THE NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS:
POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Spring 2009
NEW YORK, January 29, 2009—The New School, including the Department of Media Studies and Film, the graduate program in International Affairs, India China Institute, 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 are two events, hosted by New School President Bob Kerrey, designed to tackle issues facing the new Obama Administration. President’s Forum: An Evening with William D. Zabel (Mar. 4) will include an intimate discussion between Kerrey and Zabel, Chairman of Human Rights First, regarding President Obama’s human rights priorities and how the financial crisis will affect the international human rights agenda. Intelligent Immigration Reform: A Real-World Legislative Approach (April 23), a panel discussion featuring Michael Aytes, the acting deputy director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Department of Homeland Security, will analyze previous immigration reform proposals to discuss potential provisions of a reform package that could be successful in the new Obama Administration.
A number of public programs will address the widespread effects of the recession. Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy will join with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics to host Fundraising and the Financial Crisis: How Forward-Thinking Nonprofits are Creating Opportunities (Feb. 2). Featuring Karen Brook Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center, the panel will discuss fundraising strategies during a recession. The Center for New York City Affairs at Milano is holding a panel on Crime, Justice and the Economic Crisis (Feb. 10) with the Correctional Association of New York to discuss the future of criminal justice when most states, New York included, are slashing education and human services as a result of budget gaps. The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis will host distinguished economist, professor and author Robert Shiller (Feb. 18) in a lecture titled, “Animal Spirits: How Human Psychology Drives the Economy, and Why it Matters for Global Capitalism” to discuss his analysis of the current economic crisis and its causes and consequences.
Taking a closer look at issues on the international stage, the India China Institute will join with Dr. Deepak Nayyar, a distinguished economist, academic and public servant teaching at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, in two lectures discussing inequality in the world’s emerging powers (Mar. 2 & 12). The Rogue State (Mar. 9) will examine the evolution of sovereignty on an international stage defined by the ‘war on terror,’ and the suspension of law to deal with the rogue as the new enemy. Filmmaker and peace activist Lilly Rivlin (April 24) will share her work on the efforts of women in Middle Eastern countries to bring peace to their region.
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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