We are excited to be joined by Dr. Jung Pak, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Multilateral Affairs and for Global China issues and former Hunter College U.S. history professor on Thursday, Sept. 29th at 5 PM. Dr. Pak will speak on her career path, research interests, major themes in her current work, and major policy issues facing the region […]
Calling all eligible voters at Hunter College! It’s time to #VoteForYourFuture! In partnership with voting, reproductive rights, and gun safety organizations, the Human Rights Program is pushing to get out the vote among young people in college campuses for the midterm elections. We are highlighting reproductive rights and gun safety as key issues that affect the future […]
Thomas Hunter Project Space is pleased to present Animal of Frailty and Firmness, a solo exhibition of new works by Xiong Wei. The exhibition features two body-scale sculptures and a series of related small sculptures by the artist: Gregarious Old Lords, a plaster figuration atop a pedestal which with careful inspection deviates and rejects many […]
Marking National Coming Out Day The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College invites you to attend A new public program presented in person and on Zoom. In the 2020 election, more openly LGBTQ people ran for elected office than ever before in the history of the country. According to the Victory Fund, a national […]
Join us as award-winning novelist Pankaj Mishra discusses his recent book, Run and Hide. 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 this event in person RSVP to attend via […]
To mark the publication of Aging with HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa: Health and Psychosocial Perspectives, edited by Mark Brennan-Ing and colleagues, Hunter College’s Roosevelt House and the Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging will present a panel discussion, both in person and virtual, at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday, October 12. Because of the success of antiretroviral therapies (ART), […]
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 have been, and are going, during this time of increasing anti-Asian hate and discrimination. Program: 2:00–2:05: Introductory remarks from Roosevelt House Public Policy Program Director Dr. […]
Robert Seltzer Lunch Lecture Series “The Same as in the Portuguese Synagogue in New York”: Colonial New York’s Emergence as a Center of North American Jewish Commercial and Communal Activity Presented by Noah Gelfand, Doctoral Lecturer, History Department, Hunter College This talk employs an Atlantic perspective to examine the economic and religious endeavors of New […]
