Co-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…
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 how archives and archiving—as infrastructure, epistemology, and social practice—relate to contemporary AI systems. Amelia…
Join NYU’s Climate Initiative and the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, September 23 (6:00-7:30 PM) for a special Climate Week event with Leah C. Stokes. She will discuss her new book, The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet, with Sonia Aggarwal, Jay Inslee, Bill McKibben, and…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU’s Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, the Past and Future of Work Working Group, and NYU’s History Department on Thursday, September 24 (6:00-7:30 PM) for an event with Tejasvi Nagaraja. He will discuss his book, Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II,…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Friday, September 25 (12:00-1:30 PM) for an event with Thea Riofrancos. She will discuss her new book, Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism, with Leah Aronowsky and Ashley Dawson. Thea Riofrancos is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Providence College, a Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and NYU’s History Department 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 Noah Isenberg and Rosanna Warren. Wendy Lesser is the founding and current editor of The Threepenny…
Join 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…
Join 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…
Hope 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…
Join 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,…