On Tuesday, April 7, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Ian Buruma, Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, will deliver The New School for Social Research’s Annual Hans Maeder Lecture titled, "The Limits of Free Speech."
Ian Buruma books include God's Dust, Behind the Mask, The Missionary and the Libertine, Playing the Game, The Wages of Guilt, Anglomania, Bad Elements, and Murder in Amsterdam, which won a Los Angeles Times book prize for the best current interest book. He was awarded the 2008 Shorenstein Journalism Award, which honored him for his distinguished body of work and the 2008 Erasmus Prize. His most recent book is The China Lover.
The lecture will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing mcnamard@newschool.edu.
OLA PRESENTS: THE FUTURE OF US-LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
On Friday, April 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., a one-day seminar will be held to review the recent reports prepared by the Council on Foreign Relations, the Brookings Institution, the Americas Society, and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars from the perspective of Latin Americans. These reports were prepared in the United States with few genuine Latin American voices in the process. This seminar seeks to include these Latin American voices in the discussion.
Speakers will include: Jorge Argüello, permanent representative of Argentina to the United Nations; Ariel Bergamino, presidential advisor to President Tabaré Vázquez of Uruguay; Torcuato Di Tella, former secretary of Culture in Argentina; María Fernanda Espinosa, permanent representative of Ecuador to the United Nations; Joao Feres, Instituto Universitario de Pesquisas do RÃo de Janeiro; Professor Greg Grandin, a historian of US-Latin American Relations, New York University; Bernardo Kliksberg, chief advisor, UNDP. Latin American Bureau; Jaime Sorín, dean of the faculty of Architecture, Design, and Urban Planning of the University of Buenos Aires and one of the founders of the Carta Abierta Movement; and Pablo Solón, permanent representative of Bolivia to the United Nations.
This conference is jointly held by the Observatory on Latin America with the Janey Program at The New School. It takes place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by emailing ola@newschool.edu.
LEARN ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY:
SEMINAR ON THE NEW SCHOOL
The Seminar on the University is a series of discussions designed to inform The New School community of university policies and initiatives. The speakers’ papers are meant as springboards for further discussion.
One of the largest projects the university has undertaken in its recent history is the proposed building at 65 Fifth Avenue. Though the current economic situation resulted in our stepping back and reevaluating plans for this much needed new academic space, we plan to move forward. As we face these crucial economic times and in a desire to communicate where the university stands at this time with facilities planning, the final seminar paper for the 2008-2009 academic year has been changed from “The Annual Report” to “Facilities Planning,” which will be presented by James Murtha, executive vice president and chief operating officer; Tim Marshall, provost; and Lia Gartner, vice president for Design, Construction and Facilities Management.
The seminar will take place on Thursday, April 23, 2009 from 3:00-4:30 p.m., in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. The seminar is open to the university community.
Discussion Papers are available in the Dean's offices and on the university website one week before the Seminar.
UNIVERSITY RECOGNIZES FALL 2008 DEAN’S LIST STUDENTS
President Bob Kerrey, Provost Tim Marshall, and The New School community congratulate the undergraduate students who made the Dean’s List in the fall 2008 semester. To qualify, undergraduate students at Parsons, Mannes, Jazz, and Milano must be full-time and have a 3.7 grade point average for the term. Students enrolled in the Bachelor’s Program at The New School for General Studies must be registered for at least nine credits and have a 3.7 grade point average.
Click here for a list of students and to read the announcement from President Kerrey and Provost Marshall.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ ALUMNI HOLD ALL STAR JAM FOR JAZZ GREAT, DRUMMER ART BLAKEY
On Monday, March 30 New School alumnus Joseph Perez convened a who’s who of New School Jazz alumni at Sweet Rhythm to pay tribute to Art Blakey. The line-up included Joseph Perez (saxophone), Marcus Strickland (saxophone), Keyon Harrold (trumpet), E.J. Strickland (drums), Jason Marshall (baritone saxophone), and Tatum Greenblatt (trumpet), along with current students Glenn Zaleski (piano), Rick Rosato (bass), and Dustin Kaufman (drums).
Sweet Rhythm, longtime New School Jazz presenting partner, was packed with enthusiastic jazz lovers. Soulful renditions of Blakey’s signature repertoire included The Core, Moanin’, and One By One.
For future New School programming at Sweet Rhythm, visit the Jazz website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA’S RANDOM ACTS ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL TO FEATURE ORIGINAL WORKS
The New School for Drama’s RANDOM ACTS One-Act Play Festival continues with its fourth week of productions Thursday, April 9. 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 with the final two weeks featuring six new works by Drama’s third-year playwrights.
The fourth weekend runs April 9-11 and will feature these new plays:
Waking Up With Strangers by Paul David Young, directed by Mary Beth Smith; with Nate Faust, Marco Formosa, Ji-Hye Kwon, and David Marshall;
Broken Wing by Rachel White, directed by Jennifer Hart; with David Bly, Connor Carew, Alison Bridget Chambers, and Bridget Ori;
I’d Do Anything by Rebecca Stokes, directed by Sherri Eden Barber; with Brittany Bellizeare, Mikaela Johnson, Jennifer Lagassé, Aidan O’Shea, Jason R. Stroud, 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.
Visit the drama website for the complete schedule and more information.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
INTERIOR DESIGN STUDENT WINS IESNYC LIGHTING COMPETITION
AAS Interior Design student Hye Yeun Lee was recently named winner of the Illuminating Engineering Society of New York City’s (IESNYC) Ninth Annual Student Design Competition and Exhibition. Her prize package includes $3,000 cash and a trip to attend the Professional Lighting Designers Association Workshop in Europe. This year’s competition, “Audible Light,” challenged students of lighting, architecture, interior design, art, product design, photography, and electrical engineering to create three-dimensional works that conceptually convey a sensory perception of a sound.
Lee’s submission, “Subway Sounds,” was selected by a panel of lighting professionals from over 55 entries. It was her first foray into the world of lighting design, and was developed under the guidance of Parsons faculty member Randy Sabedra. Subway Sounds was inspired by Lee’s favorite distraction on her daily subway ride—watching the subway lights. Her project captures the spatial, kinetic, and visual experience of speeding through a train tunnel, evoking the sound of a screeching subway.
In other AAS interior design news, one of its current students, Sarah Roberts, was chosen as a 2009 Student Ambassador by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). Roberts was one of only two students chosen for the prestigious honor, which includes an appearance at IIDA's annual NeoCon conference in June and interviews about career opportunities with top interior design firms.
For more information on the competition or Lee’s entry, please visit the IESNYC website.
SCULPTURE INSTALLATION ILLUSTRATES THEMES OF EVOLUTION
In recognition of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, the School of Design Strategies at Parsons the New School for Design presents e uno plures, a sculptural installation exploring evolution by faculty member and artist Greg Blonder. The installation is on view in the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street, through April 11.
E uno plures, Latin for “out of one, many,” consists of six black and silver vignettes of increasing complexity, sequentially illuminated by spotlights and constructed of wood, ceramic, and a unique plastic film that bends when exposed to heat. The piece illustrates complex structures composed of simpler building blocks—the natural law that brings evolutionary diversity to life. Each vignette is set into motion by absorbing the spotlight’s energy. Displayed near eye-level and intimate in scale, the moving light encourages the viewer to understand that complex environments can result from simple causes. It is this unifying simplicity that marks Darwin’s Law of evolution by natural selection—one of the seminal insights of mankind.
Greg Blonder is a designer, scientist, and venture capitalist. E uno plures is one of a series of pieces inspired by episodic controversies at the intersection of science and society— including other works on global warming and the environment. For more information on Blonder’s work, please visit www.gregblonder.com and www.talusfurniture.com.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
STEM CELLS IN THE CITY: ETHICS, LAW, AND THE PUBLIC INTEREST
Now that President Barack Obama has signed an executive order to expand federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, New Yorkers are asking important questions: What does this executive order allow and what does it prohibit? Is there a need for state funding and ethical oversight for oocyte and embryo donation? Who will have access to the therapies that emerge from this area of research? How will people be informed?
On Tuesday, April 7, from 6:30-8:30 p.m., the first of three evenings that highlight the biological, ethical, legal, and social dimensions of stem cell research in New York City in an attempt to address some of these important questions will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. A question and answer period follow the presentations and panel discussions.
Presenters include: Katayoun Chamany, PhD, associate professor of Biology, Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts; Advisor for Education and Outreach, The New York Stem Cell Foundation; Greggory Keith Spence, JD, professor in Professional Practice, The New School; and Beth Roxland, J.D. M. Bioethics, acting director and senior attorney of the NY State Task Force on Life and the Law.
Discussants include: Robert Klitzman, MD, associate professor of Clinical Psychiatry (Socio Medical Sciences), Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Mailman School of Public Health; and member of the New York State Stem Cell Science Ethics Committee; and Brooke Ellison, MA, Stem Cell Advocate; founder and president of the Brooke Ellison Project and member of the New York State Stem Cell Science Ethics Committee
This free event is sponsored by Eugene Lang College and Project Pericles. Future programming will investigate the role of stem cells in the media and the therapeutic potential of stem cell research. For more information contact Katayoun Chamany.
STEM CELLS IN THE CITY: SCIENCE, NARRATIVES, AND FILM
On Tuesday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m., Lang College will host the continuing “Stem Cells in the City” series. The topic for this evenings presentation is “Science, Narratives, and Film,” which will feature a screening of the Peabody award winning documentary Mapping Stem Cell Research: Terra Incognita and a panel discussion on the stem cell debate’s effects on the stakeholders in both the research lab and the doctor’s office.
The film follows the story of Dr. Jack Kessler, chair of Northwestern University’s Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurological Sciences. After his 15-year-old daughter Allison was injured in a skiing accident and paralyzed from the waist down, Dr. Kessler committed himself to finding a cure for spinal cord injuries using embryonic stem cells. The film documents the constantly evolving interplay between the promise of new discoveries, the controversy of modern science, and the resilience and courage of people living every day with devastating disease and injury.
The panel discussion will be moderated by Katayoun Chamany, associate professor of Biology, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, and will include Maria Finizto, director and producer of Terra Incognita; Xiao Hu, New York Stem Cell Foundation Druckenmiller Fellow, Albert Einstein College of Medicine; Brian Newman, CEO of Tribeca Film Institute; and Alexis Gambis, Cancer Genetics, Rockefeller University; artistic director and founder, Imagine Science Film Festival, and Sloan Film Advisory Committee Member.
This free event will take place Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
THE MANNES ORCHESTRA AT ALICE TULLY HALL
On Monday, April 6, at 8:00 p.m., the Mannes Orchestra will perform at the newly reopened Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center.
This concert will feature David Hayes, conductor and director of orchestral and conducting studies leading a performance of Dukas' L’apprenti sorcier, Ibert's Concertino da Camera for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra, featuring saxophonist Scott Litroff; and Dvorak's Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70.
Admission to the concert is free and tickets can be picked up at Alice Tully box office by calling 212.875.5050.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
FACULTY AWARDED GRANT FROM OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE
Carlos Forment, associate professor of Sociology, along with his colleague, Jeff Rubin (Boston University), were awarded a grant from the Open Society Institute for their project: Enduring Reform: Business and Activist Response to Progressive Civil Society-Based Reform in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Mexico.
The Open Society Institute works to shape public policies that assure greater fairness in political, legal, and economic systems and safeguard fundamental rights. The grant will enable Professor Forment to spend this coming academic year (2009-10) in Buenos Aires working on a new research project: Citizenship and its Fragments: Argentine Democracy in the Wake of Neoliberalism; and to complete his book manuscript: Democracy in Latin America: Civic Selfhood and Public Centers of Sociability in Nineteenth Century Mexico, Peru, Argentina and Cuba. Professor Forment teaches in The New School for Social Research and the Bachelor's Program.
Modern democracy can be understood as a form of life, a set of institutional structures linked to legal-juridical concerns, and a collective imaginary rooted in representational practices. The aim of this conference is to examine the challenges, accomplishments and particularities of democracy as it has surfaced across Africa, Middle East, India, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and in the United States of America.
This free conference, which will be held on Friday-Saturday, April 17-18, from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., will gather a remarkable group of scholars to discuss the various experiences of contemporary democracies and the challenges confronting them in the following panels:
“Emerging Forms of Democratic Life”: Pierre Rosanvallon, Collége de France; Steve Ellner, Universidad de Oriente de Venezuela; Nadia Urbinati; Columbia University.
“Legitimacy, Legality and Democratic Regimes”: Mattias Kumm, New York University School of Law; Andrew Arato, The New School for Social Research; Kendall Thomas, Columbia University School of Law; and John Vanderlippe, The New School for Social Research
“Contesting Democratic Rights”: Catherine Boone, University of Texas-Austin; Jillian Schwedler, University of Massachusetts—Amherst; Carlos Forment, The New School for Social Research and Universidad Nacional de San Martin; and Douglas Chalmers, Columbia University.
“Political Institutions and Democracy”: Yao Yang, Beijing University; Ashok Gurung, The New School for Social Research; Sanjay Ruparelia, The New School for Social Research; and Sanjay G. Reedy, Barnard College, Columbia University
“Reenchantment of Democracy”: Robert Albro, American University; Ruth Marshall, University of Toronto; Jeffrey Goldfarb, The New School for Social Research; and Ronald Kassmir, The New School for Social Research.
“Symbolic and Virtual Boundaries of Democracy”: Faisal Devji, The New School for Social Research; Eiko Ikegami, The New School for Social Research; and Victoria Hattam, The New School for Social Research.
Organized by Professors Andrew Arato and Carlos Forment, the conference will be held in the Machinist Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, mezzanine level. It is being sponsored by The New School for Social Research, Department of Sociology and its Graduate Student Association, India-China Institute, Dean’s Office, and General Studies—Bachelor’s Program.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
FRIDAYS @ ONE SERIES: WOMEN AND PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST
On Friday, April 24, at 1:00 p.m., filmmaker and peace activist Lilly Rivlin will screen and discuss her documentary, Can You Hear Me? Israeli and Palestinian Women Fight for Peace.
Can You Hear Me? is the first documentary to explore in depth the role of Israeli and Palestinian women peace activists dealing with one of the world’s oldest conflicts. Though prospects for peace have ebbed and flowed between Israelis and Palestinians, women peace activists have worked consistently to bring an end to the bloodshed that has brought so much anguish to both sides. A Q&A session will follow the screening.
Lilly Rivlin is a journalist, writer, and filmmaker. She is also a consultant for Middle East politics, Jewish affairs, non-violent conflict resolution, and gender issues. She is a co-founder of the original Feminist Seder and serves on the International Committee of Women of the Wall. Her films also include Miriam's Daughters Now, The Tribe, and Gimme a Kiss.
The event will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. Admission is free, but reservations are required by calling 212. 229.5682.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
ANTHROPOLOGY CONFERENCE: SCALING THE ETHNOGRAPHIC
As disciplines other than anthropology increasingly look to ethnography as a method of research, the method is itself going through significant transformations. Anthropologists are now conducting ethnographic fieldwork that would have been inconceivable only 15 years ago. On April 10, The New School for Social Research’s Department of Anthropology will present a free conference, “Scaling the Ethnographic” from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., in the Machinist Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, mezzanine level.
The conference will consist of three panels in which participants will address one of three themes in a conversation moderated by two students, who will pose questions raised by the work of the panelists.
“Inner Space: Scales of Subjectivity” addresses questions on the scale of the human interior.
Participants include: Ann Stoler, professor of Anthropology, The New School; João Biehl, professor of Anthropology, Princeton University; and Emily Martin, professor Anthropology, New York University.
“Cosmopolitanism: Scales of Circulation” addresses questions of the largest or most ethereal scales—what are often called the global and the universal. Participants include: Douglas Holmes, professor of Anthropology, Binghamton University; Ben Lee, professor of Anthropology, The New School; and Caitlin Zaloom, assistant professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University.
“Material Entanglements: Scales of Liveliness” questions the traditional ethnographic presumptions on scales of agency.
Participants include: Hugh Raffles, associate professor of Anthropology, The New School and Stefan Helmreich, associate professor of Anthropology, MIT.
Closing remarks will be made by Vyjayanthi Rao, assistant professor of Anthropology, The New School.
For additional information, visit www.scaling.wordpress.com.
CELEBRATE VDAY 2009 WITH A SCREENING OF WHAT I WANT MY WORDS TO DO TO YOU
What I Want My Words to Do to You offers an unprecedented look into the minds and hearts of the women inmates of New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. The film goes inside a writing workshop led by playwright and activist Eve Ensler. The workshop participants are 15 women inmates, many of whom were convicted of murder. Through a series of exercises and discussions, the women delve into their pasts and explore the nature of their crimes and the extent of their own culpability.
All proceeds will benefit nonprofit organizations working to end violence against women. For more information, contact vday@newschool.edu. This event is sponsored by Student Services at The New School.
Thursday, April 9, 8:30-10:30 p.m., Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Auditorium, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 66 Fifth Avenue. Tickets are $2 each and will be on sale in the lobby starting at 8:00 p.m.
CHOOSE YOUR ROOM FOR NEXT YEAR:
STUDENT HOUSING SELECTION PROCESS TAKES PLACE THE WEEK OF APRIL 13
The annual student housing selection process will take place during the week of April 13. Students should submit their housing applications and deposits by March 25 in order to choose a room for the 2009-2010 academic year.
For more information, please visit the Housing website, and click on “Apply for Housing.” If you have any questions, please email myhome@newschool.edu.
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.
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