The Roosevelt House Public Policy Program with the CUNY Black, Race and Ethnic Studies Initiative (BRESI) invite you to a screening of the documentary short By Your Side followed by a discussion with the directors, Michael and Debbie Davis moderated by Calvin John Smiley, Hunter College Associate Professor of Sociology. Debbie and Michael (Africa) Davis are two members of the […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by bestselling author and acclaimed presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. In this chronicle of the rise of environmental activism, Brinkley tells the story of an indomitable generation that worked to […]
Please join us for the launch of here4HER, a new initiative spearheaded by Human Rights Program student Charlie Le Grice, dedicated to supporting the most underserved even among underserved women. here4HER is re-igniting conversations about critical women's issues that demand a space in the center of human rights discourse, by campaigning for human rights organizations […]
The Hunter College Art Advisory Board presents a panel for Studio Art Majors, BFA, MFA, Alumni, and Friends! Candid Advice from Industry Experts on How to Prepare for a Life in the Arts It’s a gigantic leap to go from art student to working artist. Based on input from recent graduates of art programs, this […]
The Mellon Public Humanities and Social Justice Scholars Program invites the Hunter College community and general public for a faculty symposium on March 15, from 12pm to 2pm. Our speakers will discuss their research and work in the public humanities, covering a diverse range of topics. After our panelists speak about their research, there will […]
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the historic repeal of the 18th Amendment in December 1933—a signature early reform of FDR’s New Deal. Not that Roosevelt had ever renounced spirits himself, ordering four cases to be delivered, legally, right here to his home on East 65th Street just before Prohibition began. But for 13 […]
Please join us for a book discussion as we mark the release of Semiotics of Rape: Sexual Subjectivity and Violation in Rural India by Human Rights Faculty Member and Women and Gender Studies Professor Rupal Oza. The author will be in conversation with Vasuki Nesiah, Professor of Practice in Human Rights and International Law at the NYU Gallatin School. In this […]
In 2022, the Supreme Court decided some of the most consequential rights cases impacting LGBTQ rights in the country’s history—These include Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, which overturned Roe v. Wade and has potential implications for cases that recognize a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and sexual freedom. This year, the Court is poised to decide another […]
Megan Callaghan, Dean of the Bard Prison Initiative (BPI), and Sebastian Yoon, BPI alum, will discuss the BPI program and the public humanities’ involvement in their work with current MPH students. Megan Callaghan is Dean of the Bard Prison Initiative and a cultural anthropologist whose scholarship and teaching focuses on Northern Ireland. Megan joined the […]
Please join us as Roosevelt House and Hunter’s Jewish Studies Center co-host a discussion of the new book In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust by Richard Hurowitz. This powerfully illuminating and inspiring chronicle pays tribute to the incredible and often little-known deeds of […]
