November 7, 2018
Monuments As: History, Art, Power
In this four-speaker panel, professors, artists, and activists delve into the ongoing re-evaluation of public monuments and memorials, particularly those in New York City (NYC). Dr. Harriet Senie, professor of art history at The Graduate Center CUNY, offers insights into the decision making process of the 2017 Mayoral Advisory Commission on City Art, Monuments, and […]
April 9, 2018
Beyond Migrant workers: Mexican Communities & Complexities in The United States 1986-2016
Lori A. Flores, Stony Brook UniversityCUNY Graduate Center, January 18, 2017 Lori Flores, History Professor at Stony Brook University, contextualizes Mexican immigration and identity and examines how shifting borders complicate Mexican American identities. Flores covers the tumultuous relationship between Mexican immigrants and the United States Government from World War 1 into the present describing how […]
March 15, 2018
Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World
Joshua Freeman, ASHPThe Graduate Center, CUNYFebruary 26, 2018 Joshua Freeman, professor of history at CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College and Steven Greenhouse, former labor reporter for the New York Times, discuss Freeman’s recent book, Behemoth: A History of the Factory and the Making of the Modern World. From the origins of factories in the […]
March 8, 2018
Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
Deirdre Cooper Owens, Queens College CUNY Graduate Center, February 14, 2018 Deirdre Cooper Owens reads a section from her recent work, Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology, which explores the intersections of slavery, capitalism, and medicine and discusses the work with Jennifer Morgan, Professor of History New York University and Sasha Turner […]
August 24, 2017
Setting the Stage: Reconstruction
Gregory Downs, UC DavisCUNY Graduate Center, July 19, 2016 In this talk, Gregory Down provides historical context for viewing U.S. slavery in a global context and presents the complexities of reconstruction efforts to create a unified United States after the Civil War. Down focuses on the passage of new constitutional amendments, General Grant’s presidency, and […]
August 22, 2017
Reconstruction Political Cartoons Published in News and Humor Publications
Richard Samuel West, founder of New England’s PeriodysseyCUNY Graduate Center, July 20, 2016 In this presentation, Richard Samuel West analyzes political cartoons of the reconstruction era utilizing Thomas Nast’s Harper Weekly pieces as a timeline. West focuses on Southern Sentiment and Nast’s sharp criticism of it, presenting cartoons on Johnson’s presidency, Grant’s oppositional stance, and images […]
August 22, 2017
Visualizing Emancipation and the Postwar South in the Popular and Fine Arts
Sarah Burns, Indiana UniversityCUNY Graduate Center, July 19, 2016 In this discussion, Sarah Burns examines common Civil War narratives in fine arts in this period by examining the work of artists such as William Walker, Thomas Waterman, and Winslow Homer. Burns asks who created the pieces and for what audience and further questioning the works by […]
August 22, 2017
Bodies in Ruins
Megan Kate Nelson, Author of Ruin Nation: Destruction and the American Civil War CUNY Graduate Center, July 15, 2016 In this talk, Megan Kate Nelson discusses the proliferation of photographs that focus on ruins and war-torn bodies in 1864/1865, at the end of the civil war. Nelson looks at photos taken by union photographers and the […]
August 22, 2017
Slavery & Anti-Slavery Imagery
Maurie Mcinnis, University of Virginia CUNY Graduate Center, July 12, 2016 In this presentation, Maurie Mcinnis discusses the development of anti-slavery art in England and walks through American anti/pro-slavery imagery. Mcinnis presents art created at various stages of the anti-slavery movement on both sides of the Atlantic weaving a narrative highlighting the important role women’s societies […]