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THE GOTHAM CENTER:  HISTORY FORUM  [FALL/WINTER 2000]

The History Forum showcases the best new work on New York City
history.  Presentations by, and conversations with, historians and
history makers are moderated by Gotham Center Director Mike Wallace,
co-author of Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. All events
are free and open to the general public on a first-come, first-served
basis. All sessions will be held at the Graduate Center of the City
University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue @ 34th Street.

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NUEVA YORK: Historical Reflections on Puerto Ricans in New York City
from 1945 to the Present

SEPTEMBER 22nd, 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. RECITAL HALL

This all-day mini-conference will provide a critical overview of the
historical, political and cultural development of New York's Puerto
Rican community. Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer will conclude
with reflections on the current and future status of this community.

Speakers will include Antonia Pantoja, PhD. Jose Cruz (Professor,
Political Science, SUNY-Albany). Angelo Falcon (Senior Policy
Executive, Puerto Rican Public Policy Institute of the National Puerto
Rican Legal Defense Fund).  Francisco Rivera-Batiz (Professor,
Economics, Columbia University).  Virginia Sánchez Korrol
(Professor, Latino and Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY-Brooklyn
College). Carlos Santiago (Professor, Economics, SUNY-Albany).  The
Honorable Fernando Ferrer.

Cosponsored with Antonia Pantoja, Ph.D. Continuing Education & Public
Programs, CUNY, Grad Center. Centro de Estudios Puertorriquenos,
Hunter College. Puerto Rican Public Policy Institute of the National
Puerto Rican Legal Defense Fund

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FROM BOMBA TO HIP-HOP: A History of Latino Music in New York City
Since the 1920s, with a Live Band

DATE: September 28th, 7:00-9:00 p.m. AUDITORIUM

Juan Flores, author of From Bomba to Hip Hop, and Rene Lopez,
musicologist, will team up with Nelson Gonzalez and the band Son
Mundano [see their site at www.nelsongonzalezonline.com] In alternate
takes of talking and playing, they will analyze and illustrate the
changes in Latino music wrought by successive waves of immigrants,
developments in the music industry, and larger transformations in New
York City.

Juan Flores (Professor, Black and Puerto Rican Studies, CUNY-Hunter
College). Rene Lopez (Musicologist).  Nelson Gonzalez and Son Mundano

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SEX AND THE CITY: An Illustrated Talk about the History of Sex in the
Big Apple

OCTOBER 12TH,  6:30-8:30 p.m.

New York's getting a hot new museum--one devoted to examining issues
of sexuality over time. Alison Maddex, the institution's Director,
will look at how and why the museum intends to display erotic
artifacts. Her talk, accompanied by slides, will also lay out the
current state of the museum's opening exhibition on the History of Sex
in New York City. Carol Groneman, author of the new book, Nymphomania,
will comment on the Museum's evolving direction from the perspective
of a leading historian of sexuality, and Richard Rabinowitz will
reflect on the nascent institution from his twenty five years
experience as designer of museum exibitry.

Alison Maddex (Director, Museum of Sex). Carol Groneman (Professor,
History, CUNY-John Jay College). Richard Rabinowitz (Director,
American History Workshop).

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WHY HASN'T MORE GREAT ARCHITECTURE BEEN BUILT IN NEW YORK CITY IN THE
LAST 50 YEARS, AND WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT IT?

OCTOBER 26th, 6:30-8:30 p.m. AUDITORIUM

Herbert Muschamp, architectural critic of the New York Times, has been
vigorously protesting the paucity of brilliant buildings in recent
years, a problem that arguably dates back decades. Muschamp will lay
out his analysis and proposals for change. An all-star lineup will
speak to the issues.

Herbert Muschamp (New York Times). Paul Spencer Byard (Architect,
Platt, Byard and Dovell Architects; Director, Historic Preservation
Program, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation,
Columbia University). Peter Eisenman (Architect, Eisenman
Architects). Rosalie Genevro (Executive Director, The Architectural
League of New York). D.  Kenneth Patton (Director, Real Estate
Institute, School of Continuing and Professional Studies, New York
University). Michael Sorkin (Director, Graduate Program in Urban
Design, CUNY-City College; Architect, Michael Sorkin Studio). John
Zuccotti (Developer and Attorney; Former Deputy Mayor; Chairman,
Brookfield Financial Properties).

Cosponsored with American Institute of Architects, NY Chapter

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FROM THE THIRD DEGREE TO ABNER LOUIMA: A History of Police Violence in
New York City Since the 1880's

NOVEMBER 14TH, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

The term "police brutality" is seriously problematic, in that it
implicitly suggests violent confrontations between officers and
civilians stems from characterological or psychological traits of the
men and women in blue. This evening's discussion will attempt to shift
the focus, and analyze the last hundred plus years of conflict in
terms of what the dominant forces of larger cultural, social, economic
and political order have called upon police to do. Historians and
experts will guide us from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Norman Siegel (Executive Director, New York Civil Liberties Union).
Ron Daniels (Director, Center for Constitutional Rights). Lynn Johnson
(Assistant Professor, History, Boston College). John Randolph
(Independent Radio Producer).

Cosponsored with CUNY Internship Program

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WHAT'S NEW ABOUT THE NEW IMMIGRANTS?

DECEMBER 12th,  6:30-8:30 p.m. 9th floor

Nancy Foner will discuss her new book, _From Ellis Island to JFK: New
York's Two Great Waves of Immigration_. The book compares today's new
immigrants in the city with those a hundred years ago. It reassesses
the myths that have grown up around the earlier Jewish and Italian
immigration -- and that color the way today's Asian, Latin American,
and Caribbean arrivals are seen.  Among the topics it explores:
education, work, residential patterns, gender, race, and transnational
ties.  Peter Kwong and Silvio Torres-Saillant will comment.  Nancy
Foner (Professor, Anthropology, SUNY- Purchase). Peter Kwong
(Professor, Asian-American Studies, CUNY-Hunter College). Silvio
Torres-Saillant (Associate Professor, English, Syracuse University;
Interim Director of Dominican Studies Institute, CUNY)

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'HOOD HISTORY: The South Bronx, Bedford-Stuyvesant, and East New York in
Historical Perspective

JANUARY 9TH, 6:30-8:30 p.m. 9TH floor

Some of the most exciting new scholarship done on New York history
investigates specific neighborhoods in fine grained detail, and many
of the areas under the magnifying glass are not in Manhattan. For all
their particularity, the recent studies probe general concerns of
interest to all city dwellers - issues of racial transformation, new
immigrant arrival, political relations between local communities and
city government. Scholars Craig Wilder, Wendell Pritchett and Evelyn
Gonzalez will look at three neighborhoods (Bedford-Stuyvesant, East
New York, South Bronx respectively), and consider the history of
culture, people and politics, noting contrasts and commonalities.

Craig Wilder (Assistant Professor, History; Chair, African American
Studies, Williams College). Wendell Pritchett (Assistant Professor,
History, Baruch College). Evelyn Gonzalez (Assistant Professor,
History, William Paterson University).

For more information please call or email the Graduate Center's
Continuing Education and Public Programs office: 212 817 8215,
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