March 24, 2011
Reflections on September 11
This week marks the one-month anniversary of the terrible events of September 11th. In the weeks that have passed, like so many other New Yorkers we have moved from shock to mourning to a resolve to emerge from this catastrophe with a greater commitment to social equality and public knowledge. That working people played such […]
March 24, 2011
Fiction and the City
Tuesday, February 26, 6-8 PM FREE Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) nn Co-sponsored by the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning and the Gotham Center, CUNY Graduate Center. nn Writers Kevin Baker, Pete Hamill, Peter Quinn, Beverly Swerling, and Louis Auschincloss will discuss the role of New […]
March 24, 2011
CUNY WIRED!: A CUNY New Media Conference
Friday, March 15, 12:30 – 7:30PM FREE Elebash Recital Hall, CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street) n Sponsored by the New Media Lab, CUNY Graduate Center. n From the sciences to the arts to the humanities, CUNY faculty and students are rising to the challenge posed by new digital media–creating innovative programs […]
March 24, 2011
Two New Labor at the Crossroads Productions
Two New Labor at the Crossroads Productions nn Two programs in ASHP/CML’s cable television series on labor issues, Labor at the Crossroads, were recently screened and broadcast in New York City. “9/11″ A Crisis for Workers? was nn aired on CUNY TV channel 75 and the Manhattan Neighborhood Network. The program explores the impact of […]
March 24, 2011
New Resource Combines Art, History, Literature
A two-year collaboration between ASHP/CML and the Brooklyn Museum of Art (BMA) has culminated in the publication of the teacher handbook, Picturing a Nation: Teaching with American Art and Material Culture. The project, which was funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, aims to help teachers and students integrate art into an expanded understanding […]
March 24, 2011
Multicultural Project in NYC
ASHP/CML’s education unit recently received financial support from J.P. Morgan Chase and Co. for its multicultural pilot project, Exploring Diversity: Gaining a Deeper Understanding of U.S. History and Culture. Through a NYC Board of Education multicultural education contract, ASHP/CML plans to enhance its teacher training programs by developing and offering workshops that focus on race […]
March 24, 2011
New Teaching With Technology Training Program
Teaching History (and the Humanities) in the New Media Classroom is a yearlong faculty development program for high school teachers that explores effective teaching strategies for integrating technology in history and humanities classroom curricula. The program kicks off with a 4-day summer institute and continues during the school year with follow-up interactions, including online discussions […]
March 24, 2011
The September 11 Digital Archive
ASHP/CML, along with the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, has received a major grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to create a permanent online archive of materials related to the events of September 11th, 2001. The September 11 Digital Archive will serve as a gateway to relevant historical materials […]
March 24, 2011
In Memoriam
Adesimba Kumara Bashir, 1952-2002 n Our long-time colleague and dear friend, Adesimba Bashir, died on May 7, 2002. Born in Manhattan, Ade (whom many of you may have known as Pat Brown-Height) grew up in the Bronx, graduating from Preston High School in 1970. She graduated from NYU in 1974 with a BS in Elementary […]