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On Unconscious Desire and its Sublimation

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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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.    

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Reminder: Fee Board applications due Monday, April 23

For more information about the Fee Board reimbursement application, see our previous post.

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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