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View Events ListFireside Chat | Eve L. Ewing | Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism
Join Center CIRCL, NYU Steinhardt, and the Institute for Public Knowledge on October 28th from 5:30pm – 7pm for a Fireside Chat and Book Signing with the author of the Fall 2025 Book Club pick: Original Sins by Dr. Eve L. Ewing, moderated by NYU Professor and IPK Visiting Scholar R. L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy. Eve L….
RSVPBook Talk | Jonathan Tarleton | Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 22 (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Jonathan Tarleton. He will discuss his book Homes for Living: The Fight for Social Housing and a New American Commons, with Sophie Gonick and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro. Jonathan Tarleton is a writer, urban planner, and oral historian. He previously served…
Co-Opting AI: Antiquity
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 explore how past narratives and practices shape how we think about automation, intelligent machines, gods…
RSVPBook Talk | Carlo Rotella | What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, October 15th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Carlo Rotella. He will discuss his new book What Can I Get Out of This?: Teaching and Learning in a Classroom Full of Skeptics with Leonard Cassuto and L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy. Carlo Rotella is a professor of English,…
Working Group Meeting: The Past and Future of Work
Co-coordinators: Danya Glabau, 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…
Discussion | Ruth Braunstein | When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, September 29th at 5:30 PM for a discussion with Ruth Braunstein. She will discuss When the Wolves Came: Evangelicals Resisting Extremism, a new documentary podcast spotlighting evangelical leaders who are resisting political extremism in their church and the country, with Delia Baldassarri and Bart Bonikowski. Ruth Braunstein…
Book Talk | Hanna Morris | Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Thursday, September 25th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Hanna Morris. She will discuss her new book Apocalyptic Authoritarianism: Climate Crisis, Media, and Power with Melissa Aronczyk and Colin Jerolmack. Hanna E. Morris is an Assistant Professor at the School of the Environment at the University…
Discussion | Expertise in the Age of Trump
For Climate Week, the Institute for Public Knowledge is organizing a special event, “Expertise in the Age of Trumpism,” featuring Columbia University sociologist Gil Eyal, Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer, and Sonali McDermid, Chair of Environmental Studies at NYU, moderated by IPK Director Eric Klinenberg. In recent years, there has been a significant change…
Co-Opting AI: Taxes
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 discuss AI, taxation and fair distribution vis-à-vis strategies for enhancing productivity and innovation. Ruth Braunstein studies…
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