As the home where FDR struggled against the paralyzing effects of polio, where he recovered, regained a degree of mobility, and reclaimed a sense of independence, Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of Becoming FDR: The Personal Crisis That Made a President. The author, journalist and historian Jonathan Darman, will be in conversation with Jonathan Alter, also […]
Please join us for a very special evening with Lisa Hanna, Member of the Parliament of Jamaica and her country’s former Minister of Youth and Culture, in conversation with Dr. Basil A. Smikle Jr., Public Policy Program Director at Roosevelt House. Lisa Hanna is a leader in the People’s National Party, a former Cabinet Minister of Youth and […]
Join us for a one-day conference—including sessions with leading scholars, journalists, advocates, and policymakers, as well as a film screening and discussion with the filmmakers—to examine where Asian American politics […]
All students, faculty, and staff are invited to this Hunter Senate Town Hall. We'll offer brief presentations to provide background information and context on the Pluralism & Diversity Requirement and planning for its revision. There will be time for discussion so bring your questions and ideas! This is an important issue for the whole Hunter […]
Theatre Communications Group (TCG) welcomes the return of TCG Books Presents, featuring Richard Nelson, Richard Pevear, and Larissa Volokhonsky in conversation with Gregory Mosher, the Patty and Jay Baker Professor of Theater at Hunter College. This event will focus on the newly released translation of Anton Chekov’s Ivanov, as well as the Classic Russian Drama […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a lecture by distinguished legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt III—great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, first cousin (three times removed) of Eleanor Roosevelt, and distant cousin of FDR—on his new book The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America's Story. Eye-opening, provocative, and timely, The Nation That Never Was delivers a powerful reinterpretation […]
Žižek contends that the Culture War raging in the developed West is a false war, a war between two versions of the same global capitalist system: its unrestrained pure version and its “neo-Fascist” conservative version which tries to unite capitalist dynamism with traditional values and liberties. As Žižek argues, the paradox is here double: Western […]
An instant New York Times bestseller, Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington is a groundbreaking chronicle of American politics. Utilizing thousands of pages of declassified documents, over one hundred interviews, and material unearthed from presidential archives across the country, Secret City illuminates how cultural and political anxiety over gay people shaped the administrations of each successive twentieth-century president—from […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the book Nice White Ladies: The Truth about White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It by Hunter College Professor of Sociology Jessie Daniels. In this provocative and challenging work, Daniels begins with the premise that the protection of white women is central to American culture, and argues that such privilege […]
Join us as critically acclaimed poet and translator Brenda Hillman discusses her recent book of poetry, In a Few Minutes Before Later. This event will be held in person at Hunter College and online via Zoom. Proof of full COVID-19 vaccination will be required for all who attend. Upload your vaccination proof RSVP to attend […]
