February 19, 2019:
Maria Hinojosa, Anchor and Executive Producer of Latino USA on NPR.
LOCATION: Shepard Hall – S250
TIME: 6:30 – 8:00 PM
THE RIFKIND CENTER MOURNS THE LOSS OF RICHARD A. RIFKIND, M.D.
Richard A. Rifkind, M.D. (1930-2019)
The Rifkind Center for the Humanities and Arts mourns the loss of Richard A. Rifkind, M.D., son of Simon S. Rifkind and Adele S. Rifkind. Dr. Rifkind was Chairman and Chief Scientific Officer of the Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research and before that a Professor of Medicine and of Human Genetics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is the founder of Aton Pharma, which develops therapeutics for cancer and other diseases, and has authored over 250 scientific papers and a book, Fundamentals of Hematology.
SPRING 2019 SEMESTER SCHEDULE
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February 19, 2019: Maria Hinojosa (NPR)
Anchor and Executive Producer of Latino USA on NPR
LOCATION: Shepard Hall – S250
TIME: 6:30 – 8:00PM
March 12, 2019: Boukary Sawadogo (CCNY- Media)
African Film Studies: An Introduction
LOCATION: Rifkind Center at NAC, 6/316
TIME: 5:00 – 7:00PM
March 14, 2019: Professor Dennis Yi Tenen (Columbia University)
Technology & Literary Studies: A Day-Long Seminar
LOCATION: Rifkind Room NAC, 6/316
TIME: 2:00 – 8:00PM
March 28, 2019: Dr. Kaja Silverman (University of Pennsylvania)
“Stopping before Gustave Le Gray’s Sea and Sky”
LOCATION: Rifkind Room NAC, 6/316
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30PM
April 02, 2019: Grazyna Drabik (CCNY - English)
Wartime Notebooks (Translation)
LOCATION: Rifkind Center at NAC, 6/316
TIME: 5:00 – 6:30PM
May 02, 2019: Lou Marinoff (CCNY - Philosophy)
On Human Conflict: The Philosophical Foundations of War and Peace
LOCATION: Rifkind Center at NAC, 6/316
TIME: 6:30 – 8:00PM
ALL EVENTS WILL BE AT EVENING - DETAILS TO FOLLOW
The primary goal of the Center is to promote the College’s intellectual and cultural activities in the Humanities and Arts. It does so in a variety of ways, including support for faculty research, the organization, and sponsorship of special events, conferences and lectures, interdisciplinary faculty seminars, student outreach programs, and the support of a number of publications associated with the College.
Please Consider Donating To The Rifkind Center.
THE VICTORIAN ACTRESS
CANCELLED: GUSTAVE LE GRAY'S SEA & SKY
TYEHIMBA JESS READING
EFFECTIVE/DEFECTIVE
FALL 2018 SEMESTER SCHEDULE
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OCTOBER 25, 2018:
Dr. Robert Reid-Pharr (Harvard University)
Effective/Defective James Baldwin
LOCATION: Shepard Hall – S95
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00PM
OCTOBER 30, 2018:
A Reading by Tyembha Jes
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
LOCATION: Shepard Hall – S95
TIME: 6:00 – 8:00PM
NOVEMBER 6, 2018: (Cancelled)
Dr. Kaja Silverman (University of Pennsylvania)
“Stopping before Gustave Le Gray’s Sea and Sky”
LOCATION: Rifkind Room NAC, 6/316
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30PM
FACULTY NEW BOOKS AND WORKS IN PROGRESS SERIES
NOVEMBER 29, 2018:
Professor Renata Miller Reading (CCNY – English Dept)
The Victorian Actress in the Novel and on the Stage.
LOCATION: Rifkind Room NAC, 6/316
TIME: 6:00 – 7:30PM
ALL EVENTS WILL BE AT EVENING - DETAILS TO FOLLOW
The primary goal of the Center is to promote the College’s intellectual and cultural activities in the Humanities and Arts. It does so in a variety of ways, including support for faculty research, the organization, and sponsorship of special events, conferences and lectures, interdisciplinary faculty seminars, student outreach programs, and the support of a number of publications associated with the College.
Please Consider Donating To The Rifkind Center.
