Transregional Center for Democratic Studies

Work, Politics, and Love under the Pandemic Specter

Romania, Spring 2020 by Andra Stan-Dragotesc, mom of two, on maternity leave from her job as manager of the international relations office at West University of Timisoara, Romania The reality […]

NYC – Tbilisi: Traveling through the Pandemic into Uncertainty

by Malkhaz Toria, current student of the graduate program in sociology at New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School […]

From TCDS staff with Love and Care

A photographic letter from the working-from-home TCDS staff From Elzbieta: “To all our TCDS friends in these troubling times – with enormous admiration and gratitude – warmest wishes from the […]

The Boy in a Red Beret: Remembering Aso Tavitian, with sadness and gratitude

by Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. It was almost exactly 5 years ago that I […]

Of Face-Masks, Umbrellas, and Thunderbolts

by Dota Szymborska, philosopher, sociologist, TEDx speaker, and AI expert, and Tomasz Kitlinski, political philosopher, activist, and curator (Open City Festival of Public Art in Lublin on Hospit-ALTER-ity) We are […]

The Pandemic and ‘Women’s Hell’* in Poland

If protest is made illegal, make daily life a protest. By Zuzanna Krzatala – graduate of The New School for Social Research and TCDS alumna. Social activist focused on women’s […]

In Limbo: My journey through the pandemic

by Pawel Knut, Human rights attorney and Fulbright visiting scholar at The New School Transregional Center for Democratic Studies The present pandemic has led to a period of prolonged immobility. […]

PanDemos: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Hana Curak (1994), sociology graduate student and a media consultant from Berlin and Sarajevo. She is a TCDS alumna, a German Bundestag IPS program fellow, and the founder and […]

PanDemos and the Slow Death of Democracy in Poland

by Tomasz Kitlinski, philosopher living in Lublin (Poland), & Angus Reid, artist living in Edinburgh (Scotland), both activists On February 5th the Polish government announced that the Presidential elections will be held at the earliest […]

Poland in the Shadow of Marx and PanDemos

by Leszek Budrewicz, writer and poet, and a long-time friend of TCDS and its D&D Institute in Wrocław A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…. a specter. In […]

Reimagining our Future…. postponed

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce, what you may already have suspected, that we have to postpone for one year the 29th Democracy & Diversity Summer […]

“The Polish Government’s War on Jewish History,” Interview by TCDS Alumna Emma Saltzberg with Former Polin Museum Director

Congratulations to Emma Saltzberg, TCDS Alumna and graduate student at the New School for Social Research, for her timely interview. In Emma’s words: “I interviewed Dariusz Stola, who was pushed […]

TCDS Alumnus Abu Bakarr Bah Edits New Book on “Post-Conflict Institutional Designs BUILDING PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA”

TCDS is proud to announce that Abu Bakarr Bah, Alumnus of our Democracy & Diversity Institute, and Professor of Sociology at Northern Illinois University recently published a new book on Post-Conflict Institutional Designs: […]

RE-SCHEDULED: Democracy & Diversity Institute, Pierogi & More

We have had to make the difficult decision to reschedule for Mid-April our Open House (also known as Pierogi Party), which was to take place tomorrow evening. We were very […]

Good Persons Exist

Celebrating Ágnes Heller On February 7-8, 2020 The New School held a symposium to celebrate the life of Ágnes Heller (May 12, 1929-July 19, 2019), philosopher, Hannah Arendt Professor, Emerita […]

Book Launch: “Museums and Sites of Persuasion”

The New School Memory Group would like to invite you for a Conversation with Editors and Authors of the recently published volume, Museums and Sites of Persuasion: Politics, Memory and Human Rights, Edited by Joyce […]

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 […]

Flying Seminar: OWS meets Bill Zimmerman

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Work, Politics, and Love under the Pandemic Specter

Romania, Spring 2020 by Andra Stan-Dragotesc, mom of two, on maternity leave from her job as manager of the international relations office at West University of Timisoara, Romania The reality […]

NYC – Tbilisi: Traveling through the Pandemic into Uncertainty

by Malkhaz Toria, current student of the graduate program in sociology at New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School […]

From TCDS staff with Love and Care

The Boy in a Red Beret: Remembering Aso Tavitian, with sadness and gratitude

by Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. It was almost exactly 5 years ago that I […]

Of Face-Masks, Umbrellas, and Thunderbolts

The Pandemic and ‘Women’s Hell’* in Poland

If protest is made illegal, make daily life a protest. By Zuzanna Krzatala – graduate of The New School for Social Research and TCDS alumna. Social activist focused on women’s […]

In Limbo: My journey through the pandemic

PanDemos: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Hana Curak (1994), sociology graduate student and a media consultant from Berlin and Sarajevo. She is a TCDS alumna, a German Bundestag IPS program fellow, and the founder and […]

PanDemos and the Slow Death of Democracy in Poland

Poland in the Shadow of Marx and PanDemos

by Leszek Budrewicz, writer and poet, and a long-time friend of TCDS and its D&D Institute in Wrocław A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…. a specter. In […]

Reimagining our Future…. postponed

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce, what you may already have suspected, that we have to postpone for one year the 29th Democracy & Diversity Summer […]

“The Polish Government’s War on Jewish History,” Interview by TCDS Alumna Emma Saltzberg with Former Polin Museum Director

TCDS Alumnus Abu Bakarr Bah Edits New Book on “Post-Conflict Institutional Designs BUILDING PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA”

RE-SCHEDULED: Democracy & Diversity Institute, Pierogi & More

We have had to make the difficult decision to reschedule for Mid-April our Open House (also known as Pierogi Party), which was to take place tomorrow evening. We were very […]

Good Persons Exist

Book Launch: “Museums and Sites of Persuasion”

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 […]

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

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Work, Politics, and Love under the Pandemic Specter

Romania, Spring 2020 by Andra Stan-Dragotesc, mom of two, on maternity leave from her job as manager of the international relations office at West University of Timisoara, Romania The reality […]

NYC – Tbilisi: Traveling through the Pandemic into Uncertainty

by Malkhaz Toria, current student of the graduate program in sociology at New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School […]

From TCDS staff with Love and Care

The Boy in a Red Beret: Remembering Aso Tavitian, with sadness and gratitude

by Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. It was almost exactly 5 years ago that I […]

Of Face-Masks, Umbrellas, and Thunderbolts

The Pandemic and ‘Women’s Hell’* in Poland

If protest is made illegal, make daily life a protest. By Zuzanna Krzatala – graduate of The New School for Social Research and TCDS alumna. Social activist focused on women’s […]

In Limbo: My journey through the pandemic

PanDemos: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Hana Curak (1994), sociology graduate student and a media consultant from Berlin and Sarajevo. She is a TCDS alumna, a German Bundestag IPS program fellow, and the founder and […]

PanDemos and the Slow Death of Democracy in Poland

Poland in the Shadow of Marx and PanDemos

by Leszek Budrewicz, writer and poet, and a long-time friend of TCDS and its D&D Institute in Wrocław A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…. a specter. In […]

Reimagining our Future…. postponed

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce, what you may already have suspected, that we have to postpone for one year the 29th Democracy & Diversity Summer […]

“The Polish Government’s War on Jewish History,” Interview by TCDS Alumna Emma Saltzberg with Former Polin Museum Director

TCDS Alumnus Abu Bakarr Bah Edits New Book on “Post-Conflict Institutional Designs BUILDING PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA”

RE-SCHEDULED: Democracy & Diversity Institute, Pierogi & More

We have had to make the difficult decision to reschedule for Mid-April our Open House (also known as Pierogi Party), which was to take place tomorrow evening. We were very […]

Good Persons Exist

Book Launch: “Museums and Sites of Persuasion”

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 […]

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

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Work, Politics, and Love under the Pandemic Specter

Romania, Spring 2020 by Andra Stan-Dragotesc, mom of two, on maternity leave from her job as manager of the international relations office at West University of Timisoara, Romania The reality […]

NYC – Tbilisi: Traveling through the Pandemic into Uncertainty

by Malkhaz Toria, current student of the graduate program in sociology at New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School […]

From TCDS staff with Love and Care

The Boy in a Red Beret: Remembering Aso Tavitian, with sadness and gratitude

by Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. It was almost exactly 5 years ago that I […]

Of Face-Masks, Umbrellas, and Thunderbolts

The Pandemic and ‘Women’s Hell’* in Poland

If protest is made illegal, make daily life a protest. By Zuzanna Krzatala – graduate of The New School for Social Research and TCDS alumna. Social activist focused on women’s […]

In Limbo: My journey through the pandemic

PanDemos: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Hana Curak (1994), sociology graduate student and a media consultant from Berlin and Sarajevo. She is a TCDS alumna, a German Bundestag IPS program fellow, and the founder and […]

PanDemos and the Slow Death of Democracy in Poland

Poland in the Shadow of Marx and PanDemos

by Leszek Budrewicz, writer and poet, and a long-time friend of TCDS and its D&D Institute in Wrocław A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…. a specter. In […]

Reimagining our Future…. postponed

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce, what you may already have suspected, that we have to postpone for one year the 29th Democracy & Diversity Summer […]

“The Polish Government’s War on Jewish History,” Interview by TCDS Alumna Emma Saltzberg with Former Polin Museum Director

TCDS Alumnus Abu Bakarr Bah Edits New Book on “Post-Conflict Institutional Designs BUILDING PEACE AND DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA”

RE-SCHEDULED: Democracy & Diversity Institute, Pierogi & More

We have had to make the difficult decision to reschedule for Mid-April our Open House (also known as Pierogi Party), which was to take place tomorrow evening. We were very […]

Good Persons Exist

Book Launch: “Museums and Sites of Persuasion”

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 […]

Flying Seminar: Framing Critical Moments

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Work, Politics, and Love under the Pandemic Specter

Romania, Spring 2020 by Andra Stan-Dragotesc, mom of two, on maternity leave from her job as manager of the international relations office at West University of Timisoara, Romania The reality […]

NYC – Tbilisi: Traveling through the Pandemic into Uncertainty

by Malkhaz Toria, current student of the graduate program in sociology at New School for Social Research (NSSR) and the coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School […]

From TCDS staff with Love and Care

The Boy in a Red Beret: Remembering Aso Tavitian, with sadness and gratitude

by Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. It was almost exactly 5 years ago that I […]

Of Face-Masks, Umbrellas, and Thunderbolts

The Pandemic and ‘Women’s Hell’* in Poland

If protest is made illegal, make daily life a protest. By Zuzanna Krzatala – graduate of The New School for Social Research and TCDS alumna. Social activist focused on women’s […]

In Limbo: My journey through the pandemic

PanDemos: Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina

by Hana Curak (1994), sociology graduate student and a media consultant from Berlin and Sarajevo. She is a TCDS alumna, a German Bundestag IPS program fellow, and the founder and […]

PanDemos and the Slow Death of Democracy in Poland

Poland in the Shadow of Marx and PanDemos

by Leszek Budrewicz, writer and poet, and a long-time friend of TCDS and its D&D Institute in Wrocław A specter is haunting Europe – the specter of…. a specter. In […]

Reimagining our Future…. postponed

It is with a very heavy heart that we announce, what you may already have suspected, that we have to postpone for one year the 29th Democracy & Diversity Summer […]