NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Movement NetLab’s Fearless Cities Initiative invite you to join for a conversation between Ada Colau and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, moderated by Amy Goodman. The successes of Ada Colau and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s electoral campaigns demonstrate the promise of a bold political vision, an antidote to the far-right forces on the…
Start your summer off right: Join an all-star team of leading soccer scholars, scribes and talking heads as they discuss the global phenomenon that is the World Cup. On June 14 in Moscow, the 2018 FIFA Men’s World Cup will kick off with a match between Russia and Saudi Arabia. Over the month-long tournament to follow, a global…
For the first time since the mass production of the automobile began, our streets and sidewalks have become a contested territory. New transportation technologies, paired with the collapse of public investment, have made this a pivotal moment to question the future of mobility in New York. This year the Urban Design Forum published Onward: Mobility in…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the 2nd Annual Print Fest, featuring the work of New York based small presses, zines, & literary organizations. Through its robust list of vendors, the Fest represents and celebrates the plurality of voices that make the New York-area literary and print culture so vibrant. ///…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute invite you to join for a discussion with Meredith Broussard celebrating the release of her new book Artificial Unintelligence. In Artificial Unintelligence, Meredith Broussard argues that our collective enthusiasm for applying computer technology to every aspect of life has resulted in a tremendous number…
The OIKOS working group at NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to a conference on Kinship Economy, April 27-28, 2018. Friday, April 27 9:30AM – 10:00AM | Coffee and welcome 10:00AM | Introductory Remarks Caitlin Zaloom, Social and Cultural Analysis (SCA), NYU 10:30AM – 12:00PM | Panel 1: Architectures for Surplus Nick D’Avella, Hemispheric…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the New York Institute for the Humanities invite you to join for a discussion with Richard Sennett on his latest book, Building and Dwelling: Ethics for the City. In Building and Dwelling, Richard Sennett distils a lifetime’s thinking and practical experience to explore the relationship between the good built environment and the good…
NYU’s Global Liberal Studies and Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, in association with the Institute for Public Knowledge and Colloquium for Unpopular Culture, invite you to an exhibit opening and panel discussion of Richard Arthur Fleming’s Lotería de la Migración, on view on the 5th floor of 20 Cooper Square from April 19, 2018 through May…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge invites you to join for the launch of Trump and the Media, edited by Pablo J. Boczkowski and Zizi Papacharissi. Contributing authors Rodney Benson, Andrew Mendelson and Julia Sonnevend will be present in conversation with Geneva Overholser. Donald Trump’s election as the 45th President of the United States came as something of a surprise—to many…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge and the Social Science Research Council invite you to a discussion of Seeing the World: How US Universities Make Knowledge in a Global Era, with authors Mitchell L. Stevens, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, and Seteney Shami. The event will be moderated by Ann Morning with critical remarks from George Steinmetz. U.S. research universities have long endeavored to be cosmopolitan places, yet the disciplines of economics, political…