The Center for the Humanities – April + May Events
Please join the Center for the Humanities for these exciting opportunities to participate, including our Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research, CUNY Adjunct Incubator Research & Development Grants, and ourObject Seminar and Call for Objects, as well as an exciting lineup of upcoming events which are free and open to the public at the Graduate Center, CUNY and across the city. To view our complete spring schedule of events and opportunities, please visit our website.
Poetry Studies Now
Fri, Apr 26, 10:30 AM – 6:00 PM | Martin E. Segal Theatre, the Graduate Center, CUNY
Sat, Apr 27, 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM | Poets House, 10 River Terrace, New York, NY
Vidhu Aggarwal, Genji Amino, Daisy Atterbury, Sherwin Bitsui, Julia Bloch, Rizvana Bradley, Tonya Foster, Erica Hunt, Walt Hunter, Bhanu Kapil, Jee Leong Koh, Lucas de Lima, Tan Lin, Sawako Nakayasu, Jared Sexton, Celina Su, Roberto Tejada, Dorothy Wang, Ronaldo Wilson, Monica Youn
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Showcase & Information Session: Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research
Wed, May 1, 10:30 AM – 4:30 PM | The Skylight Room (9100)
Join us for a special showcase of past and ongoing scholarly and creative projects produced by CUNY and community participants of the Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research, which will double as an information session to learn how to get involved and apply for the upcoming 2019-2022 iteration of the initiative (CUNY faculty and GC Doctoral Students are eligible).
Prithi Kanakamedala, Ashley Dawson, Zeynep Oguz, Jules Salomone, Karen Okigbo, Daisy Atterbury, Terrie Epstein, Andrea Juarez Mendoza, (Y.E.S) YOUth Education Summit (Y.E.S) Interns, Grace M. Cho, Nina Angela Mercer, Robin McGinty, Members of College & Community Fellowship (CCF), Kathy McDonald, Jaime Shearn Coan, Diane Yoong, Kasey Zapatka, Kendra Sullivan, Alisa Besher
Housing Literacy: Understanding Your Lease, the Rent Law Fight, and Your Rent History
Wed, May 1, 6:30 PM | Elebash Recital Hall
Ellen Davidson, Delsenia Glover, Kasey Zapatka, Tenants & Neighbors, Partner and Partners
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Towards a Desanctification of the Gallery Space
Wed, May 1, 6:30 PM | The James Gallery
Niño de Elche, Regine Basha, Lluís Alexandre Casanovas Blanco, Daniel Valtueña
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“En un cuartito los dos” Niño de Elche
Thu, May 2, 6:30 PM | The James Gallery
Niño de Elche, Daniel Valtueña
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The Wars of Peace: The Mundane Violence of the Victorians
Fri, May 3, 9:00 AM – 6:00 PM | Martin E. Segal Theatre
Zarena Aslami, Meredith Martin, Holly Furneaux, Aeron Hunt, Anjuli Raza Kolb, Lara Kriegel, Nasser Mufti, Cornelia Pearsall, Simon Reader
Click here for the full schedule and more info about the 2019 Victorian Studies Conference.
The Object Seminar: Breaking Boundaries
Nathalie Etoke: “Object to Subject: Afro Diasporic French Identities”
Fri, May 3, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | French Student Lounge (Room 4202)
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Stephanie Grace-Petinos: “The Living Relic and the Disabled Body”
Wed, May 8, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM | Room 9206
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Jasmine Claude-Narcisse: “On the Black Body as Traded Object”
Fri, May 10, 5:00 PM – 8:30 PM | The Object Library (ground floor in the Graduate Center, CUNY library)
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A People’s Climate Action Plan for New York
Fri, May 3, 9:30 AM – 06:00 PM | Room 9204
Tom Angotti, Ashley Dawson, Aurash Khawarzad, Vanessa Keith, Danny Peralta
2019 Call for Applications: CUNY Adjunct Incubator Research & Development Grants
Application Deadline: Mon, May 6, 2019
Adjunct Research & Development Grants will award $4,000 to 10 CUNY adjuncts developing independent scholarship and/or public projects in the humanities or humanities-related social sciences
The Object Seminar: Call for Objects!
Fri, May 10, 2019, 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM | The Object Library (ground floor of the Graduate Center, CUNY library)
Click here for more information about this Call for Objects and special event.
Next Generation: Public Science
Mon, May 20, 6:30 PM | 9th floor, the Graduate Center, CUNY
Daniel Glaser
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