising New Book

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Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning
Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning

February 10, 2016:

Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning - Timothy Snyder

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A talk with Stanley Fish
A talk with Stanley Fish

February 26, 2015:

A talk with Stanley Fish

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More Previous Events

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Sander Gilman: Placing the Blame In and On Ultra-Orthodox Communities in New York
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Salar Abdoh: Out of Mesopotamia
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Harold Veeser: The Rebirth of American Literary Theory and Criticism
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Ian Buruma: Epidemic and Conspiracy
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Dána-Ain Davis and Jonathan Metzl: The Pandemic and the Politics of Racial Resentment
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Victoria Rosner: Modernism and Germ Theory
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Anne Nelson: Shadow Network
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Federico Finchelstein: Fascism, Populism, and the Politics of the Pandemic
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LALE CAN & MIKHAL DEKEL
GLOBAL POPULISM AND THE NEW RIGHT
GLOBAL POPULISM AND THE NEW RIGHT

October 22, 2019

Join us for this reading

LOCATION: Rifkind Center at NAC, 6/316
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30 PM

 

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