(CHANGE OF EVENT) The Observatory on Latin America:
Food, Energy, and Social Justice in Latin America
The Observatory on Latin America (OLA) regrets to announce that the Forum of Presidents on Food, Energy, and Social Justice will not be held as scheduled on September 22. Unfortunately, recent political events in Latin America and difficulties in US-Latin American relations have changed the schedules of various Latin American presidents, who are no longer able to attend. We are hopeful that there will be an opportunity in the near future to hold a discussion at the presidential level on these important topics.
In lieu of this event, OLA will hold a roundtable discussion on the growing crisis in the region over the past month titled, “National and International Obstacles to the Quest for Social Justice in Latin America,” on September 22, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m.
Participants in this discussion will include Professor Jordi Borja from the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain; Professor Greg Grandin, Department of History, New York University; Professor Michael Cohen, director of the Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School; and other well-known figures from Latin America and the United States.
The event takes place at The New School in the Lang Student Center at 55 West 13th Street. Admission is free, but reservations are required by emailing ola@newschool.edu to reserve seats.
MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC ANNOUNCES 2008—09 MASTER ARTIST IN RESIDENCE DEBORAH VOIGT
Mannes College The New School for Music has announced that Deborah Voigt, the world-renowned soprano, will be a Master Artist in Residence for the 2008—09 academic year. Ms. Voigt will work privately with students and might offer a public master class.
Dean Joel Lester said, “Simply put, this is an extraordinary opportunity for top voice students at Mannes to work with one of the great singers of our time.”
“Master Artist in Residence” is a title Mannes College confers on eminent musicians who are not regular faculty members, but who provide invaluable guidance to students. Ms. Voigt joins legendary opera star Regina Resnik and pianist Yefim Bronfman as the only artists who currently hold this title.
Candidates for The New School Honorary Degrees
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2009 commencement exercises. Awardees are accomplished in their field and are generally chosen from a discipline that represents the various schools and programs of the university. Honorary degrees will be awarded from the categories listed below. Candidates do not have to be graduates of The New School.
Categories:
- The Arts: Classical Music, Jazz/Contemporary Music, Theater, Film, Television, Writing, Visual Arts
- Design, Journalism
- The Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Natural Sciences
- Public Life and Government
Nominations for honorary degree candidates and University in Exile Award candidates are welcome and should be submitted no later than Friday, October 24, 2008. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
CONVOCATION SPEECHES NOW ONLINE
The university held its annual Convocation ceremony on Thursday, Sept. 4, marking the opening of the 2008–2009 academic year. Speeches from the ceremony are now posted on the Convocation Website.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY: SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on The New School is a series of discussions designed to inform The New School community on university policies and initiatives. Seminar speakers will prepare and present papers as a springboard for further discussion.
The seminars scheduled for the 2008-2009 academic year are:
- Student Financial Services at The New School, presented by Eileen Doyle, assistant vice president for Student Financial Services, on Thursday, November 13, 2008
- On Line Learning at The New School, presented by Shelley Reed, senior vice president for Information Technology and Linda Dunne, dean, The New School for General Studies, on Thursday, February 12, 2009
- Developing the 2009-2010 University Operating Budget, presented by Jeanne Plecenik, vice president and treasurer, on Thursday, March 26, 2009
- The University Annual Report, presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Nancy Donner, vice president for Communications and External Affairs; and Doris Surarez, vice president and secretary of the Corporation, on Thursday, April 23, 2009.
Discussion Papers are available in Dean’s offices and on the University website one week before each seminar.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
During the construction process at 55 West 13th Street, Fogelman Library will continue to be located on the lower level of 65 5th Avenue. Look for announcements regarding the library’s future move to 55 West 13th Street on my.newschool.edu, and in future issues of the Weekly Observer.
Off-Site Materials
The Fogelman Humanities and Social Sciences Library in preparing for the move to 55 West 13th Street has already relocated a portion of its materials to an off-site depository.
When you are searching BobCat, the library’s online catalog, the item you need maybe listed as "offsite available." If so, simply click the "request" link and you will be prompted to log in using your Net ID.
You can request either an entire item or a single article from a journal.
The item will be either delivered to the Fogelman circulation desk or by email within 24 to 48 hours. You will be notified by email when the item is available.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
THE COURTS AND CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES
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Are these truly perilous times for democracy filled with uncertainty and instability? What role does the Supreme Court play in this transitional moment in American politics?
On Tuesday, September 23, at 6:00 p.m., Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, and journalist Linda Greenhouse, Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, assess the decisions of the Roberts court as the United States heads into a presidential election in a moment of domestic and international unrest. Co-sponsored by the Wolfson Center for National Affairs and the Institute for Retired Professionals, Kerrey and Greenhouse will discuss whether civil liberties are being eroded or transformed by a changing balance between individual liberty and state security. They will also address the court’s personnel changes expected in the next administration.
The event will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is $8, and free to all students, and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
NEW SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY STUDIES ALUMNI HAVE FILMS BROADCAST
This month, the Documentary Channel will broadcast five short films by alumni of the Documentary Studies graduate certificate program as part of the channel's DOC U programming, which promotes the work of student filmmakers across the country. A total of eight works produced by students during the inaugural year of the program were selected to screen on the channel. The New School is only the second school, after University of Southern California, to have a block of student films chosen for broadcast.
Two one-our blocks of films will screen in New York on NYC-TV on September 15, at 8:00 p.m. and September 29, at 8:00 p.m. These blocks will include the films Shadows of Guilt by Dana Bartle, Woman With Cats by Erin Clarke, In/Sight by Jennifer Jones, Bowery Scenes by Tina Grapenthin, and Double the Pleasure...Eight Times the Therapy by Linda Goldman. Three more films, A Flower for Lisa by Tijana Petrovic, Moving House by Andrea Nugent, and Getting Back by Anthony Weeks were also selected to air and will be broadcast later this fall.
For more information on this broadcast, please visit the Documentary Channel website.
NEWS FROM THE INDIA CHINA INSTITUTE
A MAOIST VISION OF A NEW NEPAL:
NEPAL’S NEW DEMOCRATICALLY-ELECTED PRIME MINISTER SPEAKS AT THE NEW SCHOOL
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Nepal’s new democratically-elected Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will speak at The New School on his first visit to the West on Friday, September 26, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Nepal’s Prime Minister, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, also known as Prachanda (“The Fierce One”), came to power in August 2008 following his party’s success in the country’s first-ever Constituent Assembly elections. Chairman of the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) and leader of its People’s Liberation Army, he led a decade-long People’s War (1996-2006) with the goals of ending Nepal’s monarchy and creating a new federal republic.
This year, Constituent Assembly elections, held in April, yielded a near majority for the Maoists. The Assembly’s first meeting ended a 240-year-old monarchy and began its main task: creating Nepal’s new conÂstitution. In addition to leading the Assembly in this historic, monumental task, Prachanda now faces the challenges of managing a complex coalition government to address the long-neglected basic needs of the people, while at the same time establishing security and peace in Nepal under the watchful gaze of an inÂterested but skeptical international community.
The talk, which will be held in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, will be followed by remarks from Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory, at The New School, and then followed by a Q & A session that will be moderated by Mr. Kul Gautam, senior fellow of the India China Institute.
Admission is free and open to the public, but seating is limited and on a first-come basis.
* Seating must be completed by 5:45 p.m. For more information please contact, Jonathan Cogliano or Kashish Shrestha at 212.229.6812 or email indiachina@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
HOMES AWAY FROM HOME: THE CHANGING FACE OF FOSTER CARE
New York City’s foster care system has made headway in finding family homes for young people—especially younger teens—who once would have lived in group homes and residential treatment centers. However, city officials and nonprofit leaders face tremendous challenges in creating effective support systems, crisis teams, and training programs that can help foster parents care for these children.
On Tuesday, September 16, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., the Center for New York City Affairs brings together policy makers, practitioners, parents, and foster teens to discuss the future of foster care. They will discuss how foster parents are adjusting to an increasingly demanding role and how the system can best meet their needs.
The panel moderated by Andrew White, director, the Center for New York City Affairs, will include:
John Mattingly, commissioner, NYC Administration for Children’s Services
Anstiss Agnew, executive director, Forestdale, Inc.
Lourdes Ãlvarez, anchor foster parent, Circle of Support
Pauline Gordon, teen in foster care and reporter, Represent!
Stephen McCall, resource parent consultant
This event is being supported by the Child Welfare Fund, the Ira W. DeCamp Foundation, the Viola W. Bernard Foundation, the Sirus Fund, and the Milano Foundation, and will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations required by emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
DECONSTRUCTING THE IMMIGRANT VOTE: A FEET IN TWO WORLDS TOWN HALL
More than ever before, immigrant voters are key players in electoral politics and the presidential race, yet their opinions and concerns are often overlooked by mainstream media. What are the top issues and priorities for today’s immigrant voters? How are the nation’s immigrant communities responding to the candidates’ efforts to woo them—and who will win their votes?
On Thursday, September 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the Center for New York City Affairs brings together reporters, immigrant advocates, analysts and grassroots organizers to discuss these questions.
With moderator John Rudolph, executive producer, Feet in Two Worlds, the panel includes:
Aswini Anburajan,reporter, Feet in Two Worlds
Joshua Hoyt,executive director, Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights
Glenn Magpantay, staff attorney, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)
Pilar Marrero, columnist and political editor, La Opinión
Clarissa Martinez De Castro, director, Immigration and National Campaigns, National Council of La Raza (NCLR)
Arturo Vargas, executive director, National Association of Latino Elected Officials (NALEO)
To listen to Feet in Two Worlds reporters’ public radio coverage of the 2008 presidential race, as well as related podcasts, visit www.feetin2worlds.org. Also visit the popular Feet in Two Worlds blog.
This event and the Feet in Two Worlds project, which is made possible by the generous support of the David and Katherine Moore Family Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Sirus Fund, the Menemsha Fund, and an anonymous donor will take place at the Teresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PARSONS HOSTS NOTABLE VOICES IN ART AND DESIGN
This September, notable figures in the art and design world will be coming to campus to share their insights and experiences about the world of contemporary design.
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On Tuesday, September 16, Simon Doonan, creative director of Barneys New York, will visit Parsons to discuss the future of fashion and sign his new style book, Eccentric Glamour. Doonan is a style commentator with over 30 years of experience in fashion and is responsible for all aspects of Barneys’ image, which he describes as taste, luxury, and humor. The event is sponsored by Parsons AAS Fashion Marketing Program, and is free and open to the public. It will take place from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come, first-served.
On Tuesday, September 23, New York magazine Design Editor Wendy Goodman and a panel featuring MoMA Curator Paola Antonelli, Hotelier Andre Balazs, Architect Richard Meier, and Designer Murray Moss will discuss how New York City has influenced their work. The lecture, “40 Years of New York City Design,” is co-sponsored by Parsons and New York magazine, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this fall. This panel discussion will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Swayduck Auditorium, 65 Fifth Avenue, Ground Floor. Admission is free; no tickets or reservations required; seating is first-come, first-served.
For more information on these events, please consult the Parsons event calendar.
PARSONS FACULTY RECEIVE HONORS FOR THEIR WORK
Parsons Product Design Associate Professor and Thesis Advisor Robert Kirkbride received a Gutenberg-e Prize from the American Historical Association (AHA) to create a multimedia monograph of his dissertation, Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro. The monograph has now been released online by Columbia University Press (www.gutenberg-e.org/kirkbride) and will be available in hardbound form in December 2008.
The studioli, a small study or cabinet for contemplation, of the renaissance buildings at Urbino and Gubbio, Italy, demonstrate architecture's capacity to connect the mental and physical realms of human experience. In Architecture and Memory, Kirkbride investigates the position of the studioli in the Western tradition of the memory arts. The AHA established the Gutenberg-e program in 1999 in order to further scholarly and educational publications through new media technologies. Each year, the AHA conducts a national competition for the best dissertations, which are reviewed by a panel of distinguished historians. The winners receive a $20,000 fellowship that goes toward the conversion of their work into electronic monographs. Gutenberg<e> titles incorporate innovative digital source materials such as: archives, documentation, images, video, music, glossaries, translations, links to related web sites, and supplementary literature that their traditional print counterparts cannot produce.
In other news, Parsons Fine Arts faculty member and alumnus Brian Tolle has been honored by the Public Design Commission of the City of New York with an Award for Excellence in Design. The winning project, a collaboration between Tolle and the architecture and environmental consulting firm EDAW, redeveloped the streetscape of Flatbush Avenue from Tillary Street to Lafayette Avenue in Brooklyn, incorporating artwork by Tolle. It was a project of the Department of City Planning, the Department of Transportation, the Economic Development Corporation, and the Department of Cultural Affairs' Percent for Art Program. Since 1982, the Design Commission has recognized outstanding public projects with its Annual Awards for Excellence in Design. This year more than ever before, the winning projects reflect the city's movement toward sustainable design, epitomized by PlaNYC, the effort to strengthen New York City's urban environment.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
BRANDING DEMOCRACY:
SIMON CRITCHLEY ON THE FAITH OF THE FAITHLESS—POLITICS AND BELIEF
Each year an inaugural lecture launches the Vera List Center for Art and Politics annual theme, defining the intellectual territory that the center will explore in public programs. This year’s theme is Branding Democracy. The lecturer introduces the theme in the broadest sense, serving as a guide to the range and richness of the topic at hand and rooting the concept within The New School’s intellectual tradition.
On Thursday, September 18, at 6:30 p.m., the inaugural lecture for 2008-09, "Democracy is a Fiction" will be offered by Simon Critchley, professor of philosophy, at The New School for Social Research and at University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom. His research focuses on the history of philosophy, literature, ethics, and politics. Critchley will discuss how democracy relies on a series of fictions, most notably the fiction of popular sovereignty as government by and for the people. He argues that such fictions serve an ultimately theological function that must be exposed and criticized. Such is one of the crucial political roles of contemporary art. Critchley will propose the idea of a supreme fiction and invoke another model of democracy closer to the anarchist tradition.
The event will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is $8, and free to all students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni with ID.
A complementary art and design exhibition, “Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding,” will run from October 15, 2008, through January 30, 2009, at the Kellen Gallery in the Sheila Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street. Co-produced by Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center, this show includes video, photography, sound, sculpture, and information maps, as well as lectures, performances, and participatory events that happen in a “democratic structure” designed by British artist Liam Gillick.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA STUDENT TAKES “STOCK” OF HIS SHAKESPEAREAN SUMMER
New School for Drama student Christian Jacobs, class of 2010, spent his summer days as a witch and his evenings as a drummer / wild-haired, dirty mountain man. Such is the life of an apprentice with the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival: young actors hired to play roles in the company that performs on a majestic bluff overlooking the Hudson Highlands while they continue their studies.
"I knew the festival from back in the day, growing up in Cortlandt," he explains. "When I saw the audition notice at Drama I was like, 'Why not? I'm never going to get it, but why not give it a shot?' All the upperclassmen were auditioning and I figured they'd get picked." The on-campus auditions were coordinated by Robert Hoyt, Drama’s director of professional development, at the invitation of Terry O’Brien, artistic director of the festival.
Because the shows were presented in repertory, one night's Cymbeline gave way to another's Twelfth Night, in which Jacobs played the drum. In Cymbeline he performed as Guiderius, an outwardly rugged but inwardly noble mountain boy who was kidnapped at age three and raised in the mountains by a banished soldier.
Jacob says the biggest thrill of the summer was getting the job in the first place, and says it's been eye-opening. "I love that the things I've learned in school I've been able to put into practice and try out in a real environment," he says. "It makes so much more sense when you actually have to do it.”
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS,
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
NEW SCHOOL ALUMNUS AND STUDENT RECEIVE FULBRIGHT AWARDS
Charles Aaron Beasley (2006), a BAFA Lang /Parsons alumnus, and Christine Emeran, a student at The New School for Social Research, have both been awarded Fulbright US Student Scholarships. Beasley will study philosophy in Germany, and Emeran will study sociology in the Ukraine. Both students are one of over 1,450 US citizens traveling abroad for the 2008-2009 academic year through the Fulbright US Student Program.
The Fulbright Program, America’s flagship international-educational exchange program, is sponsored by the United States Department of State and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Since its establishment in 1946, under legislation introduced by the late Senator J. William Fulbright of Arkansas, the Fulbright Program has funded approximately 286,500 Americans to study, teach, or research abroad, and 178,340 students, scholars, and teachers from other countries to engage in similar activities in the United States. The program operates in over 155 countries worldwide.
GREAT TURNOUT AT 12TH ANNUAL BLOCK PARTY
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Blue skies and bright sunshine along with over 2,000 students, faculty, staff, and 12th Street neighbors were part of this year’s 12th Annual Student Services Welcome Block Party. The block party, which immediately follows convocation celebrates the opening of school and is one of the university’s largest on-campus events held during the year.
Student Development and Activities (OSDA) is responsible for organizing the event and provides the university community with information about the many services and resources available at The New School and the surrounding area.
Recognized student organizations including the University Student Senate were on hand to invite students to get involved with their on-campus activities. Chartwells, the university’s food service provider, arranged for a wide array of food vendors to serve a variety of complimentary foods and beverages.
In addition to the free food and information tables, students from the Jazz Program performed throughout the afternoon. Other free activities included henna tattoos, tarot card and palm readings, caricatures, and a photo booth.
Community resources at this year’s block party included McBurney YMCA; NYC Office of Recycling Education and Promotion; Rock the Vote; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center; League of Women Voters; and City Year New York, a non-profit organization that unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service while teaching skills and providing them with opportunities to change the world.
STUDENT SERVICES LAUNCHES NEW ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Student Services has a new online calendar of events. Features include upcoming workshops, recreation programs, and recognized student organization meetings. It will also include special events sponsored by Student Development & Activities (OSDA), Intercultural Support, Health Education, International Student Services, Student Disability Services, and Career Development. You can access the calendar through the university’s online portal at my.newschool.edu and the Student Services’ website at www.newschool.edu/studentservices.
Student Services announcements, including administrative reminders, deadlines, and special students offers, including discounted and free event tickets will only be available at my.newschool.edu. Students should log on to MyNewSchool daily for up-to-date information.
FALL 2008 UNIVERSITY BLOOD DRIVE
This year’s semi-annual two-day fall blood drive is scheduled for Thursday, October 2, and Friday, October 3, 10:00 a.m.–3:15 p.m., at the Student Lounge, 6 East 16th Street, lower level. The New School has established a new and efficient web-based scheduling system: see below for login instructions. We ask you to support and participate in this important endeavor.
This is an opportunity for members of The New School community to contribute life-saving blood to grateful New Yorkers and to demonstrate our community spirit. There is an ongoing need for blood in our area for patients including accident victims, surgical patients, cancer patients, burn victims, hemophiliacs, and the elderly. The spring 2008 drive was a success with more then 60 donations.
New Web-Based Scheduling System:
Donors should try to make an appointment in advance via the new web scheduler, but walk-ins are always welcome.
*Important: initial access to the web scheduler requires all donors, new and returning, to click on the “New Users” sign-up button, so you can create a password for future access to the site.
The entire registration/donation process should take about an hour, with the actual blood-giving process lasting six or seven minutes. Donors must be between the ages of 17 and 75 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds, be in good health, and not have donated blood within the last 56 days. Donors must also bring photo identification. Afterward, there will be snacks available, and complimentary Chartwells Dining Cards for donors will also be available while supplies last.
If you have specific questions about donating, please contact the New York Blood Center at 800.688.0900, or visit their website.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Earn $50! Psychological testing volunteers are needed for fall 2008—spring 2009. Doctoral students in the NSSR Clinical Psychology program need supervised experience giving a range of tests, some you may have heard of. Find out how psychologists work and learn something about yourself! Volunteers meet with one clinical PhD student several times throughout the year. Volunteers must be available both fall 2008 and spring 2009. Total testing time is about 6 hours, plus an hour of feedback in the spring 2009 semester after testing is completed. Test is strictly confidential and is supervised by PhD clinical psychologists on the New School faculty. Clinical students may discuss anonymous test results in small groups, but only the PhD student conducting the tests and the instructor will know each volunteer’s identity.
If you would like to volunteer, please contact the teaching assistants, Rebecca Rosen and Katherine Barboza, to arrange a telephone interview. Email Roser694@ newschool.edu or barbk846@newschool.edu with any questions for the instructors, Dr. Andrew Twardon and Dr. Ali Khadivi, and it will be passed on.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
The New School is taking part in the American Cancer Society's annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, October 19, at 9:00 a.m. in Central Park.
In 2006 and 2007, The New School collectively raised an impressive $6,902. This year the challenge for the university community is to beat last year’s total. Your donation will support the society's lifesaving research, educational policies, advocacy initiatives, and patient service programs, and it will send a message to cancer patients and survivors everywhere that hope starts here. Please take just a few minutes to donate and show that you care about fighting this disease.
To get information about registering and joining in the walk or just to make a donation, go to The New School's team-page on the web.
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.
CATCH THE *“VAN GOGH AND THE COLORS OF THE NIGHT" 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!
*The Van Gogh exhibit opens on Monday, September 21.
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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