18 Videos
"Accepting the Responsibility of Citizenship"
President Diane B. Call invites you to "Accepting the Responsibility of Citizenship". A Lecture by Karol V. Mason, President, John jay college of Criminal Justice, CUNY. President Karol V. Mason has been a legal pioneer and a...
President Diane B. Call invites you to "Accepting the Responsibility of Citizenship". A Lecture by Karol V. Mason, President, John jay college of Criminal Justice, CUNY. President Karol V. Mason has been a legal pioneer and a...
"Playwriting as Activism: Advocacy through Authenticity"
The 2017 Spring Presidential Lecture Series:
"Playwriting as Activism: Advocacy through Authenticity"
C. Julian Jiménez
(Also known to the professional theatrical world as J. Julian Christopher)
Assi...
The 2017 Spring Presidential Lecture Series:
"Playwriting as Activism: Advocacy through Authenticity"
C. Julian Jiménez
(Also known to the professional theatrical world as J. Julian Christopher)
Assi...
"The Queens and Brooklyn Nobody Knows: A Block by Block Exploration"
November 15, 2016
The Fall 2016 Presidential Lecture Series:
“The Queens and Brooklyn Nobody Knows: A Block by Block Exploration”
A Lecture By Dr. William Helmreich
Distinguished Professor Of Sociolo...
November 15, 2016
The Fall 2016 Presidential Lecture Series:
“The Queens and Brooklyn Nobody Knows: A Block by Block Exploration”
A Lecture By Dr. William Helmreich
Distinguished Professor Of Sociolo...
"The Rise of the Hustler Class in the Post-Industrial Metropolis"
The 2016 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“The Rise of the Hustler Class in the Post-Industrial Metropolis”
Dr. Trevor B. Milion
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Criminal Justice at Queensboro...
The 2016 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“The Rise of the Hustler Class in the Post-Industrial Metropolis”
Dr. Trevor B. Milion
Assistant Professor of Social Sciences and Criminal Justice at Queensboro...
"From Army Private to Atomic Physicist for the Manhattan Project"
The Fall 2015 Presidential Lecture Series:
"FROM ARMY PRIVATE TO ATOMIC PHYSICIST FOR THE MANHATTAN PROJECT”
A LECTURE BY
DR. BENJAMIN BEDERSON
U.S. Army Veteran
Experiential Atomic Physicist, the M...
The Fall 2015 Presidential Lecture Series:
"FROM ARMY PRIVATE TO ATOMIC PHYSICIST FOR THE MANHATTAN PROJECT”
A LECTURE BY
DR. BENJAMIN BEDERSON
U.S. Army Veteran
Experiential Atomic Physicist, the M...
"Emerging Trends in Health Care"
The 2015 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“Emerging Trends in Health Care”
a lecture by
Mary Ann Rosa, RN, MSN, GNP
Associate Professor, Nursing
Queensborough Community College
Lecture Su...
The 2015 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“Emerging Trends in Health Care”
a lecture by
Mary Ann Rosa, RN, MSN, GNP
Associate Professor, Nursing
Queensborough Community College
Lecture Su...
“Not an Obvious Thing to Do: Being a Scholar of Islamic History”
The 2014 Fall Presidential Lecture Series
“Not an Obvious Thing to Do: Being a Scholar of Islamic History”
a lecture by
Dr. Chase F. Robinson
President and Distinguished Professor of History
The Gra...
The 2014 Fall Presidential Lecture Series
“Not an Obvious Thing to Do: Being a Scholar of Islamic History”
a lecture by
Dr. Chase F. Robinson
President and Distinguished Professor of History
The Gra...
"Comprehension without Instruction: The Complexities and Myths of Language Acquisition"
The 2014 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“Comprehension without Instruction:
The Complexities and Myths of Language Acquisition” A lecture by
Dr. Jilani Warsi
Associate Professor, Academic Literacy
...
The 2014 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
“Comprehension without Instruction:
The Complexities and Myths of Language Acquisition” A lecture by
Dr. Jilani Warsi
Associate Professor, Academic Literacy
...
"Conjure, Light, Forward Momentum"
The 2013 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
"Conjure, Light, Forward Momentum"
Jules Allen Professor, Art and Design
Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York
Tuesday, April 16, 2013...
The 2013 Spring Presidential Lecture Series
"Conjure, Light, Forward Momentum"
Jules Allen Professor, Art and Design
Queensborough Community College, The City University of New York
Tuesday, April 16, 2013...
"Oil, Credit, And The Shifting Balance of Power"
As Paul Kennedy wrote in 1986, great powers rise and fall, usually for economic reasons. This analysis enabled Kennedy to predict the end of the Soviet Union. We now have more precise economic measurements, but the lesson rem...
As Paul Kennedy wrote in 1986, great powers rise and fall, usually for economic reasons. This analysis enabled Kennedy to predict the end of the Soviet Union. We now have more precise economic measurements, but the lesson rem...
"Good Judgment: It Makes All The Difference"
Mr. Zicklin will share his expertise in the areas of corporate governance, business ethics, and finance, speaking to students about how to present themselves and to demonstrate that when all is said and done, good judgment is...
Mr. Zicklin will share his expertise in the areas of corporate governance, business ethics, and finance, speaking to students about how to present themselves and to demonstrate that when all is said and done, good judgment is...
"Not the Usual Ethnic Subjects: The Significance of Guido for Italian American Studies"
Despite the fact that Guido – the subject of the popular television show, Jersey Shore – is an ethnic slur often associated with a hedonistic life style, it is an important aspect of Italian American studies.
...
Despite the fact that Guido – the subject of the popular television show, Jersey Shore – is an ethnic slur often associated with a hedonistic life style, it is an important aspect of Italian American studies.
...
"What's New In American Elections"
Tea Party candidates are rallying around the country. Voters are furious at the country’s leaders, including a President who used to be incredibly popular. What might this mean for America’s future?
Just one week a...
Tea Party candidates are rallying around the country. Voters are furious at the country’s leaders, including a President who used to be incredibly popular. What might this mean for America’s future?
Just one week a...
"Eating the Past: Why and How To Study Food History"
Food is the ‘fiber’ of every sect of society around the world. Exploring what people ate in the past, how they ate, who shared their meals, and what they said about food helps us to understand not only cultural norms of long ...
Food is the ‘fiber’ of every sect of society around the world. Exploring what people ate in the past, how they ate, who shared their meals, and what they said about food helps us to understand not only cultural norms of long ...
"The World in 2030: How Science will Affect Computers, Medicine, Jobs, Our Lifestyles and the Wealth of our Nations"
Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and the Henry Semat Professor at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He is a graduate...
Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist and the Henry Semat Professor at the City College of New York and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he has taught for more than 30 years. He is a graduate...
"The Rise of True Crime"
Based on her Edgar Award-nominated book The Rise of True Crime: 20th Century Murder and American Popular Culture, Dr. Jean Murley examines the true crime genre within popular culture. The lecture will present an overvi...
Based on her Edgar Award-nominated book The Rise of True Crime: 20th Century Murder and American Popular Culture, Dr. Jean Murley examines the true crime genre within popular culture. The lecture will present an overvi...
"Liberty and the News"
What is the relationship between media and democracy? What is the role of media, not only in safeguarding rights and informing citizens, but also in transmitting values and stimulating debate, discourse and the enlargement of...
What is the relationship between media and democracy? What is the role of media, not only in safeguarding rights and informing citizens, but also in transmitting values and stimulating debate, discourse and the enlargement of...
Bearing Witness: Where the “Lost Generation” Might Have Gotten Lost
Dr. Humphries is the author of Different Dispatches: Journalism in American Modernist Prose (Routledge, 2006), a book which examines how developments in journalism influenced American literary modernism, from Willa Cather’s e...
Dr. Humphries is the author of Different Dispatches: Journalism in American Modernist Prose (Routledge, 2006), a book which examines how developments in journalism influenced American literary modernism, from Willa Cather’s e...
Citizenship and Higher Education: How 20th Century Egyptian and American Societies Empower or Enfeeble Its Citizens
Dr. Botman uses the insights she has gained from her research into Egyptian 20th-century history and its evolving notions of citizenship to set her discussion of 20th-century America's conception of citizenship and the growin...
Dr. Botman uses the insights she has gained from her research into Egyptian 20th-century history and its evolving notions of citizenship to set her discussion of 20th-century America's conception of citizenship and the growin...
Cindy Sherman, Transformations: The Making of a Documentary
As an undergraduate, Paul Tschinkel studied painting at the Yale School of Art and Architecture, then, as a member of the New York art scene, pursued video as an art form early in its conception. Since then, he has trained hi...
As an undergraduate, Paul Tschinkel studied painting at the Yale School of Art and Architecture, then, as a member of the New York art scene, pursued video as an art form early in its conception. Since then, he has trained hi...
"Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story"
Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story. For nearly fifty years, Sala Kirschner kept a secret. After surviving 5 years of Nazi work camps, she came to America as a war bride and raised a family without ever speaking of her w...
Sala's Gift: My Mother's Holocaust Story. For nearly fifty years, Sala Kirschner kept a secret. After surviving 5 years of Nazi work camps, she came to America as a war bride and raised a family without ever speaking of her w...
Leaves of Grass, Still Growing After 150 Years
Billy Collins is the author of five books of poetry. His poetry has appeared in anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The American Scholar, Harper's, The Paris Revi...
Billy Collins is the author of five books of poetry. His poetry has appeared in anthologies, textbooks, and a variety of periodicals including Poetry, The American Poetry Review, The American Scholar, Harper's, The Paris Revi...
From Regis Philbin to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Problem of Meaning in Music
Dr. Kutnowski is a contemporary composer with firm roots in the tonal idiom. In his works, references to the musical past are often embedded within folk materials of his native country, Argentina. His pieces, ranging from sol...
Dr. Kutnowski is a contemporary composer with firm roots in the tonal idiom. In his works, references to the musical past are often embedded within folk materials of his native country, Argentina. His pieces, ranging from sol...