Work Flows: Stalinist Liquids in Russian Labor Culture

20 Cooper Sq 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United States

  Dive into the fascinating world of “Work Flows” during our upcoming book discussion, exploring the evolution of “flow” as a crucial metaphor in Russian labor culture since 1870. This thought-provoking book contends that the fascination with fluid channeling is deeply rooted in vertical power structures, whether embodied by the state in Stalin’s Soviet Union and present-day Russia or by corporate monopolies in the contemporary Anglo-American West. Originating in pre-revolutionary bio-utopianism, the Russian discourse on liquids and flow reached its zenith during Stalin’s First Five-Year Plan and resurfaced in post-Soviet “managed democracy” and Western neoliberalism. By unraveling the understudied theme…

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Past Times: Life, Loss and Love in Photography

20 Cooper Sq 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United States

Join critics and writers David Deitcher and Jarrett Earnest for a conversation with Shelley Rice about their recent books, Alan B. Stone: Senses of Place; l’esprit des lieux and Valid Until Sunset, and the role that photography plays in creating and undoing our experiences of loss, life, and lust. Shelley Rice is faculty in NYU’s Art History and Tisch Photography and Imaging departments and a widely published critic of photography, art and other subjects   Co-sponsored by The  Fales Library and Special Collections, NYU, Department of Art History, Tisch School of the Arts Department of Photography and Imaging, and Gender…

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They Called It Peace: Worlds of Imperial Violence

20 Cooper Sq 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United States

Co-sponsored by the The Remarque Institute, The NYU Department of History and the Institute for Public Knowledge Join us for a book talk and discussion of They Called It Peace, Lauren Benton’s sweeping new account of imperial violence and global order from the fifteenth through the twentieth centuries. Benton traces how practices of plunder and truce making fueled the rise of European empires and set up civilian massacres. She shows that efforts to limit violence against Indigenous communities helped Europeans stage and justify vast campaigns of dispossession. Uncovering the legal logic of imperial atrocities, They Called It Peace holds lessons for ongoing attempts…

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Jumpstart Your Summer Writing

20 Cooper Sq 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY, United States

From setting attainable plans to approaching editors, panelists will provide practical tips on achieving your summer writing goalsFrom setting attainable plans to approaching editors, panelists will provide practical tips and advice on achieving your summer writing goalsfeaturingEric Zinner is the Associate Director and Editor-in-Chief of New York University Press. Acquiring books in American studies, literary and cultural studies, and media and communication, he has launched numerous notable series. His books have won over 100 awards and focus on issues concerning race and ethnicity, gender and sexuality, visual culture, disability, and aesthetics, among other areas.Jennifer Homans is the Dance Critic for…

Tuning Diplomacy: Music, Media, and the Soft Power of Empires

Uncover how sound shaped diplomacy and citizenship in Cohen and Gribenski's enthralling books on music, media, and imperialismIn their recent books, Brigid Cohen and Fanny Gribenski examine entwined histories of music, media, and imperialism. Through their in-depth analysis of early Cold War musical scenes in New York (Cohen) and the rocky path towards international pitch standardization (Gribenski), they show how sound shaped diplomacy while making possible distinctive ways of being, thinking and feeling in the world. Both books demonstrate the relevance of music studies for broader conversations about power, citizenship, and decolonization. Cohen and Gribenski are joined by moderator Mara…

Digital Lethargy: Book Talk with Tung-Hui Hu

The listlessness experienced under digital capitalism, explored through works by contemporary artists, writers, and performers.Poet and digital media scholar Tung-Hui Hu discusses his latest release Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of Disconnection. Hu describes digital lethargy as the exhaustion, disappointment, and listlessness experienced under digital capitalism. This condition, Hu argues, permeates our lives under digital capitalism, whether we are “users,” who are what they click, or racialized workers in Asia and the Global South. Far from being a state of apathy, however, lethargy may hold the potential for social change.Digital Lethargy: Dispatches from an Age of Disconnection by Tung-Hui…

2022 Digital Humanities Showcase

The broad, interdisciplinary field of Digital Humanities includes computationally engaged research and pedagogy, digital publication, and humanistic interrogation of technology. Featuring five faculty-led projects as well as ten graduate student projects, this showcase collectively represents the impressive range of current DH research at NYU. Featuring Seed Grant Recipients: Ahmed Ansari, Elaine Ayers, Tega Brain, Andrew Spielman, Maria Cabrera Arus, Lauren Kehoe, Jacob Remes, and Ellen Noonan DH Graduate Student Fellows: Hadas Binyamini, Nuala Caomhanach, Lynn Chenel, Fatma Deniz, Ayami Hatanaka, Antonio Musto, Allegra Rosenberg, Helen Stec, Oscar Stuhler, Ryan Zohar Moderated by Jojo Karlin, Digital Scholarship Specialist, Digital Scholarship Services, NYU Libraries This…

Visual Lawfare

Mayaan Amir (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev) on lawfare and evidential imagery at the service of military objectives One of the central factors shaping today’s armed conflicts is what is known as lawfare—“the use of law as a weapon of war” (Dunlap, 2001: 2). This presentation zeroes in on the role visual material plays in lawfare. Visual lawfare involves diverse kinds of still images and video footage which are deployed to justify (or condemn) a broad spectrum of military operations. These include pre- and post-war justifications, which affect the function of visual material in the constant tug-of-war over meaning. Drawing…

Jumpstart Your Summer Writing

In this action-oriented zoom session we discuss how to kick-off your writing project! From setting attainable plans to approaching editors, panelists will provide practical tips and advice on achieving your summer writing goals. Featuring Pamela Newkirk (Professor of Journalism) Pamela Newkirk, PhD, is a journalist, professor, author and multi-disciplinary scholar whose work examines contemporary and historical depictions of African Americans in popular culture. Her latest book Diversity Inc.: The Failed Promise of a Billion-Dollar Business, exposes the decades-old practices and attitudes that have made diversity a lucrative business while they fail to realize diversity. The book was included on TIME magazine’s…

Humanities+ | Collaborative Research

In the spring of 2022 the Center for the Humanities will offer two workshops on collaborating across the humanities disciplines and beyond. The first event will explore collaborative teaching (April 6) and the second will look at collaborative research (April 20). Collaboration is highly rewarding, often resulting in the development of new areas of expertise and methods. Barriers and hierarchies can also be broken down by working with colleagues and students with diverse expertise, and yet collaborative teaching and research are unusual in the humanities. What are the benefits of collaborating? What are the challenges? Join us for a discussion…

Let the Record Show | William Olander: Curator, Critic, Activist

Visual AIDS, the NYU Center for the Humanities, and NYU Libraries invite you to a discussion about the visionary curator William Olander About this event Visual AIDS, the NYU Center for the Humanities, and NYU Libraries invite you to a panel discussion about the visionary curator William Olander (1950–1989) in celebration of Visual AIDS’s recent publication, DUETS: Julie Ault & David Deitcher in Conversation on William Olander. Participants include Julie Ault, Susan E. Cahan, David Deitcher, Hugh Ryan, Susan Siegfried, and Bruce Yonemoto. William Olander giving a gallery talk for the exhibition Fake: A Meditation on Authenticity at the New…

Humanities+ | Collaborative Teaching

In the spring of 2022 the Center for the Humanities will offer two workshops on collaborating across the humanities disciplines and beyond. The first event will explore collaborative teaching (April 6) and the second will look at collaborative research (April 20). Collaboration is highly rewarding, often resulting in the development of new areas of expertise and methods. Barriers and hierarchies can also be broken down by working with colleagues and students with diverse expertise, and yet collaborative teaching and research are unusual in the humanities. What are the benefits of collaborating? What are the challenges? Join us for a discussion…