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…
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,…
Join NYU’s Climate Initiative and the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, September 23 (6:00-7:30 PM) for a special Climate Week event with Leah C. Stokes. She will discuss her new book, The Carbon Wave: A Story of Democracy, Parenthood, and the Race to Protect Our Planet, with Sonia Aggarwal, Jay Inslee, Bill McKibben, and…
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…
RSVPCo-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…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Literary Reportage Program at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute on Wednesday, September 16 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Matthew Wolfe. He will discuss his new book, Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage with Colin Jerolmack…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the AI in Society Working Group on Monday, September 14 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Mona Sloane. She will discuss her new book, Predicted: How AI Is Restructuring Social Life, with Allison Pugh and Charlton McIlwain. Mona Sloane, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Data Science and…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, the Global New Right Working Group, and NYU’s History Department on Wednesday, September 9 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Stuart Schrader. He will discuss his book, Blue Power: How Police Organized to Protect and Serve Themselves, with Andrew Ross and Jeanne Theoharis. This event will be hybrid, with Zoom…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, September 2 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Max Holleran and Samuel Holleran. They will discuss their new book Scattered Steel: The Afterlife of the World Trade Center with Erica Robles-Anderson and Marita Sturken. Max Holleran is Senior Lecturer of Social Policy at University of Melbourne and…