Marxe Community Events Calendar

Spring 2026 Events

Where We Went from There: The Fight for Multiracial Democracy in an Age of Authoritarianism

Thursday, February 26, 5:30pm-7:30pm | In person event, livestream available

Spring 2026 Ackerman Lecture with Jelani Cobb, Dean and Henry R. Luce Professor of Journalism at the Columbia Journalism School. This important lecture situates contemporary concerns over democracy, immigration, DEI, and higher education within their broader historical contexts. Learn more and register here.

Why is the rent so darn high? Cities, Infrastructure and Housing

Thursday, March 26, 5pm-7pm | In-person event, livestream available

Join us for a public lecture on the causes and consequences of rising housing costs, by Edward L. Glaeser, Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Dr. Glaeser will examine why housing has become increasingly unaffordable in major cities and what policy choices can and cannot do to address the housing crisis in urban centers including New York. Learn more and register here

Call for Proposals

Immigration Conference: Asylum in the City: New York’s Past, Present, and Future

One-day conference, Friday, May 15, 2026

This day-long conference aims to bring together scholars and practitioners to examine how asylum is governed and experienced in New York City across past, present, and future contexts. We invite submissions based in New York City as well as comparative research that meaningfully engages New York City as a central case or point of reference. Learn more and submit your proposal here.

For questions or more information please contact MSPIAEvents@baruch.cuny.edu