Lehman College is hosting a number of performance, concerts and cultural activities throughout the year. The events are open to the public and admission is free, unless otherwise stated. Below is a list of what’s happening for the remainder of October.

October 5

On Freedom & Forgiveness: A Conversation with Ray Hinton

Office of Campus Life and the Lehman Reentry Committee host prison reform advocate Anthony Ray Hinton, author of “The Sun Does Shine”. Hinton survived for 30 years on Alabama’s death row. His story is a decades-long journey to exoneration and freedom.In 2018, he published his book which was selected for Oprah’s Book Club and is a New York Times bestseller. This event takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 5, 5:30 p.m. RSVP for this online presentation at  CLUBS.LEHMAN.EDU.

October 5

Eye Tracking and UX Research to Inform Design: Jennifer Romano

Jennifer Romano is a staff User Experience (UX) researcher and manager at Google and is an established leader in the UX field. Her research specialties include usability, eye tracking, survey design, experimental design, and cognitive aging. Eye tracking is a unique technology that allows UX researchers to study eye movements to better understand how people perceive information.

In this talk, Romano will discuss what eye tracking adds to studies, use real-world examples where eye tracking has been used to inform design, and she will discuss how eye tracking can uncover insights with special populations, such as older adults. The event takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 5, at 1 p.m.

The Dark Database: Facial Recognition and Its “Failure” to Enroll: Dennis Delgado

Dennis Delgado is South Bronx-born artist and visual arts teacher whose work examines the ideologies of colonialism and their historical presence in the current moment. Whether working with video games, drone images, or looking at historical sites (like the Bronx Zoo), his practice reflects on the Eurocentric perspectives present in popular institutions and in American visual culture.

The Dark Database: Facial Recognition and Its “Failure” to Enroll looks at the Dark Database project, which examines the presence of blackness in facial recognition systems. It recognizes the systems privileging of Caucasian skin as the central definition of skin tone. This event takes place on Tuesday, Oct.12, at 1 p.m.

October 12

Latinx Scholars and Research

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the CUNY Institute for Health Equity will hold panel discussions research and helming key organizations. Discuss professional trajectories and how their scholarship impact communities and populations. Panel Chairs: Lehman College President Fernando Delgado and Juan DelaCruz, director of the CUNY Mexican Studies Institute. This event takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at 11:30 a.m. Register here.

October 15 – 16

OPEN BORDERS: TRANSLATION AND ITS PERILS: A virtual conference exploring the benefits and perils of translation across genres, theory, and post-colonialism. Organized by Lehman professors Alexandra Coller and Amin Erfani, of the Department of Languages and Literatures, this virtual conference via Zoom features a keynote presentation Oct. 15 at 4 p.m. by Christopher Winks of Queens College – CUNY and other speakers from around the world.

The conference is sponsored by the School of Arts & Humanities at Lehman College, and the PhD programs in French, Italian, Spanish, and Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Click to see the full conference schedule.

Friday Oct. 15, 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Join via Zoom link

Meeting ID: 885 9621 3576, Passcode: 314933

Saturday, Oct. 16, 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Join via Zoom link

Meeting ID: 821 5220 1458, Passcode: 810549

Surveillance, Subversion, and Seduction: Zach Blas

Zach Blas is an assistant professor, artist, filmmaker, and writer whose practice spans moving image, computation, theory, performance, and science fiction.

Blas engages the materiality of digital technologies while also drawing out the philosophies and imaginaries lurking in artificial intelligence, biometric recognition, predictive policing, airport security, the internet, and biological warfare. He has exhibited, lectured, and held screenings at venues internationally including the de Young Museum, Tate Modern, Walker Art Center, 2018 Gwangju Biennale, the 68th Berlin International Film Festival, Matadero Madrid, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore. This event takes place on Tuesday, Oct. 26 at 1 p.m.