Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, September 30 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Wendy Lesser. She will discuss her new book, Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times, with Ian Baruma, Noah Isenberg, and Rosanna Warren. Wendy Lesser is the founding and current editor of The Threepenny Review, and…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, October 5 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Sherry Turkle. She will discuss her new book, Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines, with Manoush Zomorodi. Sherry Turkle is the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology at MIT…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group for an event with Hannah Gurman on October 8 at 5:30 PM. She will discuss her new book The Opportunists: The Post-Liberals and the Reinvention of Reactionary Politics with Matthew Sitman. Hannah Gurman teaches U.S. History and American Studies at the NYU…
RSVPHope of the Intellect? Thinking and Seeking Possibilities in Politics Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 14 (5:30–7:00 PM) for a panel with Lisa Ruddick, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and George Scialabba, moderated by Nikhil Goyal. Introduced by Daniel Wortel-London. Cosponsored by the Harvard Public Culture Project and the Hannah Arendt Center for Politics…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge and the AI in Society Working Group on Monday, October 19 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Thomas Frank. He will discuss his book, The Creativity Con: How Innovation Became America’s Biggest Racket, with Liza Featherstone. Thomas Frank is the bestselling author of What’s the Matter With Kansas?; Listen,…
RSVPJoin 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…
RSVPCo-coordinators: Spencer Kaplan, Maggie Jack, and Maia Silber “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…
RSVPNYU’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. Quantum computing is arriving into institutions, supply chains, and geopolitical formations shaped by AI—this event will examine what…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 28 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a dual book talk with Michael Edison Hayden, author of Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town, and Christopher Mathias, author of To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right. Jared Holt will…
RSVPJoin the Institute for Public Knowledge for a full-day, invite-only workshop on Human–Chatbot Interaction in Everyday Social Life, organized by Christopher Barrie and Tessa West. This workshop will bring together researchers working on how people are using AI chatbots in everyday social contexts, with a particular focus on two related questions: how we can collect and…
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