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Progressive Scholarship

Study with leading scholars and public intellectuals committed to expanding the boundaries of social thought, in one of the world’s hubs of scholarship and culture, New York City.

Critical Engagement

Ground your academic study in theoretical frameworks, empirical research, and critical engagement with today's most pressing social issues.

Interdisciplinary Centers

Participate in academic exploration, conduct research, and engage in dialogue with leading thinkers as you reframe local and global challenges at our centers and institutes.
Progressive since our founding, The New School for Social Research has upheld The New School's legendary tradition of challenging orthodoxy.

Our graduate programs in the social sciences, philosophy, and history foster a rigorous environment of engaged academic scholarship and public discourse. Study alongside prominent faculty to shape the intellectual future of the school and the entire university, and be a force of new thought, knowledge, and ideas in the world.
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Applications for spring and fall 2023 are open!

All applicants are eligible for merit-based scholarships. More than 90 percent of new full-time master’s degree students receive merit scholarships, which average 49 percent of the cost of tuition.

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New & Noteworthy

A selection of recent news and announcements about The New School for Social Research.

WATCH: Congratulations to the Class of 2022!

In May, we held our first in-person Recognition Ceremony in three years! Watch our school graduation, where we honored our master's, certificate, and PhD graduates and celebrated their hard work and achievements.

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Faculty and Students Cover Russia's War on Ukraine

HROMADA, their new blog, offers resources that shed light on Ukraine and the war on it through local reporting, history, culture, film, and humor. It also shares ways to support Ukrainians through petitions, resources for students and scholars, protest information, donations, and more.

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WATCH: Cornel West Delivers Keynote Lecture at NSSR

In March, Cornel West, the 2021-2022 Presidential Visiting Scholar at NSSR, delivered three lectures on campus and met with MA and PhD Philosophy students. Watch the video of his keynote public address, "Philosophy in Our Time of Imperial Decay."

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Departments

Anthropology

MA, PhD

Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism

MA

Economics

MA, MS, PhD

Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Historical Studies

MA

Liberal Studies

MA

Philosophy

MA, PhD

Politics

MA, PhD

Psychology

MA, PhD

Sociology

MA, PhD
Our Distinguished Faculty

Leaders in their fields of study, our faculty shape public debate, advance academic research, and push the boundaries of social sciences, philosophy, and history around the world..

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Centers and Institutes

Participate in scholarly exploration at our centers and institutes. Alongside faculty, engage in interdisciplinary research, participate in policy debates, and dialogue with thought leaders to reframe the way you approach problems and develop solutions.

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Scholars & Work

At NSSR, critical thinkers from around the world break new ground, challenge the status quo, and reshape contemporary thought to address urgent social and political problems. Explore their work.

Michael Schober, Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research, hopes your love for your cell phone works like a truth serum.

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Eric Godoy (Philosophy PhD, 2015) asks who bears responsibility

Graduating student outcomes

News

The New School’s Spring 2022 Semester in Books

New Faculty Achievements from Across The New School Include Fellowships, Grants, and More

Adam Brown, Vice Provost for Research, Selected as Fulbright Specialist for the University of the Bahamas North

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Upcoming Events

Friday, September 16 to Friday, October 21

Business Innovation and Social Justice Lecture Series

Fall 2022 Eugene Lang College Lecture SeriesBUSINESS, INNOVATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Fridays from September 16-October 21 12:10 – 2:10pm 79 Fifth Ave, Room 1724 September 16The corporation in history a ...
6 E. 16th St., Room 912

Tuesday, September 20 to Tuesday, May 16

Economics Seminar Series

Hosted by The New School for Social Research's Economics Department, the seminar series features lectures, paper and book presentations from prominent economists.To register to our events, click on th ...
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Thursday, September 29, 6:00 PM

Sociology Colloquium: "Cultural sovereignty and the fight for Native American artifact restitution"

"Cultural sovereignty and the fight for Native Americanartifact restitution"Presented by Professor Fiona Rose Greenland (University of Virginia) Talk abstract:For more than 100 years, the United Sta ...
Wolff Conference Room

Thursday, September 29, 6:00 PM

Philosophy Colloquium: "The Melancholic Renaissance: Dürer and After"

Presented by Ross Poole (Emeritus NSSR) The Melancholic Renaissance: Dürer and After Abstract: A discussion of melancholy in the modern world must begin with Dürer’s Melencolia I. Its th ...
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Friday, September 30, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | Postcolonialism, Imperialism and the Global Turn to the Right - Guest Lecture by Arjun Appadurai

We invite you to our September lecture by Arjun Appadurai, Postcolonialism, Imperialism and the Global Turn to the Right, which is part of the monthly guest lecture series of the Transregional Dialogu ...
Online | Zoom

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