Liberal Studies Program at CUNY GC

🎉 Kick off the semester with the MALS SA!

Join the MALS Student Association on August 18th at 7:00 pm (right after orientation!) for an evening of community, conversation, and curated vibes. 🎶✨

All new and current students are welcome!

📍 Room 4109

Link in Bio for more information on the SA 🔗.

MALS Students, are you planning to graduate with your September 2025 degree 🎓 ? Here's what you need to know:

🗓️ Advisor-approved Thesis/Capstone Submission Deadline:
Monday, August 25, 2025
⏰ 5:00 PM
📧 Prof. Macaulay at: emacaulay@gc.cuny.edu
🚨 This is a firm deadline — no extensions. Link in bio🔗.

Hey, new MALS students👋
Welcome to Fall 2025 at MALS 🎉

We’re so excited to have you join our vibrant, interdisciplinary community at the CUNY Graduate Center. Be sure to check your inbox for a welcome email from us. Link📎 in bio for more information. Let’s get started!

🎉 Huge congrats to Judith Escalona for presenting her MALS Capstone “Destabilizing Nuyorican: Rivera’s Women and Nuyorican Cinema” at the GC’s 2nd annual Master’s Thesis & Capstone Showcase! 👏🏽👏🏽 Here’s to Judith and all our amazing grads! 🎓✨ @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Application link in bio. Apply by June 1st!

The MALS Program invites alumni, students, and faculty to submit nominations for the Teaching and Mentoring Awards. This award recognizes faculty members who have made an impact through their mentorship or teaching. To nominate someone, please complete the form in our bio by May 20th at Noon.

Join us tomorrow from 5:30-7:00 for a chance to connect and look ahead. All students and faculty are welcome! refreshments will be served.

🎥✨ MALS Fashion Studies in the Spotlight!

Check out our Fashion Studies student, Jeffrey Ampratwum, featured alongside Associate Professor Denise H. Sutton, SP2025 MALS Fashion Studies Concentration Instructor, on CUNY TV's Fashion Forward: Spring Trends 🌸🗽👔. 📺. Watch now! 🔗 Episode link in bio.

Students are invited to join the CUNY Graduate Center Council, a key governing body where student perspectives help shape the institution.
This is a great opportunity to contribute to the GC community and boost your resume or Ph.D. applications!

We’d love to see more MALS students share their accomplishments through the Student Achievement Portal!

Submit to the Student Achievement Portal by April 30, 2025 — it only takes 10 minutes, and your story helps show what makes our program great.

Wellness fair

The Wellness Center Festival is happening now at the Concourse Level! Come down for freebies and workshops

Don’t forget to RSVP! Registration link in bio 🔗.

We are excited to invite you to the MALS Spring 2025 Open Meeting 🎓✨!

📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: MALS Faculty Lounge, Room 4108

All students and faculty are welcome!! 💬🤝

Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 30th via the Eventbrite link in bio.

Black and white photo of Ángeles Donoso Macaya who is smiling at the camera. A respected public scholar, Dr. Ángeles Donoso Macaya Professor at LAILAC at the CUNY Graduate Center and Professor of Spanish at BMCC CUNY is a feminist visual studies scholar and writer from Santiago, Chile, based in New York. Ángeles Donoso Macaya’s research and writing spans Latin American and Caribbean photography theory and history, counter-archival production, human rights activism, memory studies, documentary film, (trans)feminisms in the Southern Cone, and public humanities scholarship. She is the author of the award-winning book The Insubordination of Photography (U Florida Press 2020; 2nd ed. 2023)/ La insubordinación de la fotografía (Metales 2021); of the autobiographical essay Lanallwe (Tusquets 2023); and co-author, along with photographer Paz Errázuriz, of archivo imperfect/imperfect archive (Metales Pesados 2023). Between 2020-2023, she co-led Archives in Common: Migrant Practices/ Knowledges/Memory, part of the Mellon Seminar on Public Engagement and Collaborative Research at the Center for the Humanities at The CUNY Graduate Center. Ángeles is a member The Social Text Collective and part of Editorial Board of Women Studies Quarterly

Several hands shown in a photo around a table with crayons and paper. Photo credit: m Cynthia Santos-Briones for Brewing Memories/ Archives in Common (Brewing Memories is the workshop series we devised with La Morada restaurant for Archives in Common in 2021-2022)

Welcome Dr. Ángeles Donoso Macaya who teaches MALS 74800 Introduction to Public Scholarship in Fall 2025 @liberalstudiesgc.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Cross listed with HIST 75500 & WGS, registration begins Tues, Apr 29

Read more about Ángeles: www.gc.cuny.edu/people/angel...

Fall 2025 registration begins Tuesday, April 29 and Summer 2025 registration begins Tuesday, May 6!

More information and course listings are available on the MALS website!

We would love to see you there!

On April 29th, join us at The Proshanksy Auditorium in the CUNY Graduate Center for Normal Violence, a powerful and thought-provoking event that challenges the normalization of sexual violence in our society. Date: April 29th, 2025 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM EST Location: Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center

Join us 4/29 for an incredibly important event in honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Denim Day. RSVP here: www.eventbrite.com/e/normal-vio...

Even though it’s spring break, there’s still plenty coming up in and around the MALS department and the GC! For more details, be sure to check out the latest edition of the MALS Weekly Newsletter. The full copy can be found through the link in our bio!

End of Semester Faculty/Student Open Meeting & Party A chance to reflect, connect, and look ahead. All students and faculty are welcome!

Join us for The End of Semester Faculty/Student Open Meeting on Wednesday, May 7th at 5:30! A chance to reflect, connect, and look ahead. All students and faculty are welcome. After the meeting, stick around for some delicious refreshments and great conversation.
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We are excited to invite you to the MALS Spring 2025 Open Meeting 🎓✨!

📅 Date: Wednesday, May 7th
⏰ Time: 5:30 PM
📍 Location: MALS Faculty Lounge, Room 4108

All students and faculty are welcome!! 💬🤝

Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 30th via the Eventbrite link in bio.

Thank you, Walis✨!
- From MALS 74900

Light blue poster with images of a computer and a paper and pencil with black text that reads: FRIDAY FORUM PRESENTS Job Search Series: Jobs Outside Academia Join us for the latest event in the Job Search Series, featuring a panel of English Program alumni who all work, in various capacities, in the tech industry in New York City. They will discuss their paths, their decisions, and what advice they can offer to people interested in working outside of academia. PANELISTS Param Ajmera (Ph.D. ’23) Technical Writer and Content Designer, Yext Jeffrey Binder (Ph.D. ’18) Senior Data Scientist, Formstack Patrick Smyth (Ph.D. ’21) Staff Developer Relations Engineer, Chainguard MODERATOR Mary M. McGlynn Professor of English and D.E.O of Job Search, Baruch College and The Graduate Center, CUNY Thursday, April 3 4:00 PM English Student Lounge In Person: Room 4406 Over Zoom: 829 6604 3061/ 959920

Today in English Lounge! Join us for a Job Search Series event on Jobs Outside Academia, featuring alums Param Ajmera (Ph.D. '23), Jeff Binder (Ph.D. '18), and Patrick Smyth (Ph.D. '21), who will discuss their careers in the tech industry in New York!

Check out the latest issue of the MALS Weekly Newsletter!
Stay updated on all the news, events, and happenings in and around the MALS department. Find your copy through the linktree in our bio!

Thanks to Dominic at Interference Archive www.instagram.com/interference... and the MALS program for supporting this visit!

Professor Chris Schmidt’s Narrative of New York class visited Interference Archive in Brooklyn to explore their collection of NYC activist materials. This volunteer-run organization collects posters, pamphlets, newspapers, zines, and other media related to left social movements.

Reminder for MALS Students 🚨

Planning to graduate in June? Your advisor-approved thesis or capstone project is due to the EO Thursday, April 10th, by 5 PM!

Need a few extra days? Request an extension by emailing the EO by Tuesday, April 1st. You’re in the home stretch — you got this! 🎓.

#springequinox called for a @liberalstudiesgc.bsky.social X #nyu #museumstudies collab

Thank you Prof Lauraberth Lima (NYU Museum Studies Graduate Program) & artist Jarrett Key for sharing your wisdom & work, and to FIERMAN gallery for hosting our class @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

Headshot of Prof. Sophie Maríñez

Exciting news—Sophie Maríñez joins the MALS faculty! Her groundbreaking research perfectly aligns with the MALS Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies concentration. We are beyond excited to welcome Prof. Maríñez to MALS! @smarinez.bsky.social

Discovering your academic community can truly transform your journey! Here’s to your continued success, Avery! Keep shining bright! 🎉✨

Home - Career Planning and Professional Development Virtual Walk-In Hours Our office continues to offer all of our services remotely, including walk-in meetings. You do not have to schedule a meeting in advance; simply join our office’s walk-in Zoom…

Being on the job market is stressful @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social , but knowing where to find support can make things a *little* more manageable. Check out these resources available through the Office of Career Planning and Professional Development: