Prithi Kanakamedala (she/ her/ hers) PS2 Faculty Coordinator. Prithi is an Associate Professor of History at Bronx Community College CUNY, and a faculty member in the MALS program at CUNY Graduate Center. She is an active public historian and has worked with a number of cultural organizations across the city. Prithi’s work examines the archives, material culture, and community-building, race, and citizenship in Brooklyn and New York’s 19th-century free Black communities.

Programming

Public Scholarship Practice Space
Public Scholarship Practice Space (PS2)

Grant Opportunity
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 –
Mon, Aug 31, 2020
Call for Applications: 2020 CUNY Adjunct Incubator Grants


Performance and Conversation
Thu, May 23, 2019,
06:30 PM –
08:00 PM
Extending Radical Empathy: A Listening Party and Book Launch!

Conversation
Wed, Apr 3, 2019,
06:30 PM –
08:30 PM
Contested City: Art, Planning, and Community Power

Performance and Conversation
Wed, Dec 12, 2018,
06:00 PM –
08:00 PM
Listening with Radical Empathy: A Listening Party!

Opportunity
Fri, Aug 17, 2018 –
Mon, Sep 10, 2018,
08:00 AM – 11:59 PM
08:00 AM – 11:59 PM
Call for Applications: Editor Opportunity for The City Amplified

Opportunity
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 –
Wed, Aug 15, 2018,
04:37 AM – 11:59 PM
04:37 AM – 11:59 PM
Call for Participants: The Impact of Listening and Being Heard: Oral History, Archives, & Advocacy Workshop with Sady Sullivan

Project
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 –
Sat, Feb 22, 2025
The Impact of Listening and Being Heard: Oral History, Archives, & Advocacy Workshop

Project
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 –
Sat, Feb 22, 2025