Events
The Center for the Humanities hosts diverse programming at the CUNY Graduate Center, across the CUNY system, and around New York City.
Upcoming
Community Gathering
Between the Lines: Vernacular Poetry as Collective Memory [external event]
Tue, Nov 10, 2026
5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Conversation & Book Talk
Unworlding, Unbuilding, and Trans Anarchitectures
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Launch, Conversation & Reading
B-Dragon Suite: Reading and Conversation with Stine An, Stephon Lawrence, and Giaae Kwon
Thu, Nov 19, 2026
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Panel Discussion
Culture and Representation in America: The Impact of CETA
Wed, Dec 9, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Lecture & State of the Discipline Lecture Series
Black Trees: Witness, Injury, and Black Arboreal Futures with Maurice Wallace
Fri, Dec 11, 2026
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
Ongoing
Opportunities & Call for Papers
WSQ Call for Papers: Whore Theory
Deadline
Mon, Feb 1, 2027
at 5:00 PM
Fellowships & Opportunities
Call for Applications: 2027 ERI/PS2 Summer Public Research Fellowships
Deadline
Tue, Feb 9, 2027
at 5:00 PM
Fellowships, Opportunities & Grants
2027 Lost & Found Archival Research Grants
Deadline
Mon, Feb 15, 2027
at 11:59 PM
Past
Book Launch, Conversation & Reading
Celebrating Jack Spicer and Poet Be Like God with Kay Gabriel, Daniel Benjamin, Sampson Starkweather & Rebecca Teich
Sat, Nov 7, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Uptown Fashion/Downtown Cool, or Antonio Lopez’s Reign at Fiorucci
Thu, Nov 5, 2026
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Book Launch & Reading
A Barer Sky: Reading & Book Launch with Serena Solin, Joshua Wilkerson, Latif Ba, and Kendra Sullivan
Wed, Oct 28, 2026
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Conference
Global Caste System and the Africana Experience: Myth and Reality: The Philosophy and Religion in Africana Traditions 2026 Conference
Sat, Oct 24, 2026
11:00 AM – 6:00 PM
Reading
Celebrating Ed Roberson: A Poetry Reading with Rosamond S. King, Dante Micheaux, Evie Shockley, and Ed Roberson
Thu, Oct 22, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Annual Stanley Burnshaw Lecture
The Environment as the Place of Poetry with Ed Roberson
Wed, Oct 21, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Launch, Conversation & Celebration
Justice for Jehanne: Book Launch and Conversation with Sara McDougall
Tue, Oct 13, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Conversation & Screening
Oscar-Winning Short Film, Two People Exchanging Saliva
Wed, Sep 30, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
