MARCH 19 | 6:00-8:00 PM SKYLIGHT ROOM CUNY, GRADUATE CENTER 365 FIFTH AVENUE Offshore Attachments reveals how the contested management of sex and race transformed the Caribbean into a crucial site in the global oil economy. By the mid-twentieth century, the Dutch islands of Curaçao and Aruba housed the world’s largest oil refineries. To bolster…

MARCH 12 | 6:00-8:00 PM SKYLIGHT ROOM CUNY, GRADUATE CENTER 365 FIFTH AVENUE Raising Two Fists is a historically grounded ethnography of Afro-Colombian political mobilization after the multicultural turn that swept Latin America in the 1990s, when states began to recognize and legally enshrine rights for Afro-descendants. Roosbelinda Cárdenas explores three major strategies that Afro-Colombians’ developed…

MAR 11 2024 – 6:30 PM SOCIOLOGY LOUNGE (ROOM 6112) CUNY GRADUATE CENTER 365 FIFTH AVE, NEW YORK

Tuesday, Mar 7, 2023. 10:00am-6:00pm The Segal Theater Join musicians and scholars from around the world to honor and celebrate the remarkable artistry of Paco de Lucía. Marking the 10th anniversary of de Lucía’s death, this conference explores the influence of the flamenco guitar virtuoso, composer, and producer on the Americas, as well as the…

FEBRUARY 15 6:00 PM – SKYLIGHT ROOM IN-PERSON AND LIVESTREAM EVENT. Jean Rodrigues (Rural Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) analyzes the history of the Brazilian Communist Party from its beginnings in 1962 to its arrival in power in 2002. Through a bibliographic approach on the history of communist parties and Brazilian left wing movements…