Summer Books: 9 Transportive Reads from Graduate Center Scholars

June 21, 2022

Add these books to your summer reading list.

2022 Summer Books Listicle

Do you have a summer reading goal? Or maybe you’re just looking for a great book to read. Either way, Graduate Center professors and alumni have got you covered. Here’s a selection of recently published books that will take you to the origins of the universe, let you explore visions of the future, and challenge your thinking about some of the most controversial questions of our time:

 

The Cosmos Explained book by Charles Liu
Professor Charles Liu and his latest book, The Cosmos Explained: The History of the Universe From its Beginning to Today and Beyond

Learn everything you ever wanted to know about time and space in The Cosmos Explained: The History of the Universe From its Beginning to Today and Beyond, by Professor Charles Liu (GC/College of Staten Island; PhysicsAstrophysics). 

 

Paisley Currah
Professor Paisley Currah, author of Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity

Untangle the history behind gender classification rules in the U.S. and their impact on the transgender community and beyond in Sex Is as Sex Does: Governing Transgender Identity by Professor Paisley Currah (Political ScienceWomen's and Gender Studies). 

 

Kristina L. Richardson
Professor Kristina L. Richardson, author of Roma in the Medieval Islamic World: Literacy, Culture, and Migration

Delve into the revelations of Roma in the Medieval Islamic World, for which Professor Kristina L. Richardson (GC/Queens, HistoryMiddle Eastern Studies) won the MacArthur-style “genius grant” Dan David Prize.

 

Professor David Grubbs and the cover of his new book, The Voice in the Headphones.
Professor David Grubbs and the cover of his new book, The Voice in the Headphones.

Transport yourself to a single, epic day in a recording studio through Professor David Grubbs’ (GC/Brooklyn College; Music/Performance and Interactive Media Arts) book-length poem, The Voice in the Headphones.

 

Abolition Geography Essays Towards Liberation by Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Abolition Geography: Essays Towards Liberation by Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore

Celebrate the writing of Professor Ruth Wilson Gilmore (Earth and Environmental Sciences, American Studies, Africana Studies) with the new collection Abolition Geography, Essays Towards Liberation.

 

 

Nancy Foner Book One Quarter of the Nation
Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner and her book One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America.

Get a new perspective on the many ways that immigrants have changed U.S. culture and society in One Quarter of the Nation: Immigration and the Transformation of America, by Distinguished Professor Nancy Foner (GC/Hunter, Sociology).

 

Ruth Milkman Book: Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat
Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman spoke about her new book, Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat, at the Graduate Center.

And counter claims that mass immigration harms U.S. workers by reading Immigrant Labor and the New Precariat, by Distinguished Professor Ruth Milkman (GC/School of Labor and Urban Studies; HistorySociology).

 

Nayma Qayum and the cover of her book, "Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh"
Nayma Qayum and her recently published book, Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh

Get an inside look at how Bangladeshi women are gaining empowerment by confronting social norms in Village Ties: Women, NGOs, and Informal Institutions in Rural Bangladesh, by Nayma Qayum (Ph.D. ’14, Political Science).

 

Michael Rawson
Professor Michael Rawson, author of The Nature of Tomorrow: A History of the Environmental Future

Discover how Western dreams of ever-expanding growth contributed to our current state of environmental crisis in The Nature of Tomorrow: A History of the Environmental Future, by Professor Michael Rawson (GC/Brooklyn, History).

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