Wanda Nowicka is currently Member of Parliament and the Deputy Speaker of Sejm – Lower Chamber of the Polish Parliament. She has been an activist in the field of women’s rights and health, human rights esp. sexual and reproductive health and rights for many years. She is a cofounding member of the Federation for Women [...]
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POLAND, EUROPE, WOMEN: Wanda Nowicka on New Forms of Political Engagement, March 12 at 6:30 pm
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TCDS Open House and Wroclaw 2013 Orientation
Wroclaw Orientation & Reception Wednesday, March 6 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Please join the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies for an open house and reception for new students, alumni, friends and associates. Stop by to learn about our upcoming Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, to be held from July 10-26, 2013, meet D&D alumni, our staff [...]
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Daniel Dayan’s Feb. 25th lecture at The New School “Appearing in Public: Media and the Politics of Showing”
Dear TCDS Friends and Alumni, On behalf of NSSR, TCDS is pleased to invite you to a public lecture by Daniel Dayan, one of the leading experts in Media Theory and our very own professor at the 2011 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw. The lecture will take place on Monday, February 25 at 6 pm, [...]
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The Bronx into Bronx: Brno Roma, Ghettoized Identities, and the Global Circulation of Iconic Images – Dec. 3 at 8 PM
The Bronx into Bronx: Brno Roma, Ghettoized Identities, and the Global Circulation of Iconic Images Monday, December 3, 2012 – 6:00PM The New School, 55 W. 13th St. – Hirshon Suite – Mezzanine Level This talk will focus on Dr. Radim Marada’s current research on Roma people in the Czech Republic. In the Czech city [...]
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TCDS announces the 12th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa
Please note that this information is still tentative as we are finalizing the details with our collaborators in Johannesburg. The full program information and application form will be available next week. The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies of The New School for Social Research in New York is pleased to announce the 12th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute [...]
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TCDS Academic Writing Workshop – Oct. 27 at 11 am
Getting Started Each of us has to write. Most of us find the experience painful and, let’s admit it, not always successful. More often than not, “writing” consists of staring blearily at a blank notepad surrounded by a rising tide of crumpled pieces of paper. (Well, OK, to update the image substitute “computer screen” for [...]
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TCDS OPEN HOUSE: Johannesburg-Wroclaw Orientation & Reception – Sept. 26 at 7 pm
“Thirty students from around the world, with four worldly professors, some visiting helpers, and frequent nightly discussion guests – all crammed into the same lunch room, the same lobby, the same hotel bar – this is a perfect dynamic for the formation of group bonds which both highlight differences and transcend them.” – Jake, U.S.A., Wroclaw [...]
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A Country with No Exit? Migrations from Communist Countries – September 18 at 6 PM
Thanks to the Soviet-style system of police control and the revolutionary changes since 1989, international mobility from European communist states is probably the best documented social phenomenon of this kind and a unique experiment in the limits of state control. Dariusz Stola will discuss the evolution of migrations from communist states as they evolved from multi-million [...]
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International Application Deadline for Wrocław 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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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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