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CUNY GRADUATE CENTER Public Programs Presenting timely discussions, diverse cultural perspectives, and thought-provoking ideas in midtown Manhattan.

At the Graduate Center, we believe knowledge is a public good. This idea inspires our research, teaching, and public events. We invite you to join us for timely discussions, diverse cultural perspectives, and thought-provoking ideas. The Graduate Center (GC) is the principal doctorate-granting institution of the City University of New York. Offering more than thirty doctoral degrees from Anthropology to Urban Education, and fostering globally significant research in a wide variety of centers and institutes, the GC provides rigorous academic training in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.

10/16/2026
10/08/2026

Thank you to David W Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian from Yale, for a timely and enlightening talk! Blight, author of an acclaimed biography of Frederick Douglass, gave this year’s Leon Levy Biography Lecture, “Biography and History in Authoritarian Times,” presented with the Leon Levy Center for Biography. Video coming soon! (Photos: Paula Vlodkowsky)

10/05/2026

Missed the event? No problem! Watch “American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump - Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark in Conversation with Ken Auletta”:

09/30/2026

Proshansky Auditorium

09/25/2026

The Leon Levy Center for Biography executive director and his co-author Susan Goldmark discussed the writing and revelations of their bestseller “American Scoundrel” at the Graduate Center.

09/24/2026

Join us Wed, 9/30 at 6:30p for a screening of the Oscar-winning short film “Two People Exchanging Saliva” – followed by a discussion with filmmakers Natalie Musteata (Ph.D. ’19, Art History) and Alexandre Singh. They join in conversation with Claire Bishop, presidential professor of Art History, CUNY Graduate Center; and Elizabeth Alsop, coordinator and faculty, Film and Media Cultures, CUNY Graduate Center.

Register at www.gc.cuny.edu/public-programs for this free, in-person only event!

Presented with the Certificate Program in Film and Media Cultures, the Ph.D. Program in Art History, and the Center for the Humanities.

09/16/2026

From insights into Bad Bunny’s music to groundbreaking demographic research, Graduate Center scholars explore and contribute to Latino and Hispanic cultures and experiences.

09/16/2026

Join us Wed, 9/23 at 6:30p for “American Scoundrel: Roy Cohn's Dark Journey from Joe McCarthy to Donald Trump - Kai Bird and Susan Goldmark in Conversation with Ken Auletta” – in person or on zoom! Reserve at:
https://www.gc.cuny.edu/events/american-scoundrel-roy-cohns-dark-journey-joe-mccarthy-donald-trump-kai-bird-and-susan-goldmark

“POWERFUL AND ILLUMINATING…Roy Cohn is emblematic of dark and perennial forces in our national life…Bird has delivered a vital volume.” —Jon Meacham

Kai Bird, Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and executive director of the Leon Levy Center for Biography, and Susan Goldmark, chief researcher on the project, speak about the new book and Cohn’s continuing influence with Ken Auletta of The New Yorker.

This event is presented with the Leon Levy Center for Biography; the book is published by Scribner Books

Announcing the new season of free public programs at the CUNY Graduate Center! Join us in person or online - reserve now...
09/03/2026

Announcing the new season of free public programs at the CUNY Graduate Center! Join us in person or online - reserve now: https://www.gc.cuny.edu/public-programs Feat. Carol Jenkins, host of Black America on CUNY-TV; Heather Cox Richardson, historian, writer of “Letters from an American”; Luke Waltzer, director, Teaching and Learning Center; David Blight, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian; Salamishah Tillet, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, The New York Times; and Natalie Musteata, Oscar-winning filmmaker. See you at 365 Fifth Avenue or on zoom!

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