THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Fall 2007

NEW YORK, August 10, 2007—The New School, including Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, the Wolfson Center for National Affairs, and the Graduate Program in International Affairs present a range of programs addressing topical issues of New York City, national and international affairs.

Among the highlights are Big Ideas, Big Gifts, Big Impact: A Conversation with Today’s Philanthropists (Sept. 23), featuring Susan Buffett and David Rockefeller Jr.; The Abortion Controversies (Oct. 23), featuring NARAL Pro-Choice America president Nancy Keenan and Dan Maguire, author of Sacred Rights and a professor of moral theological ethics at Marquette University; Religion, Politics, and the 2008 Election (Nov. 1), featuring Wilfred McClay, co-author of Religion Returns to the Public Square and Jacques Berlinerblau, author of The Secular Bible: Why Nonbelievers Must Take Religion Seriously; and The Intelligence Community (Dec. 4), featuring Margaret Henoch, formerly of the Foreign Service and the CIA, Paul Redmond, former head of counterintelligence at the CIA; Tyler Drumheller, former director of covert operations for the CIA in Europe and author of On the Brink; and Bob Kerrey, president of The New School, former member of the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Intelligence and a member of the 9/11 Commission.

The New School will also host several important conferences, including the 2007 International Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association (Sept. 17-20), which will address the spread of ideas and their social impact through academia, government policies, and social movements, and features philosophers Kwame Anthony Appiah of Princeton University and Martha Nussbaum of the University of Chicago, and economist Amartya Sen of Harvard University.
The school will also present Good Food Now: Just Food’s Regional Summit on Food, Farms, and Community Health (Dec. 1), a daylong conference of workshops and roundtables focused on some of today’s most pressing issues, including urban agriculture, farmland preservation, and innovative models for strengthening the link between farmers and consumers.

Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy trains leaders for the nonprofit, public, and private sectors with a measurable difference. Blending theory with hands-on practice, and progressive thinking with social commitment, Milano engages its students in local and global issues affecting organizations and urban communities, from New York City to around the world. For more information, visit www.milano.newschool.edu.

The Graduate Program in International Affairs at The New School combines interdisciplinary study with problem-solving skills. More than 300 students from 62 countries work directly with international practitioners and scholars. The program focuses on global economics, poverty and development, cities and urbanization, international institutions, NGOs, human rights, conflict and security, and media and culture. For more information, visit www.ia.newschool.edu.

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