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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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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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Fall 2022 applications are now open

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.

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New & Noteworthy

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

Renowned Philosophers Judith Butler and Cornel West Come to NSSR

This fall, Judith Butler, author of The Force of Nonviolence, will lead an intensive graduate seminar, Contemporary Feminist Philosophy. In the spring, Cornel West, author of the contemporary classic Race Matters, will deliver one public lecture and two New School community member lectures and meet with graduate Philosophy students.

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Zolberg Institute Receives $6 Million Gift

This major gift from the Arnhold Foundation will provide essential funding for the institute’s operations—funding that is often difficult to secure through the typical foundation grant process—and enable it to continue its cutting-edge academic and policy work on migration and mobility on the global, national, and local levels.

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WATCH: Professor Deva Woodly Talks Politics of Care

"We really are deciding the trajectory of the 21st century right now." In a new video series, Woodly, associate professor of politics, asks: What do we mean when we talk about “active citizenship”? What role do protests and social justice movements play in a democracy? Can they move us from a politics of despair to a politics of care?

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Students across our university lead a national network of scholars dedicated to incarceration reform.

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New School for Social Research Students Champion Athlete Mental Health with New Symposium

The New School’s Fall 2021 Semester in Books: Faculty Selections

The New School Art Collection Awarded $500,000 by the Mellon Foundation to Chart a Sustainable Course for Its Future

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Upcoming Events

Tuesday, March 22, 12:30 PM

ONLINE | Economics Seminar: Prof. Mariana Mazzucato

NSSR Economics Alumna and Professor of Economics of Innovation and Public Value at the University College in London, will present her talk "Directing Economic Growth: a mission-oriented approach".Thi ...
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Wednesday, March 23, 12:30 PM

Cornel West, "Philosophy As Vocation"

Please join Cornel West, 2021-2022 Presidential Visiting Scholar at The New School, for an in-person lecture, "Philosophy As Vocation." PLEASE NOTE: This in-person event is open to New School students ...
Starr Foundation Hall, UL102, The New School University Center

Wednesday, March 23, 2:15 PM

ONLINE | NSSR Forum on War in Ukraine (General Seminar)

Panelists: T. Alexander Aleinikoff, University Professor and Director, Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility; Jessica Pisano, Associate Professor of Politics; and Jeremy Varon, Professor of Hist ...
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Thursday, March 24, 10:00 AM

ONLINE | 10 Week Seminar: Comparative Racisms

Free and Open to Anyone Every Tuesday, March 24 – May 26, 2022; 10:00am-11:30am Eastern Time Hosted on Zoom – Register for link Description: Racism by its very presence in our social and political wor ...
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Thursday, March 24, 12:00 PM

ONLINE | Interfaces for the Earthverse

The notion of ‘decentralized cognition’ has been vital to the artistic practice of Oscar Santillán (Ecuador); it departs from the premise that intelligence can emerge from infinite configurations; it ...
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