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 Fall 2008 Program Schedule

MARK DOTY

Thursday November 20th, 2008 7:00 pm, Rooms 9206/07

Join the award-winning poet and memoirist Mark Doty for an evening of poetry. Mark Doty is the John and Rebecca Moores Professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston and the author of seven books of poems, most recently School of the Arts, and three volumes of nonfiction prose.
Co-sponsored by the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies and the Ph.D. Program in English.

RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS

RICHARD JOHN NEUHAUS & PHILIP GORSKI, moderated by John Torpey

Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 7:00 pm, The Elebash Recital Hall

Father Richard John Neuhaus and Philip Gorski discuss the place of religion in contemporary American politics and life. Father Richard John Neuhaus, one of Time magazine's 25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America, is the author of, among other books, Catholic Matters: Confusion, Controversy, and the Splendor of Truth, and the Editor-in-Chief of First Things, a monthly publication of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. Philip Gorski is a Professor of Sociology at Yale University and Co-Director (with Julia Adams) of Yale's Center for Comparative Research (CCR); his most recent book is The Disciplinary Revolution: Calvinism and the Growth of State Power in Early Modern Europe. John Torpey is a Professor of Sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

A Concert Celebration

60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights World Premiere: "A Flame in the Dark"

Thiago de Mello and Amazon, with special guest Ithamara Koorax and others

Wednesday December 10th, 2008 7:30 pm, Proshansky Auditorium

Join Grammy Award-nominated composer, arranger, and multi-instrumentalist Gaudencio Thiago de Mello for the World Premiere of "A Flame in the Dark," his tribute to Sergio Vieira de Mello, in celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Speakers will include William Kelly, Charlotte Bunch, Monica Aleman, Hossein Alizadeh, and Catherine Albisa. The event will be hosted by Blanche Wiesen Cook, Distinguished Professor of History at The Graduate Center.