Upcoming Events

Join 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 (more…)

“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 (more…)

Join 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 Cultural Roots of Trump’s Alt-Media Strategy.” Following the presentation, Peck will be in conversation with Erica Robles-Anderson and Douglas Rushkoff. This presentation examines (more…)

Join 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, (more…)