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Prev September 2020 Next SUNDAY30MONDAY31TUESDAY1Last day to register for Fall 2020 courses without permissionLast day to register for Fall 2020 courses without permission.ShareLast day to drop a course with 75% refundLast day to drop a course with 75% refund.ShareAll EventsWEDNESDAY250% refund period begins50% refund period begins.ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY35:30 PMGEOS Fall 2020 Colloquium SeriesGeography, Earth Science, and Oceanography (GEOS) Seminars Colloquium Series for Fall 2020 GEOS is a lecture series hosted by the Ph.D. Program in Earth and Environmental Sciences at The...Share5:30 PM | 7:30 PMMaking Sense of Empire's LaborThis week's Geography, Earth Science, and Oceanography seminar features: Adam Moore - UCLA "Making Sense of Empire's...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY4SATURDAY5SUNDAY6MONDAY7Graduate Center is closedGraduate Center is closed.ShareAll EventsTUESDAY8Last day to drop a course with 50% refundLast day to drop a course with 50% refund.ShareAll EventsWEDNESDAY925% refund period begins25% refund period begins.ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY104:00 PM | 5:30 PMARC Book Talk: Dan Rabinowitz Presents: The Power of DesertsRegister online to participate Dan Rabinowitz, Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at Tel-Aviv University will be discussing his new book, The Power of Deserts (Stanford University Press,...ShareEvent Registration5:30 PM | 7:30 PMConstraining Antarctic Ice-Volume Changes During Times of Elevated Atmospheric CO2This week's Geography, Earth Science, and Oceanography seminar features: Stephen Pekar - Queens College and The Graduate Center, CUNY "Constraining Antarctic Ice-Volume Changes During...Share6:00 PM | 7:00 PMEddie S. Glaude Jr. on James Baldwin, with Nicholas BoggsJames Baldwin grew disillusioned by the failure of the civil rights movement to force America to confront its lies about race. In our own moment, when that confrontation feels more urgently needed...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsFRIDAY113:00 PM | 4:30 PMImmigration Seminar Series: Richard Alba“The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority, Minority, and the Expanding American Mainstream” Richard D. Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, CUNY Graduate...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY12SUNDAY13MONDAY14TUESDAY1511:45 AM | 2:00 PMFALL 2020 SEMINAR IN APPLIED ECONOMICS: Nobel Laureate Michael KremerFALL 2020 SEMINAR IN APPLIED ECONOMICS: Nobel Laureate Michael Kremer will be presenting "Water Treatment and Child Survival: A Meta-Analysis"ShareLast day to drop a course with a 25% refundLast day to drop a course with a 25% refund.ShareLast day to drop a course without a grade of WLast day to drop a course without a grade of W.ShareDeadline for level changesDeadline for level changes.ShareLast day to deposit a dissertation or thesis for a 9/30 degreeLast day to deposit a dissertation or thesis for a 9/30 degree.Share6:00 PM | 7:00 PMRick Perlstein on Ronald Reagan, with Kai BirdOver two decades (and more than three thousand pages), Perlstein has published three definitive works about the emerging dominance of conservatism in American politics: Before the Storm: Barry...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsWEDNESDAY16Withdrawal period beginsA grade of W will be assigned to students who officially withdraw from a course.Share5:00 PM | 6:00 PMPutting the Humanities PhD to Work: A conversation with Katina Rogers In her new book, Putting the Humanities PhD to Work (Duke University Press, 2020), Katina Rogers invites readers to build a university that is truly worth fighting for by thinking more expansively...Share7:30 PMCHANGE: A World Without Prisons - Ruth Wilson Gilmore in Conversation with Mariame Kaba Zoom registration for this event is full. It will also be broadcast LIVE ON FACEBOOK. Ruth Wilson Gilmore is a leader in the movement to abolish prisons, which has taken on new resonance...ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY174:00 PM | 5:30 PMDaniel Kaufman: "Mapping Language Ideology in NYC"In this talk, I will present the Digital Map of the Languages of New York, the product of a multi-year collaborative effort based at the Endangered Language Alliance to produce the heretofore most...ShareEvent Registration5:30 PM | 7:30 PMBeyond Geographies of RaceThis week's Geography, Earth Science, and Oceanography seminar features: Willie Wright - Rutgers University "Beyond Geographies of...Share6:00 PM | 7:30 PMBuilding a Black Organization in a 'White' NationIn this informal conversation Prof. Judith Anderson and Afro-Argentine lawyer and activist Madoda Ntaka will discuss the process of creating an organization that assists Afro-descendants in Argentina...ShareEvent Registration6:00 PM | 7:30 PMBlack Women and the Stakes of Respectability in the Early AmericasIn this talk, Cassander L. Smith examines the extent to which the textual representations of Black Women in the early Americas were shaped by respectability politics. A term first theorized in the...Share6:00 PM | 7:10 PMDavid Nasaw on The Last Million, with Peter BeinartA masterwork from acclaimed historian David Nasaw, The Last Million tells the gripping yet until now largely hidden story of postwar displacement and statelessness. He speaks with political...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY18No classes scheduled from 9/18-9/20No classes scheduled from 9/18-9/20.ShareAll EventsSATURDAY19SUNDAY20MONDAY211:00 PM | 2:00 PMThe Graduate Center, CUNY Presents Music from Copland House - Fall 2020“Music from Copland House has become our paramount keeper of Copland’s flame.” American Record Guide In describing his exhilarating Sextet for Clarinet, Piano, and String...ShareEvent Registration6:30 PMLatinx Art: Artists, Markets and Politics with Arlene Davila and Patricia BanksPlease join Intellectual Publics on the evening of September 21st for a conversation between author Arlene Davila and sociologist of culture Patricia Banks. They will discuss race and contemporary...ShareAll EventsTUESDAY2211:45 AM | 2:00 PMFall 2020 Seminar in Applied Economics: Julapa JagtianiFall 2020 Seminar in Applied Economics: Julapa Jagtiani presenting "Fintech Lending and the Roles of Alternative Data"Share6:00 PM | 7:30 PMAbolition as Method: Fieldwork at the End of the WorldOn the heels of transnational rebellion, “defund the police” has entered the mainstream lexicon as a baseline demand of Black struggle. While police departments across the nation are...Share6:00 PMJudith Thurman delivers Annual Leon Levy Lecture on BiographyThe Thirtheenth Annual Leon Levy Lecture on Biography delivered by Judith Thurman. Judith Thurman has been contributing to The New Yorker since 1987, and since 2000, as a Staff Writer specializing...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsWEDNESDAY234:15 PM | 6:15 PMResponding to the Tragedies of Our Time (Nicole Hassoun)Abstract We live in tragic times. Millions are sheltering in place to avoid exacerbating the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. How should we respond to such tragedies? This paper argues that the...Share7:30 PMCHANGE: Work in 2020 and Beyond ONLINE EVENT - REGISTER ON ZOOM Event will also be broadcast LIVE ON FACEBOOK The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc on the U.S. workforce, exposing deep, existing problems in our...ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY2412:00 PM | 1:00 PMDean Peterson's Office Hours - Ask Me Anything!Dear Students, Welcome to the new fall term. Although, it is not the way we wish it could be, we will make the very best of it! I hope that you and yours are safe and despite the shift to distance...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PM | 5:30 PMSpecial Event: Alan Kraut: "Immigration and the Lessons of the 1918-19 Pandemic”Professor Alan Kraut, American University Historian and Hunter College of CUNY Alumnus, discusses the Impact of the 1918-19 flu epidemic on American society, and lessons for the current...ShareEvent Registration5:30 PM | 7:30 PMCrop Water-Use Deformed Quartz, and Tidal Wetland InundationThis week's Geography, Earth Science, and Oceanography seminar features: Aaron Davitt, Brian Lamb, and Hamid Soleymani - The Graduate Center, CUNY "Crop Water-Use Deformed Quartz, and...Share6:00 PM | 7:00 PMCarl Rollyson on William Faulkner, with Anne HellerCarl Rollyson on The Life of William Faulkner: The Past Is Never Dead, 1897-1934, in conversation with Anne Heller. William Faulkner emerged from the ravaged South―half backwoods, half defeated...ShareEvent Registration7:00 PMDemocracy and Translation ONLINE EVENT - PLEASE REGISTER Democracy means different things to each of us. In this perilous time for language, as Natalie Diaz describes it, what multiplicity of forms does the struggle to...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY2510:00 AM | 3:30 PMChaos and Quantum Field TheoryWithin the last several years, the study of quantum many-body chaos has become one of the prominent research themes within both high energy theory and condensed matter physics. The resolution of...Share3:00 PM | 4:30 PMFridays@3: Harold Holzer on "The Presidents vs. the Press" For the first Fridays@3 we would like to present Harold Holzer. Mr. Holzer is the Jonathan F. Fanton Director of The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York, a post he...ShareEvent Registration3:00 PMColloquium Series (France Winddance Twine)Title: TBD Speaker: France Winddance Twine, University of California at Santa Barbara France Winddance Twine is a Professor of Sociology, an ethnographer, a feminist race theorist and a...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY2610:30 AM | 11:30 AMData Science OPEN HOUSEJoin us for our Virtual Open House and learn more about our program, requirements and admissions from our Program Directors, Faculty & Staff. Register in advance...ShareAll EventsSUNDAY27MONDAY28No classes scheduled on 9/28No classes scheduled on 9/28.ShareAll EventsTUESDAY29Classes follow a Monday scheduleClasses follow a Monday schedule.Share11:45 PMFall 2020 Seminar in Applied Economics: Nobel Laureate Oliver HartFall 2020 Seminar in Applied Economics: Nobel Laureate Oliver Hart presenting "Exit vs Voice". Zoom links and papers will be provided on the website. More information can be found on...ShareAll EventsWEDNESDAY305:00 PMSharon Zukin "The Innovation Complex": Book Party and DiscussionThe Sociology Program invites you to a book party and discussion: “Writing About Capitalism, Building Faculty-Student Collaboration” Sharon Zukin, GC and Brooklyn College, author...Share7:30 PMCHANGE: Making Education More Equitable - Tressie McMillan Cottom, Carla Shedd & Cathy N. Davidson ONLINE EVENT - REGISTER ON ZOOM Event will also be broadcast LIVE ON FACEBOOK Longstanding inequalities in America’s education system have become widely exposed with the disruption...ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY12:00 PM | 3:00 PMSudhir Hazareesingh on Toussaint Louverture, with Amy WilentzAmong the defining figures of the Age of Revolution, Toussaint Louverture is the most enigmatic. Though the Haitian revolutionary’s image has multiplied across the globe—appearing on...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PM | 5:30 PMCharles Post: "The Dynamics of Plant Closures in the U.S. Tire Industry, 1966-2008"It is well established that manufacturing plant closings are a major determinant of regional income inequality. This presentation examines the deep roots of capital mobility in the North American...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsFRIDAY210:00 AM | 6:00 PMChaos in many-body quantum systemsAn Initiative for the Theoretical Sciences virtual symposium. Speakers will include Sumilan Banerjee, IISc Bangalore Alain Comtet, Université Paris-Saclay Victor Galitski, University of...Share12:00 PMConference on Coalitional Democracy VIEW THE FULL SCHEDULE & REGISTER In these tumultuous times, new forms of activism and political engagement are needed more than ever. Movements to expand the social safety net in response...Share2:00 PM | 4:00 PMProfessional Development: Rebecca BanchikIRB/HRPP Information and Training Session Rebecca Banchik, GC Director of the Human Research Protection Program Abstracts and virtual meeting links TBAShare3:00 PM | 4:30 PMImmigration Seminar Series: Victor Nee“Immigration and the Institutions of Opportunity in a Regional Technology Economy” Victor Nee, Frank and Rosa Rhodes Professor of Economic Sociology, Cornell University Professor...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY310:30 AM | 11:30 AMPh.D in Computer Science Open HouseJoin us for our Virtual Open House & learn more about our Ph.D. program in Computer Science, admission requirements and curriculum. Meet with our Executive Officer, faculty, staff &...ShareAll Events