In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) the New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, in collaboration with the South African Consulate General in New York and the Center for Public Scholarship, presents a screening of the documentary Rewind by Liza Key American Premiere Thursday, November 3 […]
REWIND – an extraordinary documentary on South Africa’s TRC by Liza Key
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Adam Michnik Introduced by Ian Buruma
In Search of Lost Meaning The New Eastern Europe Monday, October 31 5:30 – 7:30pm Wolff Conference Room, 6 East 16th Street, room 1103 (11th floor) Please join the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, in collaboration with the Sociology Department at NSSR, for a special evening with Adam Michnik introduced by Ian Buruma as they […]
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Flying Seminar: OWS meets Poland’s Self-Limiting Revolution. In conversation with Adam Michnik
Flying Seminar: Framing Critical Moments OWS meets Poland’s Self-Limiting Revolution In conversation with Adam Michnik . . . . Please come to meet Adam Michnik, an architect of the peaceful dismantling of the authoritarian regimes in Eastern and Central Europe, who renounced revolutionary violence and argued for a self-limiting revolution. When: Saturday, October 29, 2011 […]
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Flying Seminar at The New School: OWS meets Japanese Anti-Nukers in conversation with Jonathan Schell
Flying Seminar: Framing Critical Moments OWS meets Japanese Anti-Nukers In Conversation with Jonathan Schell . . . . Please come to meet Japanese anti-nuclear activists from Shiroto no Ran (‘Amateur Revolt’), who are briefly in New York to observe and support Occupy Wall Street. Shiroto no Ran emerged in response to the meltdown at […]
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A Letter from Warsaw: A Democratic Vote of Diversity in Poland
October 2011 by Roch Dunin-Wasowicz Though currently residing in London, as a Polish passport holder I participated in the country’s general election last Sunday. On October 9, 2011, to my satisfaction, the Polish public elected Europe’s first transsexual member of parliament, Poland’s first openly gay parliamentarian, and its second person of color to become a […]
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Mondli Hlatshwayo: Reconnecting after thirteen years!
In March 2011, I bumped into Dr. Elzbieta Matynia, the Director of The New School’s Transregional Centre for Democratic Studies, during a seminar at the University of Johannesburg. The last time we met was in Cracow in July 1998. Fortunately we recognized each other! I am one of those who had a privilege to attend […]
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TCDS conducts the 20th Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland
From July 8-24, the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies conducted its 20th Democracy & Diversity Institute in the vibrant city of Wroclaw, Poland, formerly Breslau. Centered on the theme The World in Crisis: A Critical Reading, the 2011 institute brought together 31 advanced graduate students and professionals from the New School and around the world […]
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Adam Michnik Introduced by Ian Buruma
In Search of Lost Meaning The New Eastern Europe Monday, October 31 5:30-7:30pm Wolff Conference Room, 6 East 16th Street, room 1103 Please join the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, in collaboration with the Sociology Department at NSSR, for a special evening with Adam Michnik introduced by Ian Buruma as they discuss Michnik’s newest book […]
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REWIND by Liza Key
In anticipation of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) the New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, in collaboration with the South African Consulate General in New York and the Center for Public Scholarship, presents a screening of the documentary Rewind by Liza Key . […]
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