THE IRENE & BERNARD L. SCHWARTZ LECTURE: ROBERT SHILLER
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The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) will host a discussion with renowned economist Robert Shiller, Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics at Yale University, to discuss his upcoming book, titled Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why It Matters for Global Capitalism.
In the book, Robert Shiller and his co-author, Nobel prize-winning economist George A. Akerlof, challenge the economic wisdom that led to the current global economic crisis and call for an active government role in economic policymaking. By recovering the term “animal spirits,” a Keynesian term to describe the despondence that led to the Great Depression, Akerlof and Shiller show how Reaganomics, Thatcherism, and the rational expectations revolution failed to account for the human psychology of confidence, fear, bad faith, corruption, a concern for fairness, and the stories we tell ourselves about our economic fortunes.
A panel discussion and Q&A will follow the lecture. Panelists include Professor Brad DeLong from the Department of Economics at U.C. Berkeley, chair of the Berkeley International and Area Studies, Political Economy major, research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco; Jeff Madrick, Senior Fellow at SCEPA; and Teresa Ghilarducci, SCEPA Director and Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research.
Robert J. Shiller is the Arthur M. Okun Professor of Economics and Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics at Yale University. He is also professor of Finance and Fellow at the International Center for Finance at Yale School of Management. He has written about financial markets, financial innovation, behavioral economics, macroeconomics, real estate, and statistical methods, as well as on public attitudes, opinions, and moral judgments regarding markets.
The panel will be held on Wednesday, February 18, at 6:00 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to cepa@newschool.edu or 212.229.5901 x4911.
MEDIA STUDIES STUDENT PART OF THE ONGOING ONLINE DOCUMENTARY BORDER STORIES
John Drew, a current Media Studies student, is part of an ongoing, online mosaic documentary about the U.S.-Mexico border region called Border Stories. A team of four, including John, travel the border's entire length, from Brownsville, Texas to Tijuana, Mexico, producing a collection of short, focused video installments, or "border stories," that aim to deepen the understanding of the unique challenges the region faces.
Border Stories was nominated as a finalist in the 2008 Online News Association best in video journalism category; and in December, won the top prize at the Internews Every Human Has Rights media award ceremony held in Paris, in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the UN's declaration of human rights.
Given the changing nature of the border region, the crew hopes to post fresh stories to the Border Stories website collection every year.
HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENTS FOR THE NEW SCHOOL 2009 COMMENCEMENT ANNOUNCED
Dean at Yale Law School, expert on international law, and advocate for human and civil rights Harold Hongju Koh will deliver the address at the university’s commencement ceremony on Friday, May 22, 2009, at 2:30 p.m. at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. President Bob Kerrey will address the graduates and confer honorary degrees on Koh; professor of African American Studies, and philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah; playwright, performer, and activist Eve Ensler; legendary opera singer Regina Resnik; and statesman and philanthropist John C. Whitehead.
For more information about the 2009 commencement, visit the university website.
Service beyond the call of duty... Outstanding performance... Always great... The best! Do these phrases remind you of a New School staff member? If so, then nominate him or her for the Service Excellence Award, a $1,000 prize.
Presented each year to recognize the contribution of a member of the administrative, clerical, facilities, or security staff of The New School community, nominations may be submitted by students, faculty, and staff members and should include:
- Nominee’s name, position, division/department, and length of service
- Reason(s) for which the nominee deserves the award
- Professional and interpersonal qualities that distinguish the nominee
- Examples of the nominee's outstanding performance/contribution
- Nominator’s name and division/department
The Deadline for submission is Friday, March 20, and should be sent to: Service Excellence Award, Human Resources, 79 Fifth Avenue, 18th floor, or email to SlaughtS@newschool.edu.
DISTINGUISHED UNIVERSITY TEACHING AWARDS FOR 2009
Students and faculty are invited to nominate outstanding faculty for this year's teaching excellence awards. Awardees will be notified in late spring, and will receive their awards formally at convocation in September 2009.
Eligibility: Faculty members who have taught at The New School for at least four semesters and who are available to receive the award at the fall 2009 convocation.
How to Nominate: See detailed information about the criteria and submit your nominations at www.newschool.edu/duta. All nominations must be submitted online.
Nominations must include the following information:
- Name of faculty member being nominated.
- Nominator's name, school, and contact information.
- Description of the nominee's relevant merits, giving specific examples using criteria related to the nominee's impact on and involvement with, students and colleagues (maximum of 500 words).
Deadline for all nominations is Friday, February 27, 2009. If you have questions or need further information please email FordD@newschool.edu.
Sponsored by the Office of the Provost.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
ASK-A-LIBRARIAN: THE LINES ARE OPEN
If you have any comments, suggestions, or need any help, our librarians are here to assist you.
Go to the Library Website to get started.
NEW ACQUISITIONS AT THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES:
New Electronic Resource from the IMF
The library has obtained a license to the International Monetary Fund’s online database of International Financial Statistics, which provides interactive access to data from 1945 to the present. Data series for individual nations cover GDP, imports, exports, employment, and many other economic indicators and national accounts. Additional data sets include consumer price indices worldwide, international interest rate data, and commodity price data. Statistics are downloadable to Excel, and pdf scans of the printed versions are also available.
You can access the IMF International Financial Statistics at their website.
New Collection in the Kellen Archives
The Kellen Archives is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of a trove of materials by Harry Baker, a popular teacher on the Parsons faculty in the 1920s.
The collection, discovered in a New Jersey attic after half a century, includes correspondence with Frank Alvah Parsons, photographs of classes and field trips, and examples of Baker's work as an illustrator while traveling around the American west.
The Kellen welcomes visitors and invites researchers to explore its wonderful collections. To learn more about our holdings, please contact kac@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
CHICO HAMILTON TO PERFORM AT THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART
New School Jazz faculty member, drummer, and composer, Chico Hamilton is to perform at the Rubin Museum of Art’s "Harlem in the Himalayas" concert series on Friday, February 20.
Hamilton first performed as a youngster in the 1920s with schoolmates Dexter Gordon, Charles Mingus, and Illinois Jacquet. After working with jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, and Count Basie, Hamilton released his first album as a leader in 1955, earning him the first of numerous Downbeat Readers’ Poll awards. That same year, he formed a groundbreaking jazz quintet combining his drums with cello, flute, guitar, and bass. Having explored a great many lineups and sound textures throughout the years, Mr. Hamilton has introduced Jim Hall, Eric Dolphy, Larry Coryell, and Ron Carter and collaborated with the original Gerry Mulligan Quartet. He has also appeared in several films, such as Jazz on a Summer’s Day, and composed the score for Roman Polanski’s Repulsion. A founding faculty member of The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, he was honored with a Beacons in Jazz award from The New School in 1999.
Hamilton will lead his sextet which includes Cary DeNigris, guitar; Paul Ramsey, bass; Evan Schawm, flute, tenor and soprano saxophones; Eddie Barbash, flute, soprano, and alto saxophones and Jeremy Carlstedt, percussion.
The concert, a co-presentation with the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, begins at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 the day of the concert. Rubin Museum of Art is located at 150 West 17th Street. For more information visit www.rmanyc.org or call 212.620.5000 x344.
JAZZ FACULTY MEMBER JANE IRA BLOOM TO PERFORM AS PART OF DUKE JAZZ SERIES
Saxophonist, composer, and New School Jazz faculty member Jane Ira Bloom will lead her quartet in concert as part of the Duke Jazz Series on Friday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m.
Bloom is the recipient of the Doris Duke Jazz New Works Award, and fellowships from the NEA, Rockefeller, Pew, and Ford Foundations. She is also the winner of the Mary Lou Williams Jazz Award for lifetime service to jazz, Downbeat International Critics Poll and Jazz Journalists Award for soprano saxophone, the IWJ Jazz Masters Award, and the Charlie Parker Fellowship for jazz innovation. She has performed, recorded, and/or collaborated with Charlie Haden, Ed Blackwell, George Coleman, Fred Hersch, Kenny Wheeler, Julian Priester, Rufus Reid, Bob Brookmeyer, Mark Dresser, Bobby Previte, Matt Wilson, Jerry Granelli, Jay Clayton, and Cleo Laine. Bloom’s compositions have been commissioned for the American Composers Orchestra, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Pilobolus and Philadanco Dance Companies, and the NASA Art Program. She has produced and recorded for CBS, ENJA, JMT, Arabesque Jazz Recordings, and Artistshare.
The concert will be held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue at 65th Street. Admission is free and first come, first served. For more information call 212.870.1793.
NEWS FROM
MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
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PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
GROUNDBREAKING BEGINS ON WINNING PROJECT
It was three years ago that a team composed of students and faculty from Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy and Parsons The New School for Design, received first place in JPMorgan Chase’s 2006 Community Development Competition for its project “Strengthening the Community Fabric: Achieving a Triple Bottom Line in West Harlem.”
Partnering with the Fortune Society, an organization that advocates for incarcerated individuals, the team developed a multi-use building for the organization to be built in West Harlem. The first-place award of $25,000 helped the Fortune Society defray predevelopment costs associated with the proposal.
At the time, JoAnne Page, president and CEO of the Fortune Society said, “What the students presented exceeded my expectations. Thanks to their contributions, we should see something built in the next three years, and, whatever happens, their ideas will definitely play a role.”
Three years have passed. On February 19, 2009, the Fortune Society holds a groundbreaking ceremony for 114 units of green and affordable low-income housing and service space.
Professor Dennis Derryck, who initiated the 2006 project and led the Milano team, notes that entries to the Chase competition from the New School have a consistent record of being realized and this is just latest to be built.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA PLAYWRIGHT NAMED RUNNER-UP IN KENDEDA PLAYWRITING FELLOWSHIP
New School for Drama student Paul David Young, MFA Playwriting '09, has been selected as a runner-up for the Kendeda Playwriting Fellowship at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta. In addition to receiving a cash prize, the Alliance will mount a reading of his winning play No One But You at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, with another reading scheduled in New York City. In 2007, alum Bekah Brunstetter (MFA Playwriting ’07) was a finalist for her play Green.
"I'm very proud to have been selected," says Young. "The best part of the prize is to have the support of the Alliance [Theatre] for me as a playwright and for this play over the coming year. I have high hopes that the endorsement of such a well-recognized regional theater will work as a catalyst for developing my career as an emerging writer."
The Kendeda Graduate Playwriting Competition is a one-of-a-kind national competition that transitions student playwrights to the world of professional theatre. Each year, approximately 30 graduate playwriting programs across the country are invited to have their final-year students submit a play to the competition. An in-house panel of readers at the Alliance Theatre reads and evaluates the scripts, and selects a slate of finalists to be advanced in the competition. Those scripts are sent to a national panel of three theatre artists for judging. In conjunction with Alliance Theatre leadership, the judges select the winner. The Alliance Theatre produces the winning play on the 200-seat Hertz Stage.
DRAMA’S RANDOM ACTS ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL KICKS OFF
The New School for Drama’s RANDOM ACTS One-Act Play Festival begins its six-weekend run on Thursday, February 19. Audiences are invited to experience work by some of the best of the school’s up-and-coming actors, directors, and playwrights. Free and open to the public, the plays are presented every other week and include both classic and contemporary works, ranging from Thorton Wilder’s A Ringing of Doorbells to Stephen Adly Guirgis’ Den of Thieves. The festival will also feature six new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights, to be presented in the final two weeks.
The opening weekend runs February 19-21 and will feature these plays:
In the Shadow of the Glen by John M. Synge, directed by Kathy MacGowan; with David Bly, Connor Carew, Brynne Kraynak, and Aidan O’Shea
Games by James Saunders, directed by Web Begole; with Nate Faust, Marco Formosa, Tara Herweg, and Valerie Lonigro
Den of Thieves by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Ira Kip; with Brittany Bellizeare, David Marshall, Dana Mazzenga, Jason R. Stroud, Kirill Vaal, and Patrick Williams
The festival will run through April 26, with performances Thursdays through Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday matinees at 3:00 p.m. Admission is free, and seating is first come, first served. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com. Performances will take place at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor, New York City.
Visit www.drama.newschool.edu for the complete schedule and more information.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
THE NEW SCHOOL PRESENTS EXHIBITION EXPLORING SYNESTHESIA
On February 18, at 7:30 p.m., The New School celebrates the opening of “Correlation Does Not Imply Causation,” a multimedia exhibition exploring the sensorial experience of synesthesia—a neurological condition in which one sense is experienced as another. The exhibition grew out of three courses taught by New School faculty member and Parsons alumnus Ernesto Klar, whose own work focuses on this condition.
The exhibition draws from student work created in three of Klar’s fall 2008 courses in the Media Studies, Communication Design and Technology, and Art and Design History programs. Students explored the experiences of different senses through audio mapping, digital design, video production, and other technologies to produce work that evokes a multi-sensory experience. The resulting video, photography, painting, installation, and research-oriented student pieces will be exhibited alongside select works from The New School Art Collection.
The exhibition will be on view in the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Gallery at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center through February 26. It is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and Saturday-Sunday: 12:00- 6:00 p.m. For more information, please visit The New School events calendar.
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST SANFORD BIGGERS DISCUSSES HIS CRAFT
On February 18, Parsons presents a lecture by renowned multimedia artist Sanford Biggers. Biggers' installations, videos, and performances have been featured in exhibitions at the Tate Modern (London), Whitney Museum of Art (New York), Studio Museum (Harlem), the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco), and at museums and galleries in China, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Poland, and Russia. He is an assistant professor of sculpture and expanded media at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The lecture will take place from 3:15-5:15 p.m. in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. This event is part of Parsons’ Fine Arts Lecture Series, which brings artists, critics, and gallery owners to campus to discuss their craft. For more information on the Fine Arts Lecture Series, or to view a list of upcoming lecturers, please visit the Fine Arts website.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
MANNES ALUMNAE AND THE 2009 GRAMMY AWARDS
Mannes College The New School for Music was well represented at the Grammy Awards this year. JoAnn Falletta (conducting, BS ’76) directed the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra on Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan on the Naxos Label, composed by John Corigliano with soloist Hila Plitmann, which won Grammies for both Best Contemporary Composition and Best Classical Vocal Performance.
Another recording with a connection to a Mannes alumna included Reiko Uchida (piano, MM ’96). Reiko, along with violinist Jennifer Koh (married to alumnus Benjamin Hochman, piano, MM ’03) was nominated for a Best Chamber Music Performance Grammy Award for their album String Poetic on Cedille Records. The title composition of the album is by Jennifer Higdon, who served as 2007-08 Composer-In-Residence at Mannes.
Pianist Reiko Uchida is recognized as one of the finest young musicians on the scene today. First prize winner of the Joanna Hodges Piano Competition, Uchida has appeared as soloist with numerous orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Orchestra of the Curtis Institute, and the Santa Fe Symphony, among others. Uchida made her New York solo debut in 2001 at Carnegie's Weill Hall under the auspices of the Abby Whiteside Foundation. She has performed solo and chamber music concerts throughout the world and in venues including Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, the 92nd Street Y, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Kennedy Center, the White House, and Suntory Hall in Tokyo. Her festival appearances include Spoleto, Tanglewood, Santa Fe, Marlboro, and the Laurel Festival of the Arts.
THE MANNES ORCHESTRA AT LINCOLN CENTER
On Monday, February 23, at 8:00 p.m., the Mannes Orchestra led by David Hayes, conductor and director of orchestral and conducting studies, and pianist Di Wang will perform at Avery Fisher Hall. Wang will be making his orchestural soloist debut in a performance of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, op. 18. The orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4, op. 36.
Wang began his piano studies at age five in his native China. At age nine, after competing against thousands of young musicians in the demanding entrance examinations for the Beijing Central Music Conservatory Junior School, he began his studies with Professor Ling Yuan. On graduating from Beijing Central Music Conservatory, he came to New York to attend Mannes College, where he is currently a Bachelor of Music degree candidate, studying with Jerome Rose. He has performed in numerous concerts and recitals in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen to great acclaim.
Admission to the concert is free and tickets can be picked up at the Avery Fisher Box office, or by calling 212.875.5030.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
DOCUMENTARY AND MEDIA STUDIES STUDENTS AND FACULTY PRESENCE FELT AT MOMA FILM FESTIVAL
Media Studies students and faculty were well represented in the recent documentary film festival Documentary Fortnight currently being held at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) from February 11-25. The evenings full programs includes works that range from nostalgic to experimental, poignant to humorous, and are from both emerging as well as established artists.
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The festival’s two evenings titled, New Documentaries Shot on Super 8mm, will feature the work of a media studies alumni and faculty member. The films are Still Life with Ho Chi Minh, by Kevin T. Allen (’08), and Chop Off, by faculty member MM Serra. Both films were shown on Thursday, February 12, and will be shown on Thursday, February 19, at 6:00 p.m., in Theater 2.
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Another program in the festival titled, Third World Newsreel Program 2: New Work from New Filmmakers featured three alumni from the class of 2008. They included: Our Lady Queen of Harlem, by Trinidad Rodriguez, where parishioners protest the closing of their church in Spanish Harlem by continuing services on the street. Excuse My Gangsta Ways, by Corinne Manabat, is a visually poetic documentary about Davina Wan, a former Chinatown gang member who found her way out. In Bed With A Mosquito, by Sarah Frank, features a charming and dynamic activist in the Granny Brigade, the anti-war protest group.
OLA HOLDS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN BICENTENTIAL COMMENERATIONS
The Observatory on Latin America (OLA) will present an international conference titled, “Building Latin American Bicentennials,” at The New School on February 26-27, 2009. The conference, which is part of an ongoing OLA program of the same name directed by Associate Professor Margarita Gutman, will reflect on the present and past of the commemorations of national independence in Latin America countries.
The conference will use this unique moment in Latin America, where Argentina, Chile, and Mexico will commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of their independence in 2010, followed by seven other countries in Latin America over the next 15 years, as an opportunity for comparative and multidisciplinary study. Specifically, participants will focus on how governments and civil society in these countries construct their commemorations and how they use this historical moment to address urgent issues of social inclusion and institutional reform.
The conference will also include presentations by the five winners of an International Call for Papers on the topic of "Building Latin American Bicentennials in the Age of Globalization." A panel of ambassadors to the United Nations from Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, and Mexico will conclude the conference with a discussion of the global and national meanings of the bicentennial commemorations.
Well-known scholars from five Latin America countries and the United States will participate in the conference, including Professor Mike Wallace, Pulitzer Prize winning historian at the CUNY Graduate Center; Thomas Reese, director of the Latin American Center at Tulane University and Professor Carol McMichael Reese of Tulane University; Fernando Carrion, director of the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO) Ecuador. The New School faculty includes representatives from Parsons (Colleen Mclean and Brian McGrath) and The New School for General Studies (Adriana Abdenur, Michael Cohen, Peter Lucas, and Alberto Minujin).
The conference will be held from 9:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m. at The New School. On Thursday, February 26, the conference will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center at 55 West 13th Street on the 2nd floor. On Friday, February 27, the conference will be held in Wollman Hall at 65 West 11th Street on the Fifth Floor.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERDISCIPLINARY MEMORY GROUP CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
On Thursday and Friday, February 26 -27, the second annual conference of The New School for Social Research Interdisciplinary Memory Group will be held.
This conference brings together an interdisciplinary group of prominent scholars and practitioners of memory to examine the relationship that past has to the present and future. The conference addresses pressing concerns about the relationship of memory to democratic politics. Important themes include: the internationalization of memory; denial, imposture and historical events; memory and revenge; narrative and visual memory; and memory (studies) and the future.
Among the many panels taking place during the conference there will be two keynote addresses. On the first day of the conference Professor Dori Laub, clinical professor of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, and deputy director of Trauma Studies, Genocide Studies will give a talk titled, “Holocaust Testimonies: Between Abyss and Creativity: The evolving struggle for mental representation and remembrance.” On the second day Dr. Jerome Bruner, research professor of Psychology, New York University, and senior research fellow in Law, New York University School of Law will give a talk titled, “And just what do we mean by memory?”
The conference which is supported and made possible by The New School for Social Research Dean’s Office and the New Sociological Imagination series by the Sociology Department will be held in the New Wolff Conference, 6 East 16th Street, room 906 and 913.
For more information go to the conference website or to email, NSSRMemoryConference@gmail.com.
RACE RELATIONS: THE ELECTION OF BARACK OBAMA?
On Friday, February 20, from 12:00-2:00 p.m., The New School community is invited to attend a discussion with Dr. Orville Lee, Sociology, and Dr. Jaskiran Dhillon, Education, both professors at Eugene Lang College, on what the election of Barack Obama means to race relations in the United States.
The event will be held in the Ann-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue. This free event is sponsored by the Office of Intercultural Support. For more information, please email ois@newschool.edu.
TROUBLE THE WATER: FREE SCREENING
Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival and 2009 Oscar Award Nominee for Best Documentary Feature, this astonishingly powerful documentary, which will be shown on Thursday, February 26, at 7:00 p.m., takes you inside Hurricane Katrina in a way never before seen on screen. Incorporating remarkable home video footage shot by Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rap artist trapped with her husband in the 9th Ward, producers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal (Fahrenheit 9/11 and Bowling for Columbine) weave this insider’s view of Katrina with a devastating portrait of the hurricane’s aftermath. Trouble the Water is a redemptive tale of self-described street hustlers who become heroes—two unforgettable people who survive the storm and then seize a chance for a new beginning.
This event is co-sponsored by Student Services and the Documentary Media Studies Program at The New School. The film will be shown in Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. For more information, please call 212.229.5687 or email ois@newschool.edu.
Careers with a Conscience: A Career Exploration Panel Discussion and Networking Event
On Wednesday, February 25, from 5:00-8:00 p.m., in the Theresa Lang Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, New School students and alumni are invited to attend a panel discussion with employers from socially responsible organizations in the food/agriculture, health/human rights, design, urban planning, media, and mental health sectors.
Participating companies include: ABC Carpet & Home, City Parks Foundation, City Year, DEMOS, Doe Fund, Engender Health, Envirolution, Farm Sanctuary, Green Map System, Groundswell Community Mural Project, Landmark West!, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Loyale, MDRC, Open Space Institute, Organic, Peace Corps, Seedco, West Elm, and many more!
There will be a keynote speech by John Patrick, finalist for the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) / Vogue Fashion Fund Award, followed by a discussion and networking sessions for employers and attendees. This is a great chance for students and alumni to meet and learn from individuals working with a mission of social and/or environmental responsibility. This event goes beyond a traditional career fair to truly facilitate relationships between students, alumni, and professionals.
Attendees should be sure to bring lots of resumes! There will be a raffle with great prizes from Aveda, Lush, St. Mark’s Bookshop, Harper Collins Publishers, and Lifethyme Natural Market!
This event is co-sponsored by career development offices of The New School, Lang, Jazz, Mannes, Milano, New School for Social Research, and Parsons. Please contact parsonscareers@newschool.edu or 212.229.8940 for more information. This event is free and open to all New School students and alumni with ID. No reservations are required.
PSYCHOLOGY EXPERIMENT VOLUNTERS NEEDED
Psychological testing volunteers are needed for an ongoing experiment in visual perception being conducted in the visual perception lab at the New School for Social Research Psychology Department. In just 5 minutes volunteers can earn $2.00 or credit for those who are required to participate in psychology research for their degree.
If you would like to participate, go to 80 Fifth Avenue, room 720, on Tuesdays 12:00-5:00 p.m., Wednesdays. 12:00-3:00 p.m., and Thursdays 12:00-5:00 p.m. For more information email Clarissa at slesc399@newschool.edu; or call 212.229.5727 x3176.
Walk-ins are welcome.
DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY
GRADUATE SUMMER INSTITUTE,WROCLAW, POLAND
JULY 9-26, 2009
The eighteenth Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute, organized by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of The New School for Social Research, will take place in Wroclaw, Poland, from July 9-26, 2009. TCDS will welcome 40 junior scholars from the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world for this intensive three-week program of study in society, culture and politics.
Building on the achievements of our Krakow Institute (1991-2008), our new transatlantic laboratory in Wroclaw will offer a full semester’s worth of studies under the working title: “The New World Meets the New Europe.” The program is designed to facilitate intellectual and experiential insights into a momentous experiment now under way: the peaceful construction of transnational Europe. In an increasingly interdependent world fraught with violent conflicts, wars, and ethnic and religious tensions, it’s vital to understand the past and present lessons involved in this extraordinary experiment in transborder institution building.
Known as an intimate international forum for lively but rigorous debate on critical issues of democratic life, the Institute brings an interdisciplinary, comparative, and highly interactive approach to the social, political, and cultural challenges facing today’s world. Core faculty from New School for Social Research will be joined by other distinguished American and international scholars and guest speakers. Upon completion of the Institute, U.S. graduate students receive full course credits and non-U.S. participants receive Institute certificates.
Located between Berlin, Prague and Warsaw, and saturated with the history and memory of these three distinct cultures, Wroclaw (formerly Breslau) is a beautiful and booming city that uniquely conveys both the challenges and the promise of a united Europe. Drawing on Wroclaw’s culture of the borderland, TCDS’s network of distinguished and dedicated collaborators and alumni, and the New School’s reputation stemming from our long-term engagement in the region, this new Institute promises a strong and innovative program on the New Europe that will reflect our ongoing commitment to critical inquiry and dialogue as paths to improvement of the human condition.
Please watch for the full program announcement, including institute faculty, courses, program fees, and application instructions and deadlines, in mid-February 2009.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN ON MOMA’S AFTER HOUR MONDAY NIGHTS
Monday, December 8, 2008, marks the first of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA’s) Monday Nights, a series of Monday evenings over the next six months when the Museum will remain open until 8:45 p.m. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in after work and enjoy access to the entire Museum. 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.
There will be live entertainment as well as drinks and cocktails available for purchase. MoMA is located at 11 West 53rd Street, New York City. Enjoy!
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 $20-36 per ticket include: 13-A New Musical, The 39 Steps, Absinthe at the Spiegeltent, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Boeing Boeing, The Fantasticks, Flamingo Court, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hairspray, Irena's Vow, Legally Blonde, Monty Python's Spamalot, The Marvelous Wonderettes, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening, The Seagull, To Be Or Not To Be and Xanadu.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.40/per day Monday-Saturday, $2.50 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.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY ON ENTERTAINMENT?
As a member of The New School, you have access to exclusive entertainment benefits through Plum Benefits! From theater and dance to sports and comedy, you can use this benefit to save time and money when ordering tickets for great seats to the hottest events in town! Log on 24/7 to enjoy:
Exclusive offers for premiere entertainment
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