Discussion

Discussion | Hope of the Intellect? Thinking and Seeking Possibilities in Politics 

10/14 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Sherry Turkle | Artificial Intimacy: Who We Become When We Talk to Machines

10/05 Monday | 5:30pm

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…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Wendy Lesser | Berlin Before and After: A Cautionary Mirror for Our Times

09/30 Wednesday | 5:30pm

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…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Thea Riofrancos | Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism

09/25 Friday | 12pm

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 a Professor of Political Science at Providence College, a Strategic Co-Director of the Climate and Community…

Book Launch

Book Talk | Tejasvi Nagaraja | Troop Movements: Labor, Race, and Global Freedom Struggles in America’s World War II

09/24 Thursday | 6pm

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,…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Archives

09/23 Wednesday | 4pm

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…

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