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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.

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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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Now accepting applications for fall 2021

All applicants are eligible for merit-based scholarships. More than 90 percent of new full-time master’s degree students receive merit scholarships, averaging 49 percent of the cost of tuition. The priority deadline is January 7, 2021.

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New & Noteworthy

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

WATCH: NSSR Community Members Push for Change

Meet the NSSR alumna, faculty members, and interdisciplinary research centers advocating for progressive change to economic policy, migration policy, and more in the new Biden-Harris administration

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New Philosophy Student Podcast Launches

UNBOUND, a podcast run by several Philosophy MA students, highlights voices that are often excluded from philosophy and academia as a whole. The podcast is supported by a fall 2020 NSSR MA Project Grant.

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Faculty Awarded $225,000 Grant by Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

The two-year Sawyer Seminar grant will help faculty and graduate students explore the relationship between monetary systems, the production and consolidation of racial difference, and imperial power.

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Departments

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Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism

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Economics

MA, MS, PhD

Gender and Sexuality Studies

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Historical Studies

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Liberal Studies

MA

Philosophy

MA, PhD

Politics

MA, PhD

Psychology

MA, PhD

Sociology

MA, PhD
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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.

Does having an advanced degree mark the end of your curiosity?

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Quentin Northcross, Psychology MA ’17, created BlueGuard, a device designed to prevent overdose deaths

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News

New Schoolers Are Pushing the Biden Administration Towards Progressive Change

Lang, NSSR, and SPE Faculty Awarded $225,000 Sawyer Seminar Grant from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

NSSR Alumnus Adam Lupel Named Acting President, CEO of the International Peace Institute

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Upcoming Events

Wednesday, January 27, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | American Slavery and Russian Serfdom in the Post-Emancipation Imagination

Join host Claire Potter, guests Peter Kolchin and Rosanne Adderley, and author Amanda Bellows in conversation about unfree labor, culture, and the project of comparative national history.The abolition ...
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Monday, February 1, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | Sociology Lecture Series: Jean Beaman "Suspect Citizenship: Race and Racism in Postcolonial France"

Based on past and current ethnographic research in the Parisian metropolitan region, the speaker will discuss how racial and ethnic minorities understand and respond to their racialization in a contex ...
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Thursday, February 11, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | The Genesis of the High Stakes Worldview

"The Genesis of the High Stakes Worldview: An Ongoing Story of Enlightenment, Existential Risk, and Human Vocation at Kardashev Scale"Thomas Moynihan will present a lecture on the history of the idea ...
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Friday, March 5, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | Sociology Lecture Series: Zophia Edwards "Liberation Unionism: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago"

Within labor studies, much ink has been spilled on conceptualizing different types of trade unionisms. Using an historical case study analysis of labor union formation and worker mobilization in Trini ...
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Friday, April 2, 3:00 PM

ONLINE | Sociology Lecture Series: Crystal Fleming "The White Supremacy of Cultural Sociology: Toward a Critical Race Assessment"

Engaging Frantz Fanon’s analysis of racism and culture as well as Charles Mills’ work on epistemological ignorance, this talk develops a critical race assessment of white supremacy in classical and co ...
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