SERIES MISSIONS
Updated February 28, 2004

Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar Program

The Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar Program was inaugurated in Fall 2001 to honor the life and career of Professor Delmos Jones (1936-1999), a member of The Graduate Center Doctoral Faculty in Anthropology for 28 years.  In his life and work, Delmos Jones exemplified the highest ideals of scholarship while also nurturing students and engaging the important issues of our times.

The Delmos Jones Visiting Scholar Program brings a number of prominent minority scholars to the CUNY Graduate Center for several days each year. Each Scholar gives at least one public lecture, makes a presentation (or presentations) in the area of his/her research, and generally interacts with students and faculty both within and across doctoral programs.

Human Rights Seminar Series

The Human Rights Seminar Series provide an interdisciplinary forum for scholars and practitioners to present current research, as well as share their field experiences, on issues relating to the protection of internationally recognized human rights norms. The seminar encourages critical perspectives on the meaning and practice of human rights in areas that either have not received adequate attention, or that need major reassessment. Past activities have included conferences, seminars, and workshops on the limitations of the state-centric model for framing human rights discourse and practice, the challenges of refugee and IDP protection, accountability in the application/enforcement of human rights norms, globalization, the role of non-state actors, and the overall contribution of the United Nations System as an agent of human rights. The co-chairs of the seminar series are Professors George Andreopoulos chrights@jjay.cuny.edu) and John Wallach jwallach@hunter.cuny.edu) and the administrative coordinator is Paulette Weiss (paulettes@aol.com).

New York Colloquium on American Political Development

The New York Colloquium on American Political Development, founded in 1994, brings together faculty and graduate students from across the metropolitan area to discuss research exploring American politics from a historical perspective.  Drawing upon the rich scholarly resources of colleges and universities in and around the city, the colloquium welcomes work covering any time period and reflecting the different approaches that may shed light on the emergence, evolution, and persistence of American political institutions, practices, and beliefs.  The group meets at the CUNY Graduate Center several times each year.  Papers are circulated via e-mail in advance of each session.  For further information or a copy of the next paper, please contact Professor Andrew Rich .

Political Theory Colloquium

The objective of the Political Theory Colloquia at The Graduate Center is to invite speakers each semester to speak on a diverse range of subjects. The overarching motivation behind the series is to generate a greater awareness of the theoretical work that is being done by faculty and students by providing a forum for presentation and discussion outside of the of the classroom

In the Fall 2005 semester the colloquium featured talks by Peter Bratsis ( PhD CUNY Graduate Center ) on Globalization and Political Corruption , Distinguished Professor Marshall Berman ( CUNY Graduate Center and City College ) on Montesquieu: The Enlightenment on Broadway , and Professor John Wallach ( CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College ) on Democratic Virtue and Its Obstacles . The Spring 2005 semester will feature Professor Joan Tronto (CUNY Graduate Center and Hunter College) on Vicious Circles of Privatized Care , Professor Corey Robin (CUNY Graduate Center and Brooklyn College) on Fear: History of an Idea, Politics of a Practice , and Professor Tito Gerassi (CUNY Graduate Center and Queens College) on The American Empire: Friendly Fascism and Why We Are All 'Good Germans' .

Organizers: Dan Skinner ; Jennifer Gaboury ; and Gerasimos Karavitis