By Shireen Hassim Originally published on September 7th, 2012 in Deliberately Considered Tony Blair came to Johannesburg last week. He was part of the Discovery Leadership Summit, hosted by Discovery Invest, and as you might expect he was the headline act. Tony Blair on leadership: now that would be an interesting lecture, if you could afford the […]
Miloslav (Milan) Petrusek (1936 – 2012)
In Memoriam – Milan Petrusek New York, August 30, 2012 Miloslav Petrusek, a sociologist from Prague who, after the 1968 Prague Spring, was gradually marginalized as a member of Czechoslovak academia and eventually banned from teaching at Charles University altogether, died last week in Prague. A brilliant scholar and teacher, he had shared the ethos […]
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International Application Deadline for Wroclaw Institute Extended to April 23rd
21st Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute Wrocław [Vrots-love], Poland July 9 – 25, 2012 INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION DEADLINE – APRIL 23rd Application forms are now available – download PDF Note: To receive a Word doc. version of the application, please email us at tcds@newschool.edu Read the full description of the Institute and application procedures here. […]
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Wroclaw 2012: Application deadline extended to April 9th
21st Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute Wroclaw [Vrots-love], Poland July 9 – 25, 2012 APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 9TH Application forms are now available: download PDF Read the full description of the Institute and application procedures here To receive a Word doc. version of the application, please email us at tcds@newschool.edu
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Reinventing Political Culture, Jeffrey Goldfarb’s book launch, March 26 at 7 p.m.
TCDS in cooperation with the Department of Sociology at The New School for Social Research invites you to celebrate the publication of Professor Jeffrey C. Goldfarb’s new book Reinventing Political Culture: the Power of Culture versus the Culture of Power Monday, March 26 7:00 p.m. 6 East 16th Street Wolff Conference Room: Room 1103 The […]
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Wroclaw 2012 full program information and application forms now available
The World in Crisis, Responses and Illuminations July 9-25, 2012 The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies of The New School for Social Research, in collaboration with the International Institute for the Study of Culture and Education at the University of Lower Silesia, is pleased to announce the twenty-first Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute to be […]
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Wroclaw 2011 Slideshow
Hi all, Check out our youtube video featuring pictures from the 2011 Wroclaw Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute . Check back soon for more information on Wroclaw 2012!
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Johannesburg 2012 Photo Gallery
Welcome to the Photo Gallery of TCDS’s Johannesburg Democracy & Diversity Institute in January 2012! Forty students, from New York’s the New School and a number of universities throughout Africa, convened at the University of Johannesburg, the new host of TCDS’s Democracy & Diversity Institute in South Africa. […]
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TCDS Open House: Wroclaw Orientation & Reception – February 28 at 7:30pm
Please join the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies for an open house and reception for new students and TCDS associates, alumni and friends. Stop by to learn about our upcoming Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, to be held July 9-25, 2012; meet staff, faculty and alumni, and reconnect with friends and colleagues. Tuesday, […]
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The Tyranny of Choice, Renata Salecl’s book launch, February 28 at 6 p.m.
TCDS on behalf of The New School for Social Research invites you to celebrate with Cardozo School of Law the publication of Professor Renata Salecl’s book The Tyranny of Choice A study of the nature of choice and how limitless freedom can lead to despair, The Tyranny of Choice explores how capitalism’s shrill […]
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