Events
The Center for the Humanities hosts diverse programming at the CUNY Graduate Center, across the CUNY system, and around New York City.
Upcoming
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
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
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
Uptown Fashion/Downtown Cool, or Antonio Lopez’s Reign at Fiorucci
Thu, Nov 5, 2026
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Conversation & Book Talk
Unworlding, Unbuilding, and Trans Anarchitectures
Wed, Nov 18, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Culture and Representation in America: The Impact of CETA
Wed, Dec 9, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Ongoing
Past
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
Workshop
Dreaming of the Unicorn: A Memoir and Biography Workshop with Christina Cha
Thu, Sep 24, 2026
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Panel Discussion
Innovations for Distributed Energy and Building Decarbonization: EnergyNet in Sweden and Possibilities in New York
Wed, Sep 23, 2026
4:15 PM – 6:15 PM
Community Gathering
Assembly Now! CUNY & The Climate Democracy We Need
Tue, Sep 22, 2026
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Community Gathering, Reading, Celebration & Memorial
Praise Day for David Henderson
Sat, Sep 19, 2026
1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Conversation, Artist Talk & Book Talk
Spoiled: Asian American Hostility and the Damage of Repair with Summer Kim Lee
Thu, Sep 17, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
New Translations of Surrealist Women: Joyce Mansour and Valentine Penrose
Wed, Sep 16, 2026
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Conversation & Celebration
25th Anniversary of the ACT UP Oral History Project: A Celebration with Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman
Tue, Sep 15, 2026
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Book Launch, Conversation, Reading & Celebration
WSQ “Chronic” Special Issue Launch
Tue, May 26, 2026
6:00 PM – 7:30 PM