Coming Soon! An Archive Center at the Mina Rees Library! A grant from The NYC Council and Manhattan Borough President’s office will allow the Graduate Center to create a state-of-the-art Archives Center at Mina Rees Library. tinyurl.com/5f4j7kdk #academiclibraries #cunygradcenter #minareeslibrary

Join us for a performance lecture by poet, artist, and CUNY Graduate Center alum Ronaldo V. Wilson embodying form and place through language, dance, song, and video. Introduced by poet and artist @waynekoestenbaum.bsky.social centerforthehumanities.org/event/still-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

"Mohanty teaches us that we can only create different kinds of subjects, relationships, and worlds by insurgency, rising in revolt against imperialism, racial capitalism, and heteropatriarchy.... A vital and visionary contribution.” - Sara Ahmed Register: bit.ly/insurgent_vi...

Decompress and contemplate between holidays using tools of earth-based practices. Join us for the third and final part of monthly workshop series - Wed, Dec 3, at 10:00 AM on zoom. All are welcome, bring a friend, bring someone from outside of CUNY. centerforthehumanities.org/event/compas...

This virtual launch event will take place online via Zoom livestream. This special issue explores bodies marked by intersectional identities as sites of social and political violence but also as the vehicle for resistance, triumph, and decolonial justice. centerforthehumanities.org/event/wsq-bo...

New York City has a new mayor. 🗳️ Join experts at the CUNY Graduate Center as they unpack what Zohran Mamdani’s historic win means for NYC’s politics and future. 📅 Nov 12 | 6:30 PM | CUNY Graduate Center RSVP: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/whos-... #CUNYGraduateCenter #NYC #Politics #ZohranMamdani

CUNY professor Eugenia Paulicelli will be presenting her new book, Fashion under Fascism: Beyond the Black Shirt, 2nd edition, on November 6th at the fashion Culture program at FIT events.fitnyc.edu/event/fashio...

We hope you can join us for “Fashioning Italianità on American Soil", next Wednesday, October 29, 2025 from 4pm in the Skylight Room.

Ronald Radano and Anthony Reed will discuss Radano's new book, Alive in the Sound: Black Music as Counterhistory Monday, October 27, 2025 6:30-8pm ET online Register: bit.ly/alive_in_the...

All the dates for the Compassion Beyond Reason Workshop series are up on our website now. Please join us, and bring a friend from outside CUNY who you think would benefit as well from these free, remote sessions! centerforthehumanities.org/event-type/w...

The Passion According to Janair : Performance and Discussion on the Work of Clarice Lispector Wednesday, October 29, 6:30 p.m. CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Ave. Elebash Recital Hall Free; individual reservations required at: www.gc.cuny.edu/public-progr... or email [email protected]

TONIGHT! Join us to hear about the incredible life of Randall and other "outrider" artists. www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-fr... @newvillagepress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Please join us on Monday 9/29 for the NYC book launch of Neubau Atmospheres: East German Cultural Remediations of Modernist Architecture by Dr. Stephan Ehrig

Please join the PhD program in French for a talk with Nicholas D. Paige this Friday

Please join us on Monday 9/29 for the NYC book launch of Neubau Atmospheres: East German Cultural Remediations of Modernist Architecture by Dr. Stephan Ehrig

Please join us tonight at 6pm at Baruch College for the first event of Polemos: A conference on the work of John Brenkman

📢 Hearing Cuban Voices in Times of Crisis Join us for a powerful bilingual panel featuring Cuban scholars and artists reflecting on oral history, censorship, and academic freedom. 🗓️ Thursday, May 8 | 6 PM 📍 Rooms 9206/07, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 💻 Hybrid via Zoom ✉️ RSVP: [email protected]

The modern data-driven government emerged from the information order of the early modern state. How did cultural encounters change the relationship between power and information? Join @minareeslibrary.bsky.social for more! gclibrary.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2025/04/29/f... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Five faculty members and four alumni from CUNY have been named 2025 Guggenheim Fellows — recognized for their groundbreaking work in film, music, literature, anthropology, and visual art.

How do you catch a reader's attention in any discipline? With a good hook! Join us next week @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social for our "The Anatomy of a Good Hook" workshop where you'll learn a common strategy for getting readers interested in your argument. Register here: buff.ly/MfBZDAL

Preceding the event Tonya M. Foster will facilitate a free related writing workshop, and participants will be invited to briefly share their writings at the start this event. Map the array of influences that shape your intellectual and creative practices. centerforthehumanities.org/event/influe...

TOMORROW! The rage born of silence, the healing through shared narratives, and the creativity that bridges the two. An evening honoring Women’s History Month: showcasing the lived experiences, struggles, and power of Indigenous women. www.eventbrite.com/e/indigenous...

#WritingTip: Creating what Joli Jensen calls a "ventilation file," a place where you capture all your negative thoughts about your writing, can help you work through the emotions attached to your project and overcome writer's block.

Upcoming Online Events: Dissertation and Thesis Deposit Information Session 📃 Virtual Info Sessions for Students Graduating June 2025

Tues, 3/11 at 6:30 p.m. ET – Mary Beard, renowned classicist & acclaimed author of many books on ancient Rome, gives the Leon Levy Biography Lecture, “Misleading Lives: The Perils of Ancient Biography” – reserve to join in person or online: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/annua... @wmarybeard.bsky.social

ICYMI - Watch “The Comedic Genius of Elaine May: A Discussion and Performance” - an evening celebrating May’s impact on stage & screen. Feat. Edward Miller, Elizabeth Alsop, Philip Wiles & improv group Binder Full of Women! youtu.be/WyZrq4fPKBI @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @elizabethalsop.bsky.social

Our inaugural bsky post!! Our first talk of the spring semester: Monica Miller and Sarah Lewis revisit Black dandyism March 10 | 6:30pm ET | Zoom | Link in bio

Applications are due by Sunday, March 16 for the Dissertation Showcase! More info here: www.gc.cuny.edu/provosts-off...

There's still time to sign up for our "Writing a Book Review" workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social , happening tomorrow at 3pm on Zoom. Here's the link: https://buff.ly/4ge8iP9

TOMORROW! If you spent the weekend watching the SNL50th, come for more laughs and more comedy history!

DUE THURSDAY! Join the @cunypoetics.bsky.social team in archive exploration!

More than 100 years after her death, Fidelia Bridges, an acclaimed and prolific painter, is recognized with an obituary in the New York Times. The remembrance is written by our own Bonnie Eissner and includes insights from Prof. Emerita Katherine Manthorne www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/a...

Oh hey, Kendra 👋🏾 Register here: www.tickettailor.com/events/cente...

If you missed our reverse outlining workshop @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social you can learn more about how it can help you clarify your essay's structure on our Revision Strategies page, "Is Your First Draft Disorganized? Reverse Outlining as a Method to Discover Structure."