Discussion

Book Talk | Danya Glabau & Laura Forlano | Cyborg

02/13 Thursday | 5:30pm
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  •  February 13, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Thursday, February 13 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Danya Glabau and Laura Forlano. They will discuss their book Cyborg with Margaret Jack and David Parisi. Danya Glabau is a medical anthropologist and STS scholar researching health activism, the medical economy, and how human bodies become valuable (more…)

Discussion

Book Talk | Ray Suarez | We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century

02/03 Monday | 5:30pm
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  •  February 3, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, February 3rd at 5:30 PM for a book talk with historian and author Ray Suarez. He will discuss his new book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century with Dalton Conley and Maria E. Montoya. Ray Suarez is a journalist and veteran broadcaster with decades (more…)

Discussion

Book Talk | Julian Zelizer | In Defense of Partisanship

02/05 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  February 5, 2025
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and NYU Wagner on Wednesday, February 5th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with historian Julian Zelizer. He will discuss his new book In Defense of Partisanship with Jonathan Alter. This event is sponsored by IPK and the NYU John Brademas Center. In Defense of Partisanship imagines what (more…)

Workshop

Third Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

12/06 Friday | 12pm
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  •  December 6, 2024
     12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Co-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 (more…)

Lecture

Co-Opting AI: Cars

12/04 Wednesday | 4pm
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  •  December 4, 2024
     4:00 PM - 5:15 PM

NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy 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 for the event here. This event will critically discuss the deep entanglement of AI systems with the perennial dream (more…)

Discussion

Book Talk | Musa al-Gharbi | We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite

11/18 Monday | 5:30pm
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  •  November 18, 2024
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on November 18th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Musa al-Gharbi. He will discuss his new book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite with Liza Featherstone and Thomas Frank. Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist in the School of Communication and Journalism at (more…)

Workshop

Second Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

10/31 Thursday | 12pm
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  •  October 31, 2024
     12:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Co-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 (more…)

Discussion

Book Talk | Debi Cornwall | Model Citizens

12/04 Wednesday | 5:30pm
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  •  December 4, 2024
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on December 4th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Debi Cornwall, author of Model Citizens. The last in a trilogy of books on the American condition, Model Citizens considers the United States as a case study into a global phenomenon: How have staging, performance, and roleplay come (more…)

Discussion

Discussion | Michael Meeropol and Hannah Gurman | We’ve Been Here Before: McCarthyism and the Age of Trump

10/29 Tuesday | 5:30pm
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  •  October 29, 2024
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Tuesday, October 29 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a discussion between Michael Meeropol and Hannah Gurman. They will discuss the legacy of McCarthyism in the age of Trump. Michael Meeropol graduated from Swarthmore in 1964 with a Major in Economics and Minors in History and Philosophy. After earning a second (more…)

Discussion

Discussion | Exploring the Environmental Costs of AI

11/21 Thursday | 5:30pm
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  •  November 21, 2024
     5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

Join IPK for a discussion on the environmental costs of AI on November 21 at 5:30 PM, featuring Benedetta Brevini, Nicole Starosielski, Sanjana Paul, and Tamara Kneese. This event will be hybrid and the Zoom code will be sent out the day before the event. During the week of the much-anticipated Climate Summit (COP 29) (more…)