Book Launch & Conversation
Sara Ahmed presents NO!: The Art and Activism of Complaining with Roxane Gay
Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to the public. Register to attend in-person or onlive via livestream.
Performance & Artist Talk
This Portrait is NOT an Indian
Proshansky Auditorium,
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, NYC.
Free and open to the public.
Register below to attend.
ASL interpretation will be provided by SignNexus,
as well as Visual Vernacular for performances.
Conversation & Screening
Chavela: A Screening
Martin E. Segal Theatre, CUNY Graduate Center.
Free and open to all. Please register to attend.
Conference
Queer-Class Relations Conference
CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to the public. Sliding scale general registration is open.
Conversation & Panel Discussion
Digital Colonialism
Skylight Room (9100), CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to the public. Please register to attend.
Keynote & Conference
What We Desire: Critical Perspectives on Beauty, Pleasure, and Value
This event is free and open to the public. Rooms 9204/9206/9207 at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave. Check back for registration.
Community Gathering
TLC x PS2 Spring 2026 Sip n Chat
Room 5103 (Center for the Humanities), CUNY Graduate Center. Free and open to CUNY GC community only. Register to attend.
About
The Center for the Humanities at the CUNY Graduate Center encourages collaborative, creative and engaged work in the humanities and social sciences at CUNY and across the city through innovative programming, digital and print publications, and project-based public scholarship.
Advancing equitable climate solutions led by communities of color on the front lines of climate breakdown
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Public Engagement
Promoting the diverse ways the humanities function in public life as a public good
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Selected Projects
Archives in Common: Migrant Practices / Knowledges / Memory
Archives in Common brings together community organizers, members of immigrant communities, and members of the university community to think collectively about how to build an archive of the commons during a crisis.
Just Research: Study, Struggle, Solidarity
“Just Research: Study, Struggle, Solidarity” is a short workshop series on conducting public scholarship and democratizing the production of knowledge.
CUNY Adjunct Incubator
The Center for the Humanities’ and the Gittell Urban Studies Collective’ CUNY Adjunct Incubator supports the critical and community-engaged scholarship and pedagogy work of adjuncts teaching across CUNY.
Lost & Found
Publishing unexpected, genre-bending works by important 20th century writers.
Featured
Algeria, Capital: Algiers
By Anna Gréki
Translated by Marine Cornuet
Introduction by Ammiel Alcalay
Distributaries
Ongoing publication series of collaborative and creative work in the humanities at CUNY.
Featured
The Urban Politics of Climate Change: a conversation with Naomi Schiller
Monday, August 7, 2023
WSQ
An interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of emerging perspectives on women, gender, and sexuality.
Featured
WSQ: No estamos a la intemperie: An Open Call (Volume 53: Spring/Summer 2025)
Edited by Ángeles Donoso Macaya and Kendra Sullivan
Events
Book Launch & Conversation
Sara Ahmed presents NO!: The Art and Activism of Complaining with Roxane Gay
Workshop & Symposium
NYC-CJH Classes & Curriculum Spring Symposium and Workshop
From the Archive
Projects & Announcements
“Rooted in Community:” NYC Climate Justice Hub Collaborative Research Showcase
Exhibition
(Dis)Placing Us On The Map: An Interactive Exhibition of LGBTQIA+ Spaces
Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival
2026 Ukrainian Contemporary Music Festival: Mosaics
News
News
2026 ERI/ PS2 Summer Public Research Fellows
Distributaries
Enhancing Media Literacy Skills in the Digital Age
Distributaries
Investigating the Intersection of Housing & Immigration
Opportunities & Call for Papers
