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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

TCDS Alumna Publishes New Book, “The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia”

About the book: This book examines how civil society engaged with transitional justice in Russia, demonstrating abroad range of roles civil society can undertake while operating in a restrictive political context. […]

Israel and Palestine Now and in the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh

Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 – 1:30pm EDT / 7:00 – 8:30pm IDT Virtual Event We watch with alarm as the Israeli government considers drastic changes, which if enacted, will […]

TCDS Alumna Zuzanna Krzątała receives the 2022 Aspen CE Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Award

Zuzanna Krzątała received her MA in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research and she is an alumna of the TCDS 2016 Democracy & Diversity Summer Graduate Institute. Through […]

Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Here at TCDS “headquarters” we are pleased to convey – while somewhat taken aback – the following completely unexpected announcement from the NSSR-Europe Collective: The NSSR-Europe Collective and the wider […]

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

Announcing the 2023 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland When: Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:30 – 8:30 PM […]

Announcing the 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 […]

We Are One University

We are One University, and OUR university is committed to social justice. The TCDS community stands in solidarity with the Part-Time Faculty on strike.

ONLINE | Book Launch: Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary

Monday, November 14, 2022, 12:00PM to 1:30PM (EST) Join us for a conversation with author András Bozóki about his new book, Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary (CEU Press 2022). PANELISTS András Bozóki, Professor at the Department of […]

Celebrating Richard Bernstein: Remarks on The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

Alice Crary New School for Social Research Presented at the Democracy & Diversity Institute, Wroclaw, Poland, July 17, 2016 Welcome to this evening’s celebration of Professor Richard Bernstein, on the occasion […]

Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022

Richard Bernstein, great thinker, adored teacher, and a friend to so many, is no longer with us.When I posted the sad news, I received spontaneous tributes and recollection from fondadmirers […]

TCDS Announces a New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars

Transregional Dialogues: Rethinking the Past – Re-imagining the Future is a new future-oriented fellowship program for doctoral students from Ukraine whose work, disrupted by war, needs support. The aim of […]

In Support of Osman Kavala – 2021 Recipient of the Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Today, June 2nd, 2022, is the 1675th day in prison for Osman Kavala, Turkish publisher, philanthropist, and rights defender who, for his work on behalf of cultural dialogue, has been […]

Elzbieta Matynia Will Speak at the 2022 Night of Ideas in New York

TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia will speak at this year’s Night of Ideas, on Saturday, May 21st at 7:30pm at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, New […]

Bryan Greene, 2019 Democracy & Diversity Alumnus Named To Fulbright US Student Program

Bryan Greene, an alumnus of the 28th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute, with the theme of “Reclaiming Democratic Performatives: Actors, Spaces, Processes,” held in Wrocław, Poland, has received a […]

ON HIATUS: 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

With the deepest regret, but for obvious reasons, we have had to place our annual summer Institute in Wroclaw on hiatus. On the other hand we have been developing a […]

A Letter from Nairobi: Dlamini Zuma’s Footsteps in the Long Walk to Continental Unity

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

TCDS Alumna Publishes New Book, “The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia”

Israel and Palestine Now and in the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh

Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 – 1:30pm EDT / 7:00 – 8:30pm IDT Virtual Event We watch with alarm as the Israeli government considers drastic changes, which if enacted, will […]

TCDS Alumna Zuzanna Krzątała receives the 2022 Aspen CE Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Award

Zuzanna Krzątała received her MA in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research and she is an alumna of the TCDS 2016 Democracy & Diversity Summer Graduate Institute. Through […]

Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

Announcing the 2023 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland When: Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:30 – 8:30 PM […]

Announcing the 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 […]

We Are One University

We are One University, and OUR university is committed to social justice. The TCDS community stands in solidarity with the Part-Time Faculty on strike.

ONLINE | Book Launch: Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary

Celebrating Richard Bernstein: Remarks on The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022

Richard Bernstein, great thinker, adored teacher, and a friend to so many, is no longer with us.When I posted the sad news, I received spontaneous tributes and recollection from fondadmirers […]

TCDS Announces a New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars

In Support of Osman Kavala – 2021 Recipient of the Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Today, June 2nd, 2022, is the 1675th day in prison for Osman Kavala, Turkish publisher, philanthropist, and rights defender who, for his work on behalf of cultural dialogue, has been […]

Elzbieta Matynia Will Speak at the 2022 Night of Ideas in New York

TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia will speak at this year’s Night of Ideas, on Saturday, May 21st at 7:30pm at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, New […]

Bryan Greene, 2019 Democracy & Diversity Alumnus Named To Fulbright US Student Program

ON HIATUS: 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

With the deepest regret, but for obvious reasons, we have had to place our annual summer Institute in Wroclaw on hiatus. On the other hand we have been developing a […]

A Letter from New York: Romania’s Winter of Discontent

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

TCDS Alumna Publishes New Book, “The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia”

Israel and Palestine Now and in the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh

Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 – 1:30pm EDT / 7:00 – 8:30pm IDT Virtual Event We watch with alarm as the Israeli government considers drastic changes, which if enacted, will […]

TCDS Alumna Zuzanna Krzątała receives the 2022 Aspen CE Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Award

Zuzanna Krzątała received her MA in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research and she is an alumna of the TCDS 2016 Democracy & Diversity Summer Graduate Institute. Through […]

Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

Announcing the 2023 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland When: Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:30 – 8:30 PM […]

Announcing the 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 […]

We Are One University

We are One University, and OUR university is committed to social justice. The TCDS community stands in solidarity with the Part-Time Faculty on strike.

ONLINE | Book Launch: Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary

Celebrating Richard Bernstein: Remarks on The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022

Richard Bernstein, great thinker, adored teacher, and a friend to so many, is no longer with us.When I posted the sad news, I received spontaneous tributes and recollection from fondadmirers […]

TCDS Announces a New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars

In Support of Osman Kavala – 2021 Recipient of the Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Today, June 2nd, 2022, is the 1675th day in prison for Osman Kavala, Turkish publisher, philanthropist, and rights defender who, for his work on behalf of cultural dialogue, has been […]

Elzbieta Matynia Will Speak at the 2022 Night of Ideas in New York

TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia will speak at this year’s Night of Ideas, on Saturday, May 21st at 7:30pm at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, New […]

Bryan Greene, 2019 Democracy & Diversity Alumnus Named To Fulbright US Student Program

ON HIATUS: 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

With the deepest regret, but for obvious reasons, we have had to place our annual summer Institute in Wroclaw on hiatus. On the other hand we have been developing a […]

Adam Michnik Introduced by Ian Buruma

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

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 […]

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

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 […]

TCDS Alumna Publishes New Book, “The Role of Civil Society in Transitional Justice: The Case of Russia”

Israel and Palestine Now and in the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh

Thursday, March 30, 2023 12:00 – 1:30pm EDT / 7:00 – 8:30pm IDT Virtual Event We watch with alarm as the Israeli government considers drastic changes, which if enacted, will […]

TCDS Alumna Zuzanna Krzątała receives the 2022 Aspen CE Madeleine K. Albright Leadership Award

Zuzanna Krzątała received her MA in Liberal Studies from The New School for Social Research and she is an alumna of the TCDS 2016 Democracy & Diversity Summer Graduate Institute. Through […]

Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Our Spring Open House & Pierogi Party!

Announcing the 2023 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute in Wroclaw, Poland When: Thursday, February 16, 2023 6:30 – 8:30 PM […]

Announcing the 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 […]

We Are One University

We are One University, and OUR university is committed to social justice. The TCDS community stands in solidarity with the Part-Time Faculty on strike.

ONLINE | Book Launch: Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary

Celebrating Richard Bernstein: Remarks on The Restructuring of Social and Political Theory

Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022

Richard Bernstein, great thinker, adored teacher, and a friend to so many, is no longer with us.When I posted the sad news, I received spontaneous tributes and recollection from fondadmirers […]

TCDS Announces a New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars

In Support of Osman Kavala – 2021 Recipient of the Courage in Public Scholarship Award

Today, June 2nd, 2022, is the 1675th day in prison for Osman Kavala, Turkish publisher, philanthropist, and rights defender who, for his work on behalf of cultural dialogue, has been […]

Elzbieta Matynia Will Speak at the 2022 Night of Ideas in New York

TCDS Director, Elzbieta Matynia will speak at this year’s Night of Ideas, on Saturday, May 21st at 7:30pm at the Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY, New […]

Bryan Greene, 2019 Democracy & Diversity Alumnus Named To Fulbright US Student Program

ON HIATUS: 30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute

With the deepest regret, but for obvious reasons, we have had to place our annual summer Institute in Wroclaw on hiatus. On the other hand we have been developing a […]

A Letter from Warsaw: A Democratic Vote of Diversity in Poland

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