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Two Anthropology Candidates Named 2022 Newcombe Fellows
Paloma Rodrigo Gonzales and Mikey Elster received the prestigious fellowship for their research in ethics and religion.
How Our Scholars Played Heroic Roles in the Pandemic
Graduate Center scholars have been at the forefront of research to understand the virus and the larger pandemic.
Celebrating Trailblazers and Scholars Who Amplify Women’s History
From the first dean to the first graduate, the Graduate Center was shaped by women trailblazers.
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.
HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: 12 BOOKS BY GRADUATE CENTER FACULTY, STUDENTS, AND ALUMNI THAT BEND GENRES AND OFFER COMPELLING TAKES ON CULTURAL ISSUES
Haven’t yet tried a book by Maggie Nelson? Want to delve into the complexities of the fracking debate or learn why calls for civility hold back racial justice? Or are you interested in a genre-defying memoir or two? These books...
THREE GRADUATE CENTER STUDENTS RECEIVE PRESTIGIOUS 2021 FULBRIGHT-HAYS GRANTS FOR RESEARCH ABROAD
Three Graduate Center students have been awarded grants through the Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad (DDRA) program, a highly competitive program that supports research overseas. The students, two from the doctoral program in anthropology and one from music, will study...
Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society Announces the Fall 2021 Society and Protest Workshop Series
The Society and Protest Workshop announces the fall 2021 schedule on the theme of "Insider-Outsider Strategies": Wednesday, October 20, 12:00 p.m. "Strategies and Symbols of Contentious Politics in Central Asia,” a paper Colleen Wood, Ph.D. Candidate, Columbia University Wednesday, November...
CUNY ANTHROPOLOGIST, A VIETNAM VETERAN, ANALYZES WAR’S TRAUMA IN NEW MEMOIR
Glenn Petersen, a professor of Anthropology and International Affairs at Baruch College and a professor of Liberal Studies and Anthropology at the Graduate Center, recently published War and the Arc of Human Experience, a memoir and anthropological examination of the...
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION / FALL 2021 SOCIETY AND PROTEST WORKSHOP
The Society and Protest Workshop at the Graduate Center, CUNY, is planning four meetings in the Fall semester, 2021, on the theme of insider and outsider strategies. We are soliciting proposals for presentations and papers that address the theme, including...
Student Spotlight: Claudia M. Astorino, on the Brink of a Postoc at Berkeley, Shares Her Journey as a Biological Anthropologist and LGBTQIA+ Activist
Astorino's research focuses on variations in the human skull and teeth that are due to differences in sex, and she is a leader and activist for intersex rights in the STEM fields.