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Transregional Center for Democratic Studies Hosts American Premiere of REWIND, November 3

Philip Miller’s Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony explores South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation (TRC) process. On November 3, The New School premieres a documentary of the same name by South African filmmaker Liza Key, which uses Miller’s composition as a vehicle to tell the human stories behind the shards of TRC testimony [...]

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The New School Presents Leading Literary Voices

The New School completes the fall semester with a rich array of public programming focusing on writing and literature, with speakers including Judith Butler, Stephen Greenblatt, and Adrienne Rich.

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The New School’s 25th Social Research Conference: Human Rights and the Global Economy

The New School for Social Research’s Center for Public Scholarship and its flagship journal, Social Research: An International Quarterly, present Human Rights and the Global Economy from November 9 to 10 at The New School.

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The Principle of Loyal Opposition: A Lecture by Jeremy Waldron

On Tuesday, October 18th, Professor Jeremy Waldron will deliver the 2011 Paul H. Douglas Lecture, entitled “The Principle of Loyal Opposition.”

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The Bottom Line On Climate Change: Transitioning To Renewable Energy

The New School’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) presents The Bottom Line on Climate Change: Transitioning to Renewable Energy (Sep. 23 and 24), a two-day conference featuring expert analysis of how the transition to renewable energy will affect the fragile US and global economies.

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The New School Public Programs: Politics & Current Affairs

The New School opens the 2011-2012 academic year with a wide selection of lectures, panel discussions, film screenings and presentations examining politics and current affairs on the local, national and global level.

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Novelist Amitav Ghosh will deliver the conference’s keynote address (Credit: Dayanita Singh)

The New School’s 24th Social Research Conference Series Presents India’s World,

The New School for Social Research’s Center for Public Scholarship and its flagship journal, Social Research: An International Quarterly, will host “India’s World,” from May 10 to 11 at The New School.

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“Work, Retirement Security, and America’s Future” Labor Leader Andy Stern to Speak at The New School

Millions of Americans in low-wage positions have little financial stability and even less hope of a secure retirement. What does this mean for society, for American politics, for our economic future?

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The New School’s Economic Policy Center Launches New Website as Online Resource for Accessible Economic Analysis

The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), The New School’s economic policy think tank, introduces EconomicPolicyResearch.org, an online resource for in-depth research on the most pressing issues of economic policy.

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Guy Maddin, Hauntings, 2010

The New School Presents NOIR

From April 1’8, The New School will present its first arts festival, which will explore the relevance of the classic genre of Noir and evaluate its meaning today. The festival will include iconic films, hard-boiled storytelling, graphic art, and music inspired by this quintessential American style.

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