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We’re All in the Same Boat: A Democracy Seminar Update

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research The Democracy Seminar, our worldwide committee of democratic correspondence, has moved to Zoom. Before the […]

Securing the November U.S. Election: The Urgent Task for All Democrats

by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington, and senior editor, The Democracy Seminar “To support the Ins when things are going well; to support the Outs when they seem to […]

Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against A “Diary”

by Chang Liu, MA Student, The New School for Social Research Sixty-five-year-old Fang Fang’s diary on living in and through the pandemic in China has recently triggered an antagonistic debate […]

Democracy & the Pandemic: Contributions from the May 2020 Conference of the Democracy Seminar

The pieces below are working papers – contributions to the Democracy & the Pandemic Mini-Conference of the Democracy Seminar on May 20-21, 2020. How are the responses to the pandemic […]

State of Emergency for All? Power Relations and Challenges to Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic

by Malkhaz Toria, Graduate program is Sociology, New School for Social Research (NSSR), and Coordinator of the Memory Studies Group at the New School Georgia government’s measures to cope with […]

COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary

by Kristóf Szombati, Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Halle On March 30th, Hungary’s parliament passed a law giving the Orbán government the right to rule by decree […]

Human Rights in the Times of Emergency

by Kálmán Petőcz, independent political and human rights analyst. In the last decade, the Slovakian human rights discourse has almost entirely been dominated by themes of so-called culture or value […]

Hong Kong: Pandemic, Protests, and Protecting “National” Security

by Mark W. Frazier, Professor, New School for Social Research The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate those who died in the 1989 suppression of peaceful […]

ONLINE | Elections 2020: Democracy After the Polish Vote

Tuesday, July 21, 2020, 12:00PM to 1:00PM (EDT) Dr. Jacek Kucharczyk, president of The Institute of Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland, in conversation with Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center […]

Democracy “As If“

by Dagmar Kusá, Assistant professor, Bratislava International School of Liberal Arts, Slovakia More than a century ago, Hans Vaihinger formulated his philosophy “as if” to describe our willing choice to […]

From Mafia State to ”Parish” Republic

by Michal Vašečka, Programme Director, Bratislava Policy Institute, Slovakia Abstract: This paper describes the peculiarity of Slovak democratic transition during the last 30 years. The author explains why and how […]

After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World

by András Bozóki, Professor of Political Science, Central European University, Budapest and Vienna COVID-19 is the first global ‘plague’ which will leave long-term marks and memories of quarantine, masks, gloves, […]

Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey

by Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor, Amherst College Therapeutic Effects of the Pandemic Nowadays, whenever you turn on your TV to watch Turkish news, you hear and see a lot […]

Urgent Call for Resistance Against the New Homeland Security Rule that Threatens the Deportation of International Students from the US

We at the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS), along with our partners, alumni, and friends here and abroad, strongly oppose the measure proposed by the Federal government on July […]

The Politics of Small Things Before, During and After the Pandemic: From the Kitchen Table to the Kitchen Cabinet

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research A paper prepared as the keynote address at the BISLA virtual conference “The World After […]

ONLINE | Democracy in a Time of Plague: Challenges & Opportunities in the Struggles Against Authoritarianism, Covid-19 and Racism

Join us on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, 12:00PM to 2:00PM (EDT) Register here. In recent months, democrats have been confronted with multiple crises. In a situation in which democratic “guardrails” have long been eroded, and many countries […]

Summer Institute on Hiatus

Today, on July 2nd, we were to launch our 29th summer Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, and the New School graduate students were to meet their peers, young civic-minded […]

The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management: The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary

by Gábor Scheiring, Marie Curie Fellow, Bocconi University, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Dondena Centre for Research on Social Dynamics and Public Policy Abstract How can we interpret the […]

The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism

by Elçin Aktoprak, Project Coordinator, The School of Human Rights Initiated by the Peace Petitioner scholars who were dismissed from universities by the Turkish government, the overall goal of the […]

New Expertise of Authoritarian Regimes: How to Escape From the Implementation of International Standards – the Cases of Demirtaş and Kavala

by Kerem Altıparmak, Director of the Human Rights Center, Ankara Bar Association In two recent leading cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Turkey in violation of article […]

Domestic Violence as Pandemic

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We’re All in the Same Boat: A Democracy Seminar Update

Securing the November U.S. Election: The Urgent Task for All Democrats

by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington, and senior editor, The Democracy Seminar “To support the Ins when things are going well; to support the Outs when they seem to […]

Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against A “Diary”

by Chang Liu, MA Student, The New School for Social Research Sixty-five-year-old Fang Fang’s diary on living in and through the pandemic in China has recently triggered an antagonistic debate […]

Democracy & the Pandemic: Contributions from the May 2020 Conference of the Democracy Seminar

The pieces below are working papers – contributions to the Democracy & the Pandemic Mini-Conference of the Democracy Seminar on May 20-21, 2020. How are the responses to the pandemic […]

State of Emergency for All? Power Relations and Challenges to Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic

COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary

Human Rights in the Times of Emergency

Hong Kong: Pandemic, Protests, and Protecting “National” Security

by Mark W. Frazier, Professor, New School for Social Research The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate those who died in the 1989 suppression of peaceful […]

ONLINE | Elections 2020: Democracy After the Polish Vote

Democracy “As If“

From Mafia State to ”Parish” Republic

After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World

Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey

by Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor, Amherst College Therapeutic Effects of the Pandemic Nowadays, whenever you turn on your TV to watch Turkish news, you hear and see a lot […]

Urgent Call for Resistance Against the New Homeland Security Rule that Threatens the Deportation of International Students from the US

The Politics of Small Things Before, During and After the Pandemic: From the Kitchen Table to the Kitchen Cabinet

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research A paper prepared as the keynote address at the BISLA virtual conference “The World After […]

ONLINE | Democracy in a Time of Plague: Challenges & Opportunities in the Struggles Against Authoritarianism, Covid-19 and Racism

Summer Institute on Hiatus

Today, on July 2nd, we were to launch our 29th summer Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, and the New School graduate students were to meet their peers, young civic-minded […]

The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management: The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary

The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism

New Expertise of Authoritarian Regimes: How to Escape From the Implementation of International Standards – the Cases of Demirtaş and Kavala

by Kerem Altıparmak, Director of the Human Rights Center, Ankara Bar Association In two recent leading cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Turkey in violation of article […]

‘The Feminism of Uncertainty’ Publication Celebration with Ann Snitow!

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We’re All in the Same Boat: A Democracy Seminar Update

Securing the November U.S. Election: The Urgent Task for All Democrats

by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington, and senior editor, The Democracy Seminar “To support the Ins when things are going well; to support the Outs when they seem to […]

Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against A “Diary”

by Chang Liu, MA Student, The New School for Social Research Sixty-five-year-old Fang Fang’s diary on living in and through the pandemic in China has recently triggered an antagonistic debate […]

Democracy & the Pandemic: Contributions from the May 2020 Conference of the Democracy Seminar

The pieces below are working papers – contributions to the Democracy & the Pandemic Mini-Conference of the Democracy Seminar on May 20-21, 2020. How are the responses to the pandemic […]

State of Emergency for All? Power Relations and Challenges to Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic

COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary

Human Rights in the Times of Emergency

Hong Kong: Pandemic, Protests, and Protecting “National” Security

by Mark W. Frazier, Professor, New School for Social Research The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate those who died in the 1989 suppression of peaceful […]

ONLINE | Elections 2020: Democracy After the Polish Vote

Democracy “As If“

From Mafia State to ”Parish” Republic

After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World

Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey

by Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor, Amherst College Therapeutic Effects of the Pandemic Nowadays, whenever you turn on your TV to watch Turkish news, you hear and see a lot […]

Urgent Call for Resistance Against the New Homeland Security Rule that Threatens the Deportation of International Students from the US

The Politics of Small Things Before, During and After the Pandemic: From the Kitchen Table to the Kitchen Cabinet

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research A paper prepared as the keynote address at the BISLA virtual conference “The World After […]

ONLINE | Democracy in a Time of Plague: Challenges & Opportunities in the Struggles Against Authoritarianism, Covid-19 and Racism

Summer Institute on Hiatus

Today, on July 2nd, we were to launch our 29th summer Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, and the New School graduate students were to meet their peers, young civic-minded […]

The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management: The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary

The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism

New Expertise of Authoritarian Regimes: How to Escape From the Implementation of International Standards – the Cases of Demirtaş and Kavala

by Kerem Altıparmak, Director of the Human Rights Center, Ankara Bar Association In two recent leading cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Turkey in violation of article […]

A Letter from Poland/Eastern Europe: Performing Human Rights – Pussy Riot vs. the Pseudo Religious, Homophobic, Misogynists of Eastern Europe

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We’re All in the Same Boat: A Democracy Seminar Update

Securing the November U.S. Election: The Urgent Task for All Democrats

by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington, and senior editor, The Democracy Seminar “To support the Ins when things are going well; to support the Outs when they seem to […]

Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against A “Diary”

by Chang Liu, MA Student, The New School for Social Research Sixty-five-year-old Fang Fang’s diary on living in and through the pandemic in China has recently triggered an antagonistic debate […]

Democracy & the Pandemic: Contributions from the May 2020 Conference of the Democracy Seminar

The pieces below are working papers – contributions to the Democracy & the Pandemic Mini-Conference of the Democracy Seminar on May 20-21, 2020. How are the responses to the pandemic […]

State of Emergency for All? Power Relations and Challenges to Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic

COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary

Human Rights in the Times of Emergency

Hong Kong: Pandemic, Protests, and Protecting “National” Security

by Mark W. Frazier, Professor, New School for Social Research The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate those who died in the 1989 suppression of peaceful […]

ONLINE | Elections 2020: Democracy After the Polish Vote

Democracy “As If“

From Mafia State to ”Parish” Republic

After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World

Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey

by Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor, Amherst College Therapeutic Effects of the Pandemic Nowadays, whenever you turn on your TV to watch Turkish news, you hear and see a lot […]

Urgent Call for Resistance Against the New Homeland Security Rule that Threatens the Deportation of International Students from the US

The Politics of Small Things Before, During and After the Pandemic: From the Kitchen Table to the Kitchen Cabinet

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research A paper prepared as the keynote address at the BISLA virtual conference “The World After […]

ONLINE | Democracy in a Time of Plague: Challenges & Opportunities in the Struggles Against Authoritarianism, Covid-19 and Racism

Summer Institute on Hiatus

Today, on July 2nd, we were to launch our 29th summer Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, and the New School graduate students were to meet their peers, young civic-minded […]

The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management: The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary

The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism

New Expertise of Authoritarian Regimes: How to Escape From the Implementation of International Standards – the Cases of Demirtaş and Kavala

by Kerem Altıparmak, Director of the Human Rights Center, Ankara Bar Association In two recent leading cases, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) found Turkey in violation of article […]

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We’re All in the Same Boat: A Democracy Seminar Update

Securing the November U.S. Election: The Urgent Task for All Democrats

by Jeffrey C. Isaac, Indiana University, Bloomington, and senior editor, The Democracy Seminar “To support the Ins when things are going well; to support the Outs when they seem to […]

Chinese Young Nationalists amid The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Rap against A “Diary”

by Chang Liu, MA Student, The New School for Social Research Sixty-five-year-old Fang Fang’s diary on living in and through the pandemic in China has recently triggered an antagonistic debate […]

Democracy & the Pandemic: Contributions from the May 2020 Conference of the Democracy Seminar

The pieces below are working papers – contributions to the Democracy & the Pandemic Mini-Conference of the Democracy Seminar on May 20-21, 2020. How are the responses to the pandemic […]

State of Emergency for All? Power Relations and Challenges to Democracy in Georgia during the Pandemic

COVID-19 and the Curtailment of Municipal Power in Hungary

Human Rights in the Times of Emergency

Hong Kong: Pandemic, Protests, and Protecting “National” Security

by Mark W. Frazier, Professor, New School for Social Research The annual June 4 candlelight vigil in Hong Kong to commemorate those who died in the 1989 suppression of peaceful […]

ONLINE | Elections 2020: Democracy After the Polish Vote

Democracy “As If“

From Mafia State to ”Parish” Republic

After Orwell: Some Thoughts on the Post-Pandemic World

Urban Politics and Pandemic in Turkey

by Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor, Amherst College Therapeutic Effects of the Pandemic Nowadays, whenever you turn on your TV to watch Turkish news, you hear and see a lot […]

Urgent Call for Resistance Against the New Homeland Security Rule that Threatens the Deportation of International Students from the US

The Politics of Small Things Before, During and After the Pandemic: From the Kitchen Table to the Kitchen Cabinet

by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology, New School for Social Research A paper prepared as the keynote address at the BISLA virtual conference “The World After […]

ONLINE | Democracy in a Time of Plague: Challenges & Opportunities in the Struggles Against Authoritarianism, Covid-19 and Racism

Summer Institute on Hiatus

Today, on July 2nd, we were to launch our 29th summer Democracy & Diversity Institute in Wroclaw, and the New School graduate students were to meet their peers, young civic-minded […]

The Political Consequences of Populist Health Crisis Management: The Political Economy of Coronavirus Responses in Hungary

The School of Human Rights in Turkey: An Alternative Space under Authoritarianism