Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series The Future of Conversion Therapy Bans in the US Over the last several years, 23 states, including New York and New Jersey, have barred licensed mental health professionals from providing therapy aimed at changing sexual orientation and gender identity. These conversion therapy bans often had bipartisan support when […]
Dr. Tanika Chakraborty is a Professor of Economics at the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, specializing in Development Economics. Before joining IIM Calcutta, she worked at IIT Kanpur and DIW Berlin, after completing her PhD at Washington University in St. Louis. She is affiliated to IZA Bonn, CESifo Munich, and the Global Labor Organization. Dr. […]
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series Composing Jewish Music: Yiddish, Archives, and Memory This talk examines composer Alex Weiser’s evolving understanding of “Jewish music” and the role of the “Jewish composer,” shaped by his creative work, research in Yiddish language and archives, and his position at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research. Tracing his trajectory from […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series “It is better to be the thorn in the side of your friend than his echo”: The Value of Political Pluralism in Academia Professor Philip Swan of Hunter College will be joined by Laura Beltz, Director of Policy Reform and Ryne Weiss, Director of Research, at the Foundation […]
A New York Times bestselling author, Libba Bray, discusses her latest novel, Under the Same Stars, her writing, and career with librarian Jennifer Hubert Swan.
Dr. Mahesh Karra is an Associate Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health and the Director of the Program on Women’s Empowerment Research (POWER). Previously, he was an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at the University of Göttingen’s Center for Modern Indian Studies. His academic and research interests are […]
DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED. In the next Roosevelt House event to mark the centennial of Black History Month, please join us—along with the Hunter College Department of Africana, Puerto Rican, and Latino Studies—as we welcome longtime educator Brian Jones for a conversation about his new book, Black History is for Everyone. The author will […]
The acclaimed novelist, Susan Choi, will be in conversation with Andrew Beasley (MFA '25), with introductions by Adam Haslett, as part of the Distinguished Writers Series at Hunter College. Reception to follow. SUSAN CHOI is the author of Trust Exercise, which received the National Book Award for fiction, as well as the novels The Foreign Student, […]
CNN anchor and author Abby Phillip will discuss her new book, A Dream Deferred: Jesse Jackson and the Fight for Black Political Power, which explores Jesse Jackson’s 1980s presidential campaigns and their lasting impact on Black political power.
Join author Alison Rand for a conversation on her new book exploring how sentido shapes how we make sense of who we are. Sentido is a word layered with meaning. Sense, feeling, awareness, direction. It’s also a way of moving through the world. Join author Alison Rand for a conversation exploring how sentido shapes how […]
