On February 7th, I had an invigorating conversation with Toby Miller on his podcast, culturalstudies, about a wide ranger of topics: post ’80s neoliberalism in higher education, social mobility and my advice to EVERY grad student today, British cultural studies, my admiration for CUNY, and dyslexia. You can listen to the podcast by clicking here, or … Cathy Davidson & Toby Miller talk on the podcast, culturalstudies
Cuny Cast, Dec 7, 2023, url: https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/podcasts/2023/12/07/cunys-transformation-swat-team/
On November 9th, the Futures Initiative, along with the New School, CLAGS, and Lambda Literary hosted a celebration and book reading of the new novel, ‘These Burning Stars, a Queer Space Opera’ by author, Bethany Jacobs. I was honored and delighted to be able to welcome this stunning new science fiction author. It especially meant a lot to me personally since, … The House? Packed! These Stars? Burning!
Last night, for the first time in two years of beach walking in Amagansett, I saw a whale rise straight up from the Atlantic, pause a moment in the air, and then disappear beneath the waves again. We saw other whale activity–a spout, a fin–but that was a beckoning. Humpback, I believe. Of course I … Remembering My Dear Friend, Filmmaker Nancy Buirski
Simple, scalable frameworks can help students understand the why of what they’re learning, Cathy N. Davidson and Rachel Stephenson write. To read the full article, see here.
This past weekend, 500+ individuals came to beautiful Pratt Institute in Brooklyn to participate in the 20th (ish) anniversary conference for an organization I cofounded and have directed or co-directed for twenty (long, long . . . ) years. 20 years! When we began HASTAC (called, a trifle annoyingly, “Haystack” by those who know), we … 20 Years Is a Long, Long Time (HASTAC2023 is a wrap!)
On June 2, 2023, at the Graduate Center CUNY Commencement, I had the wonderful honor of introducing George Takei, most famous as Sulu on Star Trek, and, beyond, as an unstoppable activist on behalf of LGBT rights, anti-racism, and other just causes. He gave a passionate, rousing commencement speech and was awarded an honorary doctorate … Introducing Dr. George Takei
The New College Classroom was featured in this Fierce Education article from December 28th, 2022. To read the full article, please follow this link.
Spring 2023 to Fall 2023 [These are only the announced, public engagements coming up Spring 2023. Stay tuned for more to be added later.] January 4-7, 2023 Modern Language Association meetings, San Francisco: on site January 17, 10am, Hunter College (ACERT): online January 23-27, Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico: on site February 1, 4pm, Montclair State … Spring 2023 Speaking and Conferences