NYU SPS Curated Lectures- This Friday!

The NYU School of Professional Studies (NYUSPS) is pleased to offer a new NYUSPS Curated Lectures experience. Immerse yourself in an environment that will stimulate your curiosity and encourage you to learn and grow.

During this one-day series of lectures, sample content that spans across a breadth of interesting and timely topics. Presentations are delivered by NYUSPS faculty members, as well as by renowned guest lecturers, including authors, architects, historians, and others. They bring their area of expertise to life, engaging you in lively discussion and interaction.

Whether you’re interested in an enriching day of exploring the issues that matter most to you, or you seek an opportunity to experience what it’s like to be a student again, this program provides the option to survey the vast array of subject matter offered at NYUSPS.

NYUSPS Curated Lectures
Friday, May 12, 2017

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The day begins with a morning keynote presentation by Professor Ralph Buultjens, a renowned historian and author, and the recipient of the Toynbee Prize in Social Science. (see full details below)

Following the keynote presentation, choose from a menu of hour-long lectures that will run over the course of three breakout sessions.

Coffee and light refreshments will be served in the morning, and you will have a lunch break to explore local restaurants on your own.

Invite your friends and make a day of it! Meet new people who are interested in increasing their knowledge and in expanding their horizons.

Schedule and Lecture Options 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Keynote by Professor Ralph Buultjens World Politics: Power Struggles – America, Russia, China, and the Middle East 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Choose from one of six lectures) Giving Back: Volunteer to Teach English and Discover New Worlds It’s a Major League World: How the Yankees Defined America’s National Past-Time Influential and Controversial Supreme Court Cases Planning Authentic Travel Experiences in the 21st Century Reading The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Writing Your Life Story 1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. (Choose from one of five lectures) Frank Lloyd Wright at 150 Revel in Your Retirement The Creation of the World Trade Center up to 9/11 (1:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.) The History of Six Iconic New York City Hotels The War on Drugs: Implications for Foreign Relations 2:45 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.(Choose from one of five lectures) Advanced Care Planning: How to Retain Control Over Your Health Care as You Age Africa Tourism: Beyond the Headlines & Wildlife A Trump-Era Climategate: Undermining or Revitalizing Climate Science and Policy? Creating Life in the Laboratory: The Future of Synthetic Biology and Genetic Engineering New York in the Time of Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr Click here for more information and to register

The Center for Applied Liberal Arts is also offering various exciting courses this summer: 

Arts  – studio art, art history & architecture, photography, arts administration,appraisal studies, fashion, art business

Design – 3D design and product development, graphic design, interior design

Film – filmmaking and producing, film studies, film and tv writing, audio and visual effects  

Humanities – history, literature, philosophy & religion, theater, music, acting, communication, New York City metropolitan studies

Languages – Spanish, Arabic, Swedish, and more

Publishing – editing, book publishing, magazine and website publishing

Translation and Interpreting – legal, medical, simultaneous, consecutive, transcreation, literary media

Writing and Communications– professional writing, journalism, creative nonfiction, fiction & poetry, writing for screen and stage