Bildner Center

📢 Join us TONIGHT for our Spring 2026 Public Policy Workshop! 🎙️ "From Research to Policy: Fieldwork and Applied Scholarship" with Mark Ungar, Professor of Political Science at Brooklyn College and the GC. 🗓 March 9 | 🕡 6:30 PM | 📍 PSC Thesis Room, The Graduate Center, CUNY

Join the Bildner Center this March and April for film screenings and panels on authoritarianism, foreign policy, and the environment in Latin America at The Graduate Center, CUNY Learn more at bildner.org. #cunyevents #bildnercentercuny

Varieties of Authoritarianism in Latin America Friday, March 20 | 12:30 PM Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu #Authoritarianism #CUNY #AcademicEvents

🎬 Film Screening & Discussion Central Station (Brazil, 1998) 🗓️ Wednesday, March 11 | 6:00 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center Join us for a screening and conversation around this acclaimed film. RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu #bildnercentercuny #cunyevents #centralstation

Brazil is approaching a pivotal moment. Join us for a panel discussion examining the political, social, and economic challenges shaping Brazil ahead of the 2026 elections. 🗓️ Wed, Feb 25 | 3:00 PM 📍 The Graduate Center, CUNY | Room 9207 📧 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

What happens when borders become battlegrounds? Join us for a screening and discussion of Border Incident (1949) 🗓️ Feb 11 | 6:00 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu #bildnercentercuny #cunyevents #filmscreening

Happening tomorrow at 6 p.m.—don’t miss it.

Join us for a screening of María Antonia — a powerful classic of Cuban cinema 🗓️ Tuesday, December 2 – 6 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY 👉 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu Co-sponsored by The Columbia University Seminar on Cuba.

Anthony Fontes examines how state actors engage in mass disappearance in El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States.

Dairee Ramírez shows how criminal groups make their moral vocabularies concrete through naming practices, ritual sponsorship, event order, and routine negotiations with officials in Mexico.

Verónica Zubillaga examines the dynamics of “mano dura” policies in Venezuela.

Angélica Durán-Martínez breaks down the roles of greed and grievance in driving crime in Colombia.

Dennis Rodgers discusses gangs and the socialization of violence in Nicaragua.

Join us for this roundtable bringing together leading scholars to explore how illicit organizations shape governance and power across Latin America. 🗓️ Thursday, November 13 🕑 2:00 PM 📍 Room 9207, @GC_CUNY 📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Join us for Illicit Ideologies in Latin America, a full-day conference exploring the intersection of crime, politics, and ideology. 🗓️ Friday, November 14 🕘 9:00 AM (Registration begins at 8:30 AM) 📍 Skylight Room, @GC_CUNY 📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Join us for a screening of El ángel exterminador (1962) followed by a Q&A! 🗓️ Tuesday, November 25 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, @GC_CUNY 📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu #LuisBuñuel #FilmScreening #ElÁngelExterminador #CUNYEvents #BildnerCenter #ClassicCinema

Luis Buñuel’s Él (1953) remains one of cinema’s most compelling portraits of control, desire, and moral hypocrisy. 🎬 Join us for a screening followed by a Q&A! 🗓️ Tuesday, October 21 🕕 6:00 PM 📍 Segal Theatre, The Graduate Center, CUNY 📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Join us tomorrow for The Fentanyl Crisis — a discussion on the global fentanyl supply chain and its impact, featuring experts Jonathan D. Rosen, Adam Isacson, and Deborah Koetzle. RSVP at bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Don’t miss this important conversation tomorrow on El Salvador and the rise of punitive populism. A timely discussion you’ll want to be part of!

The fentanyl crisis: a public health & security challenge across the Americas. Join us for this timely talk at @GC_CUNY 🗓️ Oct 7 🕒 3 PM 📍 Room 9207 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu