Bildner Center, CUNY
bildnercenter.bsky.social
Bildner Center, CUNY
@bildnercenter.bsky.social
Fosters policy-oriented research concerning the governance, security, and economic well-being of people of the Americas.
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

👉 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Co-sponsored by The Columbia University Seminar on Cuba.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Join us for a screening of María Antonia — a powerful classic of Cuban cinema

🗓️ Tuesday, December 2 – 6 PM

📍 Segal Theatre, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

👉 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

Co-sponsored by The Columbia University Seminar on Cuba.
November 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Anthony Fontes examines how state actors engage in mass disappearance in El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States.
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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.
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Verónica Zubillaga examines the dynamics of “mano dura” policies in Venezuela.
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Zachariah Mampilly comments on illicit ideologies in Central America and the Caribbean
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Angélica Durán-Martínez breaks down the roles of greed and grievance in driving crime in Colombia
November 14, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dennis Rodgers discusses gangs and the socialization of violence in Nicaragua @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Starting now!
Join us for Illicit Ideologies in Latin America

The event is beginning — you’re still on time to join the discussion.

📍 @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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All are welcome!
November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Happening today at 2 PM @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
November 13, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
November 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
November 4, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join us for a screening of El ángel exterminador (1962) followed by a Q&A!

🗓️ Tuesday, November 25
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Segal Theatre, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu

#LuisBuñuel #FilmScreening #ElÁngelExterminador #CUNYEvents #BildnerCenter #ClassicCinema
October 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Last week we were privileged to host Professor José Miguel Cruz (FIU) at the Bildner Center for Western Hemisphere Studies. Dr. Cruz discussed how in El Salvador it is more appropriate to speak of autocratic restoration of lasting mano dura policies rather than democratic backsliding.
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Join us tomorrow for this special screening!
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
October 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
October 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Join us for a timely conversation around this new volume analyzing the fentayl crisis.

RSVP at bildner@gc.cuny.edu
Join us this Tuesday 10/07 at 3pm for the presentation of this new volume at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Featuring Jonathan Rosen, @adamisacson.com and Deborah Koetzle, the authors will analyze the complex ecosystem behind the ongoing opiod crisis in the 🇺🇸.

RSVP at bildner@gc.cuny.edu
October 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Join us this Tuesday 10/07 at 3pm for the presentation of this new volume at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social. Featuring Jonathan Rosen, @adamisacson.com and Deborah Koetzle, the authors will analyze the complex ecosystem behind the ongoing opiod crisis in the 🇺🇸.

RSVP at bildner@gc.cuny.edu
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Join us today at 4pm @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social
I'm pleased to invite you tomorrow 10/02 at 4pm for a terrific conference entitled "Punitive Populism and Autocratic Restoration in El Salvador" by Jose Miguel Cruz at the @bildnercenter.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social.

RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu.

Looking forward to seeing you.
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Reposted by Bildner Center, CUNY
I'm pleased to invite you tomorrow 10/02 at 4pm for a terrific conference entitled "Punitive Populism and Autocratic Restoration in El Salvador" by Jose Miguel Cruz at the @bildnercenter.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social.

RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu.

Looking forward to seeing you.
October 1, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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!
Punitive populism in El Salvador: How hard-on-crime policies fuel democratic backsliding.

🗓️ Thursday, Oct. 2
🕓 4 p.m.
📍 Skylight Room, CUNY Graduate Center
📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
October 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The fentanyl crisis: a public health & security challenge across the Americas.

Join us for this timely talk at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

🗓️ Oct 7
🕒 3 PM
📍 Room 9207

RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
September 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
How has punitive populism shaped democracy in El Salvador? 🇸🇻

Join José Miguel Cruz for this timely talk at the GC, moderated by @desarias.bsky.social

🗓️ Oct 2
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Skylight Room, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
September 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
🎬 Film Screening: Los Olvidados (1950)

Join us for Luis Buñuel’s powerful classic, followed by a Q&A session.

🗓️ Tuesday, Sept. 23
🕕 6:00 PM
📍 Segal Theatre, @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

📩 RSVP: bildner@gc.cuny.edu
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM