On September 8, 2018, in The New York Times, IPK Director Eric Klinenberg pens an op-ed about the function of public libraries in society. Read an excerpt below and the full piece on The New York Times website. Is the public library obsolete? A lot of powerful forces in society seem to think so. In recent…
Read MoreOn August 23, 2018, in The New Yorker, IPK Director Eric Klinenberg shares an excerpt from his forthcoming book Palaces for the People: How Social Infrastructure Can Help Fight Inequality, Polarization, and the Decline of Civic Life, which will be published this September by Crown. The piece considers the possibilities of “broken windows” theory, asking: what it vacant property received…
Read MoreImage Credit: Specialist 2nd Class Stephane Belcher/U.S. Navy By Rosalind Donald Last month, in an attempt to deal with a critical shortage of bags of intravenous solution, the drug company Baxter extended the shelf life of several products. It’s the latest ripple in the health crisis Hurricane Maria set off in Puerto Rico. “Health care…
Read MoreOn June 7, 2018, the IPK hosted “Beautiful Games? Putting the World Back in the World Cup,” a symposium with an all-star team of leading soccer scholars, scribes and talking heads discussing the global phenomenon that is the World Cup. This is the concluding session, a conversation with John Green and Rog Bennett (of Men…
Read MoreNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, in collaboration with CARIBBEING, the Ace Hotel New York, and WORD Bookstores, invite you to join for the paperback release event for Joshua Jelly-Schapiro’s book, Island People: The Caribbean and the World. This masterwork of travel literature and history is a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Caribbean that illuminates its fierce grip on the world’s imagination. It shows…
Read MoreIn the November 13, 2017 issue of the New York Times, IPK Director Eric Klinenberg writes an opinion piece on Hurricane Maria’s effect on Puerto Rico and the Trump Administration’s response. Read an excerpt below and the full piece here. “Early last month, President Trump visited Puerto Rico on a trip designed to signal the federal government’s…
Read MoreNYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge is pleased to announce that Nonstop Metropolis: A New York City Atlas (UC Press 2016) has won the 2017 Brendan Gill Prize, awarded by the Municipal Arts Society (MAS). Nonstop Metropolis was edited by Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro during their residence as Visiting Scholars at the IPK. About the Brendan Gill Prize The Brendan Gill…
Read MoreNYU’s Department of Media, Culture, and Communications invites you to participate in the annual Neil Postman Conference, to be held October 6, 2017. The topic this year is “Mediated Populisms,” and the keynote speaker will be Zeynep Tufekci. CFP Deadline: Monday, May 1, 2017 extended to Monday, May 15, 2017 Submit an abstract. At 3:30 a.m. on…
Read MoreIs New York ready for another Sandy? IPK Director Eric Klinenberg answers this question for The New Yorker. Read the full story here.
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