Happy Constitution Day!

Today is Constitution Day, the commemoration of the signing of the Constitution by the members of the Constitutional Convention, in Philadelphia, on 17 September 1787. But that was just the beginning. A long struggle, filled with passionate debate, followed before the Constitution was finally ratified by the United States and a new government was formed. […]

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One-Dimensional Man at 50: Herbert Marcuse & the Legacy of the Book that Inspired a Generation

An all-day conference, Sept. 29th, 9am – 5pm Butler Library, Room 523 Free and open to the public. No reservations required. “A comfortable, smooth, reasonable, democratic unfreedom prevails in advanced industrial civilization…” Thus begins the opening chapter of Herbert Marcuse’s landmark study of modern ideology, One-Dimensional Man, first published in 1964. On Sept. 29th, the […]

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Sept. 8th, 6pm — A Panel Discussion with Former Gov. David Paterson and Leading Scholars and Community Organizers

A conversation on libraries, government, and activism, with: Former-Governor David Paterson. Jim Neal, Columbia University Librarian. Dr. Khalil Muhammad, Director, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Ester Fuchs, Professor of International and Public Affairs and Political Science, SIPA. Peggy Shepard, founder director of West Harlem Environmental Action. Monday, Sept. 8, 2014, 6pm. The Kellogg Center 1501 […]

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