Videos

Peter Godfrey-Smith, CUNY/University of Sydney

"Paths to the Evolution of Consciousness"

February 22, 2017

Peter Godfrey-Smith grew up in Sydney, Australia, and taught at Stanford, Harvard, the Australian National University, and the CUNY Graduate Center before moving to his current position as professor of the history...

Harold Augenbraum, American writer, editor, and translator

"What Translation Means: The Extent and Impact of Translation in America"

February 21, 2017

For twelve years, Augenbraum was Executive Director of the National Book Foundation, presenter of the National Book Awards. He has translated, among other works, Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’sChronicle of...

Alexandra Horowitz, Barnard College

"What Is It Like to Be a Dog"

February 15, 2017

Alexandra Horowitz is the author of the New York Times bestseller Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know (2009), On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes (2013), and Being a...

Christopher Lebron, Yale University

Why Does James Baldwin Love You?

December 6, 2016

Christopher Lebron is Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Philosophy at Yale University. He is the author of The Color of Our Shame: Race and Justice in Our Time, winner of the American...

Magda Zaborowska, University of Michigan

Erasure, Overlay, Manipulation: James Baldwin’s Queer Dwellings

October 25, 2016

Magda Zaborowska is a professor in the Departments of American Culture and Afroamerican and African Studies at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. Her research and teaching fields include literary and cultural...

Rich Blint, Pratt Institute

The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on American Cinema

October 18, 2016

Rich Blint is the 2016–2017 Scholar-in-Residence in the MFA Program in Performance and Performance Studies in the Department of Humanities and Media Studies at Pratt Institute. His teaching and research interests...

Ed Pavlić, University of Georgia

The Whole Body of the Sound: Listening to Jimmy Baldwin Listen

October 13, 2016

Ed Pavlić is Distinguished Research Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia and director of the PhD program in creative writing. He is the author of Let’s Let That Are Not Yet:...

Jacqueline Goldsby, Yale University

Post-screening discussion of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket, between the film’s writer, coproducer, and director Karen Thorsen and Professor Jacqueline Goldsby.

September 22, 2016

The screening of James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket was followed by a discussion between the film’s writer, coproducer, and director Karen Thorsen and Professor Jacqueline Goldsby. As a filmmaker, Thorsen finds...

Liz Lerman, choreographer, performer, writer, and educator

"Creative Research: Crossing Borders, Disciplines, and Domains"

April 11, 2016

Liz Lerman is a choreographer, performer, writer, and educator. She founded Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in 1976 and cultivated the company’s unique multigenerational ensemble into a leading force in contemporary dance...

Judith Butler, University of California Berkeley

A conversation with Judith Butler, University of California Berkeley; Paul North (Yale University); and Jason Stanley (Yale University)

April 1, 2016

Judith Butler is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California Berkeley. She served as founding director of the Critical Theory...