Introduced by political theorist Michael Waltzer, Nancy L. Rosenblum, Harvard University Senator Joseph Clark Emerita Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government, gave the Irving Howe Memorial Lecture last night at The Graduate Center on November 20. She shared theories of her recent book, A Lot of People Are Saying: The New [...]
What is the role of facts in a democracy? As the media has become polarized and fragmented, the relationship between fact and news reporting has become increasingly loose, with potentially dire consequences. What are appropriate answers to these new challenges to democracy? We look forward to hearing Nancy Rosenblum’s take [...]
We are looking forward to our December 10 event on "The Future of Global Capitalism." Branko Milanovic, Graduate Center economist and scholar at the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality, will discuss his new book, Capitalism, Alone (Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA, 2019), in conversation with Janet Gornick, James K. Galbraith, [...]
Last night’s panel shed light on the past and the future of racism and democracy. The panelists and audience began with a tribute to recently deceased Congressman Elijah Cummings. At the core, panelists allege, U.S. democracy – to the extent that it exists at all – excludes large groups of [...]
Last night at The Graduate Center, and in front of a packed house, economists and authors Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman advanced their thesis that wealth is so unequally concentrated that the highest one-percent income bracket must be taxed much more heavily. They came to present their talked-about book, The [...]
Next week the Graduate Center will host an event with Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zucman, who will present a blueprint for tax reform that may allow a more democratic and equal system to prevail, followed by a panel discussion. In the US, income inequality has been on the rise for [...]
Welcome to the Fall 2020 semester at the Graduate Center, CUNY. This semester "The Promises and Perils of Democracy" project will explore threats to democracy. We invited a range of stellar commentators on some of the most important threats to democracy: The Triumph of Injustice on October 23, Racism and Democracy on October 24, New Conspiracism and the Assault on Democracy on November 20, the Future of Global Capitalism on December 10, all at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Read more by clicking on the headline and please join us for some or all of these events.
In The Graduate Center’s recent event in the series on the perils and challenges of democracy, we returned home and focused on “The Role of the Judiciary in a Democracy” in the United States. Robert A. Katzmann, chief judge of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals; Jenny Rivera, a judge on the New York Court of Appeals, New York state’s highest court; and Shira A. Scheindlin, who retired after serving as a judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, came to the Graduate Center discuss. Julie C. Suk, professor of sociology and dean of master’s programs at The Graduate Center, served as moderator.
On May 15, 2019, The Graduate Center brought together a group of scholars, entrepreneurs, and journalists to discuss the promises and perils of two of the West’s most vaunted principles — capitalism and democracy.
At The Graduate Center on April 18, 2019, Fareed Zakaria spoke about the concepts of democracy and justice in the international world order.