For full functionality of this site it is necessary to enable JavaScript. Here are the instructions how to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Prev September 2019 Next SUNDAY1MONDAY2Labor Day observed.Labor Day observed.ShareLast day to register for Fall 2019 semester.Last day to register for Fall 2019 semester.ShareLast Day to Drop for 75% Tuition RefundLast Day to Drop for 75% Tuition Refund.ShareAll EventsTUESDAY33:00 PM | 4:30 PMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PM Academic Publishing WorkshopJames Campbell, of Intellect Books & Journals will discuss key aspects affecting contemporary academic publishing and offer advice and tactics to improve your chances of publishing a book, a...ShareAll EventsWEDNESDAY410:00 AM | 11:00 AMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration3:00 PM | 4:00 PMCP&PD Webinar: Creating a Resume that Stands Out in a CrowdAbout this Webinar A strong resume is one of the most important documents submitted for a non-faculty position. You may have an old one that now needs updating or this may be the first time you...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTHURSDAY5Classes follow Monday ScheduleClasses follow Monday Schedule.Share4:00 PM | 5:00 PMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration4:30 PM | 6:30 PMDavid Abraham Presents: Immigrant Integration and Social Solidarity in Pluralist Welfare StatesSocial solidarity is a key element of redistributive welfare states. Such solidarity is, however, not a given and must be built through political, legal, economic and cultural means. Each of the...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY610:00 AM | 11:30 AMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PMCritical Karaoke: Now That's What I Call CriticismA perennial favorite event of the English Department, Critical Karaoke is a chance for our academic community to come together and share your musical musings with the wider GC community in an...Share4:00 PM | 7:00 PMTamizdat Project: Publishing Russian Literature Beyond the Iron Curtain (1956-1991)Please join us for the Inaugural Lecture and Reception on Friday, September 6, from 4:00-7:00 PM. 4:00-5:00 PM: Yasha Klots (Hunter College) will speak on: "Tamizdat Project: Publishing...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY7SUNDAY8MONDAY9Last Day to Drop for 50% Tuition RefundLast Day to Drop for 50% Tuition Refund.Share3:00 PM | 4:30 PMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration3:00 PM | 4:30 PMBanner Self-Service for FT Staff / Time & LeaveFT employees will be trained on the use of the Banner Self-Service for electronic time and leave reporting. If there are any questions, please feel free to contact: timeandleave@gc.cuny.edu.ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTUESDAY104:00 PM | 6:00 PMCP&PD Fellowship Info Session: Pathways to Careers in Public PolicyAbout this Fellowship Information Session Are you interested in a career in public service? Are you hoping to leverage your graduate degree into policy work, but aren’t sure where to...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsWEDNESDAY117:00 PM | 9:00 PMBook Talk with Amber Scorah - Leaving the WitnessAmber Scorah, a CUNY Baccalaureate student, speaks about her recently published memoir, Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life (Viking, 2019). A third-generation Jehovah’s...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTHURSDAY1212:00 PM | 1:00 PMCP&PD Webinar: Creating a Resume that Stands Out in a CrowdAbout this Webinar A strong resume is one of the most important documents submitted for a non-faculty position. You may have an old one that now needs updating or this may be the first time you...ShareEvent Registration4:30 PM | 6:30 PMRafael Alarcón Presents: The Experience in Mexico of Recent Deportees from the United States“Reconstructing New Lives. The Experience in Mexico of Recent Deportees from the United States" In the seminar presentation I will analyze the reasons for the detention and removal...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY1310:00 AM | 11:30 AMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration11:45 AM | 12:30 PMData Science and Topology Seminar Kick-offWe will be starting this semester's seminar on September 13 with the usual introduction from Professor Vejdemo-Johansson. We are very interested in finding speakers for the semester. In...Share1:45 PMNursing Program GRE PrepInstructor: Eileen Gigliotti, PhD, RN Purpose: To provide information and GRE support for students interested in applying to the PhD in Nursing Program at the Graduate Center, CUNY. This Prep...ShareSociology Colloquium Series (2019-2020)Fall 2019 Sociology Colloquium Series Sept. 13 Tey Meadow, Columbia University Oct. 18 Rebecca Sandefur, Univ. of Illinois/Russell Sage Foundation Nov. 8 Zine Magubane, Boston...Share4:00 PMPortfolio ShowcaseThe 2nd year cohort invites you to join us for a showcase of our conference papers prepared as part of the first year portfolio exam, as well as a discussion of our experiences with the exam itself....ShareAll EventsSATURDAY14SUNDAY15MONDAY162:00 PM | 4:00 PMBrazil under Bolsonaro Maria Hermínia Tavares de Almeida (Ph.D, University of São Paulo) is senior researcher at Centro Brasileiro de Análise e Planejamento (CEBRAP) and retired Professor of Political Science at the...ShareLast Day to Drop for 25% Tuition RefundLast Day to Drop for 25% Tuition Refund.ShareLast Day to Deposit Dissertation or Thesis for September 30th DegreeLast Day to Deposit Dissertation or Thesis for September 30th Degree.ShareLast day for change of level or residency changes for Fall 2019 semesterLast day for change of level or residency changes for Fall 2019 semester. All chnages that may affect student billing must be completed by this date.Share3:00 PM | 4:30 PMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PM | 6:00 PMPublicsLab Event: Communicating Outside the AcademyCommunicating Outside the Academy: Finding Your Voice and Telling Your Story Part of the "Enhance Your Public Communication Skills" event series Many of us are used to expressing...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTUESDAY17Grade of W is Assigned to Students Who Officially Withdraw from a CourseGrade of W is Assigned to Students Who Officially Withdraw from a Course.Share4:00 PM | 5:00 PMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration6:30 PM | 8:30 PMCLACLS Dialogue: Venezuela’s Current Juncture: Possible Ways out of the Crisis?Join us for a conversation with activist/scholar Edgardo Lander, who is actively involved in the search for a democratic solution to the current Venezuelan crisis. Edgard Lander is a member of the...Share6:30 PMEleanor Randolph on Michael Bloomberg: In Conversation with Sam Roberts Reservations are full. This event will be LIVE-STREAMED. Eleanor Randolph’s new book, The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg, offers a revealing portrait of the business innovator,...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsWEDNESDAY186:30 PM | 8:00 PMLove: A Blues Epistemology from the UndercommonsHow can we humans, planners, designers, educators of all kinds, truly make a more just society? What does it take to build and sustain movements in the millions? Through research, practice and an...ShareAll EventsTHURSDAY1910:00 AM | 11:00 AMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration1:00 PMCo-Teaching and Co-Writing: Effective Strategies for Collegial CollaborationWhat does it take to structure collaboration so that each contribution is made and valued with equal care and consideration? Many scholars, especially in the humanities are trained to teach and write...Share4:30 PM | 6:30 PMAndrew Ross Presents: Why the Rent is Too Damn High--Even in FloridaThere is an acute housing crisis in almost every American city, but the causes and components vary from region to region. This seminar will explore why the fast-food, fast-growth landscape of Central...Share6:00 PM | 7:30 PMPocahontas: A Brave and Resourceful Womanwith Karen Ordhal Kupperman Co-sponsored with the Society for the Study of Women in the Renaissance (SSWR) and the CUNY Academy for Humanities and Sciences.Share6:30 PM | 8:00 PMBen Moser on Susan Sontag, with Brenda WineappleBenjamin Moser was born in Houston. He is the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector, a finalist for the National Book Critics' Circle Award and a New York Times Notable Book...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsFRIDAY2010:00 AM | 11:30 AMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration2:00 PM | 4:00 PMSociolinguistics Lunch: Judit Kroo (Vassar College)Judit Kroo (Vassar College) presents: Discourse (Re-)Framing & Resistance Among Contemporary Japanese University Students While contemporary linguistic analysis emphasizes the multiple...Share4:00 PMDebates in the Digital Humanities 2019Celebrating the publication of Debates in the Digital Humanities 2019 in print and on the open-access Manifold platform, this event brings together a number of contributors to discuss their work,...Share6:00 PM | 9:00 PMCLACLS: ¡Salud! Myths and Realities of Mexican Immigrant Health¡Salud! Myths and Realities of Mexican Immigrant Health is a 45 minute documentary focused primarily on the healthcare and health disparities of Mexican immigrants in the United States, the...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY21SUNDAY22MONDAY233:00 PM | 4:30 PMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration6:30 PMFilmmaker Cheryl Dunye in Conversation with Justin Brown This event will be LIVE-STREAMED. Cheryl Dunye emerged as part of the “queer new wave” of young filmmakers of the 1990s, paving the way for the many black women and LGBTQ directors...ShareEvent Registration6:30 PM | 8:30 PMIn Loving Memory of Eugenio Chang-RodríguezEugenio Chang-Rodríguez A Commemorative ServiceShareAll EventsTUESDAY2412:45 PM | 2:00 PMA Modernist Romantic Vision: Elliott Carter's Night FantasiesElliott Carter’s Night Fantasies occupies a special place in the oeuvre of one of the most influential composers of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. On the threshold of...Share4:00 PM | 6:00 PMScreening & Discussion: Viva El Vedado Viva El Vedado presents the history of the Havana neighborhood of El Vedado from the last quarter of the 19th century through the Cuban Revolution and highlights its varied and outstanding...Share4:00 PM | 5:00 PMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration6:30 PM | 8:30 PMCIRCL: Sara Morini (Computational Linguistics)Sara Morini will be presenting a topic on Computational Linguistics. Title TBAShare6:30 PM | 8:03 PMFROM THE ISLANDS TO EASTERN PARKWAY: A TRANSNATIONAL HISTORY OF CARNIVALRay Allen of Brooklyn College talks about his new book, Jump Up!, the first lengthy study of calypso and steelband music in the African diaspora, the first documented history of Brooklyn's soca...ShareAll EventsWEDNESDAY254:00 PM | 5:00 PMNew Hire Adjunct Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingThis important orientation is required for you to be processed to payroll. Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent Registration4:30 PMRace and Immigration Trajectories among Undocumented College Students in NYC "Race and Immigration Trajectories among Undocumented College Students in NYC" Sofya Aptekar, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UMass Boston, and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage...Share4:30 PMImmigration Seminar Series Fall 2019 Immigration Seminar Series Click to view full schedule Share6:30 PMDavid Nasaw: My Three Moguls This event will be LIVE-STREAMED. 12th Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture In telling the stories of three powerful men—Andrew Carnegie, William Randolph Hearst, and Joseph P....ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTHURSDAY2611:30 AM | 1:00 PMErgonomics in Academia Join the GC CUNY Wellness Center and Jon Cinkay, PT for an exciting workshop on ergonomics in academia. If you spend a lot of time sitting at a desk, typing at a computer, or anything of the sort...Share1:00 PM | 2:00 PMMusic In MidtownMusic In Midtown begins the fall semester with a musical journey based on folk music influences from Austria, Finland, Brazil and Russia. Graduate Center DMA alum Vanessa Cunha and Finnish-born...Share4:15 PM | 6:15 PMBrian Dillon (University of Massachussetts Amherst)Brian Dillon (University of Massachussetts Amherst) presents: "Title TBD"Share4:30 PM | 6:30 PMDee Clayman Presents: Focusing on Fragments: Close-up and Wide-angleI will spend the year preparing a new, bi-lingual edition of the works of Callimachus of Cyrene (3rd cen. BCE) for publication in the Loeb Classical Library. The process of preparing a Greek text...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY2710:00 AM | 11:30 AMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration7:00 PMKreole Rock and Soul: Sean Ardoin Sean Ardoin is an accordion wiz, singer, and songwriter who takes his pedigree in Louisiana’s Creole tradition as a jumping-off point for new approaches. The Ardoin name is Zydeco...ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsSATURDAY28SUNDAY29MONDAY30No classes scheduled.No classes scheduled.Share3:00 PM | 4:30 PMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. 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Please bring original Social Security card.ShareEvent RegistrationAll EventsTHURSDAY33:00 PM | 6:00 PMCLACLS Open HouseLearn more about how to access and utilize over 60 Latino Data Project reports based on sophisticated census data analysis and mapping Learn about our programs and upcoming events at the Graduate...Share4:00 PM | 5:30 PMCP&PD Workshop: Written Materials for Your Faculty Job SearchAbout the Workshop Fall is upon us and the academic job market is in full swing. In this workshop session, we will discuss how to best position yourself for the academic job market. We’ll...ShareEvent Registration4:00 PM | 6:00 PMResearching Latin American & Hispanic Culture and Arts at NYPL and CUNY/GCThis two-part series consists of a panel presentation/discussion at the Bildner Center and a follow-up visit to NYPL. At the panel, librarians and archivists from the New York Public Library and CUNY...Share4:15 PM | 6:15 PMOPEN CLASS SESSION: Author’s Circle with Eileen Findlay on ”We are Left Without a Father Here“Attend an open session of the Futures Initiative Team-taught course "Transformations of Modernity, 1914-present". Share4:30 PM | 6:30 PMJohn Collins Presents: Cash Money and the Politics of Resentment in a Brazilian Peripheral Community“Cash Money and the Politics of Resentment in a Brazilian Peripheral Community: The “Lula Years” and the Arraial do Retiro” In this paper I follow across nearly three...ShareAll EventsFRIDAY410:00 AM | 11:30 AMNew Hire Teaching & Non-Teaching Instructional Staff Orientation / On-boarding ProcessingNew Hire Orientation for member entering teaching and non-teaching titles. During this session new employees are ask to present completed New Hire Packet along with Form I-9 documents for employment...ShareEvent Registration1:00 PM | 4:00 PMOpen House (Speech Language Hearing Sciences)Open house for the Speech Language Hearing Sciences department in The Graduate Center, CUNY.Share2:00 PM | 4:00 PMSociolinguistics Lunch: Becky Schulthies (Rutgers University)Lecture title TBAShare4:00 PM | 6:00 PMMy Butch Career (with Esther Newton) During her difficult childhood, Esther Newton recalls that she “became an anti-girl, a girl refusenik, caught between genders,” and that her “child body was a strong and capable...Share4:00 PMThinking with Archaeology of BabelTaking flight with and from Professor Siraj Ahmed’s Archaeology of Babel: The Colonial Foundations of the Humanities (Stanford UP, 2018), this roundtable provides occasion to address the long...ShareAll EventsSATURDAY5