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VIDEO: Asylum or Fortress? The Immigration Crisis and the Illusion of European Solidarity

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June 12, 2025

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer earned her Ph.D. in 2014 under the supervision of Professor Elżbieta Matynia. While at NSSR she worked closely with the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. Her dissertation, titled Ordinary […]

May 27, 2025

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at The New School for Social Research (NSSR), in collaboration with the NSSR-Europe Collective, is deeply honored to announce that Masha Gessen has […]

April 3, 2025

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

The Transnational Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) is pleased to announce its 2025 Summer/Fall TCDS Fellowships for students from Eurasia (including Ukraine, […]

March 13, 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

In-person talk and book launch by Karen Underhill, University of Illinois Chicago, in conversation with Irena Grudzińska-Gross, scholar and writer In the 1930s, through the prose of Bruno Schulz (1892–1942), […]

March 4, 2025

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

By Jeffrey C. Isaac Photo: “President Trump clashes with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy Meeting in the Oval Office on Feb. 28, 2025.” Source: The White House. From Wikimedia Commons. February 28, 2025 My friend, Only […]

February 14, 2025

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 6:30PM Wolff Conference Room (D 1103)6 East 16th StreetNew York, NY 10003RSVP Please join the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at our annual OPEN HOUSE (otherwise known affectionately as the […]

December 18, 2024

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

at the The New School for Social Research WROCŁAW, POLANDJuly 4-19, 2025 RECLAIMING DEMOCRATIC FUTURES The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of the New School for Social Research is very […]

October 25, 2024

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

The Memory Studies Network (MSN) of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at The New School for Social Research, in partnership with the European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) […]

October 4, 2024

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

“She was an accidental influencer who, four decades later, now in her 80s, is a sought-after talking head, issuing viral social media posts about democracy. And when voters sent their […]

April 9, 2024

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 12:30PM to 6:00PM (EDT) Open to the PublicRSVPs are required. Photo: “A mural commemorating the 25th April Liberdade known as the carnation revolution on a wall […]

April 1, 2024

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

Tuesday, April 23, 2024, 6:30PM to 8:30PM (EDT) Open to the PublicRSVPs are required. You are invited to the documentary screening of ‘Citizens‘ (1986) followed by a discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. […]

March 25, 2024

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

Monday, April 15, 2024, 3:00PM to 5:00PM (EDT) Open to the PublicRSVPs are required. Beneath the sustainability branding lurk new environmental injustices and green colonialism. The green growth and clean […]

March 14, 2024

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

The 2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute will be on hiatus this summer, as we are working on new activities and programs. Please watch our website for the current and upcoming TCDS […]

February 9, 2024

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

‘Democracy’s Endgame? A plea for sustaining the infrastructure of hope,’ on Public Seminar a text based on a talk given on the occasion of her receiving the 2023 Courage in […]

January 24, 2024

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 6:00PM to 7:30PM (EST) Wolff Conference Room/D1103 6 E 16 St New York NY 10003 Drs. Magyar and Madlovics will present key findings from their books The […]

November 14, 2023

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995)

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995), edited by Elżbieta Matynia, (1996), is a rare document of semi-clandestine debates on building a democratic order by dissident intellectuals in the […]

October 23, 2023

Prof. Elzbieta Matynia Receives the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award in Wroclaw, Poland

The NSSR-Europe Collective and the TCDS Network gathered this summer at the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw, Poland, to present the 6th Courage in Public Scholarship Award to prof. Elzbieta […]

September 28, 2023

Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!

Thursday, October 26, 2023, 6:30PM to 8:30PM (EDT) 6 E 16th St., Wolff Conference Room, D1103 Please join The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at our annual OPEN HOUSE (otherwise known affectionately as the Pierogi Party) to learn about our transdisciplinary […]

May 4, 2023

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

The Annual Conference of the Memory Studies Group at The New School for Social Research (NSSR) with Keynote Lecture by Robin Wagner-Pacifici, University Professor, NSSR: Weaponization through Domestication: Events and […]

March 29, 2023

Deadline EXTENDED to APRIL 10TH – 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

AFTER VIOLENCE WROCŁAW, POLANDJuly 5-20, 2023 The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of the New School for Social Research is very pleased to announce the return to our summer […]

New School and International Student Application Deadline EXTENDED for 25th Anniversary Democracy & Diversity Institute!

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June 12, 2025

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

May 27, 2025

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

April 3, 2025

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

March 13, 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

March 4, 2025

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

February 14, 2025

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

December 18, 2024

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

October 25, 2024

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

October 4, 2024

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

“She was an accidental influencer who, four decades later, now in her 80s, is a sought-after talking head, issuing viral social media posts about democracy. And when voters sent their […]

April 9, 2024

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 12:30PM to 6:00PM (EDT) Open to the PublicRSVPs are required. Photo: “A mural commemorating the 25th April Liberdade known as the carnation revolution on a wall […]

April 1, 2024

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

March 25, 2024

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

March 14, 2024

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

February 9, 2024

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

‘Democracy’s Endgame? A plea for sustaining the infrastructure of hope,’ on Public Seminar a text based on a talk given on the occasion of her receiving the 2023 Courage in […]

January 24, 2024

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 6:00PM to 7:30PM (EST) Wolff Conference Room/D1103 6 E 16 St New York NY 10003 Drs. Magyar and Madlovics will present key findings from their books The […]

November 14, 2023

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995)

October 23, 2023

Prof. Elzbieta Matynia Receives the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award in Wroclaw, Poland

The NSSR-Europe Collective and the TCDS Network gathered this summer at the Museum of Architecture in Wroclaw, Poland, to present the 6th Courage in Public Scholarship Award to prof. Elzbieta […]

September 28, 2023

Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!

May 4, 2023

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

March 29, 2023

Deadline EXTENDED to APRIL 10TH – 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

AFTER VIOLENCE WROCŁAW, POLANDJuly 5-20, 2023 The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) of the New School for Social Research is very pleased to announce the return to our summer […]

Video: Elzbieta Matynia – Unseen Alums with Indelible Memories

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June 12, 2025

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

May 27, 2025

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

April 3, 2025

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

March 13, 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

March 4, 2025

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

February 14, 2025

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

December 18, 2024

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

October 25, 2024

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

October 4, 2024

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

“She was an accidental influencer who, four decades later, now in her 80s, is a sought-after talking head, issuing viral social media posts about democracy. And when voters sent their […]

April 9, 2024

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

Thursday, April 25, 2024, 12:30PM to 6:00PM (EDT) Open to the PublicRSVPs are required. Photo: “A mural commemorating the 25th April Liberdade known as the carnation revolution on a wall […]

April 1, 2024

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

March 25, 2024

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

March 14, 2024

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

February 9, 2024

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

‘Democracy’s Endgame? A plea for sustaining the infrastructure of hope,’ on Public Seminar a text based on a talk given on the occasion of her receiving the 2023 Courage in […]

January 24, 2024

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 6:00PM to 7:30PM (EST) Wolff Conference Room/D1103 6 E 16 St New York NY 10003 Drs. Magyar and Madlovics will present key findings from their books The […]

November 14, 2023

VIDEO: Asylum or Fortress? The Immigration Crisis and the Illusion of European Solidarity

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995)

Prof. Elzbieta Matynia Receives the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award in Wroclaw, Poland

Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

Deadline EXTENDED to APRIL 10TH – 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

New School and International Student Application Deadline EXTENDED for 25th Anniversary Democracy & Diversity Institute!

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995)

Prof. Elzbieta Matynia Receives the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award in Wroclaw, Poland

Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

Deadline EXTENDED to APRIL 10TH – 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

Video: Elzbieta Matynia – Unseen Alums with Indelible Memories

TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!

Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

TCDS Fellowships for Eurasian graduate students at The New School: Summer – Fall 2025

Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity

Letter to a Ukrainian Friend

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

ANNOUNCING the 2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

CfP: 2024 Conference: A Mnemonic Turn and the Future of Democratic Politics

Ewa Łętowska, the 2017 recipient of our Courage in Public Scholarship Award, talks about creating democratic practices in Poland

Conference: No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism

‘Citizens’ – Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams

Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions

2024 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute – a one year HIATUS

New from TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia

Sociology Colloquium: Ideology and Populism: The Anatomy of Post-Communist Regimes featuring Dr. Bálint Magyar and Dr. Bálint Madlovics

Grappling with Democracy: Deliberations on Post-communist Societies (1990-1995)

Prof. Elzbieta Matynia Receives the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award in Wroclaw, Poland

Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

Deadline EXTENDED to APRIL 10TH – 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

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