Annual Roosevelt Research Exchange
Presentations by Fellow Roosevelt Scholars. Be sure to come support your peers as they share their work with the group. Co-sponsored by the Office of Prestigious Awards. Roosevelt House Auditorium. Lunch will […]
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Leaving the Hasidic Community: Reality versus Popular Culture
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Leaving the Hasidic Community: Reality versus Popular Culture Speaker: Zalman Newfield, PhD Prof. Newfield is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology and the acting Director of the Jewish Studies Program at Hunter College Speaker: Heba Gowayed, PhD Prof. Gowayed is a faculty member in the Department […]
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Distinguished Writers Series - Adam Haslett
Adam Haslett is the author of the story collection You Are Not a Stranger Here and the novels Union Atlantic and Imagine Me Gone. He has twice been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, as well as a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award and a winner of […]
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Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You'd Rather Cancel
This new book is an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve problems together. Speaker: Loretta J. Ross Co-founder of SisterSong, Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College, MacArthur Fellow Class of 2022 Speaker: Carol Jenkins […]
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Book Talk - Exploring Taiwan with Miss Chizuru: The Fictional Craft of Taiwan Travelogue
BOOK TALK EXPLORING TAIWAN WITH MISS CHIZURU: THE FICTIONAL CRAFT OF TAIWAN TRAVELOGUE How can a Taiwanese novel incorporate historical materials from its decades under Japanese colonial rule? How does two women’s travelogue become a work of fiction? This talk explores Taiwan Travelogue’s use of a “Shōwa Taiwan Railway Gourmet Tour” as its storytelling framework, […]
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The Intersection of Identity: Growing Up Palestinian-American
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series The Intersection of Identity: Growing Up Palestinian-American Speaker: Susan Muaddi Darraj Ms. Muaddi Darraj a Palestinian-American author of books for adults and children, including the Farah Rocks series.
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Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
Marking Black History Month at Roosevelt House and Celebrating Legendary Writer and Hunter College Alumna Audre Lorde featuring Alexis Pauline Gumbs on her new book Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde in conversation with Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender Studies, is […]
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Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th
Promoting Civil Discourse & Intellectual Dialogue Series Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th Speaker: Ari L. Goldman Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Director, Scripps Howard Program in Religion, Journalism and the Spiritual Life, Columbia University Speaker: Gregory Khalil President and Co-Founder of Telos; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Journalism at Columbia University Reception to […]
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Lessons From a Leader: NYC Council Member Keith Powers
Council Member Keith Powers represents New York City’s Council District 4, covering Manhattan’s East Side and Midtown. Council Member Powers was recognized as New York City’s top lawmaker in 2019 […]
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Luis A. Miranda Jr. — Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America by Luis A. Miranda Jr.—father of Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, and longtime star in his own right of the New York political scene. In this deeply personal and inspiring memoir, Miranda articulates his profound understanding of how […]
