The Center for Public Scholarship will host Congressman Barney Frank and economist Robert Pollin in discussion entitled “Cutting U.S. Military Spending and Reducing the Federal Deficit in a Socially Responsible Way.”
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The Vera List Center Marks 20th Annivesary
On May 17, the Vera List Center for Art and Politics will celebrate two decades with “From ‘Sustaining Democracy’ to the State of the Civic,” a daylong series of panels exploring the unique role art plays at the intersection of politics and civic life.
Food and Immigrant Life: The 29th Social Research Conference
Dolores Huerta, cofounder of the United Farm Workers of America, will deliver the keynote address of this April 18-19 conference on the intersection of food, migration, culture and politics.
SOLD OUT: Yoani Sanchez to Speak at The New School
The Revolution Recodified, a March 16 and 17 conference at The New School about the impact of social media in Cuba, will bring prize-winning Cuban writer Yoani Sanchez to the United States for the first time.
The New School at South by Southwest
At South by Southwest Interactive 2013, The New School will be sharing cutting-edge projects that link new data technologies to innovations across industries and areas of study.
REACT: The Feminine Mystique at 50
REACT: The Feminine Mystique at 50 presents a two-day symposium, and a related exhibition celebrating the anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s groundbreaking book. Begins February 22.
THE NEW SCHOOL: ART AND DESIGN PUBLIC PROGRAMS WINTER/SPRING 2013
The New School, including Parsons The New School for Design and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, has announced its art and design public programming for this winter and spring.
New School Public Programs: Politics and Current Affairs
Luminaries including human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta and many others will speak at The New School this semester.
Free Food and Sustainability Pop-Up Classes in Union Square: November 19 at Noon
New School food and sustainability faculty take to the Union Square Greemarket today, Monday, November 19, to offer free courses on the politics and culture of eating green.
“Loving This Planet”: Helen Caldicott and Bob Herbert, November 8
“Our discussion will take place two days after Americans choose their president, a choice that will have enormous implications for the global environment,” said Caldicott. “There is no more urgent time to discuss how love for the Earth can inform political action—and no more passionate advocate for justice and sustainability than Bob Herbert.”
