Past Events

The Politics of Immigration and Citizenship: Past as Prologue

Date: 10/16/2014   4:30 pm – 6:00 pm

Place: The Graduate Center,  Room 6112 (Sociology Lounge)

A Roundtable Discussion featuring five prominent scholars of U.S. immigration political and policy history. Questions  discussed: How did immigration reform become mission impossible? Has it always been this frustrating?

Cybelle Fox, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley

Rebecca Hamlin, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Grinnell College

Daniel Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science, University of Oregon

Rogers Smith, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of Pennsylvania

Moderator: Anna Law, Herbert Kurz Associate Professor in Constitutional Law and Civil Liberties, Brooklyn College, CUNY

The event was sponsored by the Immigration Seminar Series and Ph.D. Program in Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center, and the Kurz Chair of Brooklyn College

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tenement talks

Place: Tenement Museum, 103 Orchard Street at Delancey Street

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Special Screening: Documented–Jose Antonio Vargas

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 Time:  Thursday, May 1, 2014, 7:00 PM; Reception from 6:00 PM

Kick off event: The first showing and panel discussion with Jose Antonio Vargas at the Asia Society.
Documented will continue to run at the Village East Cinema from May 2-8.

Jose Antonio Vargas will also be at the Village East Cinema after the 3-4:30 PM showing on Saturday, May 3rd.

See Attached Flyer 

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An event to celebrate the publication of

“The Children of Immigrants at School:  A Comparative Look at Integration in the United States and Western Europe “

edited by Richard Alba and Jennifer Holdaway (New York University Press)

Speakers:

Richard Alba, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, CUNY Graduate Center

Maurice Crul, Professor of Sociology, Erasmus University of Rotterdam, and Fellow, Advanced Research Collaborative

Marcelo Suárez-Orozco, Dean, UCLA School of Education & Information Sciences

Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Courtney Sale Ross University Professor of Globalization and Education, New York University

Time: Thursday May 1, 2014, 6:00-8:00 PM

Place: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Room 6112 (Sociology Lounge)

This event is sponsored by the Sociology Program and Advanced Research Collaborative, CUNY Graduate Center.

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An event to celebrate the publication of

“European States and Their Muslim Citizens: The Impact of Institutions on Perceptions and Boundaries”

edited by John R. Bowen, Christophe Bertossi, Jan Willem Duyvendak, and Mona Lena Krook (Cambridge University Press, 2014)

Speakers:
John R. Bowen, Dunbar-Van Cleve Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University

Jan Willem Duyvendak, Professor of Sociology, University of Amsterdam and Fellow, Advanced Research Collaborative

Discussants:
Janet Roitman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, New School for Social Research
Nancy Foner, Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center and Fellow, Advanced Research Collaborative

Time: Wednesday, April 9, 2014, 5:30 – 7:00 PM

Place: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Room 5318 (ARC Seminar Room)

***A reception will follow the event.***
This event is co-sponsored by the Advanced Research Collaborative, the Immigration Seminar Series, and the European Union Studies Center of CUNY Graduate Center.

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 An event to celebrate the publication of

“New Labor in New York: Precarious Workers and the Future of the Labor Movement”

edited by Ruth Milkman and Ed Ott (Cornell University Press, 2014)

With chapters authored by current and former CUNY graduate students: Benjamin Becker, Marnie Brady, Jeffrey D. Broxmeyer, Kathleen Dunn, Mischa Gaus, Harmony Goldberg, Peter Ikeler, Martha W. King, Jane McAlevey, Stephen McFarland, Susan McQuade, Erin Michaels, Ben Shapiro, and Lynne Turner.

Time: Tuesday, April 8, 2014, 4:30-6:30 PM

Place: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York
365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)
Room 6112 (Sociology Lounge)

***Refreshments will be served, and signed books will be available. ***

This event is co-sponsored by the Immigration Seminar Series, the Sociology Ph.D. Program, the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies (School of Professional Studies), and the Center for Place, Culture and Politics of the CUNY Graduate School and University Center.

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The Immigration Working Group of the City University of New York Graduate Center presents

New Directions in Immigration: Interdisciplinary Research Perspectives

A Graduate Student Conference

Date: Friday, March 28, 2014

Time: 11 am to 5 pm (Lunch provided; Reception to Follow)

Location: City University of New York, Graduate Center

365 Fifth Avenue (Corner of Fifth Ave and 34th St)

New York, NY 10016

Room: Concourse 198

Please register for the conference here!

Tentative Conference Program

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What Merit Means: Admissions, Diversity, and Inequality at Elite Universities in the United States and Britain

Natasha Kumar Warikoo, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation

 Time: Tuesday, March 18, 2014, 4:30-6:00 PM

 Place: The Graduate Center, The City University of New York

365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street)

Room 6112 (Sociology Lounge)

 

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