Performance as Witness: Recognizing the Rhetoric that Leads to Violence
Join Dr. Alexander Hinton, Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Center for the Study of Genocide and Human Rights, and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Prevention at Rutgers University, for a discussion about how ...
Outlawing Homosexuality in Nazi Germany: Reflections on the film, BENT
During the Holocaust, homosexual men imprisoned in Nazi concentration camps were required to wear inverted pink triangle badges on their uniforms, a symbol that was later reclaimed as an emblem of Gay Pride. Join Dr. Jake New...
Identity in Context: Building the American LGBTQ+ Museum
In a time when students and museum professionals are questioning the structures and even the founding principles of older museums and cultural institutions, this program looks at the more recent creation of the American LGBTQ...
Date: February 22nd, 2024
Duration:
45m:15s
Category: Events
Department: College
Uncomfortable Histories: From Nazi Book Burnings to Contemporary Book Bans
Join us for a conversation about the erasure of uncomfortable histories, beginning with an overview of the 1933 Nazi book burnings as part of Adolf Hitler’s plan to “cleanse” public discourse and participate in an “Action Aga...
Date: January 4th, 2024
Duration:
1h:9m:18s
Category: Events
Department: College
BFSA's 3rd Annual Kwanzaa Celebration
Queensborough’s Black Faculty and Staff Association (BFSA) along with QCC Dance Students hosted the third annual Kwanzaa Celebration. Led by Professor Kevin McIntosh-McEwen in the Department of Health, Physical Education, and...
Date: December 6th, 2023
Duration:
47m:37s
Category: Events
Department: College
Archives of Nostalgia: Exploring America’s Many Pasts
How do archival collections and their commercialization frame contemporary American narratives of belonging? Join us for this roundtable discussion examining the archives of nostalgic American pasts, including memorabilia rel...
Building and Sustaining Indigenous Cultural Institutions of Today
At a moment when museum professionals and cultural workers are questioning the structures and founding principles of older museums and cultural institutions that came out of earlier colonial contexts, this program looks at th...
Date: October 23rd, 2023
Duration:
3m:5s
Category: Promotions
Department: College
Poetry Workshop with Nathan McClain
Thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the English Department is hosting a poetry workshop with Nathan McClain as part of the Welcome Read program. Students will learn about the craft of poetry as N...
Date: October 19th, 2023
Duration:
53m:22s
Category: Events
Department: College