NYU Brademas Center

Congratulations to New York University professor of philosophy and law, Kwame Anthony Appiah, who was awarded The Library of Congress 2024 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity. Appiah is also a contributor to the Brademas Center books, "Are the Arts Essential?" and the forthcoming (2025), "Interrogating Civility."

Kwame Anthony Appiah Awarded Kluge Prize | Timeless Kwame Anthony Appiah, the internationally recognized philosopher, author and professor, will be awarded the 2024 John W. Kluge Prize for Achievement in the Study of Humanity, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced today. The $500,000 prize, awarded every two years, recognizes individuals whose...

Congratulations to Eugene Daniels who was inducted just yesterday as the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association for the 2024-2025 term. Daniels is a participant of the John Brademas Center of New York University's “Inside American Politics” series, which annually brings together a bipartisan group of campaign strategists, journalists covering national politics, and scholars of government and public policy to share insights and analysis on the current state of U.S. politics and to preview the upcoming campaign season.

https://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-press/2024/07/15/politicos-eugene-daniels-inducted-as-president-of-the-white-house-correspondents-association-00168226.

Join the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law on March 20 at 3:00pm ET for a featuring Richard L. Hasen, Author, "A Real Right to Vote;" Professor of Law and Political Science, Director of the Safeguarding Democracy Project, UCLA School of Law and Wilfred U. Codrington III, Associate Professor of Law and Dean’s Research Scholar, Brooklyn Law School; Brennan Center Fellow. Hasen and Codrington will discuss what it means to include an affirmative right to in the Constitution and what it would take to get there.

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The Missing Constitutional Right How a voting rights amendment could revitalize American democracy

There's still time to get tickets for this Wednesday evening's NYU Skirball Talks event on investigative journalism!

Skirball Talks: Facts Matter | NYU Skirball Center Panel 1 Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor and author. Between 1979 and 2001, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker and Talk. For her services to journalism, she was awarded the honor of Commander of the Order of the British Empire by H.M. Queen Elizabeth in 2...

Join the African American Irish Diaspora Network, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library on Tuesday, December 12 at 12:30 pm ET via Zoom for a Black, Brown and Green Voices Series featuring Professor Leslie Harris.

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Starting soon at 6pm! Harmonica lesson, reception, and live concert at

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Tune in NOW to watch the 2023 Inside American Politics Conference live from Oxford! RSVP: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMpcu-tpz8rGNaCNn-3PGFHe8Fmx1TcC7If #/registration

Join the African American Irish Diaspora Network, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library on Wednesday, November 1 at 12:30 pm ET via Zoom for a Black, Brown and Green Voices Series featuring Rachel L. Swarns, Professor at Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute and contributing writer for The New York Times.

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Join the African American Irish Diaspora Network, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library on Friday, October 20 at 12:30 pm ET via Zoom for a Black, Brown and Green Voices Series featuring Dennis Lehane.

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Join Solas Nua Inc. for an evening "Poetry Reading with Jane Clarke" on Friday, September 29 at 7:30 pm ET. This is a hybrid event.

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Join the African American Irish Diaspora Network, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library on Friday, September 22 at 12:30 pm ET via Zoom for a Black, Brown and Green Voices Series featuring Professor Iver Bernstein.

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Join the Guarini Center on Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law at NYU School of Law on September 18 from 2:00pm-5:30pm ET for a discussion with experts on progress and challenges in advancing at international, federal, and subnational levels co-sponsored with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the John Brademas Center of New York University. This event is made possible through the generous support of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge.

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Tune in to day 2 of on September 20 at 6:30 pm ET with a live performance in featuring NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development's Verbatim Performance Lab.

Respondents include Jack H. Knott, Dean of NYU Steinhardt, Danielle Elleman, LCSW, Associate Director of Sexual and Relationship Respect Services at New York University, and Dr. Karen Jackson-Weaver, Senior Associate Vice President, Global Faculty Engagement and Innovative Advancement at NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation.

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2 weeks from today on September 19 at 7:00 pm ET, tune in to with an introduction by NYU Washington, DC Director Dr. Kari Miller and a lecture and Q&A with NYU History Professor Dr. Kevin Kenny.

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NYU Constitution Day 2023 Our world-class students, faculty, and scholars expect high achievement in pursuit of engaging the world's diverse challenges.

Next Friday on 5.19, join Dr. Miriam Nyhan Grey, NYU Professor Kimberly DaCosta, and Dr. Mary Burke for a "Black, Brown, and Green Voices" series webinar focusing on Dr. Burke's new book, "Race, Politics, and Irish America: A Gothic History."

This webinar is presented in collaboration with the African American Irish Diaspora Network, Glucksman Ireland House NYU, & Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library.

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Black, Brown and Green Voices: Prof. Mary M. Burke Our world-class students, faculty, and scholars expect high achievement in pursuit of engaging the world's diverse challenges.

On April 20 at 6:00 pm ET, join the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law for the virtual webinar "Disinformation Nation: How Partisan Politicians Distort History" with Akhil Reed Amar (Sterling Professor of Law and Political Science, Yale University), Carol Anderson (Charles Howard Candler Professor of African American Studies, Emory University), Kathleen Belew (Associate Professor, Northwestern University), Kevin Kruse (Professor of History, Princeton University), and Julian Zelizer (Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University) who will serve as moderator.

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In one week on 4/12 at 12:00 pm ET, tune in to the Black, Brown and Green Voices Series in collaboration with Glucksman Ireland House NYU, African American Irish Diaspora Network, and Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library for a public Zoom interview with acclaimed British writer Kit de Waal.

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On March 22, join the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law for a discussion with former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), political correspondent Daniel Strauss, and Brennan Center Elections and Government Program research fellow Dr. Maya Kornberg. The conversation will be moderated by Mike Spahn, a partner at Precision.

A reception and book signing will follow on Kornberg's new book, "Inside Congressional Committees: Function and Dysfunction in the Legislative Process."

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Making Congress Work in a Divided Nation What can Congressional committees teach us about bipartisan collaboration?

Excited to partner with the "Rise or Fall Together: OneShared.World Global Interdependence Summit 2023," which is 1 week away! On January 18, some of the world’s foremost doers and thinkers will come together virtually to find answers and take action on the world's greatest common threats. Join people from every continent, committed to the power of collective action. Registration is open

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The NYU Brademas Center respectfully remembers former U.S. Representative Jim Kolbe (R-AZ), who was a longtime advocate for gay rights and the environment. Representative Kolbe was one of the first retired members to participate in the Brademas Center's "Reflections Project." We'd like to share his 2006 interviews with Senior Fellow Linda Douglass and look back on his legacy:

Reflections with Rep. Jim Kolbe - Part 1 The Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Jim Kolbe (R-AZ) retired at the end of the 109th Congress. He was interviewed by...

In 2 weeks on December 14 at 6:00 pm ET, tune in for Session 4 of The Civility Project: “Civility in Social Media and the News Media” featuring Imran Ahmed, Founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate, Paul Cheung, Chief Executive Officer of the The Center for Public Integrity, Chenjerai Kumanyika (moderator), Assistant Professor at NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, and Sarah Sobieraj, Department Chair and Professor of Sociology at Tufts University.

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Join Solas Nua Inc. and tomorrow evening at 6 pm ET for a pre-recorded Q&A with director Anna Rodgers featuring the film, "When Women Won."

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Last night, the Archer Center and the NYU Brademas Center hosted a Young Leaders Network post-election roundtable discussion. The panel featured experts and scholars who assessed the impact of the election on the following: Congressional (digital) Communications - Dr. Annelise Russell (University of Kentucky, Kluge Scholar); Modernizing Congress and the Future of the Filibuster - Dr. JD Rackey (House Modernization Staff); Congressional Leadership Changes and Appropriations - Taylor Swift (Demand Progress); and, Oversight and Separation of Powers - Liz Hempowicz (Project on Government Oversight).

In 2018, only 37 percent of NYU students voted in the Midterm Elections. Help us change that by Texting Ten Friends who are eligible to vote and reminding them to use their voice at the ballot box on Tuesday, November 8. nyu.edu/nyu-votes

On 11/2 @ 5:00 pm ET in , Melissa Murray (Frederick I. and Grace Stokes Professor of Law; Faculty Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, NYU Law) will moderate, "FemTech and Privacy" in conversation with Ambreen Molitor (National Director of Innovation, Planned Parenthood), Dr. Caitlin Gerdts (Vice President of Research, Ibis Reproductive Health), Salomé Viljoen (Assistant Professor of Law at University of Michigan Law School), & Jennifer Weiss-Wolf (Executive Director, Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network at NYU School of Law).

This program is sponsored with the Birnbaum Women’s Leadership Network, NYU Brademas Center, Engelberg Center on Innovation Law & Policy at NYU School of Law, IPELS, & Rights Over Tech.

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On Wednesday, November 16 at 6:00pm ET, join the Birnbaum Women's Leadership Network at the NYU School of Law, the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law, the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging at NYU Law, and the Center on Race, Inequality, and the Law at NYU Law for this in-person event, "Public Justice & Private Harmony: An Evening with Former Attorney General Eric Holder & Dr. Sharon Malone."

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Join CLACS at NYU, NYU VivaPeru, and the NYU Wagner Association of Latinx Students and Allies in Public Service tomorrow at 6:00 pm ET for a conversation with Dr. Francisco Sagasti, former President of Peru.

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On Monday, October 10 Zoom in for the Black, Brown and Green Voices program featuring Dr. Miriam Nyhan Grey and Dame Elizabeth Anionwu to discuss her memoir. Thanks to all sponsors for making this happen: Glucksman Ireland House NYU, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York Public Library, NYU Office of Global Inclusion, Diversity, and Strategic Innovation, and the African American Irish Diaspora Network!

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