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2008 NSSR Viewbook
2008 NSSR Viewbook
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ABOUT THE NEW SCHOOL
table of contents Located in the heart of New York City’s historic Greenwich Village, The
New School was founded in 1919 by a group of prominent progressive
1 Message from the Dean scholars including Charles Beard, John Dewey, James Harvey Robinson, and
Thorstein Veblen. In planning their school, these distinguished intellectuals
1 Degrees Offered envisioned a center for instruction and counseling for mature men and
women. They planned it as an alternative to traditional universities, with an
Areas of Study and Faculty open curriculum, minimal hierarchy, and free discussion of controversial
2 Anthropology ideas. In 1933, The New School for Social Research gave a home to the
4 Economics University in Exile, a refuge for scholars forced from Europe by the Nazis.
6 Historical Studies In 1934, the University in Exile was incorporated into The New School for
8 Liberal Studies Social Research as the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science.
10 Philosophy
In the decades since, The New School has grown into a university of eight
12 Political Science
undergraduate and graduate schools. From the beginning, the institution has
14 Psychology
been called simply The New School. In 2005, this name was made official;
18 Sociology at the same time, the eight academic divisions were renamed to emphasize
20 Global Finance their affiliation with the university. The founding division is now called The
New School for General Studies, and the Graduate Faculty is again The New
21 Research Centers School for Social Research. The other schools are Parsons The New School for
Design, Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy, Eugene
22 Faculty Information
Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College The New
School for Music, The New School for Drama, and The New School for Jazz
24 Academic Publications
and Contemporary Music.
25 Academic Resources The university’s commitment to transcending the boundaries between
traditional academic disciplines, its close connections to the cosmopolitan
26 Student Life
cultural and professional life of New York City, and its willingness to reinvent
itself remain unchanged, as does its dedication to the ideal of lifelong
27 Career and Alumni Services
education for all citizens. The New School holds a place in the avant-garde of
American universities, attracting adventurous, creative, civic-minded scholars
28 University Information
who are interested in pursuing careers that improve the world.
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for Social Research
www.newschool.edu/nssr
message
from the dean
Degrees
Welcome to the extraordinary experiment in American graduate education and
intellectual life that is The New School for Social Research. Our community of scholars,
gathered at a university dedicated to the new, aspires to the deepest, best informed, most
Offered
critical, most globally aware, most forward-thinking scholarship possible. Being part of
this community is stimulating and challenging at every level.
Visionary thinking has characterized The New School for Social Research since its
founding in 1933. Known at that time as the University in Exile, the school offered
refuge to a group of distinguished German social scientists who faced the loss of their MASTER OF ARTS (MA)
Anthropology, Economics, Global Political
livelihood and citizenship and whose very lives were in danger under National Socialism.
Economy and Finance, Historical Studies,
The University in Exile, renamed the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science,
Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Political
internationalized American social science. Since then, it has stood as a beacon of Science, Psychology, Sociology
internationalism and critical engagement with the issues of the day.
Students may earn an MA with a special
Today The New School for Social Research carries on the tradition of research, critique, concentration, such as an MA in philosophy
political and ethical engagement, and innovation—even assistance to endangered with a focus on psychoanalysis, an MA in
scholars. Each department and program excels in its own area of inquiry while promoting psychology focusing on substance abuse and a
and taking part in dialogue that transcends the concerns of its individual field. In research MA in psychology.
interdepartmental courses, multidisciplinary conferences and forums for discussion, MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
and collaborations with faculty and students in other parts of The New School, our Economics, Global Finance
graduate students participate in interdisciplinary conversation with other social scientists,
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD)
humanists, designers, and artists who challenge their assumptions and expand their
Anthropology, Clinical Psychology,
intellectual and professional horizons.
Economics, Philosophy, Political Science,
Psychology and Sociology
The vibrancy of The New School for Social Research comes in large part from its location
in downtown New York City. New York is simply one of the most exciting places one
can be, with more people from more cultures speaking more languages assembled in one
urban area than the world has ever seen. The breadth of cultural, artistic, intellectual,
and political activity occurring in New York is unparalleled. Our home in a hub of the
globalized world is part of what makes us special.
Our dynamism also comes from the diversity of our students, who represent a broad range
of nationalities, ages, and life experiences. When colleagues from other universities meet
our students, they regularly comment on their maturity and engagement and wonder what
we are doing to attract scholars of such excellence. The unique profile of The New School
for Social Research attracts students whose energy, intellect, and openness to exploration
enable them to take graduate education to new heights.
I look forward to your joining in the conversation at The New School for Social Research.
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ANTHROPOLOGY
The Department of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research embodies the Courses taught recently:
university’s commitment to addressing urgent social and political problems of the 21st
The Country and the City
century. Through engaged scholarship supported by rigorous theoretical and empirical
Hylton White
work, innovative research methodologies, and a sustained commitment to historical and
ethnographic sensibilities, a close-knit group of lively scholars thrives in an intellectual Border Economies
environment that fosters individual exploration. Faculty and students in the department Janet Roitman
see themselves not as consumers of knowledge but as producers of new ways of Cities and the Culture of Construction
understanding today’s world. Arjun Appadurai and Carol Breckenridge
The anthropology master’s program is designed to provide students with a broad Truth Productions: Historical and
understanding of the development of the discipline and to introduce key concepts Cultural Frames
and questions. The PhD program prepares students for careers as teachers and for Ann Stoler
original independent research. Students develop topics that are personally meaningful, Medicine, Science, and Citizenship
intellectually stimulating, and socially important. Recent dissertation topics include Miriam Ticktin
• The privatization of the military in Somalia Epidemiology of Beliefs
• Th
e emergence and experience of post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States Lawrence Hirschfeld
• Th
e impact and future of open-access publishing Posthuman/Ethnographic
Hugh Raffles
•D
iscourses of corruption in post-socialist Albania
The Anthropology of Global Flows
• The politics of the press in Mumbai
Vyjayanthi Rao
•E
mergent technologies of text-based communication in East Asia
If you are interested in learning
• The socialization of schoolchildren in Israel more about these courses, visit us at
www.newschool.edu/nssr/anthro
Students can refine their ideas in the biweekly student-led Anthropology Workshop and
and select “Courses.”
in a series of colloquia featuring visiting speakers. They can participate in faculty courses
and projects developed both individually and in collaboration with other programs and
Anthropology Faculty
divisions of The New School, including the graduate program in International Affairs,
Parsons The New School for Design, the India China Institute, the Committee on Arjun Appadurai, John Dewey
Historical Studies, the Janey Program in Latin American Studies, and the Transregional Distinguished Professor in the
Center for Democratic Studies. They can also take courses through the regional Inter- Social Sciences
University Consortium. Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor
of Anthropology and Psychology
Degrees Offered
Benjamin Lee, Professor of Anthropology
The Department of Anthropology offers MA and PhD degrees. All anthropology students and Philosophy
at The New School enter the MA program. Students who complete MA requirements with
sufficient distinction may petition for admission to PhD study. Hugh Raffles, Associate Professor
of Anthropology
Vyjayanthi Rao, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology and International Affairs
Janet Roitman, Associate Professor
of Anthropology and International Affairs
Ann Laura Stoler, Willy Brandt
Distinguished University Professor
of Anthropology and Historical Studies
Miriam Ticktin, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology and International Affairs
Hylton J. White, Assistant Professor
of Anthropology
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An Exceptional Place
It has a great
“The New School is an exceptional place,” says Vyjayanthi Rao, an assistant
professor in the Department of Anthropology. After teaching at the University of tradition of
Chicago as a graduate student and then at Yale University, Rao came to The New
School three years ago, drawn by its “great tradition of interdisciplinary social interdisciplinary
research and pedagogy. The ability to test the boundaries between disciplines and to
connect with practitioners in different fields is very exciting.” social research
According to Professor Rao, students in the Department of Anthropology value the and pedagogy.
opportunity to explore the field from unique perspectives and undertake research
and projects that have personal significance. She says, “Students benefit from a The ability to test
cutting-edge, contemporary department within The New School for Social Research,
with its esteemed reputation and established political traditions.” Professor Rao the boundaries
recently taught The Limits of Ethics, a course on human rights, humanitarianism,
and ethnography in which anthropology students took part in an art project with between
fellows from the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.
As a researcher, Professor Rao is interested in the relationship between ethics,
disciplines and
aesthetics, and globalization. She was among the first group of fellows selected to connect with
to participate in the India China Institute. Her work with ICI developed into a
collaborative project in Mumbai involving urban interactions and mobile phones and practitioners in
an ongoing ethnography examining the internationalization of the design process for
China’s new monumental architecture. different fields is
Professor Rao looks forward to continuing her interdisciplinary work combining her
interests in anthropology, design, and globalization and to helping students develop
very exciting.
their own interests.
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Economics
The Department of Economics offers a multifaceted graduate program that places what Courses taught recently:
Robert Heilbroner called “the worldly philosophy”—informed, critical, and passionate
World Political Economy
investigation of the economic foundations of contemporary society—at the heart of its
Anwar Shaikh
curriculum. Students learn about a range of economic theories, including Keynesian and
post-Keynesian economics; the classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx; Political Economy of the Environment
structuralist and institutionalist approaches to economics; and neoclassical economics. Lance Taylor
They also acquire a comprehensive understanding of conceptual, mathematical, and Financial Modeling and Financial
statistical modeling techniques used in economic research. Coursework emphasizes Econometrics
the relationship between the history of economic ideas, contemporary economic policy Salih Neftci
debates, and conflicting interpretations of economic phenomena.
Graduate Macroeconomics
Along with their coursework, students in the Department of Economics engage in Willi Semmler
research on topics reflecting their own interests and shaped by their interactions with
Graduate Microeconomics
professors throughout the university. The Department of Economics fosters intellectual Lopamudra Banerjee
inquiry leading to practical solutions to contemporary problems and framing new
questions for study. Recent research has included Economics of Technological
Innovation and Design
• Changes in the world economy William Milberg
• Global financial markets and institutions comprising the world economy
If you are interested in learning
• Problems of regulating and guiding economic development more about these courses, visit us at
• The complexity of economic systems www.newschool.edu/nssr/econ
and select “Courses.”
• Economic aspects of class, gender, and ethnicity
Economics Faculty
The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) conducts research that
complements the work of the Department of Economics and offers students opportunities Lopamudra Banerjee, Assistant Professor
to pursue original research. of Economics
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Freedom to Research
Students are
Mamadou Bobo Diallo came to The New School from his home in the Ivory Coast
for graduate study in economics because “it is one of the few places that you can encouraged to
study heterodox economics, and because students are encouraged to study in
areas that programs in other schools would never allow. At The New School, you are
study in areas
given the freedom to research areas that interest you personally.” Bobo is working
on a dissertation that combines economic growth theory with open economy
that programs
macroeconomics, building on work he did with Professor Willi Semmler for the World in other schools
Bank. Together they developed a model and applied it to three groups of countries—
low income, lower and middle income, and middle and upper income. Their research would never
showed that shifting expenditure toward social programs such as health care,
education, and public infrastructure was the most effective way for countries in all allow. At The New
three categories to enhance economic growth. These findings can inform the design
of future fiscal policy.
School, you are
When Bobo is not doing research, he serves as a teaching assistant for the given the freedom
Advanced Macroeconomics II course and teaches master’s students Mathematics
for Economics. When he returns to the Ivory Coast, he may pursue a career in to research areas
higher education or government.
that interest you
For now, Bobo thrives on the diversity and academic experience offered by The
New School for Social Research. “I don’t just mean nationality, religion, or race but personally.
diversity as in academic interest. [Students] come from all walks of life: people who
never studied economics, or those who have studied philosophy or sociology.”
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Historical Studies
The Committee on Historical Studies was founded in the mid-1980s by Charles Tilly, Courses taught recently:
Louise Tilly, Aristide Zolberg, and Ira Katznelson on the premise that a knowledge
Fascism and Theory: Latin American
of history is critical to all human understanding. The committee saw The New School
and European Approaches to
for Social Research as a natural place for historians, philosophers, and social scientists
Totalitarianism and Populism
to come together to develop theoretically informed approaches to historical questions
Federico Finchelstein
and critical histories of the present. It recognizes that historical inquiry can transform
interpretation and theory in the social sciences. Its mission is to rejuvenate the Markets in History: Interdisciplinary
empirically based social sciences with linguistically informed and pictorially sympathetic Approaches
approaches inspired by the humanities. The committee provides The New School for Julia Ott
Social Research—an institution that has in the past represented the European critical Historical Roots of a “Fiasco”: Iraq
tradition—with an archive and a perspective on the world from the outside in. Eli Zaretsky
Recent student and faculty research topics include Becoming Other: Mimesis, Alterity,
and History in Time-Based Media
• Popular conservatism and political disorder
Orit Halpern
• Forms of democracy and forms of representation
Historiography and Historical Practice
• The history of socialism and communism Oz Frankel
• State making, nation building, market reform, and civil society in Ukraine Politics of the Image in the
• Immigration and religion in New York City Muslim World
Faisal Devji
Degrees Offered
If you are interested in learning
Historical Studies offers the MA degree. Students with an MA in Historical Studies, more about these courses, visit us at
Sociology, or Political Science at The New School for Social Research may apply to study www.newschool.edu/nssr/history
in the PhD program in Sociology and Historical Studies or in Political Science and and select “Courses.”
Historical Studies. Students with an MA in history or politics from another institution
Historical Studies Faculty
may apply for admission to the PhD program in Political Science and Historical Studies.
Elaine Abelson, Senior Lecturer in
Historical Studies and Associate Professor
of History and Urban Studies, Eugene Lang
College The New School for Liberal Arts
Carol Breckenridge, Associate Professor
of History
Faisal Devji, Associate Professor of History,
Eugene Lang College The New School for
Liberal Arts
Federico Finchelstein, Assistant
Professor of History
Oz Frankel, Associate Professor of History
Orit Halpern, Assistant Professor of History
Julia Ott, Assistant Professor of History
David Plotke, Professor of Political Science
Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished
University Professor of Anthropology and
Historical Studies
Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History
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Historical Experience
Students in
The New School for Social Research attracted Federico Finchelstein in part
because it was founded by intellectuals who escaped from European fascism. “I was Historical Studies
born in Argentina just one year before the creation of the last military dictatorship
(1976–1983), the most violent and criminal of many military regimes in the history
identify with
of my country. I spent my early childhood in a totalitarian context where political and
even historical questions were banned from public life. My own historical experience
our approach
informs my view.” to history, an
Professor Finchelstein has engaged in extensive research on ties between European
and Latin American fascism. His graduate dissertation from Cornell University approach that
will be published as a book by Duke University Press, titled Transatlantic Fascism:
Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919–1945. In the book
is contextually
Professor Finchelstein explores an indigenous form of fascism which derived from preoccupied
European fascism and was shaped by Catholic traditions. He has also written on the
mythology associated with Argentine fascism. and theoretically
Professor Finchelstein finds that students “identify with our approach to history,
an approach that is contextually preoccupied and theoretically inclined. They also
inclined. They also
find the empirical training very beneficial.” Other topics explored in Historical find the empirical
Studies include the history of capitalism, intellectual and cultural history, the
history of the book, visual culture, imperialism, the history of psychoanalysis, the training very
history of science, history and politics, history and memory, history and theory,
and gender history. beneficial.”
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Liberal Studies
Bringing together students interested in research and writing in the humanities and Courses taught recently:
social sciences, the Committee on Liberal Studies enables students to design their own
The Dialectics of Women and
interdisciplinary curriculum. Students are free to work with their choice of scholars
Enlightenment
at the New School for Social Research, and also to study with a distinguished group
Gina Luria Walker
of journalists and creative writers, including Jed Perl, art critic for the New Republic;
Christopher Hitchens, columnist for Vanity Fair; Margo Jefferson, a Pulitzer Prize- Politics and the Novel
winning critic, formerly with the New York Times; and Robert Boyers, editor of the Robert Boyers
literary quarterly Salmagundi. Faith in Modern Thought and
Literature: Supreme Fictions and
To complete a master’s thesis, students write about topics reflecting their creativity and
Gods That Failed
diversity of interests. Titles of past theses include
Melissa Monroe
• Futurism, Fascism, and Henri Bergson’s Philosophy of Time
The Concept of Culture
• Single Women in Sex and the City and Beyond Elzbieta Matynia
• The Aura of the Brand: Nike and Postmodern Capitalism Methods of Cultural Criticism
• Camp Aesthetics in Andy Warhol Christopher Hitchens, Melissa Monroe
The Liberal Studies program is ideal for students who wish to enrich their education or The Exiled Self
pursue a career in writing or journalism, as well as those planning to earn a PhD in a Randy Fertel
related program. Recent graduates are working as writers, painters, and musicians. One Modernity and Its Discontents
edits her own literary journal. Others are working toward PhDs in philosophy, political James Miller
science, and sociology at The New School; English at CUNY; architecture at Columbia
University; and art history at UC Berkeley. If you are interested in learning
more about these courses, visit us at
Degrees Offered www.newschool.edu/nssr/liberal
and select “Courses.”
The Liberal Studies program offers the MA degree. Students who fulfill MA requirements
in one of the six PhD-granting departments in the course of completing the MA in
Liberal Studies may petition for admission to PhD study in that department.
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Living in Plato’s Republic
“It’s the closest I could come to living in Plato’s Republic,” says Alex McCown of his
experience in the Liberal Studies program. Alex decided to enroll at The New School
because “it had an interdisciplinary focus and was much more open to new ideas
and ways of thinking than other schools. Also, the history is a real recommendation;
you know that this is the way they have approached education for a long time, which
means that a new chairperson won’t come a month after you arrive and turn the
department into a bland and uptight place.”
Alex says that his experience has been anything but bland; the Liberal Studies
program has been ideal for him because “the interdisciplinary core program offered
through Liberal Studies allowed me to figure out what I really wanted to go after.”
He decided to pursue a PhD combining political theory with contemporary media.
Alex values the exposure the program has given him to a group of informed,
intelligent, and dedicated scholars. “The program is hugely international. I have
become friends with a journalist from Norway, a writer from Africa, a psychologist
from Brazil, and a marketing guy from IBM, all of whom wanted to enrich themselves
and understand the world better through literature, art, and philosophy.”
Alex’s experiences at The New School working as a teaching assistant and with
his professors have led him to plan a career in academia.
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Liberal Studies Faculty
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Philosophy
The New School for Social Research has always attracted renowned scholars from around Courses taught recently:
the world who foster an open atmosphere for exploration and inquiry through their Platonic Philosophy as a
teaching and research. The eminent philosophers who have helped create and sustain an Mathematical Enterprise
intellectually vibrant Department of Philosophy include Hannah Arendt, Hans Jonas, Dmitri Nikulin
Aron Gurwitsch, and Reiner Schürmann.
Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction
The focus of study in the Department of Philosophy is the history of Western I and II
philosophical thought and the European philosophical tradition, particularly Alan Bass
contemporary Continental philosophy. The graduate curriculum consists of two Mind and Reality
components. The first is the study of major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Richard J. Bernstein
Spinoza, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud,
To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die
Gadamer, Adorno, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Derrida. The second explores
Simon Critchley
the movements, schools, branches, and ideas associated with those figures. Philosophy
at The New School is thus the study of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism; Philosophy and Literature
political and social thought; ethics, critical theory, and aesthetics; epistemology, Alice Crary
metaphysics, and ontology; logic and language; rationality, methodology, and naturalism Torture and Dignity
within the social sciences; nature, culture, beauty, and goodness; unconscious and J.M. Bernstein
conscious processes; contingency, necessity, and human freedom, tragedy, and truth. Nietzsche as Critic and Affirmative
Thinker
Faculty and students have explored these philosophers and their ideas in depth through
Yirmiyahu Yovel
research and dissertations, which have recently included
If you are interested in learning more
• Ethical modernism and political atrocity
about departmental courses, visit us at
• The nature of poetry and ethics www.newschool.edu/nssr/phil and
• The ethico-political ground of ancient Greek thinking select “Courses.”
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A Distinctive Niche
Being in New York
Simon Critchley, the chair of the Department of Philosophy, says, “I have spent my
life as a student and teacher thinking and writing about the Continental tradition offers us access
in philosophy. The New School for Social Research, with its unique heritage, is the
most important center for this tradition in the English-speaking world. Being in New to the cultural and
York offers us access to the cultural and intellectual riches of the city, giving The
New School an absolutely distinctive niche in the philosophical life of America.”
intellectual riches
Professor Critchley describes the students in the Department of Philosophy as of the city, giving
“tenacious, smart, and open-minded.” He especially enjoys teaching his large
weekly lecture course on Tuesday evenings. Heidegger will be next year’s topic. The New School
When Professor Critchley is not in the classroom, he can often be found researching
and writing. In 2007, he published Infinitely Demanding (Verso), a widely reviewed
an absolutely
book about ethics and politics that is currently being translated into five languages.
distinctive niche in
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The Book of Dead Philosophers (Vintage) will be published in late 2008 and is
currently being translated into six languages. In the book, Professor Critchley the philosophical
suggests that studying what great thinkers have said about death can provide
profound insights into the meaning and possibility of human happiness. In other life of America.
words, as people learn to die, they also learn to live.
Passionate about research and teaching, Professor Critchley helps students
navigate the study of philosophy as they develop interests and expertise of
their own.
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Political Science
At the New School for Social Research, graduate students and faculty take a distinctive Courses taught recently in each field
approach to the study of politics. Coursework focuses on the historical and theoretical of study:
foundations of politics, with methods of political analysis based on both explanation and
Democracies in Theory and Practice
normative evaluation. Research areas pursued by faculty, students, and distinguished
Conceptions of Democracy: History,
visiting scholars have recently included
Theory, Comparison
• The way institutions shape politics Sanjay Ruparelia
• The intersection between political and cultural processes Political Thought and Its History
• Identities and their discontents Sovereignty and Its Critics
Ayse Banu Bargu
• Classical and contemporary political economy
History and Politics of Tyranny
• Democracy in theory and practice Andreas Kalyvas
• Conceptions and explorations of critical theory
Identities, Culture, and Politics
• Politics in economic and social context Visual Politics
Victoria Hattam
Students continuing to doctoral study gain proficiency in two of the three areas of
instruction offered by the department: American politics, comparative politics, and International Politics
political theory. Courses and university events also include opportunities to explore the Theories of Imperialism
field of international relations. The academic interests of students and faculty often cross Nancy Fraser
fields and can be augmented by courses organized around particular issues and themes. The United States and the World:
Students are also encouraged to take advantage of interdisciplinary courses available Hegemony and Democracy
throughout the university. David Plotke
Students in the Department of Political Science also belong to the broader community Political Development in Historical
of The New School for Social Research, which gives them access to a wide array of Perspective
extracurricular lectures, conferences, and seminars. For example, the Janey Program in Immigration and Citizenship in the
Latin American Studies, directed by Mala Htun, engages in interdisciplinary research, American Experience: Then and Now
analysis, and conferences on the continuing evolution of Latin America. Interactions with Aristide Zolberg
scholars from different regions with unique perspectives and fresh ideas, make the study Politics in Economic and Social
of politics at the New School for Social Research an academically enriching, personally Context
gratifying experience. Gender Politics: State, Economy,
and Family
Degrees Offered
Mala Htun
The Department of Political Science offers MA and PhD degrees. Students who complete Political Ethnography
MA requirements with sufficient distinction may be considered for admission to PhD Timothy Pachirat
study. In rare cases, the department grants direct PhD admission to applicants who have
If you are interested in learning
completed a comparable MA in political science at another institution.
more about these courses, visit us at
www.newschool.edu/nssr/polsci
and select “Courses.”
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Political Conviction and Intellectual Seriousness
During the 16 years James Miller has taught at The New School, he has found that
“the students are the most interesting thing about the university. The fact that
The New School actually stands for something, starting with the University in Exile,
still attracts students from around the world.” The political science students in
particular “come to The New School out of a sense of political conviction, as well as
intellectual seriousness. The students vary greatly in background and training, but
almost all have a profound passion for politics; they care about changing the world
as well as understanding it.”
Professor Miller particularly enjoys teaching Modernity and Its Discontents, a course
whose interdisciplinary curriculum juxtaposes novels and pamphlets, essays and
manifestoes, by writers ranging from Rousseau, Goethe, and Robespierre to Joseph
Conrad, André Breton, and Hannah Arendt.
“The New School attracts extraordinary students from around the world, creating
a distinctly cosmopolitan student body,” says Miller. It is these scholars who will
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become the political activists and leaders of the future.
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Psychology
The Department of Psychology was founded as part of the University in Exile by the Courses taught recently:
pioneering Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer. Over the years, its distinguished
Cultural Psychology
faculty has included Leon Festinger, Jerome Bruner, Hans Wallach, Irving Rock, Kurt
Joan Miller
Goldstein, Serge Moscovici, Solomon Asch, Sandor Ferenczi, and Erich Fromm. Within
the program, there is a strong emphasis on conducting research that contributes to basic Remembering Trauma
psychological knowledge and that is sensitive to social, cultural, and political influences William Hirst
and concerns. Political Psychology
Jeremy Ginges
Students entering can earn a master’s degree in General Psychology. In the 30-credit
General Psychology MA Program, students take basic courses in cognitive, social, Dehumanizing Others
personality, developmental, and abnormal psychology and in research methods and Emanuele Castano
statistics.
Fundamentals in Cognitive
Alternatively, students can complete the 30-credit MA concentration in Mental Health Neuroscience
Marcel Kinsbourne
and Substance Abuse Counseling. This concentration prepares students to fulfill the
academic eligibility requirements for the New York State Alcohol and Substance Abuse Psychology of Women and Gender
Counseling Certificate exam. Lisa Rubin
Student dissertations from the Psychology department as a whole have recently included Ethnicity in Clinical Theory
such topics as and Practice
Doris Chang
• Sociocultural factors that affect HIV/AIDS disclosure
Attachment Across the Lifespan
• The use of animated agents in surveys Howard Steele, Miriam Steele
• Attachment representations of youth aging out of foster care
Evidence-Based Treatments
• Forgetting, emotion, and trauma Shireen Rizvi
• Linguistic cohesion in psychotherapeutic process and outcome Relational Psychoanalysis
• Laterality and embodiment effects in response to emotionally valent words Jeremy Safran
Master’s students are not guaranteed admission to the doctoral program and must
formally apply. Those with an overall GPA of 3.5 are eligible to apply and may submit
applications either to the PhD Program in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental
Psychology (CSD) or to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.
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A Fruitful Environment
The student
What drew Bernhard Leidner from his home in Germany to The New School was his
interest in “moral disengagement,” the tendency to downplay the violence in which body is very
one’s own country is engaged, effectively evaluating actions as “not that bad.”
As a graduate student in Germany, Bernhard learned that New School Professor international and
Emanuele Castano was studying moral disengagement in international conflicts,
and he wanted to participate in this research. diverse. You can
Bernhard has now been at The New School for more than a year and a half pursuing collaborate with
a PhD in social psychology. For his dissertation, he plans to study the moral
principles people apply in weighing their own country’s actions against those of other students
countries perceived as antagonistic or neutral.
Bernhard has found his experience at The New School rewarding because “the and professors
student body is very international and diverse. You can collaborate with other
students and professors easily, and there is a lot of interaction and overlap among
easily, and
departments, which gives you exposure to many different people and ideas. It
is a very liberal school, so if you are interested in research it is a very fruitful
there is a lot of
environment.” interaction and
Bernhard plans to conduct postdoctoral research and pursue a career in academia
as a professor. Until then, he will continue doing research for his dissertation while overlap among
working as a teaching assistant in Statistics II and III.
departments.
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Clinical Psychology Psychology Faculty
The clinical psychology doctoral program follows the scientist-practitioner model of Emanuele Castano, Associate Professor
clinical training and is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). of Psychology
It combines a psychoanalytic emphasis with cognitive behavioral approaches. The program Doris Chang, Assistant Professor of
integrates theory, research, and practice and promotes an appreciation for diversity Psychology
and pluralism with respect to race, culture, and theoretical perspective. Students are
encouraged to develop critical thinking skills and a high level of scholarship in order to Karen D’Avanzo, Assistant Professor of
both build their clinical skills and contribute to the field of clinical psychology. While Psychology
fulfilling doctoral dissertation requirements, students gain hands-on experience outside Jeremy Ginges, Assistant Professor of
The New School. First-year doctoral students participate in a practicum at the New School Psychology
Beth Israel Center for Clinical Training and Research. In the second and third years, they
continue with externship placements throughout the city. The fourth year culminates for Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor of
most students with a year-long, full-time placement at an APA-accredited internship site. Anthropology and Psychology
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A Strong Foundation
The clinical
An emphasis on clinical psychology, diverse faculty viewpoints, culturally nuanced
approaches to research, and a focus on social justice are just a few of the reasons psychology
that Sophia Haeri chose to pursue her PhD in clinical psychology at The New School.
“The program has a long psychodynamic tradition yet there is an infusion of newer program is
faculty who are cognitive-behaviorally oriented. Students get the unique benefit of
being trained from both perspectives.”
unique because
The partnership between the clinical psychology program and Beth Israel Hospital through Beth
also influenced Sophia’s decision. “The clinical psychology program is unique
because through Beth Israel Hospital, we get hands-on group training with inpatients Israel Hospital,
and individual experience working with outpatients. Part of this fieldwork is in the
context of a psychotherapy research study, so we really see the integration between we get hands-on
research and practice.”
group training
Sophia and Professor Doris Chang have also been involved with a research project
involving a domestic violence center for Asian and Pacific Islander women in the with inpatients
greater Boston area. They presented their findings both to the center staff and
at a national conference. Building on the results for her master’s thesis, Sophia and individual
is currently completing an investigation of intimate partner violence in a national
epidemiological sample of Asian and Pacific Islander immigrants. experience
Sophia believes that the solid foundation that she is receiving at The New School will
enable her to pursue a career in research, teaching, and clinical work in the future.
working with
outpatients.
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Sociology
The Department of Sociology offers a unique curriculum with a mix of critical, historical, Courses taught recently in each field
comparative, and theoretical courses organized into six specializations—sociology of of study:
culture, comparative and historical analysis, sociology of politics, urban sociology,
Sociology of Culture
social thought, and sociology of the media. The graduate program emphasizes the
Fundamentals of the Sociology of
intellectual connections between these areas. The ultimate goal is to ensure that students
Culture
understand the major transformations in modern and postmodern societies and are
Vera Zolberg
prepared to devise concrete solutions to challenges posed by these changes.
Comparative and Historical Analysis
Understanding these challenges and formulating solutions requires solid research. Market, Capital, and Culture:
Through sustained treatment of a single topic, doctoral students draw on existing An Introduction to New Economic
theories and methods to develop new forms of sociological study that cross disciplines in Sociology
innovative and imaginative ways. In recent years, faculty and students have researched Eiko Ikegami
topics such as
Ethnographies of Class
• Civility and state formation in Japan Rachel Sherman
• Urbanism and culture Sociology of Politics
• Critical theory of art and technology Fundamentals of Political Sociology
Andrew Arato
• Mass media, propaganda, and the visibility of power
Globalization and the Politics of
To acquire the grounding necessary for such ambitious research, students are encouraged Public Memory
by faculty in the Department of Sociology to participate in interdisciplinary courses Elzbieta Matynia
and projects developed with the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, the
Urban Sociology
Department of Liberal Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Department
Consumption and the City
of Philosophy.
Terry Williams
Degrees Offered Social Thought
The Interpretive Turn in Contemporary
The Department of Sociology offers MA and PhD degrees. All sociology students at
Social Science
The New School enter the master’s program. After completing 30 credits and passing
Carlos Forment
the master’s exam, they may petition for admission into the doctoral program.
The Sociology of Erving Goffman
Jeff Goldfarb
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Fluidity between disciplines
PhD candidate Hector Vera says, “One of the most attractive things about The New
School for Social Research is the fluidity between disciplines; you are in constant
contact with people in other fields.” According to Hector, The New School’s location,
in the heart of New York City—home to some of the richest intellectual, cultural,
and human resources in the world—has enhanced his education immensely: “The
New School is exciting. With its research libraries, other universities, and the people
who come from all over the world to give lectures on diverse topics, the city is a very
good place to be in contact with a lot of people and ideas.”
Hector arrived in the United States after earning his BA at the Universidad
Iberoamericana and his MA at the National University in Mexico. The New School
was a “natural fit” for him because “some of the sociologists that I admired the
most were from The New School, which has a very good reputation among social
scientists in Mexico.”
Hector is currently conducting a sociological analysis of the history of the decimal
metric system, which was invented during the French Revolution and has been
adopted in all but three countries in the world—the United States, Liberia, and
Myanmar. For his dissertation, he is comparing the implementation of the metric
system in Mexico with the failed attempts in the United States to adopt it.
Hector plans to continue in higher education as a teacher and researcher after
completing his PhD in 2009.
“
Sociology Faculty
One of the most
Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hirshon Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor attractive things
Professor of Political and Social Theory of Liberal Studies and Sociology
Paolo Carpignano, Senior Lecturer in Virag Molnar, Assistant Professor of
about The New
Sociology and Associate Professor in Media Sociology School for Social
Studies and Sociology, The New School for
Rachel Sherman, Assistant Professor
General Studies
of Sociology Research is the
Carlos Forment, Associate Professor
of Sociology
Terry Williams, Professor of Sociology fluidity between
Vera Zolberg, Professor of Sociology
Jeffrey Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert disciplines; you
Professor of Sociology
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GLOBAL FINANCE
As the financial capital of the world, New York offers a prime location for the study of
global finance, and the New School’s 12-month master of science of intensive practical
training in financial engineering takes full advantage of the city’s resources. Most classes
are conducted in simulated trading rooms where students have access to their own
Bloomberg Terminals™. Through a combination of core courses, electives, and internships,
graduate students in the Global Finance program go beyond math and financial
engineering to learn about trading strategies and techniques, regulatory frameworks,
back-office operations, and accounting treatment of derivatives.
Core courses:
• International Financial Markets: Strategies and Theory
• R isk Management: Intro to Risk Management; Regulations and Financial Markets;
Fixed Income and Credit Markets
• Quantitative Techniques in Finance
• Trading Course I and II
• Professional Financial Internship
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FACULTY INFORMATION
Elaine Abelson Alice Crary Jeffrey Goldfarb
Senior Lecturer in Historical Studies and Associate Professor of Philosophy Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology
Associate Professor of History and Urban PhD 1999, University of Pittsburgh PhD 1976, University of Chicago
Studies, Eugene Lang College The New
School for Liberal Arts Simon Critchley Orit Halpern
PhD 1986, New York University Professor of Philosophy Assistant Professor of History
PhD 1988, University of Essex PhD 2006, Harvard University
Zed Adams
Assistant Professor of Philosophy Karen D’Avanzo Victoria Hattam
PhD 2008, University of Chicago Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology Professor of Political Science
PhD 1995, Long Island University PhD 1987, Massachusetts Institute
Arjun Appadurai of Technology
John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences Faisal Devji
PhD 1976, University of Chicago Associate Professor of History, Eugene Lang Lawrence Hirschfeld
College The New School for Liberal Arts Professor of Anthropology and Psychology
Andrew Arato PhD 1994, University of Chicago PhD 1984, Columbia University
Dorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of
Political and Social Theory James Dodd William Hirst
PhD 1975, University of Chicago Assistant Professor of Philosophy Professor of Psychology
PhD 1996, Boston University PhD 1976, Cornell University
Lopamudra Banerjee
Assistant Professor of Economics Federico Finchelstein Mala Htun
PhD 2007, University of California, Riverside Assistant Professor of History Associate Professor of Political Science
PhD 2006, Cornell University PhD 1999, Harvard University
Ayse Banu Bargu
Assistant Professor of Political Science Duncan Foley Eiko Ikegami
PhD 2007, Cornell University Leo Model Professor of Economics Professor of Sociology
PhD 1966, Yale University PhD 1989, Harvard University
J.M. Bernstein
University Distinguished Professor Carlos Forment Xiaochun Jin
of Philosophy Associate Professor of Sociology Assistant Professor of Psychology
PhD 1975, University of Edinburgh PhD 1991, Harvard University PhD 2003, Adelphi University
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Arien Mack Vyjayanthi Rao Miriam Steele
Alfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor Assistant Professor of Anthropology Associate Professor of Psychology and
of Psychology and International Affairs Assistant Director of Clinical Training
PhD 1966, Yeshiva University PhD 2002, University of Chicago PhD 1990, University College, London
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Academic
Publications
Constellations
Constellations is an international peer-reviewed quarterly
committed to publishing the best in contemporary political and
social theory. With roots in the Frankfurt School tradition of
critical theory, it brings together a range of perspectives, including
those of the Continental and Anglo-American traditions.
www.constellationsjournal.org
Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society
The Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal is a professional The International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society publishes
publication that provides a forum for contemporary authors to articles and reviews on issues that arise at the intersections of
engage with the history of philosophy and its traditions. Past issues nations, states, civil society, and global institutions. It is concerned
have included contributions from Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques with the interplay of macroscopic and microscopic structures and
Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Reiner Schürmann. The journal processes, including changing configurations of ethnic groups,
publishes twice yearly and is edited and produced by advanced social classes, religions, and personal networks and the impact of
graduate students in the Department of Philosophy at The New new communication technologies and media on public and private
School for Social Research. life. Interdisciplinary in orientation and international in scope, the
www.newschool.edu/nssr/GFPJ journal focuses on the connection between theory and substantive
normative concerns and encourages disciplined creativity.
Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin www.newschool.edu/nssr/ilwch
Launched in 2003, the Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin is a
semi-annual peer-reviewed research journal created and produced Social Research
by graduate students at The New School for Social Research. An award-winning international quarterly of the social sciences,
Articles in the bulletin cover ongoing work and collaborations at Social Research has been mapping the landscape of intellectual
The New School and include new research, research proposals, inquiry since 1934. Most issues of the journal are theme driven,
research methods projects, and a New School psychology combining historical analysis, theoretical explanation, and
historical series, as well as work from the annual Graduate reportage by some of the world’s leading scholars and thinkers.
Faculty Poster Session. www.socres.org
www.newschool.edu/nssr/bulletin
New School Economic Review
The New School Economic Review is a student-run journal whose
content is influenced by the New School’s history and traditions
and embraces a multidisciplinary and heterodox approach to
the social sciences as espoused by early classical thinkers such
as Smith, Ricardo, and Marx. The NSER provides a forum for
professors, practitioners, and students to debate world politics
and social affairs, discuss current issues in economics, and share
insights from other disciplines.
www.newschooljournal.com
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Libraries
academic resources
The New School operates three libraries,
which are open to all university students.
Each library specializes in a particular area.
The Raymond Fogelman Library collection
is weighted toward the social sciences and
philosophy; its extensive reserve collection is
used by the entire university. The Adam and
Sophie Gimbel Design Library serves Parsons
The New School for Design. The Harry
Academic Computing
Scherman Library serves Mannes College
University Academic Computing currently operates three general-
The New School for Music and specializes in
access facilities for students. Each facility offers a wide variety
European and American classical music.
of software, such as word processing, spreadsheet, database,
The Research Library Consortium of electronic mail, graphics, and statistical packages. Students using
South Manhattan the centers are supported by a full-time staff and assisted by lab
In addition to offering the resources of its aides. Training seminars and documentation are available on
own libraries, The New School is a member supported software and hardware. Each facility is fully networked
of the Research Library Association of South and offers access to the Internet.
Manhattan. Other consortium members are
The Knowledge Union
New York University, The Cooper Union for
The Knowledge Union is a state-of-the-art media production
the Advancement of Science and Art, and
facility with audio-video suites, a transfer room, an animation
the New York Library of Interior Design.
studio, and a large open computer facility, all equipped with
This association is one of the largest inter-
appropriate hardware and software.
university library consortia in the country—
NYU’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library alone Online Resources
houses more than three million volumes. MyNewSchool, the university’s customizable Web portal, uses
Most holdings of the consortium libraries a single secure sign-on to provide access to Blackboard Online
are listed in BobCat, a user-friendly online Learning; ALVIN, where you can find student academic and
catalog that can be accessed over the Internet financial information; webmail; library resources; personal and
or by direct dial-in. All the libraries provide campus announcements; information about events; and much more.
information resource training and orientations Campus-wide wireless Internet access on a secure network allows
for students, normally at the beginning of you to check your email, download files, and surf the Web anytime.
each semester.
Students also have access to New School library e-resources, which
New School students also have reading allow them to find a particular journal, magazine, newspaper,
access to materials at the nearby Cardozo or report in the library’s periodical databases quickly and easily
Law School of Yeshiva University. Through and to search remotely for the holdings of the three New School
membership in the Metropolitan Reference libraries and the consortium libraries.
and Research Library Agency, students have
access to more than 300 other libraries in the The New School for Social Research Dean’s Office:
New York City area. Student Academic Affairs
Student Academic Affairs promotes academic community within
For more information about university the school by supporting student activities and organizations
libraries and consortium privileges, visit the and providing academic and career services. It administers
website at www.newschool.edu/library. scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, prizes, and other financial
awards designated specifically for graduate students of The New
School for Social Research.
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STUDENT LIFE
Throughout the academic year the New School offers many
kinds of workshops, lectures, and other activities designed to
enrich students’ experience. Student Services activities reflect the
diversity of our student population—intellectually, artistically,
culturally, and socially. Student Services also offers a recreation
program and health education workshops. Graduate students
are encouraged to participate in student organizations for their
professional development.
Housing
New School housing offers graduate students convenient living
and learning spaces with amenities suitable for diverse needs
and budgets. Residence hall and leased apartment facilities are
fully furnished. Security is provided 24 hours a day in all of our
residences, and our staff is trained to handle emergencies.
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CAREER AND ALUMNI SERVICES
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UNIVERSITY INFORMATION
Eight Schools, One University
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Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy
Since 1975, Milano’s graduate programs have been developing
the analytical, managerial, and leadership skills of working
professionals with the goal of facilitating positive change in
communities, governments, and corporations on the local,
national, and global levels. Originally known as the Graduate The New School for Drama Since the 1940s, when Erwin
School of Management and Urban Professions, the school Piscator brought his Dramatic Workshop to The New School, the
was renamed for the university trustee Robert J. Milano, who university has had a close association with the theater. The New
generously supported its mission. Milano offers the master of School for Drama trains actors, writers, and directors side by side
science degree in urban policy analysis and management, nonprofit in an integrated curriculum. In their third year students present a
management, and organizational change management and a PhD festival featuring of original works by the graduating playwrights,
degree in public and urban policy. along with works from the classical and contemporary repertoire,
for a public audience. Students receive training rooted in the
Mannes College The New School for Music Founded in Stanislavski Method. The New School for Drama’s full-time
1916 by David Mannes, this distinguished conservatory became three-year program leads to the master of fine arts degree in acting,
a division of The New School in 1989. Mannes offers aspiring directing, or playwriting.
young musicians an unusually comprehensive conservatory
curriculum in a supportive setting, training students in The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music offers
instrumental and vocal performance, composition, conducting, young musicians a unique mentor-based course of study with a
and music theory. The college offers the following degrees and faculty of professional artists who have close links to New York
credentials: bachelor of music, bachelor of science, diploma, City’s jazz scene. It is a program for students who expect to make
master of music, and professional studies diploma. Unique among a living from their music. Jazz has traditionally been taught by
New York’s conservatories, Mannes remains true to its origins as one musician to another rather than in schools. The New School
a community music school through its Extension Division and keeps that heritage alive. Its students benefit from direct exposure
children’s Preparatory Division. to the traditions of jazz and the latest professional practices in
an intellectual environment that encourages exploration and
innovation. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music
offers the bachelor of fine arts degree in jazz performance and jazz
composition and arranging. Qualified students can pursue a dual
BA/BFA degree in collaboration with Eugene Lang College The
New School for Liberal Arts.
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A HISTORY OF THE NEW SCHOOL
FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
The history of the New School for Social Research began in 1919,
when a group of distinguished Columbia University professors
were censured for taking a public stand against World War I.
In protest, they resigned and founded their own university as a
place where adult scholars and artists could exchange ideas freely.
This university became The New School for Social Research,
located in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. The original
In 1934, the University in Exile, later renamed the Graduate
faculty included Charles Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey
Faculty of Political and Social Science, received authorization from
Robinson, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and John Dewey.
the Board of Regents of the State of New York to offer master’s
The founders maintained strong personal and professional ties and doctoral degrees. Johnson created faculty positions for nine
to Europe, which strongly influenced the school’s academic and distinguished scholars: five economists (Karl Brandt, Gerhard
institutional development. In the 1920s, Alvin Johnson, The New Colm, Arthur Feiler, Eduard Heimann, and Emil Lederer) two
School’s first president, served as co-editor of the Encyclopedia psychologists (Max Wertheimer and Erich von Hornbostel, also a
of the Social Sciences, collaborating regularly with European leading musicologist) one social policy expert (Frieda Wunderlich)
colleagues. As tensions in Europe mounted, Johnson was alerted and one sociologist (Hans Speier). Other leaders of Europe’s
to the danger Hitler represented. He responded immediately and intelligentsia soon joined. These scholars introduced students to
in 1933—with the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation Western traditions in the social sciences and philosophy, and The
and philanthropists such as Hiram Halle—created a University New School established a reputation for upholding the highest
in Exile within The New School, a haven for scholars and artists standards of scholarly inquiry while addressing issues of major
whose lives were threatened by National Socialism. The University political, cultural, and economic concern.
in Exile sponsored more than 180 individuals and their families,
In the early 1940s, The New School also created the École Libre
providing them with visas and jobs.
des Hautes Études to promote French scholarship in the United
States. The school received an official charter from de Gaulle’s Free
French government in exile and attracted refugee scholars who
taught in French, including the philosopher Jacques Maritain, the
anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the linguist Roman Jakobson,
and the political thinker Henri Bonnet, who originated the idea of
the European community.
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The mission of The New School for Social Research—
inspired by progressive American thought, European
critical theory, and the legacy of the University in Exile—
is grounded in the core social sciences and broadened with
a commitment to philosophical and historical inquiry. In
this intellectual setting, disciplinary boundaries are easily
crossed. Students learn creative democracy—the concepts,
techniques, and commitments for the world’s people to
resolve multiple conflicting interests and live together
peacefully and justly. Today, The New School for Social
Research remains true to Alvin Johnson’s ideal of a university
for students and faculty of different ethnicities, religions, and
geographical origins who are willing to take the intellectual
and political risks our world requires.
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THE OFFICE OF ADMISSION The Office of Admission of the New School for Social Research
assists prospective applicants with the graduate application
process. The Admission staff is available to answer your questions
weekdays between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
www.newschool.edu/nssr