This edition: Inside the CUNY Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase
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Original tape date: May 15, 2024. First aired: June 17, 2024.In the seventh annual showcase, selected doctoral candidates make short presentations, describing their dissertations in three minutes each. Topics include what happens when dead stars collide, comedy and the migrant experience, marijuana decriminalization and race, women’s shrines in fourth-century Lebanon, U.S.-Asian relations in postwar American theater, Black experiences of healing through creativity, and many others across a wide spectrum of disciplines.
Guest List
Irit Bloch Dissertation Showcase Participant, History
Joshua Brumberg Host & Interim President, CUNY Graduate Center
Edwin Grimsley Dissertation Showcase Participant, Sociology
Will Gyory Dissertation Showcase Participant, Physics
Kyungjin Jo Dissertation Showcase Participant, Theatre and Performance
Janusz Kaleta Dissertation Showcase Participant, Nursing
Hyein Lee Dissertation Showcase Participant, Sociology
Sarah Mady Dissertation Showcase Participant, Anthropology
Douglas Medina Dissertation Showcase Participant, Political Science
Fabiola Fernánde Peer Dissertation Showcase Participant, Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Cultures
Britton Williams Dissertation Showcase Participant, Social Welfare
- The Future of Immigration Policy
- Monday, April 21 - 2:00pm
- Thursday, May 8 - 2:00pm
- Inside the CUNY Graduate Center: A Dissertation Showcase
- Tuesday, April 22 - 2:00pm
- Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy
- Wednesday, April 23 - 2:00pm
- Reagan: His Life and Legend - Max Boot in Conversation with Kai Bird
- Thursday, April 24 - 2:00pm
- Perceptions of the Economy and the Impact on the Election
- Monday, April 28 - 2:00pm
- John Lewis: A Life - David Greenberg in Conversation with Rachel L. Swarns
- Tuesday, April 29 - 2:00pm
- City of Science - Healthy Brain Aging
- Wednesday, April 30 - 2:00pm
- TBA
- Thursday, May 1 - 2:00pm
- City of Science - Katalin Kariko in Conversation with Carl Zimmer
- Monday, May 5 - 2:00pm
- Roman Year: A Memior - André Aciman
- Tuesday, May 6 - 2:00pm
- The Comedic Genius of Elaine May: A Discussion and Performance
- Wednesday, May 7 - 2:00pm
- Annual Leon Levy Biography Lecture: Mary Beard, "Misleading Lives: The Perils of Ancient Biography"
- Monday, May 12 - 2:00pm
- Tuesday, May 13 - 2:00pm
- Wednesday, May 14 - 2:00pm
- Thursday, May 15 - 2:00pm
- The Future of Immigration Policy
- Monday, April 14 - 2:00pm
- Tuesday, April 15 - 2:00pm
- Wednesday, April 16 - 2:00pm
- Thursday, April 17 - 2:00pm
- TBA
- Thursday, April 10 - 2:00pm
- City of Science - Katalin Kariko in Conversation with Carl Zimmer
- Tuesday, April 8 - 2:00pm
- City of Science - Healthy Brain Aging
- Monday, April 7 - 2:00pm
- Roman Year: A Memior - André Aciman
- Thursday, April 3 - 2:00pm
- City of Science: James P. Allison and Padmanee Sharma in Conversation with Lesley Stahl
- Wednesday, April 2 - 2:00pm
- Child Poverty in America: Investing in Our Future
- Thursday, March 27 - 2:00pm
- Perceptions of the Economy and the Impact on the Election
- Wednesday, March 26 - 2:00pm
- Fighting For Democracy In The Workplace: The New Labor Movement
- Tuesday, March 25 - 2:00pm
- Angus Deaton and Paul Krugman in Conversation
- Monday, March 24 - 2:00pm
- The Comedic Genius of Elaine May: A Discussion and Performance
- Wednesday, March 19 - 2:00pm
- Thursday, March 20 - 2:00pm
- Monday, March 31 - 2:00pm
- Tuesday, April 1 - 2:00pm
- Wednesday, April 9 - 2:00pm
