Event Archives - Public Seminar

Activism

Publishing and Political Culture

A forum on little magazines and radical politics

April 23, 2024 • by Hira Ahmed, Lisa Borst, Max Fox, Charlie Lee, Natasha Lennard, Natasha Lewis, Max-Henry Moorhead and Edward Ongweso Jr

The New School’s Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism (CPCJ) and Woodbine Research Center present a discussion on the role of radical politics in publishing. ...

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Live at Public Seminar: John D’Emilio

Public Seminar celebrates the publication of Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood

October 10, 2022 • by Public Seminar

John D’Emilio, a pioneering figure in the field of LGBTQIA+ history, will join Public Seminar Co-Executive Editor Claire Potter in a discussion of Memories of a Gay Catholic Boyhood....

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How to Publish a Journal Article

Join a FREE webinar on Feb. 9

February 8, 2021 • by Claire Potter

Join the FREE webinar focused on “How to Publish a Journal Article,” on Tuesday, February 9, 2021, 7 p.m. EST, as part of the Society for U.S. Intellectual History’s 2020-2021 annual meeting. Bring your questions for journal editors and authors! Registration is FREE but it is required, just click here. The process of writing, revising, and, ...

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Conference Announcement: Memory Studies Group 2021 Online Conference

January 29, 2021 • by Linus Glenhaber

Call for Papers (February 15, 2021 Deadline) Augustine of Hippo (353-430 AD) stated in his Confessions that “if the present were always present, and did not pass into past time, it obviously would not be time but eternity” (Book 11, section 14.17). Uncannily, this phrase echoes our suspended present enforced by COVID-19. It is ...

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Decolonizing Psychology: Applications in Research & Clinical Practice

A three-session online conference presented by the department of psychology at The New School for Social Research

October 23, 2020 • by Andre Broussard

Mainstream psychology continues to privilege and promote the interests of the majority, in particular those in Western, Educated, Industrial, Rich, and Democratic (WEIRD) countries. The call for a decolonial turn in psychology has gathered momentum over recent years, along with greater reflection on how the field reproduces and reinforces systems ...

Decolonizing Psychology: Applications in Research & Clinical Practice

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Me, the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy

An online book talk sponsored by the Democracy Seminar on Friday, October 16, 11:00-1:00 EST

October 12, 2020 • by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb and Elzbieta Matynia

Populism erodes democracy in Europe, North America, and South America. It is a complex phenomenon that has mobilized many philosophers and political thinkers for some time now. For the most part, and not without reason, thinkers see populism as more than a threat to democracy: they see it as the ...

Me, the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy

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Public Seminar Presents | Lincoln on the Verge, with Historian Ted Widmer

A Public Seminar book talk

July 15, 2020 • by Claire Potter

On the eve of his 52nd birthday, February 11, 1861, the President-elect of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, walked onto a train, the first step of his journey to the White House, and his rendezvous with destiny. But as the train began to carry Lincoln toward Washington, it was far from ...

Public Seminar Presents | Lincoln on the Verge, with Historian Ted Widmer

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Land, Water, and Humans in the Bengal Delta

A Public Seminar Book Talk | Debjani Bhattacharyya, Empire and Ecology in the Bengal Delta: The Making of Calcutta

June 13, 2020 • by Claire Potter

What happens when a distant colonial power tries to tame an unfamiliar terrain in the world's largest tidal delta? This history of dramatic ecological changes in the Bengal Delta from 1760 to 1920 involves land, water and humans, tracing the stories and struggles that link them together. Pushing beyond narratives ...

Land, Water, and Humans in the Bengal Delta

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Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World

A Book Talk with Jaclyn Friedman, Samantha Irby, Tatiana Maslany, and Sabrina Hersi Issa, May 4, 2020, 7:00-8:00 pm EDT

April 29, 2020 • by Claire Potter

Moderator, Claire Potter, co-Executive Editor, Public Seminar Jaclyn Friedman, author, activist, and editor of Believe Me Samantha Irby, New York Times best-selling author Tatiana Maslany, Emmy-winning actor Sabrina Hersi Issa, CEO of Be Bold Media, and founder of Survivor Fund This webinar is sponsored by Public Seminar, a journal of politics and culture based at The ...

Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World

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What Happened at Hypatia?

Peer Review, Academic Kinship, and Social Media

May 12, 2017 • by Meryl Altman, Timothy Burke and Claire Potter

In response, over 500 feminists -- a mix of senior, untenured and independent scholars, as well as graduate and a few undergraduate students, signed a letter demanding that Hypatia retract Tuvel’s article. They argue that it “falls short of scholarly standards in various areas,” uses incorrect vocabulary, “deadnames” Jenner (refers ...