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The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

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kieren @kierenhoward.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Building climate resilience with communities. Putting students at the center of climate decisions. It’s what we do. @eesgccuny.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social
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Earth & Environmental Sciences Ph.D Program-CUNY Graduate Center @eesgccuny.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
We'll be sharing our work with the world during Climate Week NYC! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/climate... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social
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Climate Week NYC Events Showcase Research and Action
Graduate Center researchers and programs will explore flooding, biodiversity, clean energy, and new approaches to climate decision-making during Climate Week NYC.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Graduate Center scholars and programs are taking on some of the biggest questions raised by climate change during Climate Week NYC. Take part in these free events www.gc.cuny.edu/news/climate... @asrc-gc.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @eesgccuny.bsky.social
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Climate Week NYC Events Showcase Research and Action
Graduate Center researchers and programs will explore flooding, biodiversity, clean energy, and new approaches to climate decision-making during Climate Week NYC.
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Introducing the newest member of PS2 @humanitiescuny.bsky.social — a warm hello to Jaïra Placide, Presidential Research Fellow @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunyenglish.bsky.social centerforthehumanities.org/person/jaira...
Glitter scrapbook graphic that features a portrait photo of Jaïra Placide. Text reads PS2 at the top right, welcome presidential research fellow Jaïra Placide CUNY Graduate Center
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great work by the CUNY Climate Assembly on Waste at @huntercollege.bsky.social, an initiative of the @humanitiescuny.bsky.social! www.hunter.cuny.edu/news/student...
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Student-Led Waste Assembly Recommends New Ways for Hunter To Go Greener | Hunter College
Hunter College students have spent months studying how waste moves through campus. Now, they are preparing to help turn their ideas into action.
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Sara McDougall @sarannmcd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Or October 13 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @humanitiescuny.bsky.social centerforthehumanities.org/event/justic...
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Justice for Jehanne: Book Launch and Conversation with Sara McDougall - Center for the Humanities
Join author and scholar Sara McDougall for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of her book Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor a narrative history that defies modern as...
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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Great initiative. I went to the CUNY Climate Justice Summit in 2025. Glad to read about the continuing work.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
This spring, the Center for the Humanities teamed up with Hunter College to lead the CUNY Climate Assembly Project on Waste at @huntercollege.bsky.social—the first climate assembly at a public university in the US! centerforthehumanities.org/new-york-foc... @humanitiescuny.bsky.social
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CUNY Graduate Center in the Press: New York Focus Highlights the CUNY Climate Assembly Project - Center for the Humanities
This spring, the Center for the Humanities teamed up with Hunter College to lead the CUNY Climate Assembly Project on Waste at Hunter College—the first climate assembly at a public university in the U...
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
PS2 x @humanitiescuny.bsky.social congratulates our friend & colleague Kemi Ilesanmi on her Honorary Doctorate to be awarded at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social 2026 Commencement Congrats to all of our graduates 🎓🎉💙 Read More www.gc.cuny.edu/commencement...
Headshot of Kemi Ilesanmi against a glitter background. Text reads Congrats, Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters Kemi Ilesanmi CUNY Graduate Center, recognizing the award that will be bestowed on June 2, 2026
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
CCAP has been busy! A deliberative democracy initiative that empowers Hunter students to shape sustainable waste strategies for urban campuses. Read more about everything they've been up to here! centerforthehumanities.org/ccap-recap-c...
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CCAP Recap: Civic Lottery & The First Assembly Convening - Center for the Humanities
The CUNY Climate Assembly Project on Waste at Hunter College (CCAP) is making history as Hunter College convenes the first university climate assembly in the US! CCAP is a deliberative democracy initi...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
In advance of America’s 250th – when the capitol will be awash in spectacle, nostalgia, and triumph – this symposium gathers scholars for theoretical interventions and reflections on American history and politics. Register and more! centerforthehumanities.org/event/americ... @gcpolisci.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
These projects reflect the creative, critical, and community-engaged work that is happening right now at CUNY, and it was an honor to work with each awardee to bring their respective projects into focus. Discover them here: centerforthehumanities.org/celebrating-... @cunygcps2.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
TOMORROW!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Chronic explores new ways to live with, and understand the challenges of chronic illness. Join us for this launch! centerforthehumanities.org/event/wsq-ch... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @feministpress.bsky.social @tahneeroksman.bsky.social @mathewrodriguez.bsky.social @kateschnur.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
THURSDAY!
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Welcome Dr. Dasharah Green, Ph.D. ‘26, English @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Congrats to our PS2 colleague on an excellent dissertation defense. Chair: @elmcitytree.blacksky.app Dr. Green joins Cheyney University as a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English + Writing Center Director this fall
Photo of 4 CUNY Graduate Center scholars. Left to Right: Dr. Jonathan W. Gray (Dissertation Committee Chair, Incoming EO, Associate Professor of English), Dr. Amber Musser (Dissertation Committee, Professor of English), Dr. Dasharah Green, Dr. Sonali Perera (Dissertation Committee, Associate Professor of English)Photo of Dr. Dasharah Green
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Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This series seeks to reinstate Griffith’s essential role as a founder, and honor Griffith’s stewardship of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe’s archive. Please join us! centerforthehumanities.org/event/lost-f... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
WEDNESDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
These projects reflect the creative, critical, and community-engaged work that is happening right now at CUNY, and it was an honor to work with each awardee to bring their respective projects into focus. Discover them here: centerforthehumanities.org/celebrating-... @cunygcps2.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TONIGHT!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
TUESDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
THURSDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
If the weather wont get sunny we're going to have to keep hosting events!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Seeking contributions that push back against colonial ways of teaching and employ decolonial research methods from Indigenous and First Peoples and their allies working on or toward Indigenous feminisms. centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-call-ind... @feministpress.bsky.social
As a partner of Women Studies Quarterly (WSQ), the Center for the Humanities is excited to share this call for papers for a fall 2027 issue: WSQ: Indigenous Feminist Pedagogies, which will be co-edited by Cindy Tekobbe, Alanna Frost, and Heather N. Hill.

Issue Editors

CINDY TEKOBBE, University of Illinois Chicago
ALANNA FROST, University of Alabama in Huntsville
HEATHER N. HILL, Northwestern Missouri State University
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
With a focus on the US intervention that began in 2001, the collection marks a decolonial turn in Afghanistan and American studies. We hope you can join us to mark this moment. centerforthehumanities.org/event/decolo... @dukepress.bsky.social @wazhmah.bsky.social @moustafabayoumi.bsky.social
Join us for a reading and conversation featuring writers from this groundbreaking collection, Decolonizing Afghanistan: Countering Imperial Knowledge and Power (Duke University Press; edited by Wazhmah Osman and Robert D. Crews), which is the first comprehensive volume to explore the impact of empire on Afghanistan’s past and present. We will be joined by Zohra Saed, Moustafa Bayoumi, Wazhmah Osman, and Morwari Zafar, who will share cross-disciplinary, ground-up perspectives on colonial projects in Afghanistan and paths to decolonial futures.
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
FRIDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
FRIDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
"I began ...to build a map and archive of underrepresented/underfunded LGBTQIA+ spaces in New York City." Read more about this project here! centerforthehumanities.org/displacing-u... @cunygcps2.bsky.social @laguardiacc.bsky.social @laguardiawagner.bsky.social @lamamaetc.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
FRIDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
FRIDAY!
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
WEDNESDAY!
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
@gctlc.bsky.social x PS2 present Sip n Chat S26 edition • meet your peers committed to public-facing, community-engaged work, grab a snack, & create community @humanitiescuny.bsky.social Open to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social students only RSVP: centerforthehumanities.org/event/tlc-x-...
Flyer with soda can and chips on blue background. Text reads TLC x PS2 at the CUNY Graduate Center Sip n Chat Event Thurs May 7, 3pm-4:30pm at the Center for the Humanities Rm 5103 Sip n Chat is our semesterly peer-led space for current GC students to create community and informally talk to one another about their public-facing/ community-engaged/ applied/ activist research.

This spring we’re bringing together students across the CUNY Graduate Center.  

No presentations or talks, just an informal gathering of community. Like all good community gatherings, we will have food and drink.

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The Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) creates and connects opportunities for GC students to grow as educators and scholars within the nation’s largest public urban university system.

PS2 housed within the Center for the Humanities, honors the past, present, & future of public scholarship at the CUNY Graduate Center.
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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Announcing presenters in the 2026 Dissertation Showcase! Swapnil Landge, Maura McCreight, John Mwihaki, Clare Monfredo, Paul Odér, Julie Hecht, Siobhán O'Connor, Ivana Mellers, Rutika Patel, Kelly Brady, Evan Knight & Melanie Paul Austin. RESERVE for Mon, 5/11 event: www.gc.cuny.edu/events/insid...
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Inside the CUNY Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase
Elebash Recital Hall
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Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
We are excited to announce a partnership w/ the Chicago Review! These pieces introduce the significance of understudied poets for New American Poetry through fellows’ archival objects. We are thrilled to share our first collaboration by @julysses000.bsky.social www.chicagoreview.org/cuny-lost-an...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Seeking contributions that push back against colonial ways of teaching and employ decolonial research methods from Indigenous and First Peoples and their allies working on or toward Indigenous feminisms. centerforthehumanities.org/wsq-call-ind... @feministpress.bsky.social
As a partner of Women Studies Quarterly (WSQ), the Center for the Humanities is excited to share this call for papers for a fall 2027 issue: WSQ: Indigenous Feminist Pedagogies, which will be co-edited by Cindy Tekobbe, Alanna Frost, and Heather N. Hill.

Issue Editors

CINDY TEKOBBE, University of Illinois Chicago
ALANNA FROST, University of Alabama in Huntsville
HEATHER N. HILL, Northwestern Missouri State University
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Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
"If I were to answer, I might say this: my relationship with Theresa is different from my relationship with kimchi. And yet, both are layered, complicated, and impossible to disentangle from who I am." Read @julysses000.bsky.social on Theresa Hak Kyung Cha centerforthehumanities.org/between-deli...
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Between Delivery: Letter Threads After the Theresa Hak Kyung Cha Archive (Part II) - Center for the Humanities
This series of letters emerged from Ju Ly Ban’s work as a Fellow for Lost & Found: The CUNY Poetics Document Initiative from the Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center, grounded in arch...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
To propose an alternative approach to thinking about Asia Modern, we ask: how do Asian modernisms emerge through the negotiation of borders? Here, borders may be understood as Cartographic Borders, Cultural Borders, and/or Aesthetic Borders. For more information! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Coming up soon! An event co-organized by @cunypoetics.bsky.social fellow Lucien Baskin. www.eventbrite.com/e/antiracist...
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Lost & Found @cunypoetics.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This is just a fragment of letters between writers Kevin Killian & Samuel Delany. They are taken up here as part of an archival research project by L&F fellow Rebecca Teich, from which she offers proliferations, detours, and provocations. Read more: centerforthehumanities.org/samuel-r-del...
 Letter from Samuel R. Delany to Lew Ellingham, 1984. Samuel R. Delany Papers. James Weldon Johnson Collection in the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Box 70. File 18.
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Join us for an evening of study and strategizing for resisting the new McCarthyism on college campuses: the importance of collecting and preserving our stories in times of political upheaval, and archival strategies for navigating the present conjuncture. centerforthehumanities.org/event/we-kno...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Among the questions this conference asks is, how is desire formed by the systems, memories, and material conditions through which value is produced, circulated, and lived? How does desire shape our understanding of value itself? Register: centerforthehumanities.org/event/what-w...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Hosted by an NYC-CJH Fellow: Join for a hands-on mask-making workshop where we will transform recyclables into wearable art. Participants will create expressive masks while exploring how waste connects to climate justice, environmental justice, and waste equity. www.eventbrite.com/e/wearable-w...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
WEDNESDAY!
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PS2 @CUNY Center for the Humanities @cunygcps2.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
🎧🎙️ 10 days left to apply — open to GC Students only @humanitiescuny.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
A critical bridge between frontline communities of color across NYC and CUNY. The goal is to move beyond theoretical discussion and into the active “retooling” of our classrooms to support a Just Transition for New York City. centerforthehumanities.org/event/climat... @nycejalliance.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Hosted by an NYC-CJH Fellow: Join for a hands-on mask-making workshop where we will transform recyclables into wearable art. Participants will create expressive masks while exploring how waste connects to climate justice, environmental justice, and waste equity. www.eventbrite.com/e/wearable-w...
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
OPEN TO CURRENT GC STUDENTS ONLY This workshop series introduces Graduate Center students to feminist oral history, transnational archival practices, and public-facing scholarship methods. centerforthehumanities.org/event/transn... @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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The Center for Humanities @humanitiescuny.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
In this interactive event, we hope to indulge in Gauri’s talk on the process of writing Mother Wound and Lina’s workshop on taking your manuscript from draft to published. Bring your imaginations and curiosities! centerforthehumanities.org/event/parall...
Join the Poetic Research Entanglements for a spring afternoon of poetry talks and workshops, featuring Gauri Awasthi, poet of the forthcoming book Mother Wound, and Lina Bergamini, Director of Marketing & Community Engagement at Nightboat Books. This event foregrounds the parallel process of poiesis, publication, and circulation of poetry books in our current moment. Lunch will be served.
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CUNY Digital History Archive @cdha.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
What can studying these histories of repression teach us about today’s campus crackdowns? What role does collecting and preserving our stories play in times of political upheaval, and what archival strategies might we use to navigate the present crisis?
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