Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on November 18th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Musa al-Gharbi. He will discuss his new book We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of a New Elite with Liza Featherstone and Thomas Frank. Musa al-Gharbi is a sociologist in the School of Communication and Journalism at…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. Please register for the event here. This event will excavate AI’s longstanding obsession with human anatomical features, from faces to fingerprints, and…
Co-coordinators: Jacob Remes, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “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…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 30 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Andrew Ross, Tommaso Bardelli, and Aiyuba Thomas. They will discuss their book Abolition Labor: The Fight to End Prison Slavery with Chenjerai Kumanyika and Thuy Linh Nguyen Tu. Andrew Ross is a social activist and Professor of Social…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Tuesday, October 29 (5:30-7:00 PM) for a discussion between Michael Meeropol and Hannah Gurman. They will discuss the legacy of McCarthyism in the age of Trump. Michael Meeropol graduated from Swarthmore in 1964 with a Major in Economics and Minors in History and Philosophy. After earning a second…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy 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 spotlight how AI systems intervene into one of the most fundamental aspects of society: designing and constructing dwellings….
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Children of a Modest Star with authors Jonathan S. Blake and Nils Gilman, on October 23rd at 5:30 PM. In the groundbreaking Children of a Modest Star, Jonathan S. Blake and Nils Gilman not only challenge dominant ways of thinking about humanity’s relationship to…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group on October 24th at 5:30 PM for a dual book talk with Lauren Lassabe Shepherd and David Austin Walsh, two historians whose work focuses on the history of mid-20th century conservatism. AJ Bauer will moderate the discussion. This event will be hybrid,…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on October 23nd at 5:30 PM for a discussion between John Ganz and Rick Perlstein. The two will discuss the American right of the 1990s and its influence on 21st century politics. John Ganz is the author of the New York Times bestseller When the Clock Broke: Con Men,…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on October 16th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Allison Pugh. She will discuss her new book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World with Gullermina Altomonte and Mona Sloane. Allison Pugh is…