“This course should be undertaken as an experimental, collaborative, and hopefully thrilling intellectual adventure into the processes of meaning-making in our lives,” my syllabus advised students at the beginning of […]
Author Archive | Danica Savonick
Upcoming Intellectual Publics Event with Saidiya Hartman and Ann Cvetkovich
Hi all, Just wanted to post about an upcoming event hosted by the new Intellectual Publics initiative, which promises to be outstanding. Ann Cvetkovich’s Depression, like Eve Sedgwick’s A Dialogue on Love, […]
1982 Interview with CUNY Chancellor Joseph S. Murray
Listen to former CUNY Chancellor Joseph S. Murray defend the policy of Open Admissions at CUNY. It’s so brilliant. When asked skeptically about the quality of the students that it […]
Upcoming NYU Digital Humanities Events
Read the full post here. Post by Jennifer Vinnopal to NYCDH: Hi, everyone, NYU has three fantastic public events coming up that will be of interest to this community. Note: […]
Cathy N. Davidson to Speak at ACE on “Equity and Innovation in Higher Education”
Dr. Cathy N. Davidson will speak on the closing plenary “Equity and Innovation in Higher Education” at the American Council on Education Annual Meeting, “Promises to Keep: Higher Education and […]
3/10 Student-Centered Pedagogy Class Recap
Mapping the Futures of Higher Education Session Plan – March 10 – Student-Centered Pedagogy 415-615 pm Room 9206; Livestreamed at bit.ly/FuturesED-live Group 2: Student-Centered Pedagogy Michelle Gabay (Kingsborough) Developmental […]
A Course You’ve Never Heard Of (Or, Why Higher Ed Should Be Free)
Adapted from a post entitled “A Course You’ve Never Heard Of” on the HASTAC forum, “Best Teaching Moments.” I value interdisciplinary classes like “Mapping the Futures of Higher Education,” […]
Investing in CUNY Community College Students
From The Chronicle of Higher Ed February 26, 2015 Program’s Extra Support for Community-College Students Is Paying Off By Katherine Mangan “A program at City University of New York that […]
CUNY GC Trance Conference March 5-6
Join us at the Graduate Center on March 5th and 6th for panels, conversations, performances, and workshops at Trance: the 2015 CUNY Graduate Center ESA Conference. Trance not only challenges […]
Members of the Futures Initiative Meet with NEH Chairman, William ‘Bro’ Adams
Two weeks ago, members of the Futures Initiative along with a handful of eminent CUNY administrators met with the current Chairman for the National Endowment for the Humanities, William ‘Bro’ […]
