Jamieson Webster “On Unconscious Desire and its Sublimation” Friday May 18th @ 6:30pm 80 5th Avenue, 5th Floor (G529) Description of Jamieson Webster’s new book, “The Life and Death of Psychoanalysis”: “From its peculiar birth in Freud’s self-analysis to its current state of deep crisis, psychoanalysis has always been a practice that questions its own [...]
University course catalog now online
Did you know that you can now access the course catalog for the entire university in one place? Just click on “courses” at the top ...
Introducing DegreeWorks
DegreeWorks is a new online tool for Master’s Students. It will show you which degree requirements you have completed, and which still need to be ...
Fall and summer 2012 registration has begun
Registration for the fall 2012 term takes place April 2nd – April 27th All NSSR students should register on-line through their Student Advisor. In order ...
Student debt: 25% of borrowers were past-due in third quarter of 2011
According to an article published in Time, 25-percent of those with student loans were past-due in the third quarter of 2011. The student debt crisis ...
Are you leading a reading or study group?
If you are involved in a reading or study group and would like to announce your schedules and discussion topics to the NSSR community, send ...
Send your photos to GRADFACts
If you have any NSSR related photos, send them to us. We might be able to use them to help feature entries at the top ...
GFSS mintues for April
You can read minutes from the latest Graduate Faculty Student Senate meeting here. At this meeting, a new speaker was elected (thanks Ariel, the outgoing speaker, for all her hard work and congratulations to Marcello, the newly elected speaker). The senate also discussed TA compensation, an amendment to the GFSS charter, and the Politics of the University Forum. [...]
Guns & Butter
Paramilitarism & the Colombian Armed Conflict: Why has it gone on for so long? María Teresa Ronderos Author and Journalist on Latin America María Teresa Ronderos is the Editorial Advisor of Semana magazine, Editor in Chief of VerdadAbirta and Columnist for El Espectador. She is an award-winning investigative journalist for her reporting on illegal campaign [...]
Citizenship, Public Space and Food: Jews in France and in the United States
The NSSR Sociology Department at the New School Presents: Citizenship, Public Space and Food: Jews in France and in the United States A Lecture by: Pierre Birnbaum When: Thursday, May 3rd, 2012 4pm-6pm Where: 6 East 16th Street Rm 1103 Pierre Birnbaum is an emeritus professor from University of Paris I where he taught political sociology. He wrote several [...]
Professional Writing
Tuesday, May 1, 6:00 p.m. University Writing Center 71 5th Avenue, 9th Floo Whether through cover letters or emails, writing is often the first communication of your ideas and credentials to others in professional settings. This workshop can help you refine the tone of your professional writing in order to communicate clearly and powerfully with [...]

Making a History of The New School through Community
April 25th, 2012 66 West 12th Street Orozco Room, 7th Floor 12pm-1:30pm Please RSVP to mintera@newschool.edu Julia Foulkes, Associate Professor of History, NSPE Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Lang This semester, Professors Julia Foulkes and Mark Larrimore are teaching a university lecture course on the history of The New School, generating renewed discussions about [...]
What does the cost of college have in common with airplane tickets?
This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education compares the costs of college to airplane tickets, since in both cases different people will pay different amounts for their seat. They include some interesting data and research. Read the full article here.
Reminder: Fee Board applications due Monday, April 23
For more information about the Fee Board reimbursement application, see our previous post.
The Philosophical Spirit of The New School
Monday, May 7, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wolff Conference Room Albert and Vera List Academic Center 6 East 16th Street, Room 1103 New York City *Free and open to the New School community * On Monday, May 7, New School for Social Research alumni, faculty, students, and administrators will gather to celebrate NSSR’s unique contributions to the American academy [...]
Rethinking Inheritance
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Please save the date for the upcoming Rethinking Inheritance conference on April 28 from 1pm-5pm, sponsored by the Department of Anthropology at the New School for Social Research. We have two excellent speakers who will open and close the conference and a fantastic group of interdisciplinary scholars, both graduate students and [...]

