Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Fragile Neighborhoods: Repairing American Society, One Zip Code At A Time with the author Seth D. Kaplan, in conversation with Ingrid Gould Ellen, on November 13th at 5:30 PM. Seth D. Kaplan is a leading expert on fragile states. He is a Professorial Lecturer…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times with author Alexandrea Ravenelle, in conversation with Ruth Milkman and Jonathan Morduch on Monday, November 6th at 5:30 PM. Alexandrea J. Ravenelle is an Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of North Carolina…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group for a lecture by Matthew Handelman, with an introduction by Leif Weatherby, on November 2nd at 5:30 pm. This event will be in a hybrid format. The Zoom link can be found here. Matthew Handelman is an Associate Professor of German and a…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on The Age of Insecurity: Coming Together as Things Fall Apart with the author Astra Taylor, in conversation with Sarah Leonard, on November 1st at 5:30 PM. Cosponsored by Lux magazine. Astra Taylor is a documentary filmmaker, writer, and political organizer. She is the director,…
Join NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies and the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Energy and Power: Germany in the Age of Oil, Atoms, and Climate Change with the author Stephen Gross, in conversation with Andrew Needham, on October 30th at 5:30 PM. In Energy and Power, Gross explains the deeper…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Data Driven: Truckers, Technology, and the New Workplace Surveillance with the author Karen Levy, in conversation with Caitlin Petre, on October 25th at 5:30 PM. Karen Levy is Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science at Cornell University, and Associated Faculty at Cornell…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on Gayfriendly: Acceptance and Control of Homosexuality in New York and Paris with the author Sylvie Tissot, in conversation with Christina B. Hanhardt, on October 18th at 12:00 PM. Sylvie Tissot is a Professor of Political Science at University of Paris 8. Her research focuses…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on How We Hurt: The Politics of Pain in the Opioid Epidemic with the author Melina Sherman, in conversation with Natasha Schüll and Emily Martin, on October 16th at 5:30 PM. Melina Sherman is a critical health communication scholar and researcher at Knology, a New…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge for a book talk on How We Hurt: The Politics of Pain in the Opioid Epidemic with the author Melina Sherman, in conversation with Natasha Schüll and Emily Martin, on October 16th at 5:30 PM. Melina Sherman is a critical health communication scholar and researcher at Knology, a New…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge’s Global New Right Working Group for a book talk on Crack-Up Capitalism: Market Radicals and the Dream of a World Without Democracy with the author Quinn Slobodian, and an introduction by Maya Vinokour, on October 13th at 12:00 PM. This event will be in a hybrid format. The Zoom…