Speak Up For The Equal Rights Amendment!
April 24, 2023 
VIDEO
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President
invites you to attend a very special in-person event
... Read more
Martin F. Shapiro — The Present Illness: American Health Care and Its Afflictions
April 17, 2023 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of The Present Illness: American Health Care and Its Afflictions by physician, health services researcher, and professor of medicine Martin F. Shapiro. In this eye-opening and... Read more
The Sylvia Plath Symposium at Hunter College
March 30, 2023 VIDEO
Please join us as Roosevelt House marks the 60th anniversary of the death, and 90th anniversary of the birth year, of one of the 20th century’s most essential writers: Sylvia Plath. To commemorate these... Read more
NEW DATE — Amanda Freeman & Lisa Dodson — Getting Me Cheap: How Low-Wage Work Traps Women and Girls in Poverty
March 23, 2023 VIDEO
Important Update:
This Event Will Now Be Held On March 23
& Presented Only On Zoom
To inaugurate Women’s History Month at Roosevelt House,... Read more
Douglas Brinkley — Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening
March 21, 2023 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Silent Spring Revolution: John F. Kennedy, Rachel Carson, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, and the Great Environmental Awakening by bestselling author and acclaimed... Read more
here4HER: Reproductive Health Beyond Borders
March 16, 2023 VIDEO
The Roosevelt House Human Rights Program
and Solidarity Engineering
invite you to... Read more
The Lancet Commission — Public Policy & Health in the USA: Affirmative Action & Racial Health Justice
March 16, 2023
During this latest Lancet webinar hosted by Roosevelt House at Hunter College, a panel of experts will assess the predicted effects of the forthcoming Supreme Court decision on racial health disparities as well as racial diversity in... Read more
The Hunter College Art Advisory Board presents a panel for Studio Art Majors, BFA, MFA, Alumni, Artists, and Friends
Candid Advice From Industry Experts On How To Prepare for A... Read more
Repeal! — The End of Prohibition’s ‘Noble Experiment’
March 14, 2023 VIDEO
Reception to Follow (with cocktails and mocktails, of course!)Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the historic repeal of the 18th Amendment in... Read more
Maggie Haberman — Confidence Man: The Making of Donald Trump and the Breaking of America
March 8, 2023 VIDEO
Due to popular demand, this event has been moved to The Kaye PlayhouseWe are proud to continue our tradition of public conversations and lectures... Read more
Richard Hurowitz — In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust
February 28, 2023 VIDEO
Please join us as Roosevelt House and Hunter’s Jewish Studies Center co-host a discussion of the new book In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust by Richard... Read more
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden’s White House by bestselling author Chris Whipple. In this revelatory and news-making chronicle, Whipple... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, Cordially invites you to attend a special President’s Week event, in person and on Zoom. Jon Meacham on his new book And There Was Light: Abraham... Read more
Saladin Ambar — Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama
February 9, 2023 VIDEO
To mark Black history month, Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the new book Stars and Shadows: The Politics of Interracial Friendship from Jefferson to Obama by Rutgers University professor of political... Read more
Andrew Meier — Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty
February 6, 2023 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of the acclaimed new book Morgenthau: Power, Privilege, and the Rise of an American Dynasty by Andrew Meier. Spanning four generations, Morgenthau offers a panoramic account... Read more
Charity C. Elder — Power: The Rise of Black Women in America — How Black Women Embody the American Dream, Defy Oppression, and Win
February 2, 2023 VIDEO
To mark Black History Month at Roosevelt House, Jennifer J. Raab, Hunter College President, cordially invites you to attend a discussion of the book Power: The Rise of Black Women in America—How Black Women Embody the American Dream, Defy... Read more
World War II Naval History
January 12, 2023 VIDEO
Eighty years ago, in 1943, the U.S. and its allies were fighting World War II at sea on two major fronts—the Atlantic and Pacific—with an American navy largely built since the devastating, fleet-destroying attack on... Read more
The U.S. and the Holocaust
December 12, 2022 VIDEO
Roosevelt House and the Jewish Studies Center at Hunter College are proud to to present a screening of an extended clip from the beginning of the new Ken Burns series The U.S. and The Holocaust followed by a... Read more
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse — The Scheme: How the Right Wing Used Dark Money to Capture the Supreme Court
December 9, 2022 VIDEO
Roosevelt House invites you to The Inaugural Stepanski Family Lecture
A New Series Featuring Distinguished Advocates for Democracy
presented in person and on Zoom.
... Read more
“At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan’s new book chronicles 10 days that tested us and ultimately showed us at our best. It’s a captivating story about what’s worth fighting for, an antidote to cynicism that... Read more
Healing Walls: Historic and Collaborative Murals at New York City’s Public Hospitals
November 22, 2022 VIDEO
Jennifer J. Raab
Hunter College President
and
... Read more
Phil Klay — Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War
November 21, 2022 VIDEO
When National Book Award-winning graduate of the Hunter College MFA program Phil Klay left the Marines a decade ago, after serving as an officer in Iraq, he found himself a part of the community of... Read more
Slavoj Žižek — Democracy: Is This The End?
November 4, 2022 VIDEO
Žižek contends that the Culture War raging in the developed West is a false war, a war between two versions of the same global capitalist system: its unrestrained pure version and its “neo-Fascist” conservative... Read more
Kermit Roosevelt III — The Nation That Never Was: Reconstructing America’s Story
November 3, 2022 VIDEO
Roosevelt House is pleased to present a lecture by distinguished legal scholar Kermit Roosevelt III—great-great-grandson of Theodore Roosevelt, first cousin (three times removed) of Eleanor Roosevelt, and distant cousin of... Read more
The Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute
and the Hunter College Jewish Studies Center
invite you to a newsworthy discussion on the timely topic of secular... Read more
The Lancet Commission — Supreme Court v. Americans’ Health
October 20, 2022 VIDEO
Please join us for a webinar on Thursday, October 20, 11am-12pm PT/ 2-3pm ET. Adam Gaffney, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Nikolas Bowie, JD, PhD, Louis... Read more
Join us for a one-day conference—including sessions with leading scholars, journalists, advocates, and policymakers, as well as a film screening and discussion with the filmmakers—to examine where Asian American politics have been, and are... Read more
Jennifer J. Raab
Hunter College President
Cordially invites you to attend a new public program... Read more
As the home where FDR struggled against the paralyzing effects of polio, where he recovered, regained a degree of mobility, and reclaimed a sense of independence, Roosevelt House is pleased to present a discussion of Becoming FDR: 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.
