Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

Applications for the 2020 DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY INSTITUTE are now open!

Wrocław [Vrots-love], Poland, July 2-18, 2020 Reimagining Our Future The Democracy & Diversity Institute, organized annually by the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), is admired as an intimate international forum for lively but rigorous […]

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

Endangered Scholars Worldwide started a petition to Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in response to the January 9th, 2020 detention of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students by Dehli police […]

An urgent message from Poland

Poland’s democracy is being destroyed. The ultra-nationalist ruling party has taken control of all three powers of state: the legislative, the executive and the judiciary. Today, December 18, 2019, we […]

Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: TCDS IN 2019

The valiant theme of our last Democracy & Diversity Institute was further echoed in an array of events and activities of this this politically challenging year. It demonstrated both continuous […]

Announcing the 2020 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce our 29th annual Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute to be held at The New School summer campus in Wroclaw, […]

Open House: Meet the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

Information Session and Reception: featuring alumni updates & info about our upcoming Summer Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute in Wroclaw, Poland! When: Wednesday, November 20, 2019 @ 7:00 – 9:00 […]

We protest against the promotion of far-right prejudice in Polish Universities: please sign the petition!

Recent developments in Poland: TOMEK KITLINSKI endangered: please sign the petition! Przemysław Czarnek, Governor of the Lublin Region in Eastern Poland […]

Open Letter: We Stand with the Kurdish People of Syria!

From members of Democracy Seminar 2.0: “We are writing as scholars and citizens of the world to express our concern for the Kurdish people of Syria, whose fate has been […]

“Bogdan’s Journey” Truth Has to Be Told with Love: Film Screening – Nov. 7 @ The New School

Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30PM) for a critically acclaimed film about murder and memory 70 years after Europe’s last pogrom – in Kielce, Poland. Special […]

DEMOCRACY IN DARK TIMES: Panel open to the public

A panel discussion on the promise and perils for democracy as seen from the various locations and perspectives of our Democracy Seminar 2.0 participants on Saturday, October 5th 2:00 PM […]

HONORING ADAM MICHNIK: DEGREE RE-CONFERRAL AND LECTURE: 30 YEARS AGO: A TIME OF JOY AND HOPE

Please join us on Friday, October 4th (5:00pm – 7:00pm; Wollman Hall, B500-Eugene Lang Building-Enter via 66 W. 12th Street) in honoring Polish activist and writer Adam Michnik. Michnik, one […]

Application Deadline extended for New School and Non-New School Students for 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland!

28th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute Wrocław [Vrots-love], Poland, July 9-25, 2019 Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: Actors, Spaces, Processes The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce that we […]

New School Application Deadline Extended for the 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland!

Congratulations to Global Dialogues 2016 Alumni!

TCDS is excited to announce that our Global Dialogues 2016 Fellows, Malkhaz Toria and Mykola Balaban, received the first Global Dialogues Alumni Grant. Malkhaz and Mykola will work together on […]

Full Scholarships now available for the TCDS Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, for students from Eurasia and Turkey!

We are pleased to announce that full scholarships for our Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, are now available for students from Eurasia (Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Georgia, […]

Meet Our New Global Dialogues 2019 Fellows!

Selbi Durdiyeva is a Ph.D. student at the Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University, Northern Ireland. Her research looks at the role of civil society in transitional justice processes in Russia, focusing on […]

TCDS Presents: Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture, A New School Centennial Event, Thurs. March 7th, 6 pm

Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture 2019 recipient — Jan T. Gross March 7th, 2019 @ 6:00pm The New School University Center, Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) 63 […]

Spring 2019 Global Dialogues Fellowship Opening Reception, February 11th, 2019, 6:30pm

Dear TCDS Alumni & Friends, Please join us Monday evening, February 11th @ 6:30 PM, at the New School, to meet and welcome the international fellows of our Spring 2019 […]

Fieldnotes from Poland: Grief over assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert

Grief over Assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert by Tomek Kitlinski On Monday January 14 the Mayor of Gdansk (Danzig), Pawel Adamowicz, 53, died following three […]

Fieldnotes from Europe: Today’s Fascists accuse Julia Kristeva

Many of you know the work of Bulgarian-French philosopher and public intellectual Julia Kristeva, some of you have studied with her, and many of you have probably heard about […]

Flying Seminar: OWS meets Bill Zimmerman

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Applications for the 2020 DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY INSTITUTE are now open!

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

An urgent message from Poland

Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: TCDS IN 2019

The valiant theme of our last Democracy & Diversity Institute was further echoed in an array of events and activities of this this politically challenging year. It demonstrated both continuous […]

Announcing the 2020 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce our 29th annual Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute to be held at The New School summer campus in Wroclaw, […]

Open House: Meet the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

We protest against the promotion of far-right prejudice in Polish Universities: please sign the petition!

Recent developments in Poland: TOMEK KITLINSKI endangered: please sign the petition! Przemysław Czarnek, Governor of the Lublin Region in Eastern Poland […]

Open Letter: We Stand with the Kurdish People of Syria!

From members of Democracy Seminar 2.0: “We are writing as scholars and citizens of the world to express our concern for the Kurdish people of Syria, whose fate has been […]

“Bogdan’s Journey” Truth Has to Be Told with Love: Film Screening – Nov. 7 @ The New School

Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30PM) for a critically acclaimed film about murder and memory 70 years after Europe’s last pogrom – in Kielce, Poland. Special […]

DEMOCRACY IN DARK TIMES: Panel open to the public

A panel discussion on the promise and perils for democracy as seen from the various locations and perspectives of our Democracy Seminar 2.0 participants on Saturday, October 5th 2:00 PM […]

HONORING ADAM MICHNIK: DEGREE RE-CONFERRAL AND LECTURE: 30 YEARS AGO: A TIME OF JOY AND HOPE

Please join us on Friday, October 4th (5:00pm – 7:00pm; Wollman Hall, B500-Eugene Lang Building-Enter via 66 W. 12th Street) in honoring Polish activist and writer Adam Michnik. Michnik, one […]

Application Deadline extended for New School and Non-New School Students for 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland!

New School Application Deadline Extended for the 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland!

Congratulations to Global Dialogues 2016 Alumni!

TCDS is excited to announce that our Global Dialogues 2016 Fellows, Malkhaz Toria and Mykola Balaban, received the first Global Dialogues Alumni Grant. Malkhaz and Mykola will work together on […]

Full Scholarships now available for the TCDS Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, for students from Eurasia and Turkey!

Meet Our New Global Dialogues 2019 Fellows!

TCDS Presents: Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture, A New School Centennial Event, Thurs. March 7th, 6 pm

Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture 2019 recipient — Jan T. Gross March 7th, 2019 @ 6:00pm The New School University Center, Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) 63 […]

Spring 2019 Global Dialogues Fellowship Opening Reception, February 11th, 2019, 6:30pm

Dear TCDS Alumni & Friends, Please join us Monday evening, February 11th @ 6:30 PM, at the New School, to meet and welcome the international fellows of our Spring 2019 […]

Fieldnotes from Poland: Grief over assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert

Grief over Assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert by Tomek Kitlinski On Monday January 14 the Mayor of Gdansk (Danzig), Pawel Adamowicz, 53, died following three […]

Fieldnotes from Europe: Today’s Fascists accuse Julia Kristeva

Many of you know the work of Bulgarian-French philosopher and public intellectual Julia Kristeva, some of you have studied with her, and many of you have probably heard about […]

Flying Seminar: OWS meets Poland’s Self-Limiting Revolution. In conversation with Adam Michnik

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Applications for the 2020 DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY INSTITUTE are now open!

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

An urgent message from Poland

Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: TCDS IN 2019

The valiant theme of our last Democracy & Diversity Institute was further echoed in an array of events and activities of this this politically challenging year. It demonstrated both continuous […]

Announcing the 2020 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce our 29th annual Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute to be held at The New School summer campus in Wroclaw, […]

Open House: Meet the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

We protest against the promotion of far-right prejudice in Polish Universities: please sign the petition!

Recent developments in Poland: TOMEK KITLINSKI endangered: please sign the petition! Przemysław Czarnek, Governor of the Lublin Region in Eastern Poland […]

Open Letter: We Stand with the Kurdish People of Syria!

From members of Democracy Seminar 2.0: “We are writing as scholars and citizens of the world to express our concern for the Kurdish people of Syria, whose fate has been […]

“Bogdan’s Journey” Truth Has to Be Told with Love: Film Screening – Nov. 7 @ The New School

Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30PM) for a critically acclaimed film about murder and memory 70 years after Europe’s last pogrom – in Kielce, Poland. Special […]

DEMOCRACY IN DARK TIMES: Panel open to the public

A panel discussion on the promise and perils for democracy as seen from the various locations and perspectives of our Democracy Seminar 2.0 participants on Saturday, October 5th 2:00 PM […]

HONORING ADAM MICHNIK: DEGREE RE-CONFERRAL AND LECTURE: 30 YEARS AGO: A TIME OF JOY AND HOPE

Please join us on Friday, October 4th (5:00pm – 7:00pm; Wollman Hall, B500-Eugene Lang Building-Enter via 66 W. 12th Street) in honoring Polish activist and writer Adam Michnik. Michnik, one […]

Application Deadline extended for New School and Non-New School Students for 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland!

New School Application Deadline Extended for the 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland!

Congratulations to Global Dialogues 2016 Alumni!

TCDS is excited to announce that our Global Dialogues 2016 Fellows, Malkhaz Toria and Mykola Balaban, received the first Global Dialogues Alumni Grant. Malkhaz and Mykola will work together on […]

Full Scholarships now available for the TCDS Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, for students from Eurasia and Turkey!

Meet Our New Global Dialogues 2019 Fellows!

TCDS Presents: Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture, A New School Centennial Event, Thurs. March 7th, 6 pm

Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture 2019 recipient — Jan T. Gross March 7th, 2019 @ 6:00pm The New School University Center, Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) 63 […]

Spring 2019 Global Dialogues Fellowship Opening Reception, February 11th, 2019, 6:30pm

Dear TCDS Alumni & Friends, Please join us Monday evening, February 11th @ 6:30 PM, at the New School, to meet and welcome the international fellows of our Spring 2019 […]

Fieldnotes from Poland: Grief over assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert

Grief over Assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert by Tomek Kitlinski On Monday January 14 the Mayor of Gdansk (Danzig), Pawel Adamowicz, 53, died following three […]

Fieldnotes from Europe: Today’s Fascists accuse Julia Kristeva

Many of you know the work of Bulgarian-French philosopher and public intellectual Julia Kristeva, some of you have studied with her, and many of you have probably heard about […]

Flying Seminar at The New School: OWS meets Japanese Anti-Nukers in conversation with Jonathan Schell

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Applications for the 2020 DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY INSTITUTE are now open!

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

An urgent message from Poland

Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: TCDS IN 2019

The valiant theme of our last Democracy & Diversity Institute was further echoed in an array of events and activities of this this politically challenging year. It demonstrated both continuous […]

Announcing the 2020 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce our 29th annual Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute to be held at The New School summer campus in Wroclaw, […]

Open House: Meet the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

We protest against the promotion of far-right prejudice in Polish Universities: please sign the petition!

Recent developments in Poland: TOMEK KITLINSKI endangered: please sign the petition! Przemysław Czarnek, Governor of the Lublin Region in Eastern Poland […]

Open Letter: We Stand with the Kurdish People of Syria!

From members of Democracy Seminar 2.0: “We are writing as scholars and citizens of the world to express our concern for the Kurdish people of Syria, whose fate has been […]

“Bogdan’s Journey” Truth Has to Be Told with Love: Film Screening – Nov. 7 @ The New School

Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30PM) for a critically acclaimed film about murder and memory 70 years after Europe’s last pogrom – in Kielce, Poland. Special […]

DEMOCRACY IN DARK TIMES: Panel open to the public

A panel discussion on the promise and perils for democracy as seen from the various locations and perspectives of our Democracy Seminar 2.0 participants on Saturday, October 5th 2:00 PM […]

HONORING ADAM MICHNIK: DEGREE RE-CONFERRAL AND LECTURE: 30 YEARS AGO: A TIME OF JOY AND HOPE

Please join us on Friday, October 4th (5:00pm – 7:00pm; Wollman Hall, B500-Eugene Lang Building-Enter via 66 W. 12th Street) in honoring Polish activist and writer Adam Michnik. Michnik, one […]

Application Deadline extended for New School and Non-New School Students for 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland!

New School Application Deadline Extended for the 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland!

Congratulations to Global Dialogues 2016 Alumni!

TCDS is excited to announce that our Global Dialogues 2016 Fellows, Malkhaz Toria and Mykola Balaban, received the first Global Dialogues Alumni Grant. Malkhaz and Mykola will work together on […]

Full Scholarships now available for the TCDS Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, for students from Eurasia and Turkey!

Meet Our New Global Dialogues 2019 Fellows!

TCDS Presents: Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture, A New School Centennial Event, Thurs. March 7th, 6 pm

Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture 2019 recipient — Jan T. Gross March 7th, 2019 @ 6:00pm The New School University Center, Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) 63 […]

Spring 2019 Global Dialogues Fellowship Opening Reception, February 11th, 2019, 6:30pm

Dear TCDS Alumni & Friends, Please join us Monday evening, February 11th @ 6:30 PM, at the New School, to meet and welcome the international fellows of our Spring 2019 […]

Fieldnotes from Poland: Grief over assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert

Grief over Assassination of Gdansk’s Progressive Mayor at Charity Concert by Tomek Kitlinski On Monday January 14 the Mayor of Gdansk (Danzig), Pawel Adamowicz, 53, died following three […]

Fieldnotes from Europe: Today’s Fascists accuse Julia Kristeva

Many of you know the work of Bulgarian-French philosopher and public intellectual Julia Kristeva, some of you have studied with her, and many of you have probably heard about […]

Flying Seminar: Framing Critical Moments

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Applications for the 2020 DEMOCRACY & DIVERSITY INSTITUTE are now open!

Join Us in Protesting Right-Wing Attacks on Jawaharlal Nehru University

An urgent message from Poland

Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: TCDS IN 2019

The valiant theme of our last Democracy & Diversity Institute was further echoed in an array of events and activities of this this politically challenging year. It demonstrated both continuous […]

Announcing the 2020 Democracy & Diversity Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland

The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) is happy to announce our 29th annual Democracy & Diversity Graduate Institute to be held at The New School summer campus in Wroclaw, […]

Open House: Meet the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

We protest against the promotion of far-right prejudice in Polish Universities: please sign the petition!

Recent developments in Poland: TOMEK KITLINSKI endangered: please sign the petition! Przemysław Czarnek, Governor of the Lublin Region in Eastern Poland […]

Open Letter: We Stand with the Kurdish People of Syria!

From members of Democracy Seminar 2.0: “We are writing as scholars and citizens of the world to express our concern for the Kurdish people of Syria, whose fate has been […]

“Bogdan’s Journey” Truth Has to Be Told with Love: Film Screening – Nov. 7 @ The New School

Join us on Thursday, November 7th, 2019 (6:30 – 8:30PM) for a critically acclaimed film about murder and memory 70 years after Europe’s last pogrom – in Kielce, Poland. Special […]

DEMOCRACY IN DARK TIMES: Panel open to the public

A panel discussion on the promise and perils for democracy as seen from the various locations and perspectives of our Democracy Seminar 2.0 participants on Saturday, October 5th 2:00 PM […]

HONORING ADAM MICHNIK: DEGREE RE-CONFERRAL AND LECTURE: 30 YEARS AGO: A TIME OF JOY AND HOPE

Please join us on Friday, October 4th (5:00pm – 7:00pm; Wollman Hall, B500-Eugene Lang Building-Enter via 66 W. 12th Street) in honoring Polish activist and writer Adam Michnik. Michnik, one […]

Application Deadline extended for New School and Non-New School Students for 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland!

New School Application Deadline Extended for the 28th Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland!

Congratulations to Global Dialogues 2016 Alumni!

TCDS is excited to announce that our Global Dialogues 2016 Fellows, Malkhaz Toria and Mykola Balaban, received the first Global Dialogues Alumni Grant. Malkhaz and Mykola will work together on […]

Full Scholarships now available for the TCDS Summer 2019 Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, Poland, for students from Eurasia and Turkey!

Meet Our New Global Dialogues 2019 Fellows!

TCDS Presents: Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture, A New School Centennial Event, Thurs. March 7th, 6 pm

Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony & Lecture 2019 recipient — Jan T. Gross March 7th, 2019 @ 6:00pm The New School University Center, Starr Foundation Hall (UL102) 63 […]