David Schmitz — The Sailor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of American Foreign Policy
June 22, 2021 
VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of The Sailor: Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Transformation of American Foreign Policy by David F. Schmitz. In this illuminating study, Schmitz presents an... Read more
Scott Borchert — Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America
June 16, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Republic of Detours: How the New Deal Paid Broke Writers to Rediscover America by Scott Borchert. In this enthralling history, Borchert provides an... Read more
Eric Rauchway — Why the New Deal Matters
June 10, 2021
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Why the New Deal Matters by Eric Rauchway. In this timely new work of historical analysis, Rauchway explores how the New Deal... Read more
As we mark Pride Month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present the fourth in a series of 2021 Zoom election forums, designed to give young and first-time voters the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June... Read more
Citywide Candidates Take on LGBTQ+ Issues
June 1, 2021 VIDEO
As we mark Pride Month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present the third in a series of 2021 Zoom election events, designed to give young and first-time voters the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President
together with
Roosevelt House and the Hunter College Jewish Studies Center
Invite you to celebrate the... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman. In this acclaimed and monumental political history, Schulman... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President
together with
Hunter’s Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging & Roosevelt House
Invite you to a new... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Malevolent Republic: A Short History of the New India by K.S. Komireddi. In this penetrating and insightful history, Komireddi delivers a critical and... Read more
2021 Election Season At Roosevelt House — A Manhattan District Attorney Candidate Forum
May 13, 2021 VIDEO
Originally scheduled for April 20, this event was postponed out of respect for the immense importance of the jury verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial announced that same night. Roosevelt House is now pleased to present... Read more
Roosevelt House is honored to present a live Zoom panel discussion, marking Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, on Anti-Asian Hate in the Pandemic Age: Curing the Virus of Hate—featuring experts, scholars, and... Read more
Roosevelt House and The Living New Deal – NYC Chapter are pleased to present, live on Zoom, a panel discussion contrasting New Deal housing projects and policy with the proposals that housing advocates are advancing today.
The panel... Read more
Roosevelt House is honored to present the 2021 McNickle Lecture on Integrity in Government, featuring former State Attorney General Robert Abrams on his inspiring new memoir, The Luckiest Guy in the World: My... Read more
The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration: A Conversation with CUNY’s Experts
April 29, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom panel discussion on The First 100 Days of the Biden Administration—featuring expert analysis from CUNY professors of political science. Among the topics they will address are... Read more
Confronting the Epidemic of Traffic Violence
April 27, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House together with Families for Safe Streets present
Confronting the Epidemic of Traffic Violence
With special remarks by The... Read more
Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration
April 23, 2021 VIDEO
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Reckoning with Monuments and Public Commemoration
Monuments, public memorials and historical memory are the products of decisions made... Read more
Daniel R. Garodnick — Saving Stuyvesant Town: How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History
April 22, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of Saving Stuyvesant Town: How One Community Defeated the Worst Real Estate Deal in History with an autographed bookplate... Read more
Climate Crisis and Infrastructure Policy in the Biden Era: Experts Discuss Next Steps
April 21, 2021 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute with the Departments of Economics, Geography and Environmental Science and Urban Policy and Planning, and the Institute for Sustainable Cities present:
Climate Crisis and Infrastructure... Read more
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: Print, Podcast, Social: Public Humanities and Popular Media
This panel explores the venues, or spaces, of the... Read more
What is the Democratic Commons?
April 9, 2021 VIDEO
The Public Humanities And The Democratic Commons Conference Presents: What is the Democratic Commons?
This panel will consider the challenges posed by an increasingly multi-racial... Read more
2021 Election Season At Roosevelt House — Choosing A Leader For The Future Of Manhattan: A Borough President Candidate Forum
April 6, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present the first in a series of 2021 Zoom election forums, designed to give young and first-time voters the opportunity to explore policy issues with those running for office in the June primaries. We begin with the... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, together with Roosevelt House, the Bella Abzug Leadership Institute (BALI), and the Hunter College Department of... Read more
Thomas Dyja — New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation
March 23, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation by acclaimed author Thomas Dyja. In this monumental urban history, Dyja... Read more
Eleanor: Poems
March 17, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of Eleanor: Poems by award-winning poet Gray Jacobik. In this rich and inventive new collection, Jacobik presents a series of poems that powerfully and... Read more
Jonathan Cohn — The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage
March 2, 2021 VIDEO
PLEASE NOTE SPECIAL START TIME:
Live Zoom program begins at 4 PM EST
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom discussion of The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a live Zoom forum on Ranked Choice Voting, the new voting system for New York City’s primary elections in 2021. The panel brings together experts from law, academia, and advocacy—to... Read more
Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives on Returning Home
February 24, 2021 VIDEO
You can order a copy of Prisoner Reentry in the 21st Century: Critical Perspectives of Returning Home with at a specially discounted price (20% off) exclusively from... Read more
FDR’s Black Cabinet in Retrospect: A Conversation with Descendants of Roosevelt’s African American Advisors
February 22, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is proud to present a special live Zoom discussion about the advisory group of African American federal officials who served during the Roosevelt administration—unofficially known as the Black Cabinet. This follows the... Read more
Audre Lorde Now Series Presents: My Words Will be There
February 18, 2021
Hunter College’s Community Read of Sister Outsider and other works Presents:... Read more
Remembering Mayor David N. Dinkins: The Lessons and the Legacy
February 18, 2021 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased and honored to present... Read more
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