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• Mourning the Passing of Professor Emeritus Donald Stone, Scholar of the Victorian Novel and Art Collector

  Professor Stone died on January 21. He is fondly remembered as an "astute, learned man with a bright wit" who was a "generous mentor. Read more

• The PhD Program in English celebrates the life and mourns the loss of Professor Gerhard Joseph

  The PhD Program in English celebrates the life and mourns the loss of Professor Gerhard Joseph, who died on January 25, 2021. Professor Joseph was named Professor Emeritus of the PhD Program in English upon his retirement in 2015. Also a member of the faculty of Lehman College, he earned his PhD from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

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• ‘She Was Speaking Directly to Us’: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’

  

  Amanda Gorman (Credit: Hostos Community College)

  Professor Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) shares her thoughts on Amanda Gorman’s inauguration poem and why it moved so many of us. Read more

• Faculty Book: Mary Ann Caws

  Alice Paalen Rahon
  Translated by Mary Ann Caws
  Alice Paalen Rahon
  (Prenguin Random House, 2021)

  
   

  
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• Graduate Center Faculty React to the Storming of the U.S. Capitol: Heath Brown, Candace McCoy, Susan Opotow, David S. Reynolds, and John Torpey Weigh In

  

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  Experts on national and international politics, U.S. history and literature, criminal justice, and psychology comment on the implications of the “riveting and horrifying” attack and related events. Read more

• Holiday Books Gift Guide: 12 Gripping Reads by Graduate Center Faculty About Living a Good Life, Dressing in Your Dreams, and Arguing with Zombies

  

  Recent books by Wayne Koestenbaum, Katina Rogers, David Reynolds, Tanisha Ford, William Helmreich, Melissa Checker, Margaret Chin, Massimo Pigliucci, Richard Alba, Ismael García-Colón, Sanford Schram, and Paul Krugman.

  We’ve been warned about the long, dark winter and the need to stay away from relatives and friends this holiday season. But if you’d like to send a gift, these books might be the perfect choice. Read more

• What Would Lincoln Do?

  

  Professor David S. Reynolds and his new book, "Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times"

  Professor David S. Reynolds’ latest book, Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times, reveals a “fresh” portrait of Lincoln that also speaks to our divided times. Read more

• Faculty Book: David S. Reynolds

  David S. Reynolds
  Abe: Abraham Lincoln in His Times
  (Penguin Publishing Group, 2020)

   

  
  
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• Faculty Book: Ashley Dawson

  Ashley Dawson
  People's Power
  (OR Books, 2020)
  
   

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• The Fight for Public Power: Professor Ashley Dawson on How People, Not Corporations, Can Benefit from Green Energy

  

  Ashley Dawson

  Dawson's new book, People’s Power: Reclaiming the Energy Commons, warns about the dangers of fossil fuels and urges a transition away from fossil fuels in the next decade. Read more