NEWS
Events
Book Launch
Book Talk | Kimberley S. Johnson | Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis
7pm
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Race and Public Space Working Group on Wednesday, April 22 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Kimberley S. Johnson. She will discuss her new book, Dark Concrete: Black Power Urbanism and the American Metropolis, with Christina Greer and Domingo Morel. Kimberley S. Johnson is Professor of Social...
Book Launch
Book Talk | Schneur Zalman Newfield | Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidim
7pm
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 29 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Schneur Zalman Newfield. He will discuss his new book, Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidim, with Steven Michael Lukes and Iddo Tavory. Schneur Zalman Newfield was raised in the Hasidic community in Brooklyn and attended Lubavitch yeshivahs in...
Working Group Meeting
Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work
2pm
Co-coordinators: Danya Glabau, 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...
