Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, April 28th (5:30-7:00 PM) for an event with Dalton Conley. He will discuss his book The Social Genome: The New Science of Nature and Nurture with Susan Dominus and Byungkyu Lee. Dalton Conley is the Henry Putnam University Professor in Sociology and a faculty affiliate at the…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Wednesday, April 23rd (5:30-7:00 PM) for a book talk with Rodney Benson. He will discuss his new book How Media Ownership Matters with Anya Schiffrin and Steven Waldman. Drawing on extensive interviews and a comparative analysis of more than 50 news outlets in the US, Sweden, and France,…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Global New Right Working Group on Tuesday, April 22nd at 5:30 PM for a lecture by Reece Peck, “More than Money and Algorithms: The Cultural Roots of Trump’s Alt-Media Strategy.” Following the presentation, Peck will be in conversation with Erica Robles-Anderson and Douglas Rushkoff. This presentation examines…
POSTPONED TO FALL 2025 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 discuss AI, taxation and fair distribution vis-à-vis strategies…
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 discuss AI, taxation and fair distribution vis-à-vis strategies for enhancing productivity and…
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,…