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Institute For New Economic Thinking Interviews NSSR Economist Lance Taylor
Date: 5/17/2011
The Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) website currently features a series of interviews with Lance Taylor, Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, The New School for Social Research. The interviews, conducted by INET executive director Rob Johnson, revolve...
Israeli Sociologist Uri Ram Awarded NSSR Distinguished Alumni Prize
Date: 5/17/2011
On May 23rd, Uri Ram will be awarded The New School for Social Research’s Distinguished Alumni Prize, honoring his contribution to sociology and civil discourse. Ram, who studied under Andrew Arato, currently serves as chair of the Department of Sociology...
NSSR’S Nancy Fraser Helps Brazil Make the Case for Marriage Equality
Date: 6/1/2011
As the debate about marriage equality heats up in our own home state of New York, other states and nations are taking action on gay nuptials—and The New School’s thought leaders are playing an influential role in the global discussion...
24th Social Research Conference: India’s World
Date: 5/3/2011
On Tuesday and Wednesday, May 10 and 11, noted experts on India connect the dots between key issues in contemporary Indian life, including the nation’s government, economy, policy, and culture. This public conference engages speakers and audience in conversation, leading...
Adoption and Attachment with “Innovations in Intervention”
Date: 3/28/2011
Adoption offers children the most radical form of intervention that exists, arising from the promise of permanence in a new family. Adoptive families often face unique challenges as children’s prior experiences often include physical, emotional, and social deprivation. On Wednesday,...
What’s The Cost of Climate Change? SCEPA’s Willi Semmler Investigates
Date: 3/11/2011
Willi Semmler, a professor of economics at The New School for Social Research and a faculty fellow of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), has received a second grant from the Alex C. Walker Foundation to support his...
Cornel West- Jim Miller- and others ask Does Philosophy Still Matter? January 26 at The New School
Date: 1/24/2011
In an age of instant punditry, 24 7 Twitter updates, and political discourse that seems to discourage careful reflection, an all star panel at The New School will ask Does Philosophy Still Matter?, marking the publication of...
Anwar Shaikh of The New School for Social Research Speaks in India
Date: 1/20/2011
In November, Anwar Shaikh, professor of economics at The New School for Social Research, traveled to the University of Delhi to share his research on global economic theory in three appearances. Shaikh first delivered the Oliver Tambo Lecture, titled “The...
Toward More Perfect Unions: NSSR’s Andrew Arato Shares His Constitutional Research in Zimbabwe
Date: 12/6/2010
 As Zimbabwe progresses toward the creation of a new constitution, the U.S. embassy in Harare has been inviting the world’s top constitutional scholars to the nation’s capitol to share their perspectives. Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and...
Thinking Freely: Iranian Scholar Kioumars Ghereghlou Finds Refuge at The New School
Date: 12/7/2010
“You’re just a little screw in the system. If you don’t work properly within the system, we will be the first ones who remove you and crush you.”In October 2008, an Iranian intelligence agent gave this warning...
NSSR Professor Sanjay Reddy Awarded Institute for Economic Thinking Grant
Date: 11/19/2010
Sanjay Reddy, associate professor of economics at The New School for Social Research, has been awarded a grant from the Institute for Economic Thinking (INET). The grant is among the first given by INET and supports Reddy’s work to establish...
2010–2011 Heuss Professor Norbert Frei Explores the Core of Nazi Ideology
Date: 11/4/2010
Nazi Morality is a phrase that, depending on one’s viewpoint, might be considered an oxymoron, a historiographical question, or the basis for a heated debate. For Norbert Frei, the 2010–2011 Theodor Heuss Professor at The New School...
An Affair of the Mind: Arendt and Heidegger
Date: 11/5/2010
Hannah Arendt, one of The New School’s brightest lights, taught here from 1967 until her passing 1975, leaving behind a legacy as the Twentieth Century’s leading philosopher of Fascism.For many, Arendt’s personal life is as thought provoking as her scholarship...
From Impunity to Accountability: Africa's Development in the 21st Century
Date: 11/9/2010
The Center for Public Scholarship and the The New School for Social Research’s journal, Social Research, host a conference From Impunity to Accountability Africa’s Development in the 21st Century on Thursday and Friday, November 18–19 in Tishman Auditorium, 66 West...
New School for Social Research PhD Candidate Wins Aspen Institute Award
Date: 10/20/2010
On October 6, the Aspen Institute named Natascha van der Zwan, a PhD candidate in Political Science at The New School for Social Research, as a winner of the 2010 Shared Capitalism Dissertation Proposal Award. The award...
Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis Teresa Ghilarducci to Speak on Capitol Hill
Date: 10/14/2010
On Monday, October 18, Teresa Ghilarducci, Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research, will travel to Capitol Hill to brief congressional staff members and representatives on flaws in the federal retirement...
Arts in Mind: Mental health as muse
Date: 9/27/2010
“Arts in Mind,” a series of conversations taking place throughout the fall semester, brings important artists working across the spectrum of media to engage mental health issues that frequently appear in their work. “Elegies for our Lost Asylums” welcomes photographer...
Justice in Johannesburg: NSSR Professor Andrew Arato Spends Year at the University of Witwatersrand
Date: 9/12/2010
When South Africa wrote a new, post apartheid constitution in 1996, the world took notice as the nation produced what many called history’s most democratic governing document. South Africa provides a fitting setting for Andrew Arato, Dorothy...
Studying the Study of the Mind: Nick Langlitz Examines Psychedelic Neurology
Date: 9/14/2010
Assistant Professor of Anthropology Nicolas Langlitz, who joined The New School for Social Research’s Department of Anthropology in January 2010, studies those who study drugs. Langlitz’s work reveals that these researchers often find themselves navigating a difficult space between scientific standards and personal interests...
Heated Conversations: Transregional Center for Democratic Studies’s 19th Democracy & Diversity Institute
Date: 8/31/2010
This July, The New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies hosted its 19th annual Democracy and Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland. Taking the theme “Citizens Without Borders,” the 2010 institute brought together 30 graduate students from The...
Tough Decisions: Lisa Rubin Investigates Genetic Screening Implications
Date: 7/19/2010
For many aspiring parents concerned about inherited developmental diseases like Down syndrome and Tay Sachs, getting pre natal and pre implantation genetic testing is by now a foregone conclusion—as are the attendant ethical questions. But the advent of fetal and...
Critchley Throws the First Stone: Moderates Times’ New Philosophy Blog
Date: 5/24/2010
Simon Critchley, chair of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research, made a splash this week with an essay that inaugurated the New York Times’ new philosophy blog, “The Stone.”...
Defense or Censorship: Limiting Knowledge in a Democracy
Date: 5/17/2010
Social Research: An International Quarterly is hosting the final three sessions of their 21st conference on May 27 at Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street. ...
Bright Star: Andreas Kalyvas Appointed Co-Editor in Chief of Constellations
Date: 5/17/2010
Andreas Kalyvas, associate professor in the Political Science Department at The New School for Social Research, has just been named co-editor in chief for Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory...
Understanding the Numbers Game Jobs and the Global Economy: Unemployment in Latin America
Date: 5/3/2010
The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis will host Laurence Ball, economist and professor at John Hopkins University, in a free lecture on unemployment in Latin America, on May 11, at 4:00 p.m., in room 1009, 6 East 16th Street. The event will discuss how job creation contributes to economic recovery in an international context. ...
Voices Of Rwanda: Genocide Through the Eyes of Survivors
Date: 4/26/2010
On Tuesday, April 27, at 6:00 p.m., in Wollman Hall, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor, Voice of Rwanda, a film showing testimony of survivors of the Rwandan genocide will be screened ...
Philosophical Globe Trotter: No Rest for Richard Bernstein
Date: 4/19/2010
The month of May is a busy one for Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research. ...
The Skeptics Are Here—Really? The Hannah Arendt And Reiner Schürmann Symposium In Political Philosophy
Date: 4/12/2010
On Friday, April 16 and Saturday, April 17, from 1:00-7:00 p.m., the Hannah Arendt / Reiner Schürmann Memorial Symposium in Political Philosophy will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center...
Bailing Out Americans What Can Corporations Do Now?
Date: 4/12/2010
On April 22–23, The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis is holding a two-day conference to discuss the role of corporations in an economic comeback...
New World Axis New School Faculty Publishes Book on Fascism in Italy and Argentina
Date: 4/5/2010
Frederico Finchelstein, assistant professor of History at The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, has published Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919–1945...
What Bugs Hugh Raffles Insectopedia Receives Rave Reviews
Date: 4/5/2010
For Anthropology Chair Hugh Raffles, insects are much more than creatures that interfere with picnics. His new book, Insectopedia, explores the ties that bind us to these beautiful, ancient, largely unknown species. ...
Who Owns Antigone? People In Support Of Women In Philosophy: 3rd Annual Colloquium
Date: 3/29/2010
On Thursday, April 1, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the People in Support of Women in Philosophy organization will present their 3rd Annual Colloquium...
Where To After Copenhagen? The Economics of Climate Change: An International Conference
Date: 3/29/2010
The New School will host the Economics of Climate Change: An International Conference, where U.S. and international academics, government officials, and policy analysts, will discuss carbon emission, climate change, and emission regulation ...
Does Torture Ever Work? New School Faculty Receives Grant
Date: 3/22/2010
Emanuele Castano, associate professor of psychology at The New School, and Bernhard Leidner, a New School for Social Research post doctoral fellow, have received a two year grant from the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation, which sponsors research on violence, aggression,...
Is Enlightenment Possible In A Global Economy? Hauke Brunkhorst To Give Heuss Lecture
Date: 3/22/2010
On Tuesday, March 23, at 6:00 p.m., visiting Theodor Heuss Professor of Sociology, Hauke Brunkhorst, will give the annual Heuss Lecture this year titled, “Democracy Under Pressure of Global Capitalism.” ...
Hugh Raffles’ Insectopedia Hits the Stands
Date: 3/8/2010
Insectopedia, Anthropology Chair Hugh Raffles’ new book out on March 23, is an exploration of the ties that bind us to the beautiful, ancient, largely unknown species with whom we share the world...
Kritische Gesamtausgabeder Werke Von Hans Jonas: Hans Jonas’ Critical Edition of Philosophy Published
Date: 3/8/2010
The first volume of a major critical edition of philosophy professor emeritus Hans Jonas’ work has just been published. ...
Economic Impacts The Effect of Crisis on Distribution
Date: 3/1/2010
On Friday, March 5, from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., the Economic Student Union hosts a conference on the effects of downturns, depressions, and the past and current economic crises on distribution...
Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and Other World Leaders Gather Mobilizing for Women’s Rights and Ending Violence
Date: 3/1/2010
As the world enters the second decade of the 21st century, Nobel Peace Laureate Shirin Ebadi and other women’s-rights leaders gather at The New School on March 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., to build upon their collective experience and to highlight major challenges to women’s empowerment. ...
Philosophy Chair Simon Critchley Honored at Conference Devoted To His Works
Date: 2/22/2010
Simon Critchley, chair of the Philosophy Department at The New School for Social Research, will be honored as the Brackenridge Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Department of Philosophy Classics, during a two-day conference devoted to his work and intellectual interests. ...
The Limits of Memory: The Third Annual NSSR Interdisciplinary Memory Conference
Date: 2/22/2010
Much research has been done on memory and the way it functions, circulates, and is mobilized. This conference, held from Thursday March 4 through Saturday, March 6, addresses some of the limits to theories and practices of memory, focusing on how the uses and abuses of memory are often intimately tied together...
Seymour Hersh Gives Keynote Addresss at Social Research Conference
Date: 2/22/2010
Pulitzer-Prize winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh will give the keynote address at the 21st Social Research conference titled, “Limiting Knowledge in a Democracy” on Wednesday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m...
Conference on the Politics of Resistance Under Theocracy
Date: 2/1/2010
The conference Politics of Resistance Under Theocracy will be held on February 12 from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in Tishman Auditorium at 66 West 12th Street...
The Schwartz Center For Economic Policy Analysis Announces 2010 Spring Seminar Series
Date: 2/1/2010
Dovetailing with President Obama’s emphasis on job creation in his first State of the Union Address on January 27, the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) is presenting a seminar series dedicated to this urgent topic...
SCEPA Wins Grants to Set Agenda on Retirement Security and Climate Economics
Date: 1/25/2010
With the results of the recession and the Copenhagen conference dominating headlines, the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) has received three prestigious grants to set the agenda, both domestically and internationally, on retirement security and climate change. ...
Obama Lecture by Professor Simon Critchley is Fora.TV’s Most-Watched Political Program For 2009
Date: 1/11/2010
FORA.tv, a public affairs website featuring video of live events from the world’s top universities and think tanks, announced that Professor Simon Critchley’s lecture on the branding of Obama was the top political program of 2009. ...
Democracy And Diversity Graduate Summer Institute Wroclaw, Poland, July 10–26, 2010
Date: 12/14/2009
The 19th Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute, organized by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of The New School for Social Research, takes place in Wroclaw, Poland, July 10–26, 2010. ...
New Migration Documentary Screens at The New School
Date: 12/7/2009
On Wednesday, December 9, the Anthropology Department at The New School for Social Research will present a screening and discussion of the documentary film Messages from Paradise #1, Egypt: Austria/About the Permanent Longing for Elsewhere ...
Chile: Life Under And After The Dictator
Date: 11/23/2009
On Monday, November 23, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., the Janey Program in Latin American Studies and the Observatory On Latin America (OLA) at The New School is presenting a conversation with Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz on his award-winning memoir The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto Pinochet, and on the forthcoming presidential elections in Chile. ...
Sociology Student Christine Emeran Receives Second Fulbright Fellowship
Date: 11/9/2009
Christine Emeran, a PhD student in the Sociology Department at The New School for Social Research, has been tremendously successful in funding her research through a variety of grants and fellowships. ...
William Phillips Lecture: Norman Manea
Date: 11/9/2009
On Tuesday, November 17, Norman Manea delivers The New School for Social Research’s annual William Phillips Lecture, titled “20 Years After the Berlin Wall.” ...
The Fall Of The Wall: Then And Now
Date: 11/2/2009
The year of the fall of the Berlin Wall, 1989, transformed the world, but it was certainly not the end of history. ...
Beats Of Freedom
Date: 11/2/2009
The Rebel Waltz event at The New School will include a public discussion with the bands and a screening of Beats of Freedom, a documentary about Polish music of the 1980s. ...
Chair of Anthropology Hugh Raffles Wins 2009 Whiting Award
Date: 11/2/2009
The Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation named Hugh Raffles, chair of the Anthropology Department at The New School for Social Research, one of 10 recipients of the 2009 Whiting Writers’ Awards. ...
Accumulation, Development, And Exclusion: China, India, And Global Capitalism
Date: 10/26/2009
How can a growth process that leads to exclusion be legitimized, and how are citizens and subjects governed through the organized practices that sustain it? On Monday, November 2, a panel of speakers chaired by William Milberg, professor of economics at The New School for Social Research, will examine these issues in relation to two of the fastest-growing economies in the world—China and India...
Eiko Ikegami, Chair Of Sociology Department, To Lecture In Peru, Chile, And Argentina
Date: 10/26/2009
Eiko Ikegami, professor and chair of the Sociology Department at The New School for Social Research, has recently been honored by the Japan Foundation with an invitation to give a public lecture tour of three Latin American countries from November 18 to November 30. ...
Professor Attracts Coverage For Ethnography as a Political Science Methodology
Date: 10/19/2009
Timothy Pachirat, assistant professor of political science at The New School for Social Research, was featured in the September 21 edition of the Chronicle Review ...
Paul Douglas Lecture: The Honorable Adlai Stevenson III
Date: 10/12/2009
On Tuesday, October 27, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., The New School for Social Research will present the 2009 Paul H. Douglas Lecture on Ethics and Government, featuring the Honorable Adlai Stevenson III...
1989–2009: Negotiating Revolution & Furnishing Democracy With Adam Michnik
Date: 10/5/2009
The symposium hosted by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), will be held on Wednesday, October 14, from 6:00-8:00 p.m., celebrates a double legacy: that of the negotiated revolutions of 1989 and The New School’s remarkable relationship to them...
Nancy Fraser To Deliver Prestigious Lectures at Yale and Cornell in October
Date: 10/5/2009
Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science Nancy Fraser will deliver the Storrs Lectures at Yale Law School on Monday, October 5, and Tuesday, October 6...
Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture: William Lazonick
Date: 9/28/2009
On Monday, October 12, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., William Lazonick, professor in the Department of Regional Economic and Social Development at University of Massachusetts Lowell and director of the UMass Lowell Center for Industrial Competitiveness, will present “The Fragility of the U.S. Economy.” ...
Eiko Ikegami (Sociology NSSR) Receives A NSF Grant to Study Avatars in Second Life
Date: 9/28/2009
Eiko Ikegami, Chair and Professor of Sociology at the New School for Social Research, received a major grant from National Science Foundation to do a study on avatars, virtual civility, and trust on Second Life...
Philosophy Chair Simon Critchley Discusses Money in The New York Times Opinion Section
Date: 9/21/2009
Professor Simon Critchley’s article “Coin of Praise” was featured in the Opinion section of the New York Times on August 30...
Professor Arato Receives a Grant To Advise Sri Lanka
Date: 9/21/2009
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 ...
Professor James Miller Deconstructs Woodstock in the New York Times Opinion Section
Date: 8/24/2009
James Miller, professor of Politics and Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research was featured in the New York Times Opinion section in an article titled, “From Woodstock to Sarah Palin, or Not.”...
Professor Duncan Foley Stresses the Need of Agent-Based Modelling in Nature Magazine
Date: 8/24/2009
Professor Duncan Foley, the Leo Model Professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research, and his co-author J. Doyne Farmer from Santa Fe Institute, published an opinion article in the international weekly journal Nature entitled, “The Economy Needs Agent Based Modelling.” ...
Philosophy Professor Dmitri Nikulin Selected as a Fellow at The Forschungskolleg in Germany
Date: 8/10/2009
New School for Social Research philosophy professor Dmitri Nikulin has been selected as a Fellow at the Forschungskolleg, R.esearch College of Human Sciences in Bad Homburg, Germany...
Transregional Center For Democratic Studies Releases Spring 2009 Newsletter
Date: 7/27/2009
The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) has released its Spring 2009 Bulletin. ...
Psychology Student Recieves Outstanding Young Scientist Award
Date: 7/27/2009
Michelle Levine, a PhD student in Psychology, at The New School for Social Research was awarded the 2009 Jason Albrecht Award for Outstanding Young Scientist ...
Sociology Students Recognized By The American Sociology Association
Date: 7/13/2009
Anna Paretskaya and Yifat Gutman, two sociology students at The New School For Social Research were recently recognized by the Sociology of Culture Section of the American Sociological Association...
Professor Castano Featured in Symposium Addressing Islam in Europe.
Date: 6/15/2009
Emanuele Castano, associate professor of Psychology was featured on a panel “Media: A Catalyst for Change,” at the New York Public Library on June 11...
Professor Anwar Shaikh Honored at Oldest University in the Americas
Date: 6/1/2009
Anwar Shaikh, professor of Economics was the recipient of a honorary degree from the National University of San Marcos ...
Economics Faculty Awarded Grant To Fund Environmental Conference
Date: 6/1/2009
Willi Semmler, professor of Economics and Lopamudra Banerjee, assistant professor of Economics at The New School for Social Research have been awarded a grant from the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung to support a November 2009 conference on the assessment of divergent...
NSSR Announces Joel Whitebook as Recipient of the 2009 Distinguished Alumnus Award
Date: 5/18/2009
Dr. Joel Whitebrook (’78) has been chosen to receive the Distinguished Alumnus Award at The New School for Social Research’s 2009 graduation ceremony on May 22...
Conference on Andrew Arato’s Work at University of Glasgow
Date: 5/11/2009
A three-day conference on Andrew Arato’s work on constitution-making as a learning process will be held on May 27 through May 29 at the University of Glasgow...
Faculty Member Awarded A Humboldt Foundation Fellowship
Date: 5/4/2009
Alice Crary, a associate professor of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Studies, received a Humboldt Foundation Fellowship for Experienced Researchers ...
Annual NSSR Politics Graduate Student Conference: Against The Current: Power, Order, Resistance
Date: 5/4/2009
This interdisciplinary conference which features a keynote address by Amy Allen and a brown bag lunch with political activist and author Victoria Law...
Faculty Member Publishes New Book on Regime Change
Date: 5/4/2009
Elzbieta Matynia, associate professor of Sociology and Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research, and director of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, offers a fresh take on regime change in her recently published book, Performative Democracy. ...
NSSR Student Wins Fellowship To Study Gender Roles in India’s It Sector
Date: 4/27/2009
Sheba Tejani, a doctoral student in the department of Economics at The New School for Social Research and a Bernard Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis research assistant, has been awarded the Dissertation Proposal Development Fellowship (DPDF). ...
Interpreting Politics, History, and Society in The 21st Century
Date: 4/20/2009
A conference on Interpreting Politics, History and Society in the 21st Century, will be held on Friday, May 1, from 10 00 a.m. to 8 00 p.m. by the Political Science Department at The New School for Social Research.Since the...
Empire, Post-Colonialism, and The Human Sciences
Date: 4/20/2009
On Thursday, April 23 from 10 00 a.m. to 6 00 p.m., The New School for Social Research faculty members Carlos Forment and George Steinmetz will convene a workshop to survey and make sense of the current state of postcolonial...
Paulo Borges Lectures on “Fernando Pessoa: ‘The Fictions of The Interlude’ or The Theatre Of Vacuity”
Date: 4/20/2009
On April 22, from 6 00 to 8 00 p.m., Paulo Borges, Philosophy professor at the University of Lisbon and a famous playwright, poet, and novelist in Portugal, will give a talk at The New School titled, “Fernando Pessoa ‘The...
The Role of Women in Today’s Economy
Date: 4/13/2009
On April 2nd, the Institute for Women's Policy Research and the Wellesley Centers for Women sponsored a conference titled, “Achieving Equity for Women: Policy Alternatives for the New Administration.” ...
Faculty Member Selected as a 2009-10 Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow
Date: 4/13/2009
Andreas Kalyvas, a professor of Politics at The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Studies, has been selected as a 2009 10 Laurance S. Rockefeller Visiting Fellow at the Princeton University Center...
Democracy Today Conference
Date: 5/6/2009
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. ...
Faculty Awarded Grant from Open Society Institute
Date: 4/6/2009
Carlos Forment, associate professor of Sociology, along with his colleague, Jeff Rubin (Boston University), were awarded a grant from the Open Society Institute...
Ian Buruma Public Lecture(2)
Date: 4/6/2009
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...
Anthropology Conference: Scaling The Ethnographic
Date: 3/30/2009
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,...
NSSR Professor Joins Chronicle for Higher Education Blog
Date: 3/30/2009
Teresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair of Economic Policy Analysis at The New School for Social Research, today joins the “Brainstorm” blog hosted by the Chronicle of Higher Education.The blog features short items on “ideas, culture, and the...
The 9th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Graduate Conference: Featuring Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!
Date: 3/30/2009
On Saturday, April 4, at 10 00 a.m., award winning journalist Amy Goodman, host of the daily, radio TV news hour Democracy Now , will give the opening keynote address of the 9th Annual Critical Themes in Media Studies Graduate...
Ian Buruma Public Lecture
Date: 3/23/2009
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." ...
Colin Gordon to Talk at Governmentality Speakers Series
Date: 3/9/2009
Colin Gordon, professor and chair of History at the University of Iowa will give a free talk titled, “The Cartography of Decline: Mapping the Fate of the American City,” on Thursday, March 12, at 6:00 p.m. at 80 Fifth Avenue, fifth-floor conference room...
Eighth Annual Graduate Student Conference at The New School for Social Research
Date: 3/9/2009
This two-day conference examines contemporary and historical phenomenological approaches to the body and embodiment and offers alternative accounts that engage with or criticize the phenomenological approach. ...
Keynesianism for the Rich, Monetarism for the Poor: The Hypocrisy of the Rich Countries in Historical Perspective
Date: 3/9/2009
Ha-Joon Chang (Department of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge) presents a lecture titled, “Keynesianism for the Rich, Monetarism for the Poor: The Hypocrisy of the Rich Countries in Historical Perspective” on Monday, March 9, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m...
Economics Department Seminars: Deepak Nayyar
Date: 3/9/2009
Dr. Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished University Professor of Economics, whose career extends from academia to government ministries, visits The New School for Social Research to give a series of free lectures on Tuesday, March 10, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m., and Thursday, March 12, from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m...
German Chancellor Receives Honorary Doctorate from The New School as Part of University in Exile Anniversary Celebration
Date: 3/2/2009
The New School for Social Research presented an honorary Doctor of Letters to German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany, on February 19 as part of the university’s celebration of the 75th anniversary of the founding of the University in Exile...
The Hannah Arendt / Reiner Schürmann Memorial Symposium in Political Philosophy
Date: 2/23/2009
 On Friday, March 6 and Saturday, March 7, from 11 00 a.m. 7 00 p.m., the Hannah Arendt Reiner Schürmann Memorial Symposium in Political Philosophy will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West...
Social Research Conference
Date: 2/23/2009
The New School for Social Research and its flagship journal, Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences, will host the conference “The Religious-Secular Divide: The U.S. Case” from March 5–6 in the Tishman Auditorium at The New School. ...
Heuss Professor Christoph Menke Lectures on ‘Law and Violence’
Date: 2/16/2009
On the evening of Thursday, February 5, visiting 2008 09 Theodor Heuss Professor of Philosophy, Christoph Menke, gave the annual Heuss Lecture. Menke presented a paper entitled, ‘Law and Violence’, in which he reflected on the relationship between these two...
Psychology Professor Jeremy Ginges's Research Sheds New Light on Israel-Palestine Conflict
Date: 2/16/2009
 The Israel Palestine conflict is not just a local or specific conflict about allocating resources and political power in a divided country, but is an inflammatory political issue around the world. Recent research conducted by Jeremy Ginges, professor of psychology...
The Second Annual Interdisciplinary Memory Group Conference To Be Held
Date: 2/16/2009
 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 Irene & Bernard L. Schwartz Lecture: Robert Shiller
Date: 2/9/2009
 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,...
Fall 2008 New School For Social Research Student Publication is Now Online
Date: 2/2/2009
The fall 2008 issue of Canon, the student publication of The New School for Social Reasearch, is available and can be viewed online at www.canonmagazine.org . With 16 contributors representing eight different departments, this issue titled, ”Academic Freedom and the Corporatization...
New School Students Honored with DAAD Grants
Date: 12/8/2008
New School Students Honored with DAAD Grants...
New School Psychology Society Hosts Interdisciplinary Discussion Between Philosophy and Psychology Departments
Date: 11/24/2008
The New School Psych Society hosted an interdisciplinary discussion between the Philosophy and Psychology departments this past Thursday. ...
Senator Paul Spyros Sarbanes Delivers Douglas Lecture on Deregulation
Date: 11/24/2008
On Tuesday, December 9, he joins Milano and The New School for Social Research to present the Paul H. Douglas Lecture on ethics in government titled, “Then and Now: Fighting the Deregulation Ideology.” ...
“The Financial Crisis, The U.S. Economy, and International Security in the New Administration”
Date: 11/17/2008
On Friday, November 14, The New School for Social Research’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis hosted a conference on the domestic and international consequences of the U.S.-led recession. ...
“From Fat is a Feminist Issue to How We Get a Body” A Conversation Between Susie Orbach and Ann Snitow
Date: 11/3/2008
Ann Snitow, associate professor of Literature and Gender Studies at Eugene Lang College, and Susie Orbach, visiting scholar at The New School for Social Research, have a discussion about the roles of body image and weight in a feminist context...
William Phillips Lecture: Israel at 60: Reality, Utopia, or Provocation?
Date: 11/3/2008
On Tuesday, November 11, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Edith Kurzweil presents the third William Phillips Lecture, given by Michal Govrin...
Simon Critchley Discusses Barack Obama on Channel 13 Forum and in Harper’s Magazine
Date: 11/3/2008
Simon Critchley, chair of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research has published an article in the November issue of Harper’s Magazine “The Amercian Void" ...
Aristide Zolberg Conference
Date: 10/27/2008
The New School will hold a conference highlighting the multiple contributions made by Aristide Zolberg, Walter A. Eberstadt and University-in-Exile Professor Emeritus of Political Science, to all aspects of the field of political science as well as a host of other disciplines...
Psychology Faculty Members Awarded Numerous Grants
Date: 10/13/2008
A notable number of faculty members from the Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research has secured grant funding through the National Science Foundation. ...
Celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the Founding of the University In Exile with Conference on Academic Freedom
Date: 10/13/2008
The New School for Social Research and its flagship journal, Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Social Sciences, will host the conference “Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times” from October 29–30 at The New School. The conference will open with an event held jointly with The...
New School Alumnus and Student Receive Fulbright Awards
Date: 9/15/2008
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...
NSSR Professors are Featured in the Wall Street Journal and New York Times
Date: 10/1/2008
Theresa Ghilarducci, Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis and professor of Economics, was featured as an op-ed contributor in the September 26th edition of the New York Times.  Her piece, titled, “Save Pensions,” discusses the failure of the government to protect older workers and...
Political Science Student Edits Mexican Journal Folios
Date: 9/22/2008
The Mexican quarterly FOLIOS dedicated its 2009 issue “Political Representation and Democracy: Between Hope and Disenchantment,” to the current debate on representation and democracy. ...
Professor Publishes New Book of Economic Growth and Climate Change
Date: 8/25/2008
The Global Environment, Natural Resources, and Economic Growth, a new book co-authored by Will Semmler, Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research, addresses the intersection between economic growth and the global climate crisis. ...
Top Labor Economist to Present Fifth Annual Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture on the Future of Capitalism
Date: 9/2/2008
Top Labor Economist to Present Fifth Annual Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture on the Future of Capitalism...
Philosophy Faculty in Rome
Date: 8/11/2008
Two Philosophy department faculty members participated in a conference and colloquium this summer in Rome, Italy. ...
Faculty Member Edward Nell Awarded Fullbright to Ireland
Date: 7/28/2008
Edward Nell, a faculty member in the Economics Department at The New School for Social Research has been awarded a Fullbright in Ireland. ...
Scepa Issues New Measurement Standard on Global Inequality
Date: 7/14/2008
The International Policy Center recently published a report on improving measurements for global inequality by a research team at The New School for Social Research’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analsysis (SCEPA). ...
Agnes Heller Receives Honorary Degree in Israel
Date: 6/23/2008
Agnes Heller, philosophy professor at The New School for Social Research received an honorary doctorate degree from Ben-Gurion University in Israel in recognition of her accomplishments...
New School’s Political Science Faculty Receive Many Prizes in 2007-2008
Date: 6/9/2008
An impressive number of Political Science Department faculty members at The New School for Social Research received highly prestigious awards this academic year. ...
Teresa Ghilarducci Publishes New Book on Retirement
Date: 6/9/2008
Teresa Ghilarducci, the director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) at The New School for Social Research has published a new book titled, When I'm 64: The Plot Against Pensions and the Plan to Save Them...
Philosophy Professor Simon Critchley Honored for Outstanding Contributions in Phenomenology
Date: 5/19/2008
The Phenomenology Roundtable and the Institute for the Study of Race and Social Thought at Temple University will honor The New School’s Simon Critchley at their eighth annual meeting, beginning May 9 at CUNY’s John Jay College...
Teresa Ghilarducci Featured in Money Magazine
Date: 5/8/2008
Teresa Ghilarducci, the new Director of the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, was recently featured in Money Magazine for her cutting-edge proposal to restructure the United States’ retirement income security system...
Faculty Member to be Included in Best American Essays 2008
Date: 5/5/2008
“Cricket Fighting,” an essay by Hugh Raffles, associate professor of anthropology at The New School for Social Research, has been chosen for inclusion in this year’s edition of The Best American Essays...
When Will African Economies Develop?
Date: 4/28/2008
On Friday, May 2, the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis and Project Africa present a one-day conference on economic development in sub-Saharan Africa at The New School for Social Research...
1989 and Beyond: The Future of Democracy Conference
Date: 4/14/2008
On Friday and Saturday, April 18 and 19, the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), in collaboration with Research Network 1989, presents a conference on the events of 1989 and the future of democracy...
Aristide R. Zolberg Receives 2008 ENMISA Distinguished Scholar Award
Date: 4/14/2008
On March 26, Aristide R. Zolberg received the 2008 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Ethnicity, Nationalism and Migration Studies Section of the International Studies Association (ENMISA) at the association’s annual convention in San Francisco. New School alumnus Patrick Hossay, an associate professor of political science at Richard Stockton College and a former student of Professor Zolberg, was a guest speaker at the awards ceremony...
Latin American Opposition to Neo-Liberalism: Janey Program Annual Conference
Date: 4/7/2008
The Latin American region has witnessed mounting opposition to neoliberalism over the course of the last decade. Recent developments in Bolivia and Venezuela in particular raise questions with critical implications for various fields of study, from political economy to political theory. ...
Economic Policy in Aging Societies
Date: 4/7/2008
On Wednesday, April 9, New School for Social Research professor Teresa Ghilarducci will present a workshop entitled “Economic Policy in Aging Societies.”...
Moments of Madness? A Conversation on the 1968 Revolts in Europe, the United States, and Mexico
Date: 3/24/2008
Although each of the movements and revolts of 1968 was unique, their temporal proximity, anti-authoritarian commonalities, and long-term consequences raise questions about a more integrated historical meaning and contemporary significance. What is their relevance to politics today, both at home and abroad? Did these “moments of madness” (as Aristide Zolberg called them in his now-classic essay) mark a turning point in the way the public perceives and engages with politics?...
International Women’s Day Celebrated at The New School
Date: 3/24/2008
On Thursday, March 6, the Office of Intercultural Support, International Student Services (ISS), the International Club, and the Department of Political Science at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) celebrated International Women’s Day with a luncheon and a thought-provoking presentation, “Women in Politics Worldwide,” by Professor Mala Htun, associate professor of political science. ...
What is International Human Rights Law?
Date: 3/10/2008
On Tuesday, March 11, Patrick Macklem, William C. Graham Professor of Law at the University of Toronto and 2007–08 Steffens Member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, will speak on international human rights law. The talk will be followed by a question-and-answer period...
Last Call for Papers for Psychology and Social Justice Conference
Date: 3/3/2008
The annual Psychology and Social Justice (PASJ) Conference, organized by social and political psychology students at The New School for Social Research, will be held on April 19...
The New School for Social Research and Parsons Present Rodolphe Töpffer Symposium
Date: 3/3/2008
On Saturday, March 8, Department of Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research and the Parsons’ Illustration Department will present “Rodolphe Töpffer and the Word/Image Problem,” a half-day symposium examining the tradition of the picture story, timed to coincide with the first English-language translation of Rodolphe Töpffer’s work by David Kunzle. ...
The New School Dedicates Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
Date: 2/19/2008
On Wednesday, The New School will celebrate the dedication of the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center. The 32,800-square-foot center for Parsons The New School for Design was made possible in part by a $7 million gift from New School trustee and Parsons Board of Governors Chair Sheila C. Johnson. ...
Psychology Faculty Member Publishes New Book
Date: 2/19/2008
Herbert J. Schlesinger, professor emeritus and senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at The New School for Social Research, has just published Promises, Oaths, and Vows: On the Psychology of Promising (The Analytic Press)...
The Robert Heilbroner Memorial Lecture on the Future of Capitalism: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community
Date: 2/11/2008
In recognition of what Robert Heilbroner identified as “the deep human need to be situated with respect to the future,” on Thursday, February 14, The New School sponsors an annual lecture series in his memory that focuses on the future of capitalism...
The Credit Crisis and Central Banks: Future Risks
Date: 2/4/2008
The crisis of summer 2007 involved hugely successful financial instruments and new markets. These arose from the credit sector, which has been the center of financial innovation since 2000. How did such liquid markets and successful instruments create so much volatility all of a sudden? Financial engineering explanations of this puzzle have been put forward, but the real answer lies not in finance but in monetary policy...
Is An Interdisciplinary Field of Memory Studies Possible?
Date: 1/30/2008
From Thursday, February 7 through Saturday, February 9, leading scholars and graduate students interested in the field of memory will come together for the conference, “Is an Interdisciplinary Field of Memory Possible?”...
Endangered Scholars Worldwide: A Social Research Initiative
Date: 1/28/2008
On Thursday, February 7, an evening panel discussion on the plight of endangered scholars around the world will take place in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center. A reception will follow. The event commemorates the 75th anniversary of the University in Exile at The New School and inaugurates Endangered Scholars Worldwide, a new feature in Social Research...
The Immigration Debates: Spotlight on the U.S.-Mexico Border: A Panel with Jorge Bustamante, Emilio Gonzalez, Bob Kerrey, Heather Mac Donald, and Aristide Zolberg
Date: 1/28/2008
Securing the U.S.-Mexico border is a contentious issue in the 2008 presidential race. On Wednesday, February 6, from 5:30–7:00 p.m., a panel of experts will discuss the challenges of securing the world’s most frequently crossed border and the immigration policy agendas heating up the campaign trail...
Edith Kurzweil Publsihes Full Circle: A Memoir
Date: 12/10/2007
Edith Kurzweil, a New School for Social Research Board Member, has published a new book, Full Circle: A Memoir...
Jan Karski: First Witness to the Holocaust
Date: 11/5/2007
On Monday, November 12, Maciej Kozlowski discusses the legacy of Jan Karski, the man who brought the first eyewitness accounts of the Holocaust to a largely unbelieving West...
Adamantia Pollis honored at Modern Greek Studies Association Conference
Date: 10/31/2007
A panel entitled "Writing in the Time of the Junta" was dedicated to Professor Pollis's inspirational human rights work during this troubled time in Greek history...
Peter L. Berger to Deliver the Second Annual William Phillips Lecture
Date: 9/24/2007
On October 10, from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Peter L. Berger, a leading sociologist and Lutheran theologian, will deliver the second annual William Phillips lecture, “The Challenge of Secularism.”...
A Discussion with Cornel West and Simon Critchley
Date: 9/17/2007
Verso and The New School for Social Research present “The Meaning of Ethical Commitment and the Possibility of Political Resistance,” a discussion with Cornel West and Simon Critchley...
Social Research Explores Punishment and Incarceration
Date: 9/10/2007
The latest issue of Social Research features papers from last fall’s conference at The New School about evaluating and understanding punishment in the United States...
Scholars as Global Citizens
Date: 9/10/2007
A panel discussion where issues of scholars as global citizens, focusing on limits to scholar movement and global education, will be addressed...
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Chooses Political Science Student for Research Fellowship
Date: 8/20/2007
Michal Aharony, a PhD candidate in political science at The New School for Social Research has been chosen as a research fellow for 2007–08 at the Miles Lerman Center for the Study of Jewish Resistance, part of the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C...
New Faculty Member Timothy Pachirat Wins Sage Prize for Qualitative Research
Date: 8/6/2007
Timothy Pachirat, a member of the political science faculty at The New School for Social Research and the graduate program in International Affairs at The New School, has had a paper selected for the 2007 SAGE Prize for the Best Paper Developing or Applying Qualitative Methods...
Lance Taylor Talk Posted Online
Date: 4/16/2007
Lance Taylor's March 7, 2007 talk "Can Poor Peoples' Incomes Grow: Liberalizing vs. Developmentalist Policies" is now posted online...
Spring Issue of Social Research Released
Date: 5/7/2007
The just-released spring 2007 issue of Social Research is devoted to the lively theme of difficult choices...
Eiko Ikegami Receives the 2007 John W Hall Prize
Date: 4/10/2007
Eiko Ikegami, a faculty in the Sociology department at The New School for Social Research has recently received the 2007 John W Hall Prize, with her book, Bonds of Civility: Aesthetic Networks and the Political Origins of Japanese Culture (Cambridge University Press 2005)...