The Center for the Humanities

Welcome to The Center for the Humanities

The Center for the Humanities at The Graduate Center, CUNY, was founded in 1993 as a public forum for people who take ideas seriously inside and outside the academy. By bringing together CUNY students and faculty with prominent journalists, artists, and civic leaders, the Center seeks to promote the humanities and humanistic perspectives in the social sciences. In the tradition of CUNY and The Graduate Center’s commitment to ensuring access to the highest levels of educational opportunity for all New Yorkers, all events are free and open to the public.

A Selection of Upcoming Events

Click here for the complete Spring 2009 Program Schedule

Turnstyle Reading Series

MARILYN HACKER, TOM SLEIGH and others

Writers from the Master of Fine Arts Programs in Creative Writing at CUNY

May 12th 2009, Tuesday, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm, Martin E. Segal Theatre

Writers and graduating students from the four MFA Programs in Creative Writing (City College, Brooklyn College, Hunter College, and Queens College) come together for readings of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction at the Graduate Center. Join faculty readers Marilyn Hacker and Tom Sleigh and MFA readers Jackie Pervizi, John Reid Currie, Christina Hauser, Neal Gartland, Nancy Haiduck, Justin Earle Turner, Nicole Bufanio, Tina Satter and Jess Barbagallo for an evening of cross-campus, cross-genre readings. For video and more visit the Turnstyle blog.

Co-sponsored by the CUNY MFA in Creative Writing Affiliation Group and the Office of Academic Affairs

2009 PEN Literary Awards

May 19th 2009, Tuesday, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Elebash Recital Hall

Poet Billy Collins hosts the 2009 PEN Literary Awards, a evening recognizing the best in fiction, biography, translation, poetry, and more. The evening's highlights will include the conferral of both the PEN/Saul Bellow Award for Achievement in American Fiction and The PEN/O. Henry Prize, the product of an exciting new partnership between PEN American Center and Vintage honoring the art of the short story. Followed by a reception. For more information, contact nick@pen.org.