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The Poems We Should Read Now
For Poetry Month, Graduate Center scholars and authors highlight poems that speak to our times.
Herman Bennett and Helena Rosenblatt Named Distinguished Professors, Highest Academic Honor at CUNY
Professors Herman Bennett (History) and Helena Rosenblatt (History, French, Political Science, Liberal Studies, Biography and Memoir) were recognized for their outstanding scholarship and service to the Graduate Center and their profession with the title of distinguished professor, the highest academic...
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...
A Black Existentialist Asks What It Means to Be Human in a Society That Demonizes You
As an African woman who studied in France and came to the U.S., Natalie Etoke brings a different lens to the Black experience, which shapes her perspective on the Black Lives Matter movement and Black literature and thought.
16 Great Summer Reads From Grad Center Scholars
From their latest books about historical figures both well-known and overlooked, to the hidden histories of New York City's buildings and neighborhoods, to race and the Black experience, these Graduate Center authors have your summer reads covered.
Nearly $1.5 Million in Graduate Center Dissertation Fellowships Awarded to 66 Doctoral Candidates
The 2021-2022 awards, ranging from $5,000 to $25,0000 each, will support doctoral candidates in successfully completing their dissertations.
Why the World Needs Humanities Ph.D.s Right Now
In her new book, Katina Rogers addresses how to turn humanities Ph.D.s into fulfilling employment and ways to make the degrees more equitable, just, and relevant.
Class of 2020: How Six Graduates Made It, and What's Next
Meet six graduates who not only completed their degrees, but who are ready to share their knowledge to make a safer, more just, more equitable society.
Class of 2020: Antoinette Williams-Tutt, Road Novel Scholar, on Returning Home to Teach at Southern Methodist University
She offers advice on finding your voice at The Graduate Center and reflects on the unusual road she has traveled.
Koestenbaum ? Poet, Critic, Queer Studies Pioneer ? Receives American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
Distinguished Professor Wayne Koestenbaum was honored with a 2020 American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature.