The M. A. Program in Middle Eastern Studies is delighted to invite prospective students to our Spring 2025 Open House. Find answers to your questions about our admission policies, curriculum, faculty, ...

If anyone could be considered a Russian counterpart to the infamous British double-agent Kim Philby, it was Oleg Gordievsky. The son of two KGB agents and the product of the best Soviet institutions, ...

Friend or foe? Academics advise on how to teach alongside ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. (Image created with the assistance of DALL·E 2) ChatGPT is the talk of the ivory tower. The AI language ...

a specialist on the Balkans, her current research focuses on transitions from civil war to peace, international security and state failure, and post-war state-building. Susan L. Woodward is professor ...

Aesthetics (especially environmental aesthetics and public art) History of late 18th-19th c. Philosophy (especially Kant and Schopenhauer) History of ethics ...

Individual innovation is considered one sign of intelligence within species, and elephants are among the animals that researchers have long taken an interest in because of their sophisticated approach ...

In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, we recognize scholars who are leading change in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Their achievements reflect the depth of our academic ...

Today, in a long-anticipated ruling, the Supreme revoked the constitutional right to an abortion, overturning Roe v. Wade. Graduate Center scholars and activists weighed in on what the decision in ...

Is the humanities degree going the way of the dodo bird? An article in The New Yorker, “The End of the English Major,” posits as a eulogy for the bustling humanities programs of yesteryear, citing ...

Amid scenes of wildfires, floods, severe storms, and increasingly extreme weather, the evidence is clear that climate change is wreaking havoc on the planet. Less clear are the impacts that climate ...

We invited Graduate Center professors to share brief perspectives on the war in Ukraine. They weighed in on what we can learn from the past, the role of the U.N., the refugee situation, and Putin’s ...