THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS: POLITICS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS

Fall 2008

NEW YORK, August 12, 2008—The New School, including Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, The New School for Social Research, the Wolfson Center for National Affairs, and the Graduate Program in International Affairs, presents a range of programs addressing topical issues of New York City, national and international affairs. Among the highlights is a discussion led by former U.S. Senator and New School President Bob Kerrey, titled, The Courts and Constitutional Issues (Sept. 23). The panel will analyze the future of the U.S. Supreme Court after President Bush and in a time of continuing conflicts between individual liberty and state security.

The New School will also present two panels addressing current public affairs issues in New York City. The Center for New York City Affairs presents Home Away From Home: The Changing Face of Foster Care (Sept. 16), a panel discussion on the status of the city’s foster care system with John Mattingly, commissioner of the New York City Administration for Children’s Services (ACS). The Over-Successful City: The Struggle for the Character of New York (Oct. 17) will include a discussion with Kent Barwick, president of the Municipal Art Society and former chair of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission, on the conflict between growth and preservation.

The New School will present lectures by prominent theorists and writers. Stanford Jacoby (Sept. 10), an expert in labor and finance, will lead a panel discussion on capitalism’s future. Former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Al Kingon (Oct. 15) will present a lecture on the U.S. relationship with the European Union. James K. Gailbraith (Oct. 20) will discuss his upcoming book, The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too. The Graduate Program in International Affairs will also present a preview screening of the film At the Glass House (Oct. 28), which documents the history of the United Nations and includes interviews with former U.N. Secretaries General Boutros Boutros Gali and Kofi Annan.

The Department of Media Studies and Film will also present two panels on media and politics. Saving the World One Video at a Time (Oct. 21), co-sponsored by the Center for Communication, features a panel discussion with leading grassroots video advocacy organizations to debate the future of video technology as an advocacy tool. Media and Technology Policy-Making in the 21st Century (Nov. 5) will explore issues of net neutrality, open source development, content syndication, and digital copyright through the lens of government policy.

The New School for Social Research also hosts Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times (Oct. 29-31), a three-day conference exploring the state of academic freedom at institutions of higher learning. The conference will include a keynote address by former New School Dean Ira Katznelson on the school’s roots as the University in Exile, a home for endangered scholars in Nazi Germany. The sessions include “Conversations with Rescued Scholars” (Oct. 30) and “Free Inquiry Under Conditions of Duress” (Oct. 30).

The New School is a progressive university comprising eight schools bound by a common goal: to prepare and inspire its students to bring positive change to the world. Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy trains leaders for the nonprofit, public, and private sectors with a curriculum that engages its students in local and global issues. The New School for Social Research fosters the highest standards of scholarly inquiry through graduate programs in anthropology, economics, global finance, historical studies, liberal studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. The Graduate Program in International Affairs offers a sophisticated, critical, interdisciplinary approach to international questions for students with both academic and professional aspirations.

EDITOR’S NOTE: A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS IS AVAILABLE HERE. All public programs are subject to change.

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