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TCDS Open House & Wroclaw Orientation – March 6 at 7 pm

Please join us at the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies for an open house and reception for new students, alumni, friends and associates. Learn about our just completed Democracy & Diversity Institute in Johannesburg, and the upcoming D&D Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, to be held from July 10 – 26, 2013. Come to meet and [...]

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Between the PAST and the FUTURE: Completion of the 12th Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in South Africa Opens a Space for New Beginnings

We are happy to announce the successful conclusion of the 12th Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in South Africa, which took place in Johannesburg from January 7 – 23, 2013. The D&D Institute, organized by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), in partnership with the University of Johannesburg (UJ), brought together 44 participants from [...]

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Johannesburg 2013 full program information and application forms now available

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies at The New School for Social Research in New York is pleased to announce 12th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute organized by TCDS and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from January 7-23, 2013. We will again welcome up to forty junior [...]

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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 IN PICTURES: NYC – Wroclaw – Jo’burg

After the successful celebration of the new academic year at the TCDS Open House held on Wednesday, September 26, we would like to share the Visual Tour of TCDS a slide show presented at the event with the broader community interested in TCDS. (Please note that the download may take a few seconds due to the large [...]

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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 Letter from Johannesburg: Archbishop Tutu v. Tony Blair

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 [...]

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D&D Institute in Johannesburg – How to Apply

The 11th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Johannesburg, South Africa January 5-21, 2012 Qualified candidates should either be affiliated with a university, as junior faculty members or as advanced graduate students, or be actively engaged with a relevant NGO. Preference will be given to those young scholars who, while pursuing their academic goals, can demonstrate [...]

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TCDS Announces the 2012 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Johannesburg

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies of The New School for Social Research in New York is pleased to announce the eleventh Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute organized by TCDS and the University of Johannesburg (UJ), to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa from January 5-21, 2012. TCDS will again welcome up to forty [...]

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