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The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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Ticktin shows how innocence focuses on individual victims and saviors, foreclosing forms of collective responsibility. She wants to understand this function, while showing that alternative political forms already exist.

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02.03.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is TOMORROW!

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02.03.2026 18:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We are so honored to support this event from Natalie Willens, who was a part of the CUNY Adjunct Incubator. We hope you can make it!

27.02.2026 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Speaker at a podium gesturing enthusiastically in front of a projection

Speaker at a podium gesturing enthusiastically in front of a projection

Graduating students: apply by 3/8 to be part of this year’s Dissertation Showcase on 5/11. Present your research in a brief TED-style talk. Participants receive coaching, honorarium. Apply now: gc.cuny.edu/dissertation... Pictured: Miguel Rodriguez (Social Welfare) at the 2025 showcase

27.02.2026 18:31 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Full list of panels and presenters is now up on our website!

Organizers working for free education, affordable housing, cops off campus, campus labor, accessible childcare, BDS, and other struggles.

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27.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join us for a book talk featuring @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social alum, @paigingbrenna.bsky.social , as we discuss the research that went into Pills & Protest: Abortion Access in Ireland, her newest publication.

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26.02.2026 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Exploring where biodiversity lives in NYC, how we can rewild urban landscapes and who shapes the future of nature in the city. We’ll consider what it would look like to elevate ecology as a core part of civic life.

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26.02.2026 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A celebration of new and ongoing work, together, we will think through the newest surge of attacks on the arts, capitulation of art institutions to conservative demands, and the tensions between art as liberatory cultural front and as liberal assimilation.

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26.02.2026 19:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I helped organize this event for two of my wonderful "seminar sisters" in Women's Writing Women's Lives and moderated a talented student in @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social Can't wait! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social #lifewriting

21.02.2026 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

@feministpress.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social ^^^

20.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Janice P. Nimurawill present her work on Rachel Carson and some of the women who preceded her as generators of wonder in the natural world. In this era of mounting environmental crisis, their stories have never been more important.

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20.02.2026 21:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

LAST DAY to send in your proposals!

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20.02.2026 18:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Forrest Sparks and Kendra Sullivan from @humanitiescuny.bsky.social have provided amazing leadership in the planning process, engaging Hunter College community members in organizing the support committees for the project, and soliciting students to be part of assembly.

20.02.2026 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm taking part today in the CUNY Climate Assembly Project on Waste at Hunter College. We're convening an assembly of students who will learn about, deliberate on, and determine solutions for waste management on the College's main campus. This is an exciting democratic exercise for CUNY

20.02.2026 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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For anyone interested in feminist history, housing justice, or biography!

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19.02.2026 21:51 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

^^^ @lehmancollege.bsky.social @queenscollegecuny.bsky.social

19.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Another incredible project from the CUNY Adjunct Incubator!

"As a result of nearly a year of work, the final product, La Loteria Niuyorkina, is available to all ...the game and related materials are available online "

Read the story of this gorgeous game
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19.02.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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With CCAP, @huntercollege.bsky.social becomes the first university in the US to convene a climate assembly!

The event will be an introduction and live civic lottery to select the assembly delegates. Snacks and raffle prizes will take place at the end of the event

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18.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW!

Presentations on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Gloria Evangelina AnzaldΓΊa’s unpublished poetry and β€œTongues of Fire” manuscript; Stuart Hall, Richard Pryor, Free Jazz and the Black Arts Movement, and Gwendolyn Bennett, Claudia Jones, and Mae Mallory!

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18.02.2026 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Proposals due soon!

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13.02.2026 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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A celebration of new and ongoing work, together, we will think through the newest surge of attacks on the arts, capitulation of art institutions to conservative demands, and the tensions between art as liberatory cultural front and as liberal assimilation.
centerforthehumanities.org/event/poetic...

13.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
La LoterΓ­a Niuyorkina: An Educational Game to Explore the City’s Linguistic Landscape
Thu, Mar 12, 2026
6:00 PM–8:00 PM
Room 5414, CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to all. Please register to attend.

La LoterΓ­a Niuyorkina: An Educational Game to Explore the City’s Linguistic Landscape Thu, Mar 12, 2026 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Room 5414, CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to all. Please register to attend.

Join us to launch an educational board game by two CUNY students! Available and accessible to all, the game is made up of 24 cards depicting characters, places, and objects representing the Latinx communities in New York City.

Art! Talk! Game time! Snacks!
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13.02.2026 20:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apply tonight before Midnight!

13.02.2026 19:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apply for a fellowship and then come see the amazing work our past fellows have done!

11.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Man in a suit giving a presentation with an image from a microscope in the background

Man in a suit giving a presentation with an image from a microscope in the background

Graduating students: apply by 3/8 to be part of this year’s Dissertation Showcase, on 5/11. Present your research in a brief TED-style talk. Participants receive coaching & honorarium. Apply now! gc.cuny.edu/dissertation... Pictured: Jacob Quartey (Biochemistry) presents at the 2025 showcase

11.02.2026 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social ^^^

10.02.2026 18:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Deadline is FRIDAY! We are so excited to see your proposals! See some examples of past projects at this link, but please do not feel limited by them! We want to see *your* passion, *your* project.

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10.02.2026 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
A flyer advertising the publication of In The Loop (Volume 5, Issue 4), the official newsletter of the PhD Program in Social Welfare at The CUNY Graduate Center. To read it, go to https://socialwelfare.commons.gc.cuny.edu/newsletter/

A flyer advertising the publication of In The Loop (Volume 5, Issue 4), the official newsletter of the PhD Program in Social Welfare at The CUNY Graduate Center. To read it, go to https://socialwelfare.commons.gc.cuny.edu/newsletter/

Out now! Volume 5, Issue 4 of "In The Loop," the official newsletter of the PhD Program in Social Welfare at CUNY Graduate Center Scan the QR code or read it at socialwelfare.common...

10.02.2026 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Last day to apply!

09.02.2026 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Join for discussion on student organizers from struggles outside the US, abolitionist university studies, campus policing, and CUNY struggles from 1969 until today!

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04.02.2026 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1