THE GRADUATE PROGRAM IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HOSTS:
“BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA—MOVING FORWARD”
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| H.E. Zeljko Komsic |
On October 24 and 25, the Graduate Program of International Affairs will hold a symposium with a delegation from Bosnia and Herzegovina, including member of the Presidency H.E. Zeljko Komsic.
After the country declared independence from Yugoslavia in 1992, Bosnia and Herzegovina suffered three years of brutal war that created a divide along ethnic lines. The 1995 Dayton peace accord brought an end to the conflict and established a complex political structure to accommodate the warring factions: Serbs, Croats, and Bosnian Muslims (or "Bosniaks"). Kornsic is the Bosnian Croat constituent of a three-member presidency of the Federation of Bosnia & Herzegovina, a system established under the Dayton Accords.
This two-day conference is devoted to the future prospects of this Balkan state, with attention to the continuing instability in the region as a whole. It will provide an assessment of the country’s human rights record after Dayton, a look at the prospects for European Union accession, and an analysis of the federation’s present and future economic development. It will also serve as a platform for dialogue between academics from both The New School and Sarajevo University. Professors, as well as student representatives, from both universities will follow the conference with a working session to discuss future cooperation between the institutions in the form of international field programs, faculty exchange, and seminars.
Friday’s program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., featuring keynote speakers H.E. Zeljko Komsic, Dr. Joseph W. Westphal, provost and senior vice president of Academic Affairs at The New School, and Dr. Faruk Caklovica, president of Sarajevo University. The day will conclude with a film entitled Nafaka by Jasmin Durakovic. Saturday’s program will run from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., and will focus on economic development featuring a representative from the Central Bank of Bosnia Herzegovina and leading CEOs from the country. To view the conference schedule of events and panelists, visit the GPIA website.
Co-sponsored by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies at The New
School and the Canton of Sarajevo in the Federation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina. Made possible with support from the America - Bosnia Cultural Foundation.
NEW EXHIBITION EXPLORES DEMOCRACY AS A GLOBAL BRAND
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| "Contrapeso" by Ariel Orozco |
Parsons, in collaboration with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, presents "Ours: Democracy in the Age of Branding," a major new exhibition exploring democracy as a global brand. An opening reception for the exhibition will take place on Wednesday, October 15, from 6:00-9:00 p.m. in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center.
"OURS: Democracy in the Age of Branding" takes as its inspiration the "war of ideas" that the United States launched as part of its war on terrorism—the campaign to disseminate democracy abroad. An international mix of emerging and established contemporary artists—including Yael Bartana, Paul Chan, Joseph DeLappe, Aleksandra Domanovic, Sam Durant, Liam Gillick and Carlos Motta—explore the meaning of this brand through a number of newly commissioned works, performances and other events. Central to the exhibition is a series of design charrettes where participating artists will work with New School students to address a number of the issues raised by the works on view. These charrettes will culminate in evening presentations that are open to the public.
The exhibition is curated by Vera List Center director Carin Kuoni and will include an online gallery curated by new media artist and Rhizome Curator-at-Large Marisa Olsen and a series of workshops, performances, and new commissions. Visit the Johnson Design Center website for more information on the exhibition and related programming. "OURS: Demoracy in the Age of Branding" will be on view through February 1, 2009.
GRAD SCHOOL EXPO AND OPEN HOUSE AT THE NEW SCHOOL
Thinking about graduate school? The Grad School Expo & Open House at The New School will give you an inside look at how to apply to graduate school, finance your education, and advance or change your career. The event is free and takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 1, at Alvin Johnson / J.M. Kaplan Hall, 66 West 12th Street. Register online at www.newschool.edu/gradexpo.
Faculty members, admissions counselors, and graduate students will be on hand to answer questions. Two break-out information sessions will give visitors the opportunity to find out more about the programs of study that interest them. Graduate admissions workshops in the afternoon will focus on financing your education, advancing or changing your career, and writing an effective admissions essay.
The New School offers some of the nation’s most distinguished graduate school programs in art and design, media, creative writing, humanities and the social sciences, professional management and public policy, international affairs, drama, and classical music. Each of The New School’s more than 30 graduate and post-graduate programs expose students to an exciting and challenging course of study headed by a faculty of artists, scholars, and professionals who practice what they teach.
For more information and a schedule of events, visit www.newschool.edu/gradexpo.
RUSSELL SHORTO TO DISCUSS DESCARTES’ BONES
On Wednesday, October 29, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., Russell Shorto will discuss his most recent book, Descartes’ Bones, at The New School in the Wolff Conference Room, 65 Fifth Avenue, 2nd floor.
Russell Shorto is a world-renowned writer. A frequent lecturer in New York and throughout the United States, Shorto is the director of the John Adams Institute in Amsterdam. The institute is the center for American culture in Amsterdam, which presents speakers from around the world to European audiences.
Shorto’s most famous book, Island at the Center of the World, an internationally-acclaimed bestseller about the Dutch founding of Manhattan, won the New York City Book Award, the Washington Irving Prize for contribution to New York history, and many other awards. Shorto is a regular contributing writer of the New York Times Magazine.
Descartes’ Bones is a history of modern philosophy and the conflict between faith and reason. Descartes is most famous for his philosophical writings where he asserts that science and mathematics can explain everything in nature. Descartes’ Bones is a historical detective story, which seeks to solve the mystery of the location of Descartes's skull and how it got separated from the rest of his remains. Retracing the journey of the great 17th-century French thinker's bones—through six countries, across three centuries, through three burials—Shorto follows the philosophical journey into modernity, launched by Descartes' mind-body problem.
Candidates for The New School Honorary Degrees
The university expects to present six honorary degrees at its May 2009 commencement exercises. Awardees are accomplished in their field and are generally chosen from a discipline that represents the various schools and programs of the university. Honorary degrees will be awarded from the categories listed below. Candidates do not have to be graduates of The New School.
Categories:
- The Arts: Classical Music, Jazz/Contemporary Music, Theater, Film, Television, Writing, Visual Arts
- Design, Journalism
- The Humanities and Social Sciences
- The Natural Sciences
- Public Life and Government
Nominations for honorary degree candidates and University in Exile Award candidates are welcome and should be submitted no later than Friday, October 24, 2008. For additional details to nominate candidates for either an honorary degree or the University in Exile Award, please go to the University Commencement Website.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Learn how to use RefWorks, a software program that allows you to import and keep citations in your own database, print a properly formatted bibliography in seconds, insert in-text citations while typing papers, and more!
Throughout the semester, Fogelman Library offers a one-hour workshop on this valuable resource. To see the currently offered classes and to sign up, visit the Library website.
The New School Library's online catalog—called BobCat—has a new look. To help users navigate this new interface, the New School Library has prepared an online introductory video.
You can find the link for the video on the library website, or you can go directly to http://library.newschool.edu/tutorials/bobcat/overview.
You can also find a quick guide at http://library.newschool.edu/tutorials/bobcat/pdf/overview.pdf
For the duration of the fall semester, Fogelman Library will continue to be located on the lower level of 65 5th Avenue. The library plans to be open for business in its new space before the start of spring semester classes. Look for announcements regarding the library's future move to 55 West 13th Street on my.newschool.edu, and in future issues of the Weekly Observer.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL AND THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
CELEBRATION OF THE 75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNIVERSITY IN EXILE WITH CONFERENCE ON ACADEMIC FREEDOM
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 29-31 at The New School.
The conference will open with an event held jointly with The New School President Bob Kerrey in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the University in Exile, an institution created within the larger New School in 1933 to provide a home for scholars rescued from fascist Europe. Ira Katznelson, the former dean of The New School for Social Research and the current Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University, will present a lecture in honor of the school’s legacy as an institution dedicated to academic freedom and providing a home for persecuted scholars from around the world.
This founding moment serves as a springboard to discuss the core values of academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and free inquiry in the life of the university under conditions of national and international duress. The conference will feature panel discussions with prominent scholars and experts to discuss the impact of rapid globalization, changes in the geo-political arena, modes of financing, the extension of higher education franchises, the rise of collateral institutes and research centers, the relationship between specialization and integration, and regime change on academic freedom and free inquiry.
Panel discussions include an up-close look at current hot-spots of intellectual attack across the globe with endangered scholars from Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Belarus, and China, in discussion with Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute and a roundtable with university presidents present and past from the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Amherst College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and The New School. To view the conference agenda and speakers, visit the Social Research website.
The conference is the 18th in a series organized by The New School for Social Research’s award-winning journal Social Research. This conference is made possible with generous support from the Ford Foundation, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR JAZZ AND CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
FACULTY MEMBER BOBBY SANABRIA AND HIS BIG BAND TO PERFORM HALLOWEEN CONCERT
Jazz faculty member, Bobby Sanabria and his Big Band will perform at 7:30 p.m., on Halloween night, Friday, October 31, at the Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street. Sanabria will lead his band in an evening of big band jazz, mambo, and beyond, presenting nightmarish masterworks by Tito Puente, Frank Zappa, and more.
Drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, educator, and bandleader, Bobby has performed and recorded with such legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo SantamarÃa, Paquito d’Rivera, Ray Barretto, Henry Threadgill, and Larry Harlow. He is a 2006 inductee into the Bronx Walk of Fame where he has a street named after him. He is the associate producer of the TV documentaries, The Palladium: Where Mambo Was King shown on Bravo, and winner of the Imagine award for best documentary of 2003, and From Mambo to Hip Hop, another award winning documentary shown on PBS in 2006. His latest recordings are Big Band Urban Folk Tales and El Espiritu Jibaro—The Jibaro Spirit with trombonist Roswell Rudd and cuatro virtuoso Yomo Toro.
Admission to the concert is $35/$25, and $10 discount for seniors and students with I.D. For more information call 212.220.1460.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
DOCUMENTARY STUDIES PROGRAM NAMED TOP-TEN PROGRAM IN NORTH AMERICA
The New School's Documentary Studies program was recognized as one of the top ten in North America in the September issue of Independent magazine.
The filmmaking magazine praised the program for its comprehensive approach, which requires students to see a film concept through from idea to final product over the course of one year. The program also received high marks for its distinguished faculty and guest lecturers.
The top-ten list ranks The New School alongside other big-name media schools like Duke University, Stanford University, and University of California, Berkeley.
This is the most recent in a string of accomplishments for the young program, which began its third year this fall, including recent Documentary Channel screenings and awards for faculty members Annie Howell and Cynthia Wade.
Please visit the Independent's website to real the full article.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
PSYCHOLOGY FACULTY MEMBERS AWARDED NUMEROUS GRANTS
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.
Psychology faculty members Michael Schober and Bill Hirst were awarded grants to further their scholarship in the area of cognitive psychology. Michael Schober’s grant titled “Collaborative Research: Animated Agents in Self-Administered Survey Interviews” funds his research in exploring direct interview techniques and the impact of utilizing animated agents as interviewers. Bill Hirst’s grant, “Conversationally Induced Forgetting” funds his studies in the area if socially-shared retrieval-induced forgetting and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Social Psychologists Emanuele Castano and Joan Miller received funding to further the understanding of social behavior. Joan Miller’s award, “The Cultural Context of Social Support Exchange,” funds her investigation in the theoretical understanding of the experienced cultural variation of social support exchange of family and friends. Emanuele Castano’ s grant, “The Effect of Ingroup Reprehensible Actions: Collective Emotions and Moral Disengagement,” integrates insights from the literature on moral disengagement and more recent work on collective emotions to advance theoretical understanding of the psychological consequences of collective transgressions.
In addition to the National Science Foundation awards, two clinical psychologists received grants from the National Institute of Health, Lisa Rubin’s grant is titled “Attitudes Regarding Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis,” and Xiaochun Jin’s was given a subaward project, titled “HIV Intervention Science Training Program for Minority New Investigators.”
As the director of the Journal Donation Project and editor of Social Research, Arien Mack, Alfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor of Psychology, works tirelessly to secure substantial funding from sources such as the MacArthur Foundation, the Carnegie Foundation, and the Ford Foundation.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
PHOTOGRAPHY STUDENTS COLLABORATE ON EXQUISITE CORPSE
A six-month collaboration between photography students at Parsons and Sydney College of the Arts will culminate on October 15 with the opening of "Exquisite Corpse" a multimedia exhibition featuring photography, sculpture, video, audio, mixed media, and performance art.
The collaboration began in January, when students from Sydney came to New York and were paired with a team of students from Parsons. Over the course of three weeks, the teams were given assignments to explore the city from the perspective of both insiders and outsiders. The students produced work inspired by this cultural dislocation in a variety of media. Works were then "corpsed," or passed along to another group who created new work based on the ideas of the first. This process was repeated when the Parsons students traveled to Sydney in May. Students curated and installed an exhibition from this body of work, first presented in Sydney and now in New York
The project was developed by Parsons Photography faculty member Simone Douglas, who has taught at both institutions, and funded through the University of Sydney International Program Development Fund. Douglas and MFA Photography director Jim Ramer coordinated the project, which included participants from Parsons BFA and MFA photography programs and University of Sydney's BFA, MFA, and PhD programs.
The exhibition will be on view in the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center from October 13 through October 31. An opening reception will be held on October 15, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
NEWS FROM MILANO THE NEW SCHOOL FOR MANAGEMENT AND URBAN POLICY
CLASS STRUGGLES: STRENGTHENING SCHOOLS BY STRENGTHENING FAMILIES
New York City’s public schools are held accountable for their students’ educational progress. But what happens when problems at home hold students back, or when young children aren’t coming to school? Could the city create a school-based safety net in the lowest-income neighborhoods? The Center for New York City Affairs will release an analysis of absenteeism in the early grades, looking at the role that schools and families play in the academic success of a child—and what is needed to help more children do well.
The event will be held on Tuesday, October 21, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m., in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnhold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor, with introductory remarks by Richard Rothstein, research associate, Economic Policy Institute, and author of Class and Schools; and Dennis Walcott, Deputy Mayor for Education and Community Development, City of New York.
Moderated by Clara Hemphill, co-founder, InsideSchools.org and author, New York City's Best Public Elementary Schools: A Parents' Guide, the panel will include: Lilliam Barrios Paoli, executive director, SafeSpace; Elayna Konstan, CEO, Office of School and Youth Development, NYC Department of Education; Jane Quinn, assistant executive director for Community Schools, Children’s Aid Society; and Luis Torres, principal, Bronx P.S. 55.
Admission to this event, supported by the Child Welfare Fund, the Milano Foundation, the Sirus Fund and the United Way of New York City, is free, but seating is limited and reservations are required by calling 212.229.5418 or emailing centernyc@newschool.edu.
NEWS FROM PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN AND
THE NEW SCHOOL FOR GENERAL STUDIES
FILMS BY TWO FACULTY MEMBERS SCREEN AT FESTIVALS
Films by Communication Design & Technology faculty member Pablo Medina and Media Studies faculty member Vladan Nikolic were recently selected to screen at film festivals.
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Medina’s film El Play won the Best Documentary Short Award at the Urbanworld Film Festival in New York in September. El Play tells the story of Juan Manuel Candelario, an aspiring baseball player from the Dominican Republic, and his quest to become a professional athlete. The film includes interviews with scouts, coaches, family members, a baseball historian, and New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Cano. The film also discusses the realities of life in the Dominican Republic for young aspiring athletes. El Play will also be screened at the AFI Latin-American Film Festival in Silver Springs, Maryland, and the Dominican Cultural Commission in Washington Heights later this year. Medina is a graphic designer and typographer who teaches communication design courses at Parsons and its affiliate school Altos de Chevron in the Dominican Republic.
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| Fire Under the Snow |
Nicolic’s film The City will premiere at the Amsterdam International Film Festival on October 16. The City examines New York through the eyes of non-native New Yorkers—immigrants, exiles, refugees, eccentrics, and ghosts—exploring how the city continues to re-invent itself. A second film produced by Nikolic, screened at the Pusan International Film Festival in South Korea on October 3 and 9. Fire Under the Snow, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival earlier this year, tells the story of Tibetan monk Palden Gyatso, who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese Communist Army for 33 years. Nikolic is a writer, director, and editor, who teaches film production and digital filmmaking courses in the media studies and bachelor’s degree programs at The New School for General Studies.
NEWS FROM EUGENE LANG COLLEGE THE NEW SCHOOL FOR LIBERAL ARTS
FACULTY MEMBER NAMED 2008-2009 SENCER LEADERSHIP FELLOW
Katayoun Chamany, associate professor of Biology at Eugene Lang College has been elected a 2008-2009 SENCER Leadership Fellow by the National Fellowship Board of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement. A total of 76 fellows were chosen from among the nominees drawn from 1,300 eligible faculty members and academic leaders. During her 18-month appointment Chamany will expand her work in the area of stem cell biology and policy through a partnership with the New York Stem Cell Foundation, develop a statewide stem cell curriculum, and disseminate her efforts to reform biology education so that it is taught in socially and politically contextualized ways.
SENCER (Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities) is the signature program of the National Center for Science and Civic Engagement, a research center affiliated with Harrisburg University of Science and Technology. A faculty development and science education reform initiative supported by the National Science Foundation, SENCER stimulates student engagement in science and mathematics through courses and programs focused on real world problems. This method extends the impact of student learning across the curriculum to the broader community and society. For more information on the SENCER program their website.
ART WORK: AN EVENING WITH CHARLES L. MEE
ART WORK begins ‘this fall with Charles L. Mee, a distinguished contemporary dramatist and historian, on Wednesday, October 15, at 6:00 p.m. Mee is celebrated for his radical “(re)makings” of Greek classics in a contemporary idiom. His more than forty plays include: bobrauschenbergamerica, directed by Anne Bogart for the BAM Next Wave Festival, Iphigenia 2.0, part of the recent Signature season, and Vienna: Lusthaus, directed by Martha Clarke at the New York Theatre Workshop. He also wrote several books, including Meeting at Potsdam, The Genius of the People, The History Plays, and A Nearly Normal Life.
Sponsored by the Lang College Arts Program and curated by Bonnie Marranca, professor of theater in the Arts Division, the ART WORK series invites guest artists to speak about their innovative work and artistic process. This free talk will take place in Wollman Hall, Eugene Lang Building, 65 West 11th Street, 5th floor.
NEWS FROM THE INDIA CHINA INSTITUTE
GIOVANNI ARRIGHI IN A DISCUSSION OF CHINA’S MARKET ECONOMY
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| Giovanni Arrighi |
Giovanni Arrighi, an internationally renowned political economist, sociologist, and professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, will present a lecture on his recent book, Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century. Arrighi will discuss his analysis of market theory in relation to the emerging economy of China. The discussion will be followed by a panel featuring The New School for Social Research faculty Arjun Appadurai, senior advisor for global initiatives and John Dewey Distinguished Professor in the Social Sciences and Duncan Foley, Leo Model Professor of Economics.
Arrighi is an expert in the fields of comparative and historical sociology, world-systems analysis, and economic sociology. He has done research on processes of labor-market formation and economic development in Southern Africa and Southern Europe, on the origins and transformations of the world capitalist system, and on the stratification of the global economy. His current research focuses on the causes and consequences of inequalities in the wealth, status, and power of nations.
The India China institute will host Mr. Arrighi’s free lecture on Wednesday, October 15, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., in the Theresa Lang Community and Student Center in Arnhold Hall at 55 W. 13th Street on the 2nd floor.
STUDENT TRAVEL RESEARCH FUND APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED
Students can now apply for India China Institute's Student Travel / Research Funds for 2009. Four awards are available at $2,500 each for undergraduate or graduate students to support an independent study project or to defray the cost of attending a New School program in India or China during the 2008-2009 academic year.
Please visit the India China website for program guidelines and application forms. The Deadline for applying is November 6, 2008.
NEWS FROM THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA
DRAMA TO PRESENT IBSEN’S THE PILLARS OF SOCIETY
The New School for Drama presents Henrik Ibsen’s The Pillars of Society as the first offering of the FIRST LOOK Performance Series. Drama’s FIRST LOOK is a program of performances of classical and contemporary works staged in a final rehearsal atmosphere, with minimal sets, lights, costumes, and props. The production of Pillars, translated by Michael Meyer, features the third-year acting students and is directed by Johanna McKeon.
Set in a seaside port in provincial Norway, The Pillars of Society tells the dramatic story of a wealthy ship owner who has married to further his career. He has, however, a scandal in his past, and all attempts by this “pillar of the community” to hide his shame come back to haunt him in the present.
A Drama League Directing Fellow, Ms. McKeon comes to Drama from the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where she directed the premiere of Ann Washburn’s I Have Loved Strangers, as well as workshops of The Liddy Plays by Brooke Berman and The Stonewater Rapture by Doug Wright. She has also directed at the Vineyard and Ontological-Hysteric theatres in New York City.
Performances are Wednesday-Saturday, October 15-18, at 8:00 p.m., with a matinee on Saturday at 3:00 p.m., at The New School for Drama Theater, 151 Bank Street, 3rd floor. Admission is free, but seating is limited. Reservations are recommended; call Ticket Central at 212.279.4200 or visit www.ticketcentral.com.
For more information, visit the Drama website.
LIVELY AUDIENCES TURN OUT FOR ELECTION DEBATES
As anticipated, New School audiences at the first presidential debate and the sole vice presidential debate have been engaged and animated. On Friday, September 26, the rain didn’t dampen the spirits of close to 200 people, most of them students, from turning out for the first of four one-hour, pre-debate programs. The program, which was held in the Lang Café, featured several student organizations who presented their findings on where the candidates stood on a number of important issues including the economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, gay rights, and the environment. Following the program, the presidential debate between Barak Obama and John McCain was televised.
Approximately 450 very lively audience members gathered in Tishman Auditorium to watch the vice presidential candidates Joe Biden and Sarah Palin explain their positions on the issues. Prior to the debate, close to 200 students gathering in the Lang Café, attentively listened to Greggory Keith Spence, professor in Professional Practice, explain the duties and responsibilities of the vice president and how past and current administrations have interpreted the role. Some of those complexities of the vice presidency that Spence covered in his presentation proved relevant as they were discussed by the candidates during the actual debate.
The third and final presidential debate is next Wednesday, October 15, 2008. It will be televised at 65 Fifth Avenue from 9:00-10:30 p.m in the cafe and Swayduck Auditorium. Prior to the debate, another pre-debate event will be held entitled, "And Now....An International Perspective on the U.S. Presidential Election", a forum moderated by Prof. David Plotke featuring international students' perspectives on the upcoming U.S. election. This program will run from 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Student Services with co-sponsorship from the University Diversity Initiative, organized these university-wide debate events. For more information, please contact the Office of Student Development and Activities at studev@newschool.edu or call 212.229.5687.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY'S ANNUAL MAKING STRIDES AGAINST BREAST CANCER WALK ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19
The New School is taking part in the American Cancer Society's annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk on Sunday, October 19, at 9:00 a.m. in Central Park.
In 2006 and 2007, The New School collectively raised an impressive $6,902. This year the challenge for the university community is to beat last year’s total. Your donation will support the society's lifesaving research, educational policies, advocacy initiatives, and patient service programs, and it will send a message to cancer patients and survivors everywhere that hope starts here. Please take just a few minutes to donate and show that you care about fighting this disease.
To get information about registering and joining in the walk or just to make a donation, go to The New School's team-page on the web.
THE NINTH TCDS DEMOCRACY AND DIVERSITY GRADUATE INSTITUTE IN CAPE TOWN,
SOUTH AFRICA
The New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies will be conducting its ninth Democracy and Diversity Institute in Cape Town, South Africa, January 6-22, 2009. During the intensive two-week program, up to 40 junior scholars and graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa, the United States, Latin America, and central and eastern Europe will gather to examine challenges to democracy in the host region and beyond. The institute will offer seminar courses in political science, anthropology, economics, sociology, and gender studies, to be co-taught by faculty from The New School for Social Research and South African academics. Students will select two of the four seminar courses; they will also attend a series of master classes conducted by scholars and intellectuals from South Africa and other countries in the region. The program includes evening guest speakers and study tours to socially and politically significant sites in the Cape peninsula.
New School students will receive credits upon successful completion of their coursework (three credits per course). This graduate program is also open to advanced students from Eugene Lang College.
The following seminar courses will be offered at the 2009 institute:
Democracies and Boundaries: Conflicts About Membership, Borders, and Diversity
Prof. David Plotke,Department of Political Science, The New School for Social Research
Gender and Democracy
Profs. Elzbieta Matynia, Department of Sociology and Liberal Studies, The New School for Social Research, and Shireen Hassim, Department of Political Studies, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
Democracy and Africanism
Prof. Hylton White, Department of Anthropology, The New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, and guest speakers
Shifting Power in the Global Economy: Rethinking Development Strategies
Profs. William Milberg, Department of Economics, The New School for Social Research, and Stephen Gelb, executive director, the EDGE Institute, Johannesburg, and Department of Development Studies, University of the Witwatersrand
Applications, with full instructions, will be available beginning in September at www.newschool.edu/tcds. The deadline for applications is October 17, 2008.
For a full program description, contact TCDS at 212.229.5580 x3136 or tcds@newschool.edu, or visit www.newschool.edu/tcds.
CATCH THE “VAN GOGH AND THE COLORS OF THE NIGHT" EXHIBIT AT
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART FOR FREE
Did you know that you could get into this exciting museum for free? In order to receive your free admission, go to the lobby information desk and show them your valid New School ID. Students, faculty, and staff receive one free admission for themselves. Faculty and staff may also obtain an additional two tickets for their guests. Enjoy!
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, $2.00 on Sunday) for home or office subscriptions to all faculty, staff, and students.
Here's how it works. Unlike traditional subscriptions, the education rate can be set up by semester or in a combination that best reflects your schedules for both delivery and billing. New School faculty, staff, and students can have a subscription Monday-Friday, Sunday only, weekends only, or any combination.
To take advantage of the special discount to the Times or to change a current subscription, students, faculty (full-time and part-time), and staff should contact the customer service center at 888.NYT.COLL, to order a single subscription or a classroom subscription of up to eight copies for required reading in the classroom.
To order a classroom subscription of eight or more copies for required reading in the classroom, contact the education program's customer service center at 800.631.1222.
WOULDN'T YOU LIKE TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY ON ENTERTAINMENT?
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