TERESA GHILARDUCCI PUBLISHES NEW BOOK ON RETIREMENT
Teresa Ghilarducci, the director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) at The New School for Social Research has published a new book titled, When I'm 64: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them. An economist and retirement reform expert, Ghilarducci shows that the transition from guaranteed benefit programs like pensions to guaranteed contribution programs like 401(k)s has been disastrous for most Americans.
While many of us look forward to a leisurely life in retirement, financed by our 401(k)s and the equity of our homes, the reality is that for over 70% of Americans, the majority of our retirement income will come from social security and that less than a fifth of our income will come from personal finances, including 401 (k) plans. In fact, the average American, approaching retirement age, has just $50,000 in their 401(k) plan and $73,000 in home equity—a meager cushion in the face of rising healthcare and housing costs.
Ghilarducci provides a new way of thinking about retirement—when and how we should expect to retire; how the experiences of white and blue collar workers, men and women differ; and how the decisions we make today impact our quality of life in retirement—that will be of interest to every working American.
When I’m Sixty-Four makes a no-holds-barred argument for a new national pension program. Ghilarducci proposes a new system of Guaranteed Retirement Accounts (GRAs) that would provide working citizens with a guaranteed income of 70% of their pre-retirement earnings. Ghilarducci proposes limiting tax exemptions on 401 (k)s and other voluntary retirement accounts and using the savings to finance the GRA program. Her solution costs the government nothing and provides retirement savings for millions of people who currently have none.
Ghilarducci joined The New School and SCEPA this spring after 25 years as a professor of economics at the University of Notre Dame and 10 years as director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at the university. She is also the 2006-2008 Wurf Fellow at Harvard Law School. Her books include Labor’s Capital: The Economics and Politics of Private Pensions.
GAY RIGHTS AND THE POLITICS OF 2008
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| Shannon Minter |
Efforts to overcome discrimination based on sexual orientation have been part of a more generalized agenda of civil rights. These efforts have been played out in the streets, in major institutions, and in the courts. What do the politics of statewide elections and the presidential race of 2008 tell us about efforts to remedy the effects of discrimination on gays, lesbians, and transgendered individuals?
On Wednesday, June 18, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., a panel moderated by Robert-Jay Green, executive director, Rockway Institute, Alliant International University, will discuss issues of marriage, family, employment, health, and well-being in relation to electoral politics and the interests of the gay constituency.
Panelists include Judith Stacey, professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Sociology Department, NYU Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality and author of In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age; Shannon Minter, legal director of the National Center for Gay Rights and lead attorney for same-sex couples in the marriage case recently decided by the California Supreme Court; and Richard Goldstein, journalist and author of The Attack Queers: Liberal Society and the Gay Right.
This event, sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs in partnership with the Alliant International University's Rockway Institute for Science and LGBT Public Policy, will be held in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue. Admission is $8; free for all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
GRADUATE DEGREES FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD FAIR
On Thursday, June 19, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m., learn how your degree can make a difference at Graduate Degrees for the Public Good, a free educational fair hosted by The New School and sponsored by Idealist.org. This annual New York City event connects graduate programs from across the United States with potential applicants who are committed to achieving social change. This event will take place at the
Reading Room and Cafeteria, Albert List Academic Center, 65 Fifth Avenue, (between 13th and 14th Streets). Admission is free; but registration is required.
Meet and speak with representatives from more than 50 schools and hundreds of graduate-degree programs—including degree programs from Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, The New School for Social Research, and The New School for General Studies. Free, break-out sessions will provide information on financial aid, the application process, and balancing work and studies.
New School Graduate Programs Represented:
Anthropology • Clinical Psychology • Creative Writing • Economics • Global Finance • Health Services Management and Policy • Historical Studies • Liberal Studies • International Affairs • Media Studies • Nonprofit Management • Organizational Change Management • Philosophy • Political Science • Psychology • TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) • Urban Policy Analysis and Management • Sociology
Find out more about New School Graduate Programs. For more about other schools that are represented, visit Idealist.
Idealist.org is a project of Action Without Borders, a nonprofit organization founded in 1995. Idealist is an interactive site where people and organizations can exchange resources and ideas, locate opportunities and supporters, and take steps toward building a world where all people can lead free and dignified lives.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
New School’s Political Science Faculty Receive Many Prizes in 2007-2008
An impressive number of Political Science Department faculty members at The New School for Social Research received highly prestigious awards this academic year.
Banu Bargu, a joint faculty member with Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, and The New School for Social Research, received the Janice N. and Milton J. Esman Graduate Prize for Distinguished Scholarship (Best Dissertation Award) from the Government Department of Cornell University in 2007.
Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science received the esteemed Chaire Blaise Pascal (CBP) fellowship. Awarded jointly by the French state and the Ile de France region to only five preeminent international scholars each year, CBP chairs are highly distinguished research fellowships and past recipients have include two Nobel Prize winners. She will hold the chair for 12 months over the next two years, during which time Fraser will work on a book titled Abnormal Justice.
Victoria Hattam, received the Ralph Bunche Award from the American Political Science Association for her book, In the Shadow of Race: Jews, Latinos and Immigrant Politics in the United States (University of Chicago Press, 2007). The Ralph Bunche prize is awarded annually for the best scholarly work in political science that explores the phenomenon of ethnic and cultural pluralism.
The New School’s Mala Htun and Laurel Weldon of Purdue University received the Best Paper Award from the women and politics group for their article, “When and Why do Governments Promote Women's Rights? Toward a Comparative Politics of States and Sex Equality.” They presented during the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago. The paper described the theoretical framework and concepts for a study of gender-equality policy in 71 countries.
Andreas Kalyvas, received the first Polity Prize, for his paper “The Republic of the Moderns: Thomas Paine and James Madison’s Novel Liberalism,” which he co-authored with Ira Katznelson in volume 38 of the journal Polity, published in 2006. Kalyvas received the prize at the 40th annual Northeastern Political Science Association meeting in Philadelphia. Polity is published by Palgrave Macmillan on behalf of the Northeastern Political Science Association.
Timothy Pachirat, who holds a joint appointment in the Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School for General Studies as well as Political Science received the 2007 Sage Award for his paper "Ethnography from Below? Reflections from an Industrialized Slaughterhouse on Perspective, Power, and the Ethnographic Voice," at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association in Chicago. The Sage Paper Award is given to the best paper developing or applying qualitative methods. The award honors Sara and George McCune, who founded and sustained Sage Publications as a leading publisher of social science methodology.
Sanjay Ruparelia received a Visiting Fellowship at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. His research topic is “Divided We Govern: Federal Coalition Politics in India in Comparative Perspective” Since 1983, the Kellogg Institute has offered Visiting Fellowships designed to promote interdisciplinary international research.
Aristide Zolberg, University in Exile Professor Emeritus of Political Science, received the 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism, and Migration Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ENMISA) at the association’s annual convention in San Francisco.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
CITIES RESPOND TO CLIMATE CHANGE: THE CHALLENGE OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY
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John Podesta |
Growing populations, a changing climate, rising oil prices, diminishing fuel reserves: These are realities confronting America’s cities. While political leaders debate the development of alternative energy sources, most experts agree that energy efficiency is fundamental to the urban future. Can cities combat global warming and the high cost of energy with a less wasteful infrastructure and other strategies? What will it take for cities to become more efficient—and what reforms are beyond the powers of local government?
On Thursday, June 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the keynote address in the inaugural program in the Cities Respond to Climate Change lecture series will be John Podesta, president, Center for American Progress; and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton.
A panel discussion will also be held.The panelists are Susan Anderson, director of Sustainable Development, City of Portland, Oregon; Kenny Esser, Policy Advisor, Office of New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine; Jim Gallagher, senior vice president for Energy Policy, New York City Economic Development Corporation; Ashok Gupta, Air and Energy Program director, Natural Resources Defense Council; Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; and Max Schulz, senior fellow, Manhattan Institute Center for Energy Policy and the Environment.
The event will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but RSVP is required.
Con Edison has generously underwritten both this program and a new scholarship fund to train the next generation of leaders in sustainable urban development at Milano.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC AND
MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
NEW SCHOOL MUSICIANS FEATURED AT STARS OF TOMORROW SERIES
See tomorrow's jazz and classical virtuosos every Tuesday, beginning in June on Pier 45, one of Hudson River Park's most beautiful spots. Through August 19, the Stars of Tomorrow Series will feature jazz and classical performances by exceptional groups from Mannes College The New School for Music and The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Enjoy a sunset and be dazzled by an international coterie of emerging artists who have performed to critical acclaim around the world.
- June 10, Woodwind Trio, Mannes College The New School for Music
- June 17, Beck Mimiaga Quartet, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- June 24, Brass Trio, Mannes College The New School For Music
- July 8, Ross Clark Trio, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- July 15, Mallory Glaser Quartet, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- July 22, Woodwind Trio, Mannes College The New School for Music
- July 29, Brass Trio, Mannes College The New School for Music
- August 5, Itamar Borochov Trio, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
- August 12, Brass Trio, Mannes College The New School for Music
- August 19, Nick Paul Trio, The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
All performances take place at 6:30 p.m. at Pier 45 at Christopher Street, the Hudson River @ West 9th Street.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA ALUM RECEIVES EMERGING PLAYWRIGHT RESIDENCY AT FLORIDA STAGE
Andrew Rosendorf, a 2008 graduate of The New School for Drama’s playwriting program, was recently awarded a ten-month playwriting residency with Florida Stage through the National New Play Network (NNPN). A member of NNPN, Florida Stage is a theater located in Manalapan, Florida. Before attending Drama, Rosendorf spent a year interning in Florida Stage’s Literary and Education Department; he remained in contact with the theater while pursuing his MFA in Playwriting. When the residency became available, the theater immediately contacted Rosendorf and offered him the opportunity to apply.
“As part of the residency, I’ll continue working with the Literary and Education Department, as well as with community outreach programming and mentoring young playwrights,” Rosendorf says. “Florida Stage will also provide support for me as I develop and write my own work over the next year.”
Is Rosendorf excited? “Very! It is another year where I can avoid the real world and put off those worries as long as I can!” He continues, on a serious note, “I hope to foster new industry connections, gain exposure for my work, grow as an artist, and begin to find my way.
“I really feel that because of The New School for Drama, I have stronger understanding of play structure and have opened myself up emotionally as a writer. I definitely have become more aware of what it means to put risk in my work, putting it all on the page. I do feel that I still have a lot to learn, and a lot of maturing and growing as a writer—but I also feel I’m off to a great start.”
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
Parsons Product Design Graduate Wins Sustainable Steward Award
Recent Product Design graduate, Amelia Amelia (known as Amelia LNU), has received a Sustainable Steward Award for Personal Development for her thesis project "{UN}WANTED: Salvaging & Recycling of Furniture for New York City.” Sustainable Stewards are individuals who are setting an example towards community building efforts, sustainable development initiatives, and environmental preservation projects.
Amelia’s project is now an organization that collects unwanted and damaged furniture from the streets of New York to be repurposed and transformed into new pieces of furniture. {UN}WANTED was co-founded by other designers who have helped develop the project into a creative lab that welcomes the community to volunteer, collaborate, and learn. The mission of the group is to challenge current perceptions of products and aesthetics through unique assemblages of salvaged furniture and to offer a creative solution to furniture waste.{UN}Wanted offers a new kind of industrial process for a more sustainable future, while involving the community to leave their passive and consumptive attitude behind.
The awards, which went to eight recipients this year, are given by Sustainable Styles, a global magazine that covers conscious consumer solutions and provides information on sustainable consumer lifestyle solutions. Sustainable Styles is created and managed by Pamela Peeters, producer and host of the TV show Our Planet. Peters also founded the Sustainable Planet Film Festival with UNESCO in 2005, and this year’s festival is being held in conjunction with the awarding of The Sustainable Stewards. Amelia will receive her distinction at the festival on June 10 at the Chelsea Art Museum. For more information, please visit http://www.sustainablestyles.com
Parsons Announces Ellen Tracy Gift for Fashion Design Seniors
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| Herbert Gallen |
Ellen Tracy has recently made a gift to establish the Herbert Gallen Award and Internship. The award will be given out for three years to rising senior women’s fashion design students. The winners will each be granted a stipend of $10,000 and the opportunity to intern at Ellen Tracy. The company has given the gift in the hopes that the award will sponsor new talented young fashion designers to learn from one of the most renowned organizations.
The gift is in honor of Ellen Tracy’s founder, Herbert Gallen and Linda Allard, chief designer. Allard teamed up with Herb Gallen, the founder and owner of the company, and together they turned Ellen Tracey into a sophisticated international brand. Gallen began Ellen Tracy as a blouse company in 1949 selling blouses for as little as $28.50 a dozen. As society changed and woman entered the workforce, his company responded by offering fashionable workwear. Gallen had a major influence in the industry, and he inspired his colleagues to mentor and cultivate the next generation. Gallen and Allard were married in 2000 after working together for over 50 years.
Gallen, who has also been a long time supporter of Parsons, died last September. A reception to honor his memory and contribution to the school and fashion design took place last Tuesday at the Kellen Auditorium in The Sheila Johnson Design Center. Among those in attendance were Dean Tim Marshall and Parsons Board of Governors members Marvin Traub and Arnold Aronson who both knew Herb personally.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
SUMMER 2008 INSTITUTES, FESTIVALS, AND SEMINARS Continues
Mannes College The New School for Music presents a number of not-to-be-missed classical music institutes, festivals, and seminars that go beyond the usual “light” summer fare. These include The Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance, June 9-17; Mannes Summer Institute of Art Song in Spanish, June 13-22; The Eighth New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, June 25-29; and The Ninth Annual International Keyboard Institute and Festival, July 13-27.
Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance (IFCP): Focus on Strings, Piano, and Voice (June 10-17)
The 2008 Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance will focus on two musical giants, Georges Aperghis and Elliott Carter.
Virtually unknown in this country, Georges Aperghis has become a phenomenon in Europe. Some of his most personal works are described as “miniature operas.” With his work, Aperghis has created a unique universe, based on a striking relationship between music and theater. He explores recent developments in the expressivity of music, speech, and interactive physical movements with a personal and imaginative semiotic narrative. His operas are considered some of the most important productions of IRCAM at the Pompideou Center in Paris.
Elliott Carter is an honorary advisor of IFCP and will be celebrated beginning with the unveiling of a book of essays which have been published by Pendragon Press. The contributors include Pierre Boulez, Paul Griffiths, Charles Rosen, Frederic Rzewski, Louis Karchin, Richard Wilson, John Ashbery, Fred Lerdhal, Alvin Curran, Sanford Weill, and Walter Zimmermann.
For detailed information on the Institute and Festival for Contemporary Performance, visit their website or call 212.580.0210 x4884. All concerts are at 8:00 p.m. and will be preceded at 7:30 by symposia or conversations with composers and performers.
The Second Mannes Summer Institute of Art Song in Spanish (ASIS) (June 13-22, 2008)
Now in its second year, the Mannes Summer Institute of Art Song in Spanish is a collaboration between Mannes College and the Project Canción Española (based in Spain). The institute aims to promote the study of art song in Spanish—an underexposed branch of the art song genre, rich in culture, beauty, and passion. The institute’s presentations of flamenco are among the most thrilling performances of dance and music to be found in the city this summer.
Admission: $15 Flamenco concert; $10 for classical concert. Tickets are available at the door beginning one hour prior to each concert. For a complete schedule and more information on the Mannes Summer Institute of Art Song in Spanish, visit www.newschool.edu/mannes/asis or call 212.580.0210 x4887.
The Eighth New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes (June 25-June 29)
The New York Guitar Seminar presents eight concerts, 30 master classes, and hands-on workshops. This year the Guitar Seminar honors Maestro Oscar Ghiglia’s 70th birthday and his 50 years of training many of the world’s finest concert and recording artists and teachers. A number of Ghiglia’s notable protégés will be at this year’s seminar paying tribute to Maestro Ghiglia’s devotion and artistry.
For detailed information on the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes, visit www.newschool.edu/mannes/gi or call (212) 580-0210 x4883. Admission: $15; available at the door. Location for All Guitar Seminar Concerts: Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, NYC
The Tenth-Annual International Keyboard Institute and Festival (IKI) (July 13-27)
The International Keyboard Institute, founded by Mannes alumnus and faculty member Jerome Rose, features performances by world-renowned pianists, master classes, and symposia. Two concert series will take place this year: Prestige Series concert at 6:00 p.m. feature accomplished young artists from around the world, many of them recent winners of major international competitions; Masters Series concerts at 8:30 p.m. feature guest artists and faculty.
This year the guest artist faculty includes distinguished pianists Menahem Pressler, Joaquín Achúcarro, and Philippe Entremont. Founder and Director Jerome Rose will perform the opening concert. Marc-André Hamelin will be returning to the festival for the sixth season to perform the final concert in the Masters Series. For a detailed schedule of Program Information, Evening Events, and Master Classes, please visit: www.ikif.org or call 212.580.0210 x4858.
Location for all International Keyboard Institute and Festival Concerts: Mannes Concert Hall, 150 West 85th Street, NYC
Admission: $20 per concert; $15 per master class; Daily Pass: $50 (classes plus 2 concerts); Festival Pass (2 weeks - 28 events): $250; Week I, Festival Pass: $125 (13 concert events); Week II, Festival Pass: $125 (12 concert events; 1 lecture; MacKenzie semis and finals)
MANNES STUDENTS PERFORM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
Mannes students will be performing free concerts throughout the city this summer. Besides the Stars of Tomorrow series at Pier 45, students in the Brass Quintet will perform a Father’s Day concert on Sunday, June 15, at 3:30 p.m. at the Central Park Conservatory South Garden at Burnett Fountain, 105th and Fifth Avenue.
Other concerts include chamber music in the Atrium series at the Morgan Library & Museum,
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, every Friday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Every concert will feature different ensembles, players, and programs.
Mannes students will perform in the Tutor City Greens Concert series at the Tudor City Greens, between 41st and 43rd Street east of Second Avenue. All of these concerts are at 6:00 p.m. and include a brass ensemble on June 18; a jazz trio on July 2 and 16; and a woodwind trio on July 30 and August 16.
MARSHALL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR U.S. STUDENTS
Marshall Scholarships finance young Americans of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. Forty individuals are selected each year to study at a graduate or, in some cases, undergraduate institution each year in the United Kingdom. Fellows are supported for two years. The fellowship award includes university fees, living expenses, an annual book and thesis grant, grants for daily research and travel, and travel expenses to and from the United States. In some cases, where applicable, the scholarship will also pay towards supporting a dependent spouse. Applicants may be from any area of study and will need to have graduated from their institution after April 2006 for the 2009 award. For more information visit the scholarship website. The application deadline is October 2, 2008.
THE NINTH TCDS DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE IN CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
The New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies will be conducting its ninth Democracy and Diversity Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, January 6-22, 2009. During the intensive two-week program, up to 40 junior scholars and graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, Latin America, and central and eastern Europe will gather to examine challenges to democracy in the host region and beyond. The institute will offer seminar courses in political science, anthropology, economics, sociology, and gender studies, to be co-taught by faculty from The New School for Social Research and South African academics. Students will select two of the four seminar courses; they will also attend a series of master classes conducted by scholars and intellectuals from South Africa and other countries in the region. The program includes evening guest speakers and study tours to socially and politically significant sites in the Cape peninsula.
New School students will receive credits upon successful completion of their coursework (three credits per course). This graduate program is also open to advanced students from Eugene Lang College.
The following seminar courses will be offered at the 2009 institute:
Democracies and Boundaries: Conflicts About Membership, Borders, and Diversity
Prof. David Plotke,Department of Political Science, The New School for Social Research
Gender and Democracy
Profs. Elzbieta Matynia, Department of Sociology and Liberal Studies, The New School for Social Research, and Shireen Hassim, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Democracy and Africanism
Prof. Hylton White, Department of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, and guest speakers
Shifting Power in the Global Economy: Rethinking Development Strategies
Profs. William Milberg, Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research, and Stephen Gelb, executive director, the EDGE Institute, Johannesburg, and Department of Development Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Applications, with full instructions, will be available beginning in September at www.newschool.edu/tcds. The deadline for applications is October 17, 2008.
For a full program description, contact TCDS at 212.229.5580 x3136 or tcds@newschool.edu, or visit www.newschool.edu/tcds.
INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
BUILDING LATIN AMERICAN BICENTENNIALS IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION
The New School’s Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and the Programa Bicentenarios of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires (FADU-UBA) are launching a research project, Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization. A number of Latin American countries will be celebrating the bicentennial of their national independence, including Argentina, Chile, and Mexico in 2010 and seven other countries in the next 15 years. These bicentennials offer an excellent opportunity for comparative and multidisciplinary research on how governments and civil society in these countries are constructing their commemorations and how they will use this historical moment to address urgent issues of social inclusion and institutional reform.
As part of this project, the OLA and FADU, in collaboration with the Centro de Estudios del Patrimonio (CEPAT) of the Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Paisaje, Universidad Central de Chile, are issuing a call for submissions of papers and visual presentations to the Latin American and English-speaking scholarly community and to civil society. The intention is to stimulate thinking and action on the Latin American bicentennials as well as communication and interaction among peoples in the region.
An evaluation committee will review the submissions and select the recipients of five awards for the most distinguished works, along with seven honorable mentions. The award winners will receive flight and accommodations for four days to participate in an international conference to be held at The New School in New York on February 26 and 27, 2009. In addition, their works will be included in the forthcoming book Construir Bicentenarios Latinoamericanos. Works by the winners of the honorable mentions will also be included in the book.
The deadline for abstracts is June 17, 2008. Final presentations must be received by September 29, 2008. For submission information, visit the Observatory on Latin America website.
TIME OUT NEW YORK DISCOUNT OFFER
Start your year off being in the know about things free or fancy. Time Out New York is offering all students, faculty, and staff at The New School a full year's subscription for just $20! That's 51 issues for the entire year and only 39c an issue. Steal this deal for yourself or a gift to another.
THE BEST DEAL FOR AFFORDABLE THEATER, Dance, and concert TICKETS:
THEATRE DEVELOPMENT FUND
An exciting spring theater, music and dance season is under way: Why pay $100 or more, when you can pay $20-$36 for Broadway shows and Off-Broadway shows, dance performances and concerts? An inexpensive way to enjoy the best of New York culture is to join Theatre Development Fund (TDF).
To be eligible, you must be a full-time student or teacher, senior citizen (62+), civil servant, union member, staff member of a not-for-profit organization, performing arts professional, or member of the clergy or armed forces. Annual membership fee is $27.50, and you can join online.
A small sampling of performances recently available to TDF Members for $20-36 per ticket include: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, A Bronx Tale, A Chorus Line, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Big Apple Circus, Celia, The Color Purple, Come Back Little Sheba, Crimes of the Heart, Curtains, The Fantasticks, The Farnsworth Invention, Forbidden Broadway, Gypsy, The Homecoming, In the Heights, Is He Dead?, Les Miserables, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, November, Passing Strange, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Ritz, Rock 'n' Roll, The Seafarer, Sunday in the Park with George and Xanadu.. So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
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CATCH THE LATEST EXHIBIT AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FOR FREE
Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
UPCOMING EVENTS
TICKETS: In person purchases can be made at The New School Box Office at 66 West 12th Street, main floor, Monday–Friday 1:00–7:00 p.m. The box office opens the first day of classes and closes after the last paid event of each semester.
WOMEN IN CHARGE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF WOMEN IN POLITICS
Monday, June 9, 10:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Free admission and open to the public, but seating is limited. RSVP is required.
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| Dee Dee Myers |
For the first time in our nation’s history, a woman is serving as the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. We are also witnessing the historic campaign of our country’'s first viable female presidential candidate. Yet women in elected office hold only 16 seats in the U.S. Senate and 71 in the House of Representatives. Join a panel of female political professionals who have broken through the glass ceiling in government and politics as they discuss the strides women have made in pursuit of leadership roles and the challenges they have faced in assuming and maintaining power in the political arena.
SPEAKERS:
- Dee Dee Myers, first female White House Press Secretary (in the Clinton administration); author of Why Women Should Rule the World
- Ellen Malcolm, Founder and President, EMILY’s List, the nation’s largest political network and financial resource for Democratic pro-choice female candidates; former President, America Coming Together
- Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood; former Deputy Chief of Staff for Rep. Nancy Pelosi
Moderated by Andrea Bernstein, WNYC Political Director and reporter
ANTISEMITISM: A DISCUSSION
Wednesday, June 11, 7:00 p.m.
Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Antisemitism is a central problem in Western civilization. Its emergence in the late nineteenth century and horrific consequences in the Holocaust, cast doubt on the very foundations of the modern Western world and values. Using Steven Beller’s new book on anti-Semitism, we look at the main theoretical debates of the daunting and often ironic complexities of the subject. Was prejudice only part of a complicated historical context that enabled the discrimination, persecution, and extermination of Jews in the Holocaust? We examine developments since 1945: anti-Semitism’s diminution in the Holocaust’s aftermath, the emergence of new forms of anti-Semitism, and the question of whether “anti-Zionism” is the “new anti-Semitism.”
Speakers include: Steven Beller, author of Antisemitism: A Very Short Introduction, and Edmund Leites, author of The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality; Edmund Leites, author of The Puritan Conscience and Modern Sexuality; and Susannah Heschel, Eli Black Professor of Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and author of Abraham Geiger and the Jewish Jesus and The Aryan Jesus: Christians and the Bible in Nazi Germany.
Sponsored by The Wolfson Center for National Affairs.
JULIA CHILD, CULINARY REVOLUTIONARY
Thursday, June 12, 6:00 p.m.
*New Location: Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor (enter at 66 West 12th Street)
Admission: $8; free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID
Julia Child didn't start cooking until she was 39, but no other chef influenced late-20th-century American cooking more than she did.Forty-five years after the debut of her groundbreaking PBS show, The French Chef, this panel will discuss the profound effects of her books, television shows, and entertaining and accessible persona on our cuisine and culture.
Panelists include Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor at Knopf and author of The Tenth Muse; My Life in Food; Molly O'Neill, former New York Times Magazine food columnist and author of The New York Cookbook; Joan Reardon, author of M.F.K. Fisher, Julia Child and Alice Waters: Celebrating the Pleasures of the Table; Molly O'Neill, former New York Times Magazine food columnist and author of The New York Cookbook; and Laura Shapiro, author of the Penguin Lives book, Julia Child. Moderated by Andrew F. Smith, editor of the Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. This event is offered in conjunction with the New School course, Julia Child: Culinary Revolutionary, that will commence on June 10.
Please visit www.newschool.edu/generalstudies/foodstudies.aspxfor more information. Sponsored by The New School Food Studies Program in association with the Culinary Historians of New York.
ELDER ABUSE AND THE FAMILY: NOT A PRIVATE MATTER
Wednesday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street
Admission: Registration is fee is$40 for the general public; Attorney'sregistration fee is $90. NY CLE credits available through Pace University School of Law. For the complete program and registration information, contact JASA at oabramova@jasa.org or call 718. 286.1521.
Mistreatment of the elderly is a problem that affects all segments of society, regardless of socioeconomic status, living environment, race and ethnicity, and physical or cognitive condition of the aged individual. Its scope extends beyond physical abuse to include psychological and emotional harm, neglect (abandonment or failure to provide proper food, shelter, companionship, medical care, or other necessities of life), sexual abuse, exploitation, and fraudulent diversion of property. Perpetrators include victims’ relatives, professional caregivers, friends, and neighbors. Too many victims and witnesses do not know how to report elder abuse or where to go for help.
This New York-area conference brings together experts in gerontology and advocates for the elderly. Panels and lectures focus on exposing the realities of elder abuse in New York City and around the country, describing the kinds of responses and services that currently exist to protect the older people from abuse, and discussing ways of improving public and personal responses to abuse in all its forms.
Co-sponsored by the Jewish Association for Services for the Aged (JASA), the Institute for Retired Professionals at The New School, and the New York City Department for the Elderly.
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2008-09 Student Health Insurance
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Students may access the Online Waiver Form and select the “New School” link. Students may also access the Online Waiver Form via a link in their MyNewSchool Online Services account located in the “Forms” box under the “Student” tab.
For additional information on fees, deadlines, policies and procedures regarding the Student Health Insurance program, please visit the New School website at www.newschool.edu (click on “Student Services”, then “Health Services”).
A FEW MINUTES FOR YOUR LIFE: TAKE THE HIV TEST FOR FREE-SPRING 2008 HOURS
Hispanic AIDS Forum, in collaboration with New School Student Health Services and the Office of Student Development and Activities (OSDA), will be offering FREE confidential HIV testing every week on
Thursdays from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in June, July, and August. The testing site will be at Loeb Residence, 135 East 12th Street, 2nd floor. For further information, please contact Student Health Services at 212.229.1671, option 1 or 2.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STUDENT DISABILITY SERVICES
Student Disability Services Newsletter
The latest edition of the spring 2008 Student Disability Services newsletter has been posted online. The newsletter spotlights deafness and hard-of-hearing, and features a story about the award-winning actress Marlee Matlin, who is deaf. The newsletter also includes tips on final exams and test taking as well as information about career guidance for people with disabilities.
ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES (ISS)
OPTIONAL PRACTICAL TRAINING (OPT) WORKSHOPS
F-1 international students in their final semester may apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), a year of employment for which you may be eligible upon completion of your studies. Please note that attendance at one workshop is mandatory. It can take USCIS months to approve an OPT application, and pending approval of your application, you cannot leave the United States. So plan ahead: Apply three months before any international travel. Come to one of the following workshops:
- Thursday, June 5, 2:00-4:00 p.m., 79 Fifth Avenue, room 501
- Monday, June 23, 9:30-11:00 a.m., 79 Fifth Avenue, room 501
Space is limited; RSVP to iss@newschool.edu. Bring your passport (with I-94 card) and I-20. Please arrive on time for your sessions. The information is so important that we cannot allow latecomers.
I-20 END DATES
Section 5 on your I-20 indicates the date when the validity of your I-20 ends. If you will be completing your studies by that time, please be advised that you will have a 60-day grace period after the program end date on your I-20 in which to either depart from the United States or transfer to another college or university. You will not be able to reenter the United States using your current I-20 during this grace period. If you find that you will not be able to finish your current degree by the completion date on your I-20, you can request a program extension. You must make your request at least 30 days before the completion date. Visit the student services website to find out what documents you need in order to request a program extension. If you plan to apply for Optional Practical Training (OPT), you must attend an OPT workshop before you apply and USCIS must receive your application before the last day of class. If you have been admitted to pursue a different degree at the New School, you must apply for your new I-20 before the end date on your current I-20. Contact iss@newschool.edu if you have any questions.
CHANGE OF MAJOR OR EDUCATIONAL LEVEL REQUIRES NEW I-20
Please note that if you change your major (e.g., from a BA in Fashion Design to a BA in Product Design) or your educational level (e.g., from MA to PhD), you MUST request an update to your I-20 to reflect your current degree and program information.
Deadlines:
Change of major: By the end of the add period (for spring 2008, this date is Monday, February 4)
Change of education level: You must apply for the new I-20 BEFORE you begin your new program.
Failing to request the changes in your I-20 for a change of major or educational level in a timely manner may jeopardize your I-20 status.
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