William Gow — Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
April 21, 2025
Roosevelt House, along with the Asian American Studies Program, is pleased to present a discussion with Dr. William Gow about his new book, Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American... Read more
American Voices: An Encore Concert and Celebration of the Life and Music of Billie Holiday
April 10, 2025 
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Following the immense success and popularity of last February’s American Voices Symposium on the legacy and artistry of Billie Holiday, Roosevelt House is pleased to present an encore concert—featuring some of the same... Read more
Julian E. Zelizer — In Defense of Partisanship
April 3, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to host a discussion with renowned political historian Julian E. Zelizer about his new book, In Defense of Partisanship, published by Columbia Global Reports.... Read more
Roosevelt House invites you to The Inaugural “Little Aunt Dora” Public Lecture honoring the memory of former, longtime Hunter College Professor Dora Askowith, a professor of history, religion, culture, Jewish studies, and... Read more
The Carceral State: Examining the Treatment of Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming People in NY
March 27, 2025 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center is pleased to announce an event on policies impacting transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people as part of our programming for Transgender Day of Visibility. Transgender and gender non-conforming people are... Read more
Women’s History is American History: Building the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum
March 26, 2025 VIDEO
To continue marking Women’s History Month at Roosevelt House, please join us for a conversation about the ongoing effort to build a new Smithsonian Museum on the National Mall dedicated to preserving and celebrating the stories and... Read more
Stephanie Dray — Becoming Madam Secretary
March 19, 2025 VIDEO
To mark Women’s History Month at Roosevelt House, please join us—together with the Frances Perkins Center—for a conversation with bestselling author Stephanie Dray, whose new historical novel... Read more
Please join us as Roosevelt House—together with the Hunter College Sociology Department and the Tenement Museum—hosts a discussion that will delve into the profound and ongoing impact of the... Read more
Please join us as Roosevelt House, in collaboration with Spectrum News NY1, hosts a special panel discussion on the career and legacy of the 103rd Mayor of New York City, John V.... Read more
The Human Rights Program presents a screening and discussion of Global Women in Music: Composers Rewriting the Score. The film highlights the Global Women in Music Concert, a groundbreaking event by the United Nations Symphony Orchestra that... Read more
Loretta Ross — Calling In: How to Start Making Change with Those You’d Rather Cancel
February 27, 2025 VIDEO
From a pioneering Black feminist and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow, the new book Calling in is an urgent and exhilarating memoir-manifesto-handbook about how to rein in the excesses of cancel culture so we can truly communicate and solve... Read more
BLACK AS U R — Film Screening and Conversation
February 26, 2025 VIDEO
The LGBTQ Policy Center at Roosevelt House—in partnership with Queer Voices NYC, the CUNY School of Professional Studies, and Borough of Manhattan Community College—is pleased to present a screening of the award-winning 2022 Billy... Read more
Gay Talese — A Town Without Time: Gay Talese’s New York
February 25, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a rare opportunity to hear legendary journalist, and nattiest neighbor, Gay Talese discussing his new book, A Town Without Time: Gay Talese’s New York. With the wit, elegance,... Read more
Alexis Pauline Gumbs — Survival Is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde
February 11, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House, along with the Hunter College Department of Women and Gender Studies, is pleased to present a unique discussion—both heartfelt and scholarly—of the legendary poet, essayist, activist, and alumna of Hunter College High School... Read more
Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th
February 4, 2025 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program presents a discussion on “Talking About Israel & Palestine After October 7th,” featuring Ari L. Goldman and Gregory Khalil.
Ari L.... Read more
David Greenberg — John Lewis: A Life
February 3, 2025 VIDEO
In 2012, Roosevelt House had the distinct honor of welcoming the late, great Congressmen John Lewis for a wide-ranging discussion of the Civil Rights movement to which he gave so much of his extraordinary life—and his presence reverberates at... Read more
Luis A. Miranda Jr. — Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America
January 13, 2025 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Relentless: My Story of the Latino Spirit That Is Transforming America by Luis A. Miranda Jr.—father of Hamilton-creator Lin-Manuel Miranda,... Read more
Nigel Hamilton — Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents
December 19, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of historian Nigel Hamilton’s new book Lincoln vs. Davis: The War of the Presidents. In this vivid and unique dual... Read more
The 2024 Stepanski Family Lecture: What Next for America? Assessing the 2024 Presidential Election and the Threat to American Democracy Featuring Steve Benen & Rachel Maddow
December 17, 2024 VIDEO
As we continue to process the results of the 2024 Presidential Election, Roosevelt House is proud to present a discussion featuring Steve Benen, MSNBC producer and author of Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the... Read more
The 2024 McNickle Lecture on Integrity in Government featuring Inspector General Lucy Lang, Council Member Gale Brewer & Former Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney
December 11, 2024 VIDEO
Marking International Anti-Corruption Day on December 9, Roosevelt House is pleased to present the 2024 McNickle Lecture on Integrity in Government featuring New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang. Discussing the vital... Read more
American Voices: An Evening with Sonia Sanchez
December 9, 2024 VIDEO
Hunter College President Nancy Cantor invites you to attend American Voices: An Evening with Sonia Sanchez — A 90th Birthday Celebration.
“You have spoken for us… written for us… sung to us… how much in your debt we... Read more
A Date That Lives in Infamy: Pearl Harbor, Then and Now Featuring Craig Symonds and Steve Twomey
December 3, 2024 VIDEO
To mark the 83rd anniversary of the December 7, 1941 attack that brought the U.S. into World War II, please join us as... Read more
Charlotte Gray on her new book Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt In conversation with Amanda Foreman
December 2, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion—here in the very home that Sara Delano Roosevelt built and shared with her son and his family—of a brilliant new joint biography of FDR’s mother and her British counterpart: Passionate... Read more
What Just Happened? A 2024 Election Reaction Discussion
November 21, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House presents an election reaction panel featuring New York journalists and former political leaders assessing the result of the 2024 presidential election, and where the nation goes from here. This event will provide an opportunity to... Read more
Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition Featuring Calvin John Smiley with D’Weston Haywood
November 19, 2024 VIDEO
Please join us on Tuesday, November 19 at 6:00 PM as Roosevelt House presents a discussion of the new book Defund: Conversations Toward Abolition by Hunter College Associate Professor of Sociology... Read more
Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way— A Film Screening and Conversation About the Ascent of Women in Politics
October 21, 2024 VIDEO
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Hope for the Unhoused Featuring Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass in conversation with Hon. Carolyn B. Maloney
October 18, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is proud to present the Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, about the accomplishments and challenges of her first year in office, and the critical issues facing urban leaders nationwide. The first... Read more
A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression―One Song at a Time
October 16, 2024 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of A Chance to Harmonize: How FDR’s Hidden Music Unit Sought to Save America from the Great Depression―One Song at a Time by award-winning author and American music scholar,... Read more
What’s at Stake in November? A Hunter Faculty Forum on the 2024 Presidential Election
October 10, 2024 VIDEO
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Please join us as Roosevelt House—together with Hunter College’s Office of the President and MFA in Creative Writing Program—celebrate the artistry of the great Sandra Cisneros on the... Read more
Public Programs at Roosevelt House are free to the public and open with advance registration, made possible through the support of the Charina Endowment Fund and other generous donors.
