EUGENE LANG COLLEGE ANNOUNCES EVE MOSHER AS VISITING ARTIST
Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts has announced that artist Eve Mosher will be its Fall 2009 Visiting Artist in its Visual Arts Program. Mosher will present a free public lecture on Tuesday, September 22, at 6:00 p.m. on Collaborative Urban Interaction as Artistic Practice at The New School's Theresa Lang Student and Community Center at 55 West 13th Street.
She will also teach a four-week workshop to Lang College students titled, "Signs of Growth: Urban Food," which will result in an exhibition at The New School's Skybridge Art and Sound Space, located at 66 West 12th Street, 3rd Floor. The exhibition will be on view October 27 through November 19, with an opening reception on Tuesday, October 27 from 4-7 pm. Mosher and the students will also participate in Art in Odd Places, a citywide art festival, taking place throughout the month of October along Manhattan's 14th Street. Their project Signs of Growth + Mobile Gardens, in collaboration with artist Tattfoo Tan, will be performed on the weekend of October 16-18.
Mosher is known for her large-scale public projects that focus on the complex interactions between human and natural environments. Her latest public project, Seeding the City, utilizes social networking to introduce urban interventions in the form of green roof modules. It capitalizes on community building to introduce urban environmental issues and remediation tools. She will be discussing the “Seeding the City” project and others in both her public lecture and the workshop, where students will explore the notion of urban farming, sustainable food growth, and contemporary public art practices.
Securing New York and the Nation:
The Creation of The Department of Homeland Security
Created in response to the September 11 attacks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was tasked with protecting the nation. On Thursday, September 24, Tom Ridge, author of The Test of Our Times: America Under Siege ... And How We Can Be Safe Again, joins Milano and the Center for New York City Affairs to discuss the creation of the department, its early history, and his tenure as its first secretary. He will speak about the agency’s successes and failures and offer recommendations on such matters as the federal threat-level alert system, immigration reform, and reorganization of DHS along regional lines—with a focus on the unique security needs of New York.
Ridge will deliver a keynote address and then engage in conversation with Bob Kerrey, president of The New School.
This event will take place from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m. in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. The event is free, but an RSVP is required.
CANDIDATES FOR THE NEW SCHOOL HONORARY DEGREES
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2010 commencement exercises. Award recipients 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 23, 2009. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
JAZZ FACULTY MEMBER ALEXIS CUADRADO TO PERFORM WORLD PREMIERE OF NONETO IBÉRICO
Composer, bassist, and New School Jazz faculty member Alexis Cuadrado will premiere Noneto Ibérico at New York City’s Jazz Gallery on October 2 and 3. A nine-movement composition, Noneto Ibérico blends the traditional song forms of flamenco with contemporary improvised music to create a unique synthesis in today’s jazz idiom.
Noneto Ibérico was created with support from Chamber Music America’s New Works: Creation and Presentation program, which is funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
The Jazz Gallery is located at 290 Hudson Street in New York City. For reservations, call 212.242.1063. Performances are at 9:00 and 10:30 p.m. Admission is $15 for the general public and $10 for members.
NEW SCHOOL JAZZ FACULTY MEMBER TO PERFORM IN AN EVENING WITH MARIANNE FAITHFULL AT NYC’S TOWN HALL
On Thursday, September 24, New School Jazz faculty member, Christopher Hoffman will perform at New York City’s Town Hall with award-winning English singer, songwriter, and actress Marianne Faithfull, whose career spans over four decades. Hoffman will join an eclectic ensemble that includes Greg Cohen, Marc Ribot, Rob Burger, Joey Baron, Ryan Scott, Christina Courtin, Lenny Pickett, and Marty Elrich.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ADULT BACHELOR’S STUDENTS
Joan L. Jacobson, a member of The New School Board of Governors, has joined the Charlotte W. Newcombe Foundation in providing scholarship support for students in The New School for General Studies Adult Bachelor’s Program. In endowing the Jacobson/Newcombe Scholarship for Mature Women Students, Jacobson and the Newcombe Foundation join together to support adult women working towards their bachelor’s degree.
Also renewing its support of scholarships in the 2009-2010 academic year, the Bernard Osher Foundation has again enabled the bachelor’s program to offer support for 10 promising adult students returning—after a break of five or more years—to complete their undergraduate degree.
These scholarships are instrumental in helping students complete their degree and pursue their goals as they balance work, family, and their educational and professional aspirations.
On September 25 and 26, the graduate program in International Affairs presents a conference on the practices of human rights.
Over the two days, panels will be held on gender violence and human rights, the practice of human rights, human rights and economic policy, and humanitarianism and human rights.
Panelists include Leila Abu-Lughod, Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science, Columbia University; Philip Alston, John Norton Pomeroy Professor of Law, NYU Law School; Radhika Balakrishnan, director, Center for Women’s Global Leadership,Rutgers University; Amal Fadlalla, assistant professor for Women's Studies Program and Afro-American and African Studies, University of Michigan; and Iain Levine, program director, Human Rights Watch.
The conference will take place both days from 8:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street, room 510. Admission is free.
BIRTH AND REBIRTH OF A NATION: SCREENING AND COLLOQUIUM
On Saturday, September 26, 10:00 a.m.-7:30 p.m., Birth and Rebirth of a Nation will consider current issues of race and representation in the media and beyond. D.W. Griffith’s notorious white supremacist manifesto is discussed in the context of contemporary developments in an attempt to reconcile the racial imagination of the average American of today with that of the average American of less than a century ago, when The Birth of a Nation was the most popular film of the day.
Speakers will analyze recent scholarship on racism in the period of the film and examine the film’s legacy and continuing impact. The questions that will be considered are: How do we think critically about the contested notion of a “post-racial” America as we look back at history? How has the social, political, and cultural context that created The Birth of a Nation transformed over time?
From 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation (1915), silent film will be screened with live accompaniment organized in collaboration with The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.
From 2:00-5:00 p.m., a colloquium will take place with the following speakers: Douglas A. Blackmon, Pulitzer-prize winning author and Atlanta Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal; David Blight, Class of 1954 Professor of American History and Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition, Yale University; Bill Gaskins, photographer, essayist, and professor of Photography and Art History, Parsons The New School for Design; Margo Jefferson, Associate Professor of Writing, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts; Michelle Materre, Assistant Professor, Media Studies and Film, The New School for General Studies; Miriam J. Petty, professor of Film and Media Studies, Rutgers University-Newark; and Michele Wallace, professor of English, Women’s Studies and Film, CUNY Graduate Center and City College of New York. This will be followed at 6:00 p.m., by a screening of DJ Spooky’s Rebirth of a Nation (2002), a critical revision of Griffith’s historic film.
This event organized on occasion of the Vera List Center's 2009-2010 program theme, Speculating on Change, which will take place at Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Admission is free, but reservations are recommended by emailing the Vera List Center at vlc@newschool.edu or calling 212.229.2436.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
SECURING NEW YORK AND THE NATION:
BLOOMBERG AND THE MAYORALTY: MONEY, POWER, AND A POLITICS OF INDEPENDENCE
Billionaire-turned-mayor Michael Bloomberg challenged the beliefs that businessmen make inept politicians and that charisma is a prerequisite for the job of mayor. Joyce Purnick’s new biography, Mike Bloomberg: Money, Power, Politics, illuminates the man behind the public persona.
On Tuesday, September 29, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m., Glenn Thrush, senior congressional reporter for Politico.com, moderates a discussion with participants including Joyce Purnick and Doug Muzzio, professor at Baruch College School of Public Affairs. The discussion, held in conjunction with the Center for New York City Affairs, centers on how Bloomberg and his money have reshaped the mayoralty, remade city politics, and upended notions of independent urban leadership.
This event, supported by the Sirus Fund and the Milano Foundation, will be held in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. It is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required. Reserve a place by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
Following the discussion, Joyce Purnick will be on hand to sign copies of her new book, which will be available for purchase.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
On Wednesday, September 23, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Science Friday host Ira Flatow will interview renowned theoretical physicist Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss, who will discuss his past, present, and future work as well as his views on the direction science is taking and what is involved in becoming a scientist.
Dr. Lawrence M. Krauss is foundation professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration and Physics Department, associate director of the Beyond Center, co-director of the Cosmology Initiative, and director of the Origins Initiative at Arizona State University. He is also author of the best-selling The Physics of Star Trek and other popular books on physics such as Hiding in the Mirror: The Quest for Alternate Realities and Plato to String Theory. He is a contributor to the New York Times and Science magazine.
Science Friday Initiative was founded in 1990, and provides a platform for the discussion of current scientific debates and innovations. In collaboration with the award-winning NPR show Science Friday, the initiative works to increase interest in science among adolescents and young adults.
This event is cosponsored by Interdisciplinary Science at Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts. It will be held 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 langscience@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
SCHOOL OF CONSTRUCTED ENVIRONMENTS PARTICIPATES IN ARCH SCHOOLS:
VISIONS OF THE FUTURE
The Master of Architecture Program at the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons is participating in The AIA New York Chapter’s fifth annual exhibition of exemplary student work, Arch Schools: Visions of the Future.
The exhibition, which will be on view at the Center for Architecture through December 12, explores how the next generation of architects are thinking beyond the current recession and devising innovative ways to do more with less by designing their “visions of the future.” As part of the exhibition opening activities, on Thursday September 10, Bill Morrish, dean of The School of Constructed Environments, took part in a deans’ roundtable at the Center for Architecture.
The exhibition features thesis work by recent graduates of Parsons who address topical themes in the field. Parsons is among 14 architectural colleges and universities participating in this exhibition. Among them included, the City College of New York, Columbia University, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, Cornell University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, New York Institute of Technology, Pratt Institute, Princeton University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Syracuse University, University at Buffalo (SUNY), University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University.
The Center for Architecture is located at 536 LaGuardia Place (between Bleecker and West 3rd Streets). For more information, please visit their website.
NEWS FROM MANNES COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MUSIC
On Friday, September 25, the Orion String Quartet presents a program including Leon Kirchner’s four string quartets. The concert will take place at 8:00 p.m. in the Mannes Concert Hall, Mannes Building, 150 West 85th Street.
Founded in 1987, the Orion String Quartet features violinists Daniel and Todd Phillips, violist Steven Tenenbom, and cellist Timothy Eddy, each of whom has a distinguished solo and chamber music career. The quartet gained immediate attention in the classical music world upon its founding in 1987. The group have been consistently praised for the fresh perspective and individuality they bring to performing a broad repertoire and have become one of the most sought-after ensembles in the United States. In its residency at Mannes, the Orion Quartet presents four free concerts each year in addition to working with student ensembles in a series of chamber music master classes.
Tickets for the concert are free and must be picked up at the security desk on the day of the concert starting at 6:00 p.m. (one ticket per person). Seating begins at approximately 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 212.580.0210 x4817.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
PHILOSOPHY CHAIR SIMON CRITCHLEY DISCUSSES MONEY IN THE NEW YORK TIMES OPINION SECTION
Professor Simon Critchley’s article “Coin of Praise” was featured in the Opinion section of the New York Times on August 30. The piece ruminates philosophically about the meaning of money through an exploration of the assignment of value and status through money.
PROFESSOR ARATO RECEIVES A GRANT TO ADVISE SRI LANKA
Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Theory, received a U.S. Speaker and Specialist Grant from the U.S. Department of State Bureau of International Information to have video conferences with Sri Lanka on democracy, civil society, and the rule of law. Professor Arato advised Nepal on the drafting of constitutions under the same grant in September 2007.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE The New School For Liberal Arts AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
On Tuesday, September 29, at 6:30 p.m., a panel on the work done by Internet users and those within the “creative industries” and focusing on the relationship between invisible labor and the production of value will be held. Drawing on critical perspectives on labor, digital technology, and social and political theory, the discussion will be moderated by McKenzie Wark, associate professor, chair of Culture and Media, and associate dean for faculty affairs at Eugene Lang College.
Panelists include Andrew Ross, professor of social and cultural analysis at New York University and author of the recently published collection of essays Nice Work if You Can Get It; Richard Sennett, professor of sociology at New York University and author of The Craftsman; and Tiziana Terranova, associate professor of sociology of communications at Università di Napoli L’Orientale and author of Network Culture: Politics for the Information Age. An installation of Web-based art projects accompanies the presentation.
The panel will take place at the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor. General admission is $8. Students and New School faculty, staff, and alumni are admitted free with valid ID. For more information, contact the Vera List Center at vlc@newschool.edu or 212.229.2436.
This event is a prelude to “Digital Labor: The Internet as Playground and Factory,” a conference organized by Lang faculty member Trebor Scholz that will take place at The New School November 12-14. The conference addresses the massive transformations in labor, life, and the economy related to digital media and confronts the urgent need to interrogate what constitutes labor and value in the digital economy. For more information about the November conference, visit www.digitallabor.org.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
PLAYWRITING ALUMS FEATURED IN ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL
Plays by two Drama alums, Mrinalini Kamath ’03 and Naveen Bahar Choudhury ’04, are appearing in The River Crosses Rivers, a one-act play festival presented by Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST). The festival highlights new work by 13 established and emerging women playwrights of color, including Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage, actor Ruby Dee, and Kia Corthron. Choudhury’s The Kitchen, or 91/2 Minutes of Subcontinental Absurdity, directed by Jamie Richards, and Kamath’s Sloppy Second Chances, directed by Kel Haney, are currently running at the theater, located at 549 West 52nd Street in New York City.
“I had heard about the festival years ago, when I was a member of Youngblood, EST’s emerging playwrights collective,” remembers Kamath. “This is my first non-Youngblood-related play being performed on EST’s main stage, and I have a great director and two really gifted actors. It’s a short, fun play that I think will resonate with audiences and hopefully have them laughing.”
The festival runs in two series until September 27. For a complete schedule and more information, visit www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SERVICES WELCOMES NEW INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
This fall, more than 800 new international students hailing from 100 countries enrolled at The New School. About 500 packed Tishman Auditorium for the international student orientation, thrilled to begin their studies in New York City.
Approximately 2,000, or 23 percent, of New School students are international, making the university first among American schools in international enrollment, according to 2009-2010 U.S. News and World Report rankings. (An article discussing universities’ international enrollment can be found at the US News website.
International Student Services seeks to foster international educational exchange and to enhance students’ intellectual, artistic, cultural, and social development at The New School by providing a welcoming environment.
We invite the entire New School community to meet international students and the ISS staff by taking part in our activities. To find out about upcoming events, email ISS at ISSevents@newschool.edu or find us on Facebook under the name ISS Circle.
Events are open to New School students, faculty, and staff. Upcoming programs and events for the fall semester include
- Conversation Partners Program
- International Student Mentor Program
- Fun Fridays in New York City
- Coffee and Tea Thursdays
- International Education Week (November 16-20)
- International Festival
- IEW Photo Contest
- International Book Club
Please visit our website for more information about our office and the programs and services we offer.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTING VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
Earn $50! Psychological testing volunteers are needed for fall 2009—spring 2010. 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 your self! Volunteers meet with one clinical PhD student several times throughout the year. Volunteers must be available both fall 2009 and spring 2010. Total testing time is about six hours, plus an hour of feedback in the spring 2010 semester after testing is completed. The 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 Laura Kirmayer, to arrange a telephone interview. Email Roser694@newschool.edu or Ikirm04@yahoo.com with any questions for the instructors, Dr. Andrew Twardon and Dr. Doris Chang, and queries will be forwarded.
USE YOUR FREE ADMISSION TO DROP IN AND SEE MOMA’S EXHIBITION OF MONET"S WATER LILIES Starting September 13
Starting September 13, the Museum of Modern Art presents an installation that will, for the first time since the Museum's reopening in 2004, feature the full group of Claude Monet's late paintings in the collection. We encourage New School students and employees to drop in and enjoy the exhibit and 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 $20-36 per ticket include: 33 Variations, The 39 Steps, Altar Boyz, American Ballet Theatre, The American Plan, August: Osage County, Avenue Q, Ballet NY, Beast, Big Apple Circus, Blithe Spirit, Christopher Cross at B.B. King's, Distracted, Enter Laughing, Exit the King, The Fantasticks, Forbidden Broadway Goes to Rehab, Fueerzabruta, Gypsy, Hedda Gabler, Impressionism, Irena's Vow, Joe Turner's Come and Gone, London Philharmonic at Lincoln Center; The Marvelous Wonderettes, Mourning Becomes Electra, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, Next to Normal, Pal Joey, Patti Austin at Brooklyn Center; Paul Taylor Dance Company, The Phantom of the Opera, Reasons to be Pretty, Rock of Ages, Ruined, Shrek: The Musical; Speed the Plow, Spring Awakening and Uncle Vanya.
So don't miss this great opportunity to see great theater at great prices.
The New York Times is offering a 60 percent discount ($.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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