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Book Talk | Julia R. Azari | Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

10/21 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  October 21, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the John Brademas Center on Wednesday, October 21 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Julia R. Azari. She will discuss her book, Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History, with Kimberley Johnson and Joe Lowndes. Moderated by IPK’s Associate Director Michael Koncewicz. Julia R. Azari is (more…)

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Colloquium

Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: Community Report Back in Poughkeepsie

06/23 Tuesday | 6pm
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  •  June 23, 2026
     6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

The Institute for Public Knowledge (IPK) and Gehl Studios recently released our report, Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: How Public Spaces Make the Affordable, Joyful City Possible. The study consisted of a survey of more than 1,100 people, more than 100 interviews, and numerous field visits to better understand how ordinary New Yorkers engaged with their public spaces. (more…)

Book Launch

Book Talk | Mona Sloane | Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life

09/14 Monday | 5:30pm

  •  September 14, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, September 14 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Mona Sloane. She will discuss her new book, Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life, with Allison Pugh and Charlton McIlwain.  Mona Sloane, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Data Science and Media Studies at the University of Virginia (more…)

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Book Launch

Book Talk | Max Holleran & Samuel Holleran | Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center

09/02 Wednesday | 5:30pm

  •  September 2, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, September 14 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Max Holleran and Samuel Holleran. They will discuss their new book Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center with Erica Robles-Anderson and Marita Sturken. Max Holleran is Senior Lecturer of Social Policy at University of Melbourne and (more…)

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Book Launch

Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: How Public Spaces Make the Affordable, Joyful City Possible

05/04 Monday | 5:30pm
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  •  May 4, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

We have reached event capacity. Please email us at ipk.info@nyu.edu if you would like to be added to the waitlist. Social Infrastructure is Essential Infrastructure: How Public Spaces Make the Affordable, Joyful City Possible. Social infrastructure—the physical places that shape our capacity to connect – is essential for the health and vitality of democratic societies. (more…)

Book Launch

Book Talk | Dimitry Léger | Death of the Soccer God

05/12 Tuesday | 5:30pm
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  •  May 12, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Tuesday, May 12 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Dimitry Léger. He will discuss his new book Death of the Soccer God with Laurent Dubois and Rowan Ricardo Phillips. Dimitry Elias Léger was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in 1971 and raised between Haiti and Brooklyn, N.Y. His father (more…)

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Geopolitics

04/15 Wednesday | 4pm
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  •  April 15, 2026
     4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

NYU’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. This event will examine the geopolitical dimensions of AI – from national security aspects, to global political economy (more…)

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Book Launch

Book Talk | Benjamin Cornwell and Nan Feng | Friends and Fortunes: Social Capital Inequality in America

04/13 Monday | 5:30pm
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  •  April 13, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, April 13 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Benjamin Cornwell and Nan Feng. They will discuss their new book, Friends and Fortunes: Social Capital Inequality in America, with BK Lee, moderated by Eric Klinenberg. Benjamin Cornwell is a Professor of Sociology at Cornell University, where he recently (more…)

Discussion

Global New Right Seminar | David Klion on the Legacy of Neoconservatism

04/09 Thursday | 5:30pm
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  •  April 9, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group for a seminar with David Klion on April 9th at 5:30 PM. David Klion will discuss a draft of the first section of an in-progress manuscript on the legacy of neoconservatism. “The Patriarchs” is an overview of the lives and careers of (more…)

Book Launch

Book Talk | Schneur Zalman Newfield | Brooklyn Odyssey: My Journey Out of Hasidim

04/29 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  April 29, 2026
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

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 (more…)

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