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 and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on Wednesday, April 9th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Alice Driver. She will discuss her new book Life and Death of the American Worker: The Immigrants Taking on America’s Largest Meatpacking Company with Roger Horowitz and Eyal Press….
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,…
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…
“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…
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…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Past and Future of Work Working Group on Monday, September 15th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Eric Blanc. He will discuss his new book We Are the Union: How Worker-to-Worker Organizing Is Revitalizing Labor and Winning Big with Antonio Rosario. Eric Blanc is Assistant…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge, NYU Journalism, and the AI in Society Working Group on Wednesday, March 12th (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Hilke Schellmann. She will discuss her book The Algorithm: How AI Decides Who Gets Hired, Monitored, Promoted, and Fired and Why We Need to Fight Back Now with Ed…