“History doesn’t repeat itself but sometimes it rhymes:” KKK and American fascists of the 1920s-30s. A talk from Linda Gordon’s new book, Seven Social Movements That Changed America Followed by a conversation with Steven Hahn Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of History Monday, March 31st (5:30-7:00 PM) Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of…
RSVPJoin IPK for a panel discussion, From Empire to NYPD: Immigration, Colonial Policing, and the Making of Law Enforcement, on Wednesday, April 2 (5:30-7:00 PM). The origins of policing in New York are deeply connected to empire and immigration enforcement. This panel will trace how colonial policing tactics—used to control populations abroad—were brought home, shaping…
RSVPJoin IPK’s Global New Right Working Group and the Remarque Institute on Thursday, April 3 (5:30-7:00 PM), to discuss the state of authoritarian governments and movements in 2025. Eliot Borenstein, a Russian & Slavic Studies scholar, and sociologist Julia Sonnevend, will examine the extreme right shifts in Russia and Hungary in recent decades. Mary Nolan,…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on Wednesday, April 9th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Alice Driver. She will discuss her new book Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company with Roger Horowitz and Eyal Press….
RSVPCo-coordinators: Jacob Remes, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
RSVPNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Digital Technology for Democracy Lab at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. Please register here. This event will discuss AI, taxation and fair distribution vis-à-vis strategies for enhancing productivity and…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group on Tuesday, April 22nd at 5:30 PM for a lecture by Reece Peck, “More than Money and Algorithms: The Long Road to Counter Trump’s Online Influence.” Following the presentation, Peck will be in conversation with Erica Robles-Anderson and Douglas Rushkoff. This presentation…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 23rd (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Rodney Benson. He will discuss his new book How Media Ownership Matters with Anya Schiffrin and Steven Waldman. Drawing on extensive interviews and a comparative analysis of more than 50 news outlets in the US, Sweden, and France,…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, April 28th (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Dalton Conley. He will discuss his book The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture with Susan Dominus and Byungkyu Lee. Dalton Conley is the Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology and a faculty affiliate at the…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 30th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Cristiana Giordano and Greg Pierotti where they will discuss Affect Ethnography: Exploring Performance and Narrative in the Creation of Unstories. They will be in conversation with Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan and Joe Salvatore. Praise for Affect Ethnography “In…
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