#History

Feb 15, 2022

Repairing State-Sanctioned Racial Violence with Inclusive Reforms

In this installment of the NYU Wagner's Urban Research Seminar series, Professor Monica Bell (Yale Law School) discusses the need for...

Oct 27, 2021

Cycles and Transitions

The painting featured is from Pakistani artist Shahzia Sikander. Born and raised in Pakistan, Sikander brings painting traditions from...

Oct 26, 2021

Book Review: Women, Race, & Class - Angela Davis

Angela Davis offers a history of the social and political impact of whiteness and elitism on the feminist movement, detailing the...

Oct 26, 2021

Book Review: Hood Feminism - Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot - Mikki Kendall

Today's feminist movement has often been critiqued as "white woman's feminism," paradoxically leaving behind tens of millions of women...

Oct 26, 2021

The History of White Identities and its Intersections with Contemporary Race

In this virtual conversation, NYU's Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation (OGI) hosted Dr. Nell Painter,...

Oct 26, 2021

Book Review: Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

This novel explores the immigrant experience of two young Nigerians, Ifemelu and Obinze. Adichie documents Ifemelu's experience...

Oct 19, 2021

The Activist Roots of Intersectionality

Intersectionality often finds itself isolated within the realm of theory. It would be a mistake to assume that the concepts located within t