Upcoming Events

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Cities Collaborative at NYU invite you to join us for a conversation with Andrew Sandoval-Strausz on his new book Barrio America, the compelling history of how Latino immigrants revitalized the nation’s cities after decades of disinvestment and white flight. Thirty years ago, most people were ready to give (more…)

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Environmental Humanities Initiative at NYU invite you to the launch event for Why Trust Science? featuring the author Naomi Oreskes in conversation with Andrew Needham. Do doctors really know what they are talking about when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should we take climate experts at their word when (more…)

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Environmental Humanities Initiative at NYU invite you to join us for a book talk for Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm, featuring the author Isabella Tree in conversation with Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. In Wilding, Isabella Tree tells the story of the ‘Knepp experiment’, a pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, using (more…)

The Future of Democracy Working Group at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of American Resistance: From the Women’s March to the Blue Wave, featuring the author Dana R. Fisher in conversation with Jeff Goodwin. Since Donald Trump’s first day in office, a large and energetic grassroots “Resistance” has taken (more…)

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to the launch event of The Drama of Celebrity (Princeton, 2019) by Sharon Marcus, featuring the author in conversation with Katie Lofton, Anne Cheng, and Joshua Gamson. Why do so many people care so much about celebrities? Who decides who gets to be a star? What are the privileges (more…)