Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and the NYU History Department on Wednesday, February 12th at 5:30 PM for a screening of Gradually, Then Suddenly: The Bankruptcy of Detroit, winner of the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film. After the screening, the film’s Senior Historical Advisor, Tom Sugrue, will sit down with Eric…
On February 6th and 7th, the Institute for Public Knowledge and the Center on Modernity in Transition will host a seminar-style Symposium on Human Oneness. The concepts that express our shared humanity are proving inadequate to the challenges we face. Terms such as cosmopolitanism, humanism, and universalism can trigger unease in academic and public discourse,…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge and NYU Wagner on Wednesday, February 5th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with historian Julian Zelizer. He will discuss his new book In Defense of Partisanship with Jonathan Alter. This event is sponsored by IPK and the NYU John Brademas Center. In Defense of Partisanship imagines what…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on Monday, February 3rd at 5:30 PM for a book talk with historian and author Ray Suarez. He will discuss his new book We Are Home: Becoming American in the 21st Century with Dalton Conley and Maria E. Montoya. Ray Suarez is a journalist and veteran broadcaster with decades…
Co-coordinators: Jacob Remes, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
Co-coordinators: Danya Glabau, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
Co-coordinators: Jacob Remes, Maia Silber, and Caitlin Zaloom “The Past and Future of Work” group will situate ongoing conversations about the impact of technological change on the 21st-century workforce within histories and institutions of labor. Together, participants will examine the rise of artificial intelligence, the emergence of “gig” platforms, and the transition to remote work…
Join the Institute for Public Knowledge on December 4th at 5:30 PM for a book talk with Debi Cornwall, author of Model Citizens. The last in a trilogy of books on the American condition, Model Citizens considers the United States as a case study into a global phenomenon: How have staging, performance, and roleplay come…
NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge, Sloane Lab, and the Karsh Institute of Democracy at the University of Virginia invite you to a new discussion in the series “Co-Opting AI.” This will be a completely virtual event. Please register for the event here. This event will critically discuss the deep entanglement of AI systems with the perennial dream…
Join IPK for a discussion on the environmental costs of AI on November 21 at 5:30 PM, featuring Benedetta Brevini, Nicole Starosielski, Sanjana Paul, and Tamara Kneese. This event will be hybrid and the Zoom code will be sent out the day before the event. During the week of the much-anticipated Climate Summit (COP 29)…