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Forging the Hollywood Industry: China-US competition for soft power with Eric Schwartzel
Eric Schwartzel, Author and Wall Street Journal reporter, discusses China’s relationship with Hollywood on International Horizons.
How the Abortion Pill Is Tipping the Scales of Abortion Rights
Graduate Center Ph.D. candidate Brenna McCaffrey joins The Thought Project to discuss how the issue of access to abortion pills helped overturn Ireland’s abortion ban and what the issue portends for abortion bans in the U.S.
WHAT POPULISM REALLY IS: FRAMINGS AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS WITH JAN-WERNER MÜLLER
In the United States and Europe we live today in what seems to be a sea of populism: some on the left, some on the right, some outside of that spectrum, seemingly. The term is certainly ambiguous. What is populism...
HUMANS, THE FIRST SPECIES TO TURN ITS FOOD SUPPLY INTO A HEALTH HAZARD, WITH FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ
How is power linked to the way we eat? Has inequality boosted the amount of unhealthy food we consume? How have things changed since Diet for a Small Planet was first published in the early 1970s? This week on International...
WHY CHRISTMAS IS OBSERVED AS A DAY OF LIBERATION BY BLACK PEOPLE
The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Christmas Is Observed as a Day of Liberation by Black People The Graduate Center, CUNY · Why Christmas Is Observed as a Day of Liberation by Black People CUNY Graduate Center Professor Ramona Hernandez...
PRAGMATISM OR IDEOLOGY? A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CRISIS WITH SUSAN SMITH PETER
How are Russia and Ukraine tied historically? What are the narratives around the national identity of Ukrainians in relation to Russia? How is contemporary Russian nationalism linked to the collapse of the Soviet Union and Putin’s perception of those events...
WHAT IT TAKES TO FREE THE INNOCENT AND CREATE A JUST CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
The Graduate Center, CUNY · What It Takes to Free the Innocent and Create a Just Criminal Justice System Edwin Grimsley is a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at the CUNY Graduate Center. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in...
IBN KHALDUN’S 'THE MUQADDIMAH': THE BEST BOOK YOU’VE NEVER READ
Ibn Khaldun, the late 14th-century statesman and historian, is regarded as one of the earliest social scientists on the strength of his classic The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History. The book catalogues the political, social, and historical trends in Arab...
CHINA AND THE U.S.: FRENEMIES OR JUST FOES?
The Graduate Center, CUNY · China and the U.S.: Frenemies or Just Foes? Today’s guest Ming Xia is a professor of Political Science at the College of Staten Island and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is author of The Dual...
CAN THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME SURVIVE A NEW WORLD ORDER?
How has the human rights movement developed into the international force that it is today? What ideological and material factors shaped its development? How successful are human rights activists and institutions at reducing human rights violations in sovereign countries? And...