Join CENTRO on October 17th as we celebrate the breadth and depth of our archives with a special screening of LAYERS: A Dance Film by dancer and director César Abreu, CENTRO Artist in Residence, followed by a live performance by composer Angélica Negrón. In this film, César uses the vibrant legacy of Puerto Rican artists […]
This talk will focus on understanding how foreign experiences shape our knowledge of the world, intensifying foreign language practice through story-telling skills, and the experience of becoming a creative writer in different parts of the world. Speaker Bio: Dr. Ssu-Fang Jessie (劉思坊) is an award-winning writer in Taiwan, and currently lives in New York City. […]
Join CENTRO alongside artist Pablo Delano and art historian Laura Katzman of James Madison University on October 23rd as they discuss The Museum of the Old Colony, its themes, its aesthetics, and how the exhibition has evolved over time. This ongoing, site-specific, conceptual art installation by visual artist Pablo Delano addresses the complex history of […]
Pascaline Dupas is Professor of Economics and Public Affairs at Princeton University. She is a development economist studying the challenges facing poor households in lower income countries and their root causes. Her goal is to identify interventions and policies that can help overcome these challenges and reduce global poverty. She conducts extensive fieldwork. Her ongoing […]
The Classical Studies Program at Hunter College of the City University of New York presents: The Annual E. Adelaide Hahn Memorial Lecture with Dr. Konstantinos Nikoloutsos of St. Joseph’s University, who will present “The Singing Helots: Portraits of Ancient Greek Slaves in Cold War Hollywood.” A reception will follow the lecture.
Amy Hobby is an Oscar-nominated, Emmy, and Peabody Award-winning producer with credits on 30+ films in distribution. She is known for producing exceptional films about artists and the creative process. Her films on Nina Simone (What Happened, Miss Simone?), Sam Shepard (Shepard & Dark), Spalding Grey (And Everything is Going Fine), Nam June Paik (Moon […]
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series We Need to Build: Pluralism and Its Possibilities Join us at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College for a talk with internationally renowned scholar and civil leader on interfaith cooperation and pluralism, Eboo Patel, founder of Interfaith America. The 21st-century American city on a hill has a […]
Robert Seltzer Lecture Series For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age Mainstream portrayals of ultra-Orthodox religious women often frame their faith as oppressive: they are empowered only when they leave their community. Jessica Roda's scholarship flips this notion on its head. Drawing on years of fieldwork between […]
At the Maralyn G. Cohn LGBTQ Community Space, Thomas Hunter Room 311, we are hosting a twofold event on Tuesday, November 19, from 2:30-4pm, commemorating Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDoR). Lunch will be provided. TDoR is an annual day observed in memory of the trans siblings lost to transphobia. We will begin with a collaborative […]
Ania Jaroszewicz is an Assistant Professor of Marketing at UC San Diego. Prior to joining UC San Diego, Professor Jaroszewicz was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University. Combining consumer behavior and behavioral economics, her research is guided by the goal of improving public policy and consumer well-being. Broadly, her work examines questions related to poverty […]
