Illuminating the past, engaging the present, and imagining new ways to produce knowledge that promotes the public good.

Events

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May 8–9, 2023

Conception and Its Discontents

Public Humanities, Explorations in the Medical Humanities
May 6, 2023

Abolitionism and the Arts in the Long Eighteenth Century

General Programming
1990s-like computer graphic of multiple purple files on top of each other with the words Reproduction of Possibility
May 4–6, 2023

Reproduction of Possibility

General Programming
Black blue and gold line/block drawing of a woman's face without features
May 3, 2023

Reimagining Zora: A Roundtable

Public Humanities
saving account for baby with blocks spelling baby and a jar with coins
May 1, 2023

Cash as Technology of Motherhood: Findings from a Clinical Trial of Poverty Reduction

Public Humanities, Explorations in the Medical Humanities
May 1, 2023

Days of 2023: A Poetic Symposium on C.P. Cavafy

General Programming
April 29, 2023

Late Style or a Double Fugue: Beethoven and the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

The Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture
B&W old photograph of an airplane
April 29, 2023

Beyond Dystopia Roundtable

General Programming

Highlights

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News
Opportunity: Global Humanities Institute 2023
a building with a bunch of square mirrors
News
Call for Proposals: Beyond Polarization: Epistemic distortion and criticism
News
New book from Josef Sorett (SOF Governing Board Member, 2017–2020)
Outside facade and lion in front of the NYPL on 5th avenue
News
Stephanie McCurry (Heyman Fellow in 2019-2020) receives NYPL Fellowship
News
New fellowship announced: Buell Center Research and Teaching Fellow
News
Call for Applications: Pandemic Program at History Lab