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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.

Why Is Insurgency Good for Democracy?

Deva Woodly, Associate-Professor of Politics, discusses how dissonance is not just a part of democracy, but crucial to its existence

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Researching Subcultures, Inc.

Gregory Snyder, Sociology PhD '94, is a professor at Baruch College, where he researches the study of subcultures

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Monday, March 30, 12:00 AM

Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Poland - Application Deadline

Join the Transregional Center for Democractic Studies (TCDS) July 2-18, 2020 in Wroclaw, Poland for the 29th Democracy & Diversity Institute! APPLICATION Deadline For all New School Students, th ...
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Tuesday, March 31, 4:00 PM

CANCELLED: Economics Seminars: Stephanie Seguino

Professor Stephanie Seguino, from Vermont University will present her paper ""The Cost of Exclusion: Gender Job Segregation, Structural Change, and the Labor Share of Income." The seminar series feat ...
Albert and Vera List Academic Center

Tuesday, March 31, 6:00 PM

CANCELLED: Politics Seminar: Kevin Duong on Universal Suffrage as Decolonization

"Universal suffrage as decolonization" refers to an important but forgotten dream in twentieth century political thought. It was the imaginative achievement of midcentury black and anticolonial intell ...
Wolff Conference Room, D 1103, Albert and Vera List Academic Center

Wednesday, April 1, 5:00 PM

CANCELLED: Making it Count: Statistics in the Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China

The program will feature a talk by Prof. Arunabh Ghosh on his new book “Make It Count: Statistics and Statecraft in the Early People's Republic of China.” Prof. Ghosh teaches at Harvard University. ...
Orozco Room, Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Hall

Thursday, April 2, 6:00 PM

CANCELLED: Philosophy Workshop: Robert Pippin on Hegel

Robert Pippin, University of Chicago will present: "Did Hegel Comprehend His Own Time in Thought? The Market in The Philosophy of Right"Abstract: The topic is how Hegel understands the ways in which t ...
Wolff Conference Room, Room D1103, Albert and Vera List Academic Center

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