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Category Archives: New York

Lecturer: Connie O’nassis
Title: ”A Trip Down Memory Lane: A Blast From Past Vacations and Tours”
Date: Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Host: Travel Valley

Lecturers: Scott Schwartz & Rachel Steinberg
Title: “Unauthorized Tourism : A Guided Tour Through Exotic Lands and Neurotic Times”
Date: Friday, January 29, 2010
Host: Travel Valley!

Lecturer: Chris Morgan
Title: ”On Perpetuating Our Political Institutions By Way of Our Disassembling and Reassembling of Them”
Date: Thursday, January 21st, 2010
Host: Book Thug Nation

Lecturer: Matt Howard
Title: ”Creative Economy : Understanding architecture and infrastructure as outmoded frameworks of production”
Date: Thursday, December 10, 2009
Host: Book Thug Nation

*** A Night of Social Criticism with Devin Reitsma, G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., M.W.O. ***
Lecturer: Devin Reitsma
Date: Thursday November 19, 2009
Host: BOOK THUG NATION
Lecture 1: The Oscar Wilde Economy: What is it, How Did it Happen and Can it Last?
Lecture 2: Cyber-Society: Why Net Neutrality is the Most Important Issue No One Cares About

Lecturer: Liam Turkle
Title: “Mash-ups & Mysticism”
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Host: BOOK THUG NATION

Lecturer: Felipe Gaston-Munoz
Title: “The Oniric Metropolis: Cities as Seen/Created in REM-Stage Sleep”
Date: Thursday, November 5, 2009
Host: BOOK THUG NATION

Lecturer: Jessie Singer
Title: ”Tunnel #3 and the Death of the Tap”
Lecturer: Sam Holleran
Title: “That Leaf-Charged Banner: The Story of the Canadian Flag”
Date: Thursday, October 29, 2009
Host: BOOK THUG NATION

Lecturer: Willis Elkins
Title: ”Expanding Arenas and Exploding Stadiums”
Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: “Death to the Neo-Easternists! Long Live the Neo-Easternists!”
Date: Thursday, October 22, 2009
Host: BOOK THUG NATION

Lecturer: Howard Steinberg
Title: “Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism”
Date: Wednesday August 5th, 2009
Host: Devin, Rachel, Willis

Lecturer: Eli Bock
Title:
“You Are Your Brain: the Neurobiology of Personality”
Date: Thursday July 30th, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Mark Jaffe
Title: “Don’t Fake the Funk on a Nasty Dunk…or How I Learned to
Stop Worrying and Love Professional Sports”
Date: Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Rachel Steinberg
Title: ”Seeing as Believing”
Lecturer: Lillian Gerson and Devin Reitsma
Title: “Vacation Slides”
Date: Thursday, May 28th, 2009
Host: Devin, Lillian, Willis

Lecturer: Nonya Grenader and Jonathan Grenader
Title: “Live/Work Spaces”
Date: Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Host: Eli

 
Lecturer: Emily Bell Dinan
Title: “Dogs Are Our Friends”
Lecturer: David Feinstein
Title: “Justifying Your Alcoholic Stupor With Knowledge: A Guide to Fine French Wines””
Date: Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Anna Hoetjes
Title: “It was hard / It should be there again”
Lecturer: Marnix Ike
Title: “Plexant”
Date: Monday, April 13th, 2009
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Todd Zuniga
Title: “The Future of Reading”
Date: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Matt Tracey
Title: “You? Really?: Differences in automatic judgments of sexual orientation”
Date: Tuesday February 3, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Christopher Pappas
Title: “The Elimination of Shadows: A presentation on the Handlers of Dawn and Dusk”
Date: Tuesday January 27, 2009
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Milan Zrnic
Title: “Triad: Exploring the first three music videos from late photographer Herb Ritts.”
Date: Thursday December 18, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Eli Bock
Title: “Thematic Testing: Do you see what I see”
Date: Wednesday December 10, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Emily Bell Dinan
Title: “Corte la Calabasas ; a History of Jack-O-Lanterns/ a General Pumpkin Carving Party”
Date: Wednesday October 29, 2008
Host: Emily Bell

Lecturer: Willis Elkins
Title: Shopping is not a sport?
Date: Wednesday September 24, 2008
Host: Scott and Willis (the house boat)

Lecturer: Roland Schöny
Title: Visual Construction of Territories In the Age of Surveillance and Panoptical View
Date: Wednesday September 17, 2008
Host: Lena

Lecturer: Lea Sattler (via Matt Howard)
Title: Silhouette of the architect, profile of absence
Date: Wednesday August 20, 2008
Host: Will McFly

Lecturer: Matt Carman
Title: Accidental Anthropology: The Art and Narrative of the Found Item
Date: Wednesday August 13, 2008
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Kseniya Yarosh
Title: Internet Dating: Thoughts & Stories
Date: Wednesday August 6, 2008
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Sam Holleran
Title: Pim Fortuyn & the New Politics of the Netherlads
Date: Wednesday July 30, 2008
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Bill McLaughlin
Title: Fruits, Nuts, and Tarpans: Healthy Eating the Old-Fashioned Way
Date: Wednesday July 23, 2008
Host: Dave and Maayan

Lecturer: Anna Della Subin
Title: The Tortoise and the Lyre: a Mythical and Musical Paradox
Date: Wednesday July 16, 2008
Host: Dave and Maayan

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: The Past
Date: Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Emily Bell Dinan
Title: One Man’s Trash is in my Garden
Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Host: David

Lecturer: Mia Narell
Title: Handmade Books
Date: Wednesday,  June 18, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: David Feinstein
Title: Automatomic Deepsloaration
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Robin Willis
Title: Surfing the groBstadt
Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Emily Jo Cureton
Title: The History Crossworld
Date: May 21, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Will Price
Title: Getting in with the best of it: How to play poker with positive expected value
Date: May 14, 2008
Host: Eli

Lecturer: Karna Krishna and WNO: Spring Concert 2008
Title: It begins with Johann Sebastian Bach. It ends with John Williams
Date: May 7, 2008
Host: Cooper Union

Lecturer: Eli Bock
Title: Split Brains
Date: April 16, 2008
Host: David

Lecturer: Seth Cameron
Title: Searching for Bobby Fischer
Date: Wednesday February 13, 2008
Host: Canal Chapter

Lecturer: Nathan Storey
Title: The American Lawn: History, Environmental Implications, and Alternatives
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Host: Canal Chapter

Lecturer: Willis Elkins, David Feinstein, Robin Willis
Title: The Brain is a Stange Place for a Love Affair
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Host: Canal Chapter

Lecturer: Gabe Rothschild:
Title: Bears, Beards, and Beers of Japan
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Host: Canal Chapter

Lecturer: Eli Bock
Title: A Look at Violence Addiction Among Serial Killers
Date: December 19th
Host: David and Adam

Lecturer: Emily Jo Cureton
Title: Amelia Earhart, but No Planes
Date: November 15, 2007
Host: Canal Chapter

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: Robert Wadlow vs. The Piasa Bird
Date: November 5, 2007
Host: Canal Chapter

Group Lecture
Title: Letters to Congressman
Date: October 26, 2007
Host: Jessica and James

Lecturer: Robin Willis
Title: Crash Test Dummy Olympics
Date: October 12, 2007
Host: Cab and Nate

Lecturer: Greg Wasserstrom
Title: Shafted: Down the Political Rabbit Hole
Date: October 2, 2007
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Matt Howard
Title: Causal Archipelagos
Date: September 26, 2007
Host: Matt

Lecturer: Willis Elkins & Scott Schwartz
Title: 100+ Portraits  &  Pile Mirgation: How to Defeat Capitalism
Date: September 11, 2007
Host: Will

Lecturer: Claire Hansen
Title: Mitt Romney for President!!!!!—Here and no longer Queer, the Mainstreamification of Mormon theology
Date: August 18, 2007
Host: Emily and Ian

Author: Devin Kenny
Title: Footwork
Date: August 15, 2007
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Karna Krishna
Title: Introduction to Quantum Physics
Date: July 24, 2007
Host: Emily and Ian

Lecturer: Jonathan Bourland
Title: Unlearning: Forgetting what you know about language through wacky poetry exercises
Date: July 17, 2007
Host: John

Title: Lecture Series Oldies
Date: July 3, 2007
Host: John

Lecturer: Athan Biss
Title: Also Known As
Date: June 19, 2007
Host: Emily and Dave

Lecturer: Emily Grenader and Ian Burnley
Title: The Exquisite Corpse Video Project
Lecturer: Cassandra Lorien
Title: Technology and Relationships
Date: June 12, 2007

Lecturer: Robin Willis
Title: Untitled (A Lecture by Robin Willis)
Lecturer: Ryan Lillis
Title: Untitled (A Lecture by Ryan Lillis)
Date: June 5, 2007
Host: David and Emily

Lecturer: Adam Feinstein
Title: How To Make  A Music Video II: The Music Video Supremacy
Lecturer: Siobhan Doughberty
Title: Witches
Date: May 29, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Carl Feinstein
Title: Intersubjectivity
Date: May 15, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Rufus Lusk
Title: Death and Life of Great American Cities
Lecturer: Hanna Kelley
Title: The Czech-Slovak Question
Date: May 8, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Gabe Duncan
Title: Computers – Everything You Never Wanted to Know and Weren’t Bored Enough to Ask
Date: May 1, 2007
Host: The Cooper Union

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: Pre-recorded 2nd Law of Thermodynamics
Lecturer: Robin Willis and Emily Grenader
Title: Urban Territory Grid Tag Fun Run
Date: April 24, 2007
Host: John Bachir

Lecturer: Orhpan Tycoon
Title: Improvisational Action
Date: April 17, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Kandis Williams
Title: Y Forms
Lecturer: Morgan Silver-Greenberg
Title: Program Nature
Date: April 10, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Willis Elkins
Title: Memory in the Era of Information Access
Date: April 3, 2007
Host: Cab, Eli, Nate, Leticia

Lecturer: Stephanie Stephenson
Title: Synesthesia
Lecturer: Nick Shimkin
Title: Jan Svankmajer
Date: March 27, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Thomas Galloway
Title: Magma
Lecturer: Drew Alexander
Title: Stocks and Bonds
Date: March 20, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: David Feinstein
Title: Crossing the Human-Animal Divide
Lecturer: Nate Boley
Title: World War !
Date: March 13, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Tim Grant
Title: The First Official Primary for the 2008 Presidential Election
Lecturer: Dave Sales
Title: Superman
Date: March 6, 2007
Host: Tim and Dave

Lecturer: Devin Kenny
Title: Arguments Against the Production of Anything
Lecturer: Eli Bock
Title: Schizophrenia
Date: February 27, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

SHOW and TELL

Date: February 13, 2007
Host: David, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Ian Burnley
Title: This Spartan Life
Lecturer: Will Sherman
Title: Contested Streets
Date: February 6, 2007
Host: NIck, Will, Willis

Lecturer: Robin Willis
Title: Natural Capitalism
Lecuturer: Kevin Fey
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Nick Holmes
Title: Fermentation
Lecuturer: Vera Nehkov
Title: Bulgaria
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2007
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz and Willis Elkins
Title: Recording the Greatest Punk Rock Album of All Time
Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2007
Host: Dave and Vera

Lecturer: James Whipple
Title: Expanding Earth Theory
Lecturer: Ian Burnley
Title: Adventure Playgrounds
Date: Thursday, December 21, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Adam Feinstein
Title: Making a music video
Lecturer: Anna Hoetjes
Title: Dutch Politics
Date: Thursday, December 14, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Jessica Williams
Title: Deja Vu
Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: Top Ten Sentences
Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Willis Elkins, Emily Grenader, Robin Willis
Title: BUCKMINSTER FULLER
Date: Thursday, November 16, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Dustin Ferrer
Title: Dr. Seuss
Date: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Amit Pitaru
Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Molly Golden
Title: Rockstar Architects
Lecturer: Victoria Febrer
Title: Patron Saints
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Julie Bachir
Title: Myths from the TV show Law and Order
Lecturer: Natalie Bachir
Title: Myths fromthe TV show ER
Date: Thursday, October 19, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Willis Elkins
Title: Asexuality
Lecturer: David Feinstein
Title: Poetry Reading
Date: Thursday, October 12, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

LS joins Cab Broskoski to watch Cory Arcangel’s Untitled Translation Exercize
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2006
Host: Anthology Film Archives

Lecturer: Abraham Frank
Title: Cooking with Abe
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Host: Abe

Lecturer: Eva Burmeister and Ben Wolff
Title: (live music)
Date: Thursday, Septeber 21, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz and Willis Elkins
Title: Lecture Series Trivia Game Show
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: Sarah Todd
Title: Ghazals
Lecturer: Everyone
Title: SHOW AND TELL
Date: Thursday, September 7, 2006
Host: Will McFly

Lecturer: William Sherman
Title: Psychogeography
Lecturer: Robin Willis
Title:Edward Bernays
Date: Thursday, August 31, 2006
Host: Dave, Emily, Vera

Lecturer: John Bachir
Title: Ray Kurzweil
Date: Thursday, August 24, 2006

Lecturer: Sam Grenader and Eliot Turner
Title: The Astrodome
Lecturer: Phillip Nelson
Title: RFID
Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2006

Lecturer: Michael Alexander
Title: Electricity
Lecturer: Willis Elkins and Scott Schwartz
Title: De-evolution
Date: Thursday, August 10, 2006

Lecturer: Emily Grenader
Title: Group Material
Lecturer: Athan Biss
Title: The Two Knots You’ll Ever Need to Know / Rastafarianism
Date: Thursday, August 3, 2006

Lecturer: Willis Elkins, Nate Boley, Emily Grenader, David Feinstein
Title: BACON, BACON, BACON, BAKIN’, AND CHICKEN
Date: Thursday, July 27, 2006

Lecturer: Cab Broskoski
Title: How To Cure Stage Fright / Dusty Springfield
Lecturer: Nate Boley
Title: Summer of Scott
Date: Friday, July 14, 2006

Lecturer: Sarah Fenoglio
Title: Haircutting, A Do It Yourself Guide
Lecturer: Phillip Nelson
Title: Google Summary / A.I.
Date: Friday, July 7, 2006

Lecturer: Scott Schwartz
Title: Bruce Willis Bruce Willis & The Kaballah vs. Nothing
Lecturer: Dave Feinstein
Title: The Legacy of Glenn Gould: Rock with Bach
Date: Thursday, June 29, 2006