From the monthly archives: February 2012
[ March 6, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Tuesday, March 6th | Alwan for the Arts | 16 Beaver StreetTickets $5
[ March 5, 2012; 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm. ] The Committee on Globalization and Social ChangePresentAllan deSouzaCoffee-Colored People (By The Score) Monday, March 5th, 2012 | 4.30 – 6.30 pmThe Skylight Conference Room (No. 9100)The CUNY Graduate Center365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016Free and open to the publicTitled after the lyrics of a 1969 Blue Mink song, Melting Pot, which advocates obliterating difference as [...]
[ March 2, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Committee on Globalization and Social Change PresentsBrett StoryFilmmaker and Geographer, University of TorontoLand of Destiny (80 minutes, 2010) Friday, March 2nd, 2012 | 6.30 – 8.30 pmSegal TheatreThe CUNY Graduate Center365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016A hard-working petrochemical town is rocked by revelations that its workers suffer an epidemic of cancers. But even more terrifying is the [...]
[ February 29, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Capitalism at an Impasse
with Prabhat Patnaik
Discussant: Don Robotham, Professor of Anthropology
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
6.30 – 8.30 pm
Skylight Room
Graduate Center | 365 Fifth Ave
Prabhat Patnaik is a renowned Marxist economist and political writer, vice-chairman of the Kerala State Planning Board, and member of a four-person UN task force on the 2008 financial crisis. He [...]
[ March 2, 2012; 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. ] PCP and The Public Space Working Group hosts Kurt Iveson who will speak on a recently completed paper entitled Cities within the city: do-it-yourself urbanism and the right to the city [Artwork by Chris Stain] Friday, March 2nd, 12-2pmRoom 5487 CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 This event is free and open to [...]
[ February 27, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Squatting Europe Kollectiv (SQEK) on Autonomous Housing and Squatting Initiatives in Europe Who: Miguel Martinez (Madrid, Spain), Elisabeth Lorenzi (Madrid, Spain), Hans Pruijt (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Gianni Piazza (Sicily), Eliseo Fucolti (Rome, Italy), Thomas Aguilera (Paris, France), Lucy Finchett-Maddock (United Kingdom), Lynn Owens (Amsterdam), Alan W. Moore (United States) Monday, February 27nd, 6.30-8.30pmRoom C201 CUNY Graduate Center 365 [...]
[ February 22, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Scholar Activist Lecture Series:Honoring the Legacy of Marilyn Gittell“Housing and the Predatory Flight Plan of American Capitalism” Dr. Elvin Wyly, Associate Professor of Geography, University of British ColumbiaTOMORROW: Wednesday, February 22nd, 5-7pm Room C202 CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 This event is free and open to the public (bring a photo [...]
[ February 28, 2012; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] “Costa Rican Democracy, Oppositional Movements, and the Central American Free Trade Agreement” Tuesday, February 28th, 7pm Room 5414 CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 This event is free and open to the public (bring a photo ID for building admission)! With Jeremy Rayner and Andres LeonIn October of 2007, mounting [...]
[ February 23, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Center for Place, Culture, and Politics Invites You to a Book Party With Saadia Toor and Costas Panayotakis Authors of The State of Islam and Remaking Scarcity Thursday, February 23rd, 6.30pm-8.30pmRoom 6107 | PCP Seminar Room CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 This event is free and open to the public! Saadia Toor’s [...]
[ February 22, 2012; 11:45 am to 1:45 pm. ] “Bringing terrorism home: fear, security and domestic violence” Wednesday, February 22nd, 11.45am-1.45pm Environmental and Social Psychology, 6th Floor CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Avenue, NY NY 10016 This event is free and open to the public! Dr. Rachel Pain, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK In this paper, domestic violence is understood as [...]
