Discussion

Discussion | Comparative Authoritarianisms

04/03 Thursday | 5:30pm

Join IPK’s Global New Right Working Group and the Remarque Institute on Thursday, April 3 (5:30-7:00 PM), to discuss the state of authoritarian governments and movements in 2025. Eliot Borenstein, a Russian & Slavic Studies scholar, and sociologist Julia Sonnevend, will examine the extreme right shifts in Russia and Hungary in recent decades. Mary Nolan,…

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Discussion | From Empire to NYPD: Immigration, Colonial Policing, and the Making of Law Enforcement

04/02 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join IPK for a panel discussion, From Empire to NYPD: Immigration, Colonial Policing, and the Making of Law Enforcement, on Wednesday, April 2 (5:30-7:00 PM). The origins of policing in New York are deeply connected to empire and immigration enforcement. This panel will trace how colonial policing tactics—used to control populations abroad—were brought home, shaping…

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Book Talk | Linda Gordon | Seven Social Movements That Changed America

03/31 Monday | 5:30pm

“History doesn’t repeat itself but sometimes it rhymes:” KKK and American fascists of the 1920s-30s.   A talk from Linda Gordon’s new book, Seven Social Movements That Changed America Followed by a conversation with Steven Hahn Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of History Monday, March 31st (5:30-7:00 PM) Linda Gordon is the Florence Kelley Professor of…

Virtual Discussion

Co-Opting AI: Privacy

03/26 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. Please register here. This event will shed light on how AI systems impact privacy and consider pathways for…

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Book Talk | Webb Keane | Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination

03/05 Wednesday | 5:30pm

Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication on Wednesday, March 5th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Webb Keane. He will discuss his new book Animals, Robots, Gods: Adventures in the Moral Imagination with Gideon Lewis-Kraus and Natasha Schüll. Webb Keane is the George Herbert…