Taking up “the worm” as a subject and paradigm for studying visual arts. Presentations will wiggle between sonic, visual, and textual elements of worms, as a subject and as a theoretical springboard. centerforthehumanities.org/event/worms-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Join us for our semesterly peer-led space for current GC students to create community and informally talk to one another about their public-facing/ community-engaged/ applied/ activist research. No presentations or talks, just community. We will have food and drink. form.jotform.com/252234791914...

Finally, the election is over! Let's get to work... Next week! centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social @stone-lis.bsky.social sky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social ky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

Wednesday, Nov. 12: a reading & conversation to celebrate the launch of Celina Su's new book, "Budget Justice," which shows how communities can solve our cities' most pressing problems. With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event! @princetonupress.bsky.social

Check out this opportunity at the Center for Brooklyn History!

FRIDAY!

FRIDAY!

Congrats, Michelle 🎉 Michelle Rendón Ochoa is a 2024 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellow Read more about their work at Distributaries: centerforthehumanities.org/rompiendo-si... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Tues, Nov 4, 6:30p - catch the discussion “Downtown and the Twilight of Bohemia” with Peter Trachtenberg, Francine Prose, Howard Michels & Sur Rodney (Sur), exploring the evolution of downtown culture. Reserve: www.eventbrite.com/e/downtown-a... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @cunyenglish.bsky.social

This special issue focuses on testimonio as a genre that is inextricably connected to gender, class, and ethnicity and is used by women from the Américas to claim their agency while challenging multiple forms of oppression. For more information: centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-testimon...

Nov 13, 3pm-4:30pm @gctlc.bsky.social x PS2 @humanitiescuny.bsky.social present Sip n Chat F25 edition. Celebrating our 2025 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellows & TLC Fellows Open to all students @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social — chat with your peers, snack away, & create community with us

For students in all disciplines who interested in archival research in or around 20th century poetry, poetics or other art forms (see link for more), and will range from $500 to $3,000. Due Feb. 13th! Learn more! centerforthehumanities.org/2026-lost-fo... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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The deadline to send in your proposal is Nov 3rd. We invite proposals to work with the editorial board to build on and expand WSQ’s intellectual scope and audience reach within and beyond the fields of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @feministpress.bsky.social

@onuraayaz.bsky.social visited the Charles Olson Research Collection at @uconn.bsky.social in search of poetry and teachings, but unexpectedly discovered Olson’s trip to Key West where his poetic genius was born. Below are Ayaz’s experiences and findings: centerforthehumanities.org/discovering-...

Next Wed! 6:30pm. Online and at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social First look at a show conceived and performed by Brazilian actress and playwright Ana Carbatti! The play is an exploration of injustice, identity, and empowerment. More: centerforthehumanities.org/event/perfor... @claclsgc.bsky.social

WEDNESDAY: Please join us, and bring a friend from within or without CUNY!

TOMORROW! Please join us for a bilingual dialogue and reading put together by L&F Fellow Natasha Tiniacos, alongside poets, scholars, and translators to discuss the phenomenon of literary exophony: the experience of existing outside one’s mother tongue. centerforthehumanities.org/event/exopho...

After the polls close and the election is over, New Yorkers will still need to organize for the city they deserve. Join us for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of Budget Justice: a bold vision that empowers communities. Register! centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget...

Next week! Please join us, and bring a friend from within or without CUNY!

What do the archives of eating disorders uncover? What do eating disorders reveal about writing, about life? What are the ethical obligations of eating disorder memoirists to their often vulnerable readers? centerforthehumanities.org/event/eating... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Join us for a lively panel discussion on the evolution of downtown culture. What is “Downtown”? What is its relation to artists? Is it even real? Tue, Nov 4th, 6:30pm! centerforthehumanities.org/event/downto... @cunygcps2.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Next Wed! 6:30pm. Online and at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social First look at a show conceived and performed by Brazilian actress and playwright Ana Carbatti! The play is an exploration of injustice, identity, and empowerment. More: centerforthehumanities.org/event/perfor... @claclsgc.bsky.social

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...

Wed, Oct 29, 10am on Zoom. A monthly online workshop series on responding to urgency. Sessions will employ writing, deep listening and discussion, and somatic practices to facilitate meaningful relationships with each other and communities. All are welcome. centerforthehumanities.org/event/compas...

Friday!

Wed, Oct 29, 10am on Zoom. A monthly online workshop series on responding to urgency. Sessions will employ writing, deep listening and discussion, and somatic practices to facilitate meaningful relationships with each other and communities. All are welcome. centerforthehumanities.org/event/compas...

A thank you to everyone who came out to this fantastic wide-ranging and brilliant discussion with legendary poet and activist Margaret Randall! It was such a privilege to witness life-long commitment to activism, friendship, poetry, and all @[email protected]

Next week! This online conference will revisit thinking on colonialism, with special attention to settler colonialism, the logic of elimination, and links to white supremacy, imperialism and capitalism on the domestic and international levels. centerforthehumanities.org/event/discou...

Check out Prithi, the head of @cunygcps2.bsky.social , talking about the new Public Scholarship certificate at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social! "Scholarship that is deeply rooted in social justice, responsive to community needs, and accessible beyond academic walls." www.gc.cuny.edu/news/buildin...

CCAP is a groundbreaking initiative that advances climate solutions, civics education, and models of collaborative governance. The CCAP Organizing Fellows will play a key role. Read more here! centerforthehumanities.org/announcing-t... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social

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

And WEDNESDAY: Margaret Randall on artists, writers, and activists who risk everything to confront censorship, injustice, and the constraints of convention. @newvillagepress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

There are a couple of great literary events coming up this week! First, TOMORROW, join Moroccan author, poet, and cultural journalist, Yassin Adnan, and translator, Alexander Elinson, as they read from and discuss Adnan’s first novel, Hot Maroc.

Join legendary poet, activist, oral historian, and translator Margaret Randall for a reading and conversation based on her newest books chronicling her correspondences with fellow “outrider” artists. www.eventbrite.com/e/letters-fr... @newvillagepress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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Hot Maroc is a vital portrait of the challenges today in Morocco. The anonymous online world provides an alternative space, yet it is also where hackers and trolls lurk in a dark space of corruption. www.eventbrite.com/e/hot-maroc-... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @huntercollege.bsky.social

TOMORROW 10AM! In person at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and on zoom! web.cvent.com/event/9d372b... @nycejalliance.bsky.social @cunysps.bsky.social @johnspaula.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu

This is starting soon! If you can't make it to the in-person event you can join on zoom! Part of #ClimateWeekNYC web.cvent.com/event/9d372b...

TOMORROW!

We hope you can come say hi! We're tabling with our friends at Birds, LLC. We'll have books of archival work and poetry for sale, and lots to chat about! brooklynbookfestival.org/event_type/f... #brooklynbookfestival

Looking forward to seeing everyone tonight!

And on 9/19 at 6pm, following Yahya Ashour's reading, we encourage everyone to attend the book launch event for Ammiel Alcalay's CONTROLLED DEMOLITION, hosted by @humanitiescuny.bsky.social and @cunypoetics.bsky.social and featuring @zohrasaed.bsky.social and Safira Berrada-Riggs!

Friday!

This is tomorrow! We hope you can join us in listening to these wonderful writers.

The report, "EnergyNet Explained: Internetification of Energy Distribution" is now available to read if anyone wants to peruse before our event on the 22nd of September. arxiv.org/abs/2509.08152

Part of #climateweeknyc: on collective action against corporate contributions to climate change and health inequality. At @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and zoom centerforthehumanities.org/event/tackli... @nycejalliance.bsky.social @cunysph.bsky.social @johnspaula.bsky.social @climate.columbia.edu

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Women’s Studies Quarterly invites proposals for new editors. A forum for emerging perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality. The journal showcases scholarship, fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, book reviews, and visual arts. For more information: centerforthehumanities.org/call-for-new...