Book Launch

Book Talk | Julia R. Azari | Backlash Presidents: Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History

10/21 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join 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…

Working Group Meeting

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

10/23 Friday | 12pm

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…

Discussion

Book Talk | Michael Edison Hayden & Christopher Mathias | Strange People on the Hill: How Extremism Tore Apart a Small American Town & To Catch a Fascist: The Fight to Expose the Radical Right

10/28 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join 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…

Workshop

Workshop: Human–Chatbot Interaction in Everyday Social Life

10/30 Friday | 8am

Join 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…

Discussion

Book Talk | María E. Montoya | A Workplace of Their Own: Progressive Management of Workers and their Families in Colorado’s Coal Fields

11/04 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU’s History Department, and the Past and Future of Work Group on Wednesday, November 4 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with María E. Montoya. She will discuss her book, A Workplace of Their Own: Progressive Management of Workers and their Families in Colorado’s Coal Fields, with Eduardo Contreras and…

Discussion

Book Talk | Laura Field | Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right

11/09 Monday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group for an event with Laura Field on November 9 at 5:30 PM. She will discuss her new book, Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right, with Cristina Beltrán, Suzanne Schneider and George Schulman. Laura K. Field is an associate with…

Working Group Meeting

Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work

11/13 Friday | 12pm

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…