THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
March Update, Spring 2009
NEW YORK, March 16, 2009—The New School, including the Media Studies and Film program, India China Institute, the Center for New York City Affairs at Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, The New School for Social Research, and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, offers a range of programs addressing topical issues of New York City, national and international affairs.
Among the highlights is Intelligent Immigration Reform: A Real-World Legislative Approach (April 23). Hosted by New School President Bob Kerrey, the panel features Michael Aytes, the acting deputy director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Department of Homeland Security. Panelists will analyze previous immigration reform proposals to discuss reform provisions that could be successful in the new Obama Administration.
The Center for Communication and New School Media Studies and Film present Buyouts, Takeovers, Downsizing: Financial Reporting in Today's Economy (April 22), a panel discussion with leading financial journalists discussing their careers and the role reporters play in shaping perceptions of today’s economic crisis. Panelists include Maria Bartiromo, business news anchor, Closing Bell, and financial columnist; Farnoosh Torabi, correspondent, TheStreet.com TV; Liz Claman, anchor, Fox Financial Network; and Alan Murray, deputy managing editor, The Wall Street Journal and executive editor, Journal Online and WSJ Television. Moderated by Charles Gasparino, on-air editor, CNBC.
The New School for Social Research will host a lecture by distinguished writer and academic Ian Buruma (April 7), titled "The Limits of Free Speech." Buruma is the Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College. His books include The China Lover, God's Dust, and Murder in Amsterdam, which won a Los Angeles Times book prize for the best current interest book.
The India China Institute will host three events on the future of global giants India and China. The Future of Inequality in China (April 9) features a lecture by post-Maoist economic development expert Carl Riskin, distinguished professor of Economics at Queens College, City University of New York. Historical Chindian Paradigm: Intercultural Transfusion and Solidification (April 21) hosts Tan Chung, author and expert on Sino-Indian studies, in a talk on the “Chindian paradigm.” On April 30, the institute will join with Parsons The New School for Design to present a two-day conference titled, “Emerging Exchanges: New Architectures of India.” The conference will include presentations of architects who are currently working in India and multi-disciplinary panels who will present a critique of modern rationalism and utopianism, as well as a shaky and unstable postmodern regionalism and ethnocentrism.
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 India China Institute is emerging as the hub of an international network of institutions and activities that nurture conversations about India, China, and the United States and deepen our understanding of global processes.
All public programs are subject to change.
EDITOR’S NOTE: A FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS IS AVAILABLE HERE.
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