Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life
Black Portraiture[s] V: Memory and the Archive Past Present and Future
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesThis conference will explore the making of visual archives, the narratives they tell, and the parameters that define them as objects of study. As visual collections, photographic archives present specific concerns — especially as digital technologies change the way knowledge is classified, stored, retrieved and disseminated. Various questions about the construction, acquisition and maintenance of […]
Institute of African American Affairs New York University Celebrating 50 Years of Visionary Excellence
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United Stateswith past IAAA Directors Earl S. Davis, MSW and Manthia Diawara, PhD Dance Performance Ron K. Brown/Evidence “One Shot” and Jazz Vocalist Candice Hoyes Evening Hosted by Anna Maria Horsford The Institute of African American Affairs at NYU was established in 1969, during a period of change and awakenings of cultural, civil and artistic significance […]
Angus Deaton in Conversation with Amartya Sen, “Economics with a Moral Compass? Welfare Economics: Past, Present and Future”
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesEvent Program: 1:30pm – 2:00pm Doors Open, Guest Arrival 2:00pm – 2:05pm Welcome Remarks on Behalf of New York University By: Katherine E. Fleming, NYU Provost 2:05pm – 4:00pm Angus Deaton in Conversation with Amartya Sen […]
Roundtable conversation moderated by Pamela Newkirk, with Paula Giddings, Shola Lynch, Louise Greaves, sculptor Richard Hunt, and Michelle Duster, great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesThough virtually forgotten today, Ida B. Wells-Barnett was a household name in Black America during much of her lifetime (1863-1931) and was considered the equal of her well-known African American contemporaries such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois. Ida B. Wells: A Passion for Justice (1989, 55 min) by filmmaker William Greaves retells the dramatic life and […]
Economics and Culture 2018 Annual Conference by NYU Development Research Institute, NYU Africa House, and the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics at NYU
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesNew York University Kimmel Center, Rosenthal Pavilion (10th Floor) 60 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 Overview: There has been increasing interest over the last decade in understanding the role of culture in shaping development outcomes. The push has come from many directions: from studying economic history, from the institutions and growth literature, […]
Join Us for the Biennial Africa House Gala Celebration!
Location: New York University Kimmel Center for University Life 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY, United StatesJoin us for the Biennial Africa House Gala Celebration on Wednesday, April 18, 2018 at New York University’s Kimmel Center for University Life, Rosenthal Pavilion, from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.