The Center for Humanities: May Events
May Events
Upcoming events this May highlight critical and creative work exploring: the visibility of research in exhibition-making institutions; habitation in a period of climatic upheaval; Victorian ecological discourse and ecocriticism; the legendary CUNY teacher, activist, and poet June Jordan’s life, work, and legacy; PSC-CUNY members performing short plays on caregiving at CUNY; LGBTQ+ theater performance around notions of community and queer legacies; the current state of minoritarian and queer fashion studies; the study of objects and materiality within theater and performance studies; visual perception and critical theory with keynote speakers Anne Carson and Kaja Silverman.
Autoethnographies of CUNY: The Power of Storytelling
Mon, Apr 30, 6:30 PM | The Skylight Room (9100)
Tohib Adejumo, Sylvia Beato, Grace M. Cho, Katherine Jennings, Rose M. Kim, Peggy Pardo, Bushra Rehman, Samrah Shoaib, Alaudin Ullah, Marie Varghese, Alison Wong
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Inside the Box: A Conversation on Research in Exhibition-Making Institutions
Tue, May 1, 6:00 PM | The James Gallery
Penelope Curtis, Keith Wilson
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Brave New Worlds: Dwelling in a Changing Climate
Thu, May 3, 6:30 PM | The Skylight Room (9100)
Dylan Gauthier, Setha Low, Bethany Wiggin
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Victorian Ecotime: Inventing, Forecasting, Temporalizing
Fri, May 4, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM | Martin E. Segal Theatre
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Performing Minoritarian and Queer Fashion: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
Mon, May 7,12:30 PM – 2:30 PM | The James Gallery
Kim Jenkins, Sissi Liu, Monica L. Miller, Eugenia Paulicelli, Minh-Ha T. Pham
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Visualizing Theory
Thu, May 10 – Fri, May 11, 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM | C-level and Proshansky Auditorium
Keynotes: Anne Carson, Kaja Silverman
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Objects of Study: Methods and Materiality in Theatre and Performance Studies
Thu, May 10, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM | Martin E. Segal Theatre
Katherine Behar, Maaike Bleeker, Rebecca Schneider, Soyoung Yoon, Larissa Velez-Jackson
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“O, Earth!” by Casey Llewellyn: A Staged Reading
Fri, May 11, 7:00 PM | Martin E. Segal Theatre
Zeynep Akca, Roberta Cooper, Reuven Glezer, Ruth Ostrow, Dana Spatar
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Turnstyle Reading Series: Nicole Dennis-Benn, Helen Phillips, Bonnie Harris
Tue, May 15, 6:30 PM | Room C198
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A Tribute to June Jordan
Fri, May 18, 10:30 AM – 8:00 PM | Proshansky Auditorium and C-Level Rooms
TheaterWorks! Short Plays On Caregiving at CUNY
Tue, May 22, 7:00 PM | Elebash Recital Hall
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We hope to see you at the Graduate Center, CUNY this May! To view our complete spring schedule of events and opportunities, please visit our website.