the new school for social research / viewbook 2010

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Located in the heart of New York City’s historic Greenwich Village, Th e New School was founded in 1919 by a group of prominent progressive scholars including Charles Beard, John Dewey, James Harvey Robinson, and Th orstein Veblen. In planning their school, these distinguished intellectuals envisioned a center for instruction and counseling for mature men and women. Th ey planned it as an alternative to traditional universities, with an open curriculum, minimal hierarchy, and free discussion of controversial ideas. In 1933, Th e New School for Social Research gave a home to the University in Exile, a refuge for scholars forced from Europe by the Nazis. In 1934, the University in Exile was incorporated into Th e New School for Social Research as the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science.

In the decades since, Th e New School has grown into a university of eight undergraduate and graduate schools. From the beginning, the institution has been called simply Th e New School. In 2005, this name was made offi cial; at the same time, the eight academic divisions were renamed to emphasize their affi liation with the university. Th e founding division is now called Th e New School for General Studies, and the Graduate Faculty is again Th e New School for Social Research. Th e other schools are Parsons Th e New School for Design, Milano Th e New School for Management and Urban Policy, Eugene Lang College Th e New School for Liberal Arts, Mannes College Th e New School for Music, Th e New School for Drama, and Th e New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music.

Th e university’s commitment to transcending the boundaries between traditional academic disciplines, its close connections to the cosmopolitan cultural and professional life of New York City, and its willingness to reinvent itself remain unchanged, as does its dedication to the ideal of lifelong education for all citizens. Th e New School holds a place in the avant-garde of American universities, attracting adventurous, creative, civic-minded scholars who are interested in pursuing careers that improve the world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1 Message from the Dean

1 Degrees Offered

Areas of Study and Faculty 2 Anthropology 4 Economics 6 Historical Studies 8 Liberal Studies 10 Philosophy 12 Political Science 14 Psychology 18 Sociology

20 Research Centers

21 Faculty Information

24 Academic Publications

25 Academic Resources

26 Student Life

27 Career and Alumni Services

28 University Information

30 A History of The New School for Social Research

32 The Offi ce of Admission


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message from the dean

degrees offered

Welcome to the extraordinary experiment in American graduate education and intellectual life that is The New School for Social Research. Our community of scholars, gathered at a university dedicated to the new, aspires to the deepest, best informed, most critical, most globally aware, most forward-thinking scholarship possible. Being part of this community is stimulating and challenging at every level.

Visionary thinking has characterized The New School for Social Research since its founding in 1933. Known at that time as the University in Exile, the school offered refuge to a group of distinguished German social scientists who faced the loss of their livelihood and citizenship and whose very lives were in danger under National Socialism. The University in Exile, renamed the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, internationalized American social science. Since then, it has stood as a beacon of internationalism and critical engagement with the issues of the day.

Today The New School for Social Research carries on the tradition of research, critique, political and ethical engagement, and innovation—even assistance to endangered scholars. Each department and program excels in its own area of inquiry while promoting and taking part in dialogue that transcends the concerns of its individual field. In interdepartmental courses, multidisciplinary conferences and forums for discussion, and collaborations with faculty and students in other parts of The New School, our graduate students participate in interdisciplinary conversation with other social scientists, humanists, designers, and artists who challenge their assumptions and expand their intellectual and professional horizons.

The vibrancy of The New School for Social Research comes in large part from its location in downtown New York City. New York is simply one of the most exciting places one can be, with more people from more cultures speaking more languages assembled in one urban area than the world has ever seen. The breadth of cultural, artistic, intellectual, and political activity occurring in New York is unparalleled. Our home in a hub of the globalized world is part of what makes us special.

Our dynamism also comes from the diversity of our students, who represent a broad range of nationalities, ages, and life experiences. When colleagues from other universities meet our students, they regularly comment on their maturity and engagement and wonder what we are doing to attract scholars of such excellence. The unique profile of The New School for Social Research attracts students whose energy, intellect, and openness to exploration enable them to take graduate education to new heights.

I look forward to your joining in the conversation at The New School for Social Research.

Michael Schober, Dean

MASTER OF ARTS (MA) Anthropology, Economics, Global Political Economy and Finance, Historical Studies, Liberal Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology

Students may earn an MA with a special concentration, such as an MA in philosophy with a focus on psychoanalysis, an MA in psychology focusing on substance abuse and a research MA in psychology.

MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) Economics

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (PhD) Anthropology, Clinical Psychology, Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology

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anthroPoLogYThe Department of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research embodies the university’s commitment to addressing urgent social and political problems of the 21st century. Through engaged scholarship supported by rigorous theoretical and empirical work, innovative research methodologies, and a sustained commitment to historical and ethnographic sensibilities, a close-knit group of lively scholars thrives in an intellectual environment that fosters individual exploration. Faculty and students in the department see themselves not as consumers of knowledge but as producers of new ways of understanding today’s world.

The anthropology master’s program is designed to provide students with a broad understanding of the development of the discipline and to introduce key concepts and questions. The PhD program prepares students for careers as teachers and for original independent research. Students develop topics that are personally meaningful, intellectually stimulating, and socially important. Recent dissertation topics include

• The privatization of the military in Somalia

• The emergence and experience of post-traumatic stress disorder in the United States

• The impact and future of open-access publishing

• Discourses of corruption in post-socialist Albania

• The politics of the press in Mumbai

• Emergent technologies of text-based communication in East Asia

• The socialization of schoolchildren in Israel

Students can refine their ideas in the biweekly student-led Anthropology Workshop and in a series of colloquia featuring visiting speakers. They can participate in faculty courses and projects developed both individually and in collaboration with other programs and divisions of The New School, including the graduate program in International Affairs, Parsons The New School for Design, the India China Institute, the Committee on Historical Studies, the Janey Program in Latin American Studies, and the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies. They can also take courses through the regional Inter-University Consortium.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Anthropology offers MA and PhD degrees. All anthropology students at The New School enter the MA program. Students who complete MA requirements with sufficient distinction may petition for admission to PhD study.

Courses taught recently:

Border Economies Janet Roitman

Truth Productions: Historical and Cultural FramesAnn Stoler

Medicine, Science, and Citizenship Miriam Ticktin

Epidemiology of Beliefs Lawrence Hirschfeld

Posthuman/Ethnographic Hugh Raffles

The Anthropology of Global Flows Vyjayanthi Rao

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/anthro and select “Courses.”

Anthropology Faculty

Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor of Anthropology and Psychology

Nicolas Langlitz, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Benjamin Lee, Professor of Anthropology and Philosophy

Hugh Raffles, Professor of Anthropology

Vyjayanthi Rao, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Janet Roitman, Associate Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies

Sharika Thiranagama, Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Miriam Ticktin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs

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It has a great tradition of interdisciplinary social research and pedagogy. The ability to test the boundaries between disciplines and to connect with practitioners in different fi elds is very exciting.

AN EXCEPTIONAL PLACE

“The New School is an exceptional place,” says Vyjayanthi Rao, an assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology. After teaching at the University of Chicago as a graduate student and then at Yale University, Rao came to The New School fi ve years ago, drawn by its “great tradition of interdisciplinary social research and pedagogy. The ability to test the boundaries between disciplines and to connect with practitioners in different fi elds is very exciting.”

According to Professor Rao, students in the Department of Anthropology value the opportunity to explore the fi eld from unique perspectives and undertake research and projects that have personal signifi cance. She says, “Students benefi t from a cutting-edge, contemporary department within The New School for Social Research, with its esteemed reputation and established political traditions.” Professor Rao recently taught The Limits of Ethics, a course on human rights, humanitarianism, and ethnography in which anthropology students took part in an art project with fellows from the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School.

As a researcher, Professor Rao is interested in the relationship between ethics, aesthetics, and globalization. She was among the fi rst group of fellows selected to participate in the India China Institute. Her work with ICI developed into a collaborative project in Mumbai involving urban interactions and mobile phones and an ongoing ethnography examining the internationalization of the design process for China’s new monumental architecture.

Professor Rao looks forward to continuing her interdisciplinary work combining her interests in anthropology, design, and globalization and to helping students develop their own interests.


economicsThe Department of Economics offers a multifaceted graduate program that places what Robert Heilbroner called “the worldly philosophy”—informed, critical, and passionate investigation of the economic foundations of contemporary society—at the heart of its curriculum. Students learn about a range of economic theories, including Keynesian and post-Keynesian economics; the classical political economy of Smith, Ricardo, and Marx; structuralist and institutionalist approaches to economics; and neoclassical economics. They also acquire a comprehensive understanding of conceptual, mathematical, and statistical modeling techniques used in economic research. Coursework emphasizes the relationship between the history of economic ideas, contemporary economic policy debates, and conflicting interpretations of economic phenomena.

Along with their coursework, students in the Department of Economics engage in research on topics reflecting their own interests and shaped by their interactions with professors throughout the university. The Department of Economics fosters intellectual inquiry leading to practical solutions to contemporary problems and framing new questions for study. Recent research has included

• Changes in the world economy

• Global financial markets and institutions comprising the world economy

• Problems of regulating and guiding economic development

• The complexity of economic systems

• Economic aspects of class, gender, and ethnicity

The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) conducts research that complements the work of the Department of Economics and offers students opportunities to pursue original research.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Economics offers MA, MS, and PhD degrees. Students who complete MA requirements with sufficient distinction may be considered for admission to PhD study. Applicants who have completed a comparable degree in economics at another institution may be considered for direct PhD admission.


World Political Economy Anwar Shaikh

Political Economy of the Environment Lance Taylor

Graduate Macroeconomics Willi Semmler

Graduate Microeconomics Lopamudra Banerjee

Economics of Technological Innovation and Design William Milberg

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/econ and select “Courses.”

Economics Faculty

Lopamudra Banerjee, Assistant Professor of Economics

Duncan Foley, Leo Model Professor of Economics

Teresa Ghilarducci, Professor and Bernard L. and Irene Schwartz Chair in Economic Policy Analysis

William Milberg, Professor of Economics

Deepak Nayyar, Distinguished University Professor of Economics

Edward Nell, Malcolm B. Smith Professor of Economics

Christian Proaño, Assistant Professor of Economics

Sanjay Reddy, Assistant Professor of Economics

Willi Semmler, Professor of Economics

Anwar Shaikh, Professor of Economics

Lance Taylor, Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development

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Students are encouraged to study in areas that programs in other schools would never allow. At The New School, you are given the freedom to research areas that interest you personally.

FREEDOM TO RESEARCH

Mamadou Bobo Diallo came to The New School from his home in Guinea for graduate study in economics because “it is one of the few places that you can study heterodox economics, and because students are encouraged to study in areas that programs in other schools would never allow. At The New School, you are given the freedom to research areas that interest you personally.” Bobo is working on a dissertation that combines economic growth theory with open economy macroeconomics, building on work he did with Professor Willi Semmler for the World Bank. Together they developed a model and applied it to three groups of countries—low income, lower and middle income, and middle and upper income. Their research showed that shifting expenditure toward social programs such as health care, education, and public infrastructure was the most effective way for countries in all three categories to enhance economic growth. These fi ndings can inform the design of future fi scal policy.

When Bobo is not doing research, he serves as a teaching assistant for the Advanced Macroeconomics II course and teaches master’s students Mathematics for Economics. When he returns to Guinea, he may pursue a career in higher education or government.

For now, Bobo thrives on the diversity and academic experience offered by The New School for Social Research. “I don’t just mean nationality, religion, or race but diversity as in academic interest. [Students] come from all walks of life: people who never studied economics, or those who have studied philosophy or sociology.”


historicaL studies The Committee on Historical Studies was founded in the mid-1980s by Charles Tilly, Louise Tilly, Aristide Zolberg, and Ira Katznelson on the premise that a knowledge of history is critical to all human understanding. The committee saw The New School for Social Research as a natural place for historians, philosophers, and social scientists to come together to develop theoretically informed approaches to historical questions and critical histories of the present. It recognizes that historical inquiry can transform interpretation and theory in the social sciences. Its mission is to rejuvenate the empirically based social sciences with linguistically informed and pictorially sympathetic approaches inspired by the humanities. The committee provides The New School for Social Research—an institution that has in the past represented the European critical tradition—with an archive and a perspective on the world from the outside in.

Recent student and faculty research topics include

• Popular conservatism and political disorder

• Forms of democracy and forms of representation

• The history of socialism and communism

• State making, nation building, market reform, and civil society in Ukraine

• Immigration and religion in New York City

Degrees Offered

Historical Studies offers the MA degree. Students with an MA in Historical Studies, Sociology, or Political Science at The New School for Social Research may apply to study in the PhD program in Sociology and Historical Studies or in Political Science and Historical Studies. Students with an MA in history or politics from another institution may apply for admission to the PhD program in Political Science and Historical Studies.


Fascism and Theory: Latin American and European Approaches to Totalitarianism and Populism Federico Finchelstein

Markets in History: Interdisciplinary Approaches Julia Ott

Historical Roots of a “Fiasco”: Iraq Eli Zaretsky

Becoming Other: Mimesis, Alterity, and History in Time-Based Media Orit Halpern

Historiography and Historical Practice Oz Frankel

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/history and select “Courses.”

Historical Studies Faculty

Elaine Abelson, Associate Professor of History

Federico Finchelstein, Associate Professor of History

Oz Frankel, Associate Professor of History

Orit Halpern, Assistant Professor of History

Julia Ott, Assistant Professor of History

David Plotke, Professor of Political Science

Ann Louise Shapiro, Professor of Historyof Economics

Ann Stoler, Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies

Jeremy Varon, Associate Professor of History

Louise Walker, Assistant Professor of History

Eli Zaretsky, Professor of History

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Students in Historical Studies identify with our approach to history, an approach that is contextually preoccupied and theoretically inclined. They also fi nd the empirical training very benefi cial.”

HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE

The New School for Social Research attracted Federico Finchelstein in part because it was founded by intellectuals who escaped from European fascism. “I was born in Argentina just one year before the creation of the last military dictatorship (1976–1983), the most violent and criminal of many military regimes in the history of my country. I spent my early childhood in a totalitarian context where political and even historical questions were banned from public life. My own historical experience informs my view.”

Professor Finchelstein has engaged in extensive research on ties between European and Latin American fascism. His graduate dissertation from Cornell University was published as a book by Duke University Press in 2010, titled Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence, and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919–1945. In the book Professor Finchelstein explores an indigenous form of fascism which derived from European fascism and was shaped by Catholic traditions. He has also written on the mythology associated with Argentine fascism.

Professor Finchelstein fi nds that students “identify with our approach to history, an approach that is contextually preoccupied and theoretically inclined. They also fi nd the empirical training very benefi cial.” Other topics explored in Historical Studies include the history of capitalism, intellectual and cultural history, the history of the book, visual culture, imperialism, the history of psychoanalysis, the history of science, history and politics, history and memory, history and theory, and gender history.


LiberaL studiesBringing together students interested in research and writing in the humanities and social sciences, the Committee on Liberal Studies enables students to design their own interdisciplinary curriculum. Students are free to work with their choice of scholars at The New School for Social Research, and also to study with a distinguished group of journalists and creative writers, including Jed Perl, art critic for the New Republic; Christopher Hitchens, columnist for Vanity Fair; Margo Jefferson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic, formerly with the New York Times; and Robert Boyers, editor of the literary quarterly Salmagundi.

To complete a master’s thesis, students write about topics reflecting their creativity and diversity of interests. Titles of past theses include

• Futurism, Fascism, and Henri Bergson’s Philosophy of Time

• Single Women in Sex and the City and Beyond

• The Aura of the Brand: Nike and Postmodern Capitalism

• Camp Aesthetics in Andy Warhol

• Biblical Allusions in Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra

• The Pinochet Case: Universal Jurisdiction and State Sovereignty

• The Concept of Self-Government in Jefferson Davis and Abraham Lincoln

• Franz Kafka and Hannah Arendt’s Image of Totalitarianism

The Liberal Studies program is ideal for students who wish to enrich their education or pursue a career in writing or journalism, as well as those planning to earn a PhD in a related program. Recent graduates are working as writers, painters, and musicians. One edits her own literary journal. Others are working toward PhDs in philosophy, political science, and sociology at The New School; English at CUNY; architecture at Columbia University; and art history at UC Berkeley.

Degrees Offered

The Liberal Studies program offers the MA degree. Students who fulfill MA requirements in one of the six PhD-granting departments in the course of completing the MA in Liberal Studies may petition for admission to PhD study in that department.


The Dialectics of Women and Enlightenment Gina Luria Walker

Politics and the Novel Robert Boyers

Faith in Modern Thought and Literature: Supreme Fictions and Gods That Failed Melissa Monroe

The Concept of Culture Elzbieta Matynia

Methods of Cultural Criticism Christopher Hitchens, Melissa Monroe

Social Construction of the Avant-Garde Vera Zolberg

Realism: An Introduction Neil Gordon

The Exiled Self Randy Fertel

Modernity and Its Discontents James Miller

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/liberal and select “Courses.”

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The program is hugely international. I have become friends with a journalist from Norway, a writer from Africa, a psychologist from Brazil, and a marketing guy from IBM.

LIVING IN PLATO’S REPUBLIC

“It’s the closest I could come to living in Plato’s Republic,” says Alex McCown of his experience in the Liberal Studies program. Alex decided to enroll at The New School because “it had an interdisciplinary focus and was much more open to new ideas and ways of thinking than other schools. Also, the history is a real recommendation; you know that this is the way they have approached education for a long time, which means that a new chairperson won’t come a month after you arrive and turn the department into a bland and uptight place.”

Alex says that his experience has been anything but bland; the Liberal Studies program has been ideal for him because “the interdisciplinary core program offered through Liberal Studies allowed me to fi gure out what I really wanted to go after.” He decided to pursue a PhD combining political theory with contemporary media.

Alex values the exposure the program has given him to a group of informed, intelligent, and dedicated scholars. “The program is hugely international. I have become friends with a journalist from Norway, a writer from Africa, a psychologist from Brazil, and a marketing guy from IBM, all of whom wanted to enrich themselves and understand the world better through literature, art, and philosophy.”

Alex’s experiences at The New School working as a teaching assistant and with his professors have led him to plan a career in academia.

Liberal Studies Faculty

Robert Boyers, Part-Time Faculty, Th e New School for Social Research

Stefania de Kennesey, Associate Professor of Music

Laura Frost, Associate Professor of Literary Studies

Christopher Hitchens, Part-Time Faculty, Th e New School for Social Research

Neil Gordon, Professor of Literary Studies,

Noah Isenberg, Associate Professor of Literary Studies

Elizabeth Kendall, Associate Professor of Writing

Paul Kottman, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature

Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies and Sociology

James Miller, Professor of Political Science and Liberal Studies

Melissa Monroe, Part-Time Faculty, Th e New School for Social Research

Dominic Pettman, Associate Professor of Culture and Media

Jed Perl, Part-Time Faculty, Th e New School for Social Research

McKenzie Wark, Associate Professor of Culture and Media


PhiLosoPhYThe New School for Social Research has always attracted renowned scholars from around the world who foster an open atmosphere for exploration and inquiry through their teaching and research. The eminent philosophers who have helped create and sustain an intellectually vibrant Department of Philosophy include Hannah Arendt, Hans Jonas, Aron Gurwitsch, and Reiner Schürmann.

The focus of study in the Department of Philosophy is the history of Western philosophical thought and the European philosophical tradition, particularly contemporary Continental philosophy. The graduate curriculum consists of two components. The first is the study of major figures such as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Freud, Gadamer, Adorno, Benjamin, Wittgenstein, Foucault, and Derrida. The second explores the movements, schools, branches, and ideas associated with those figures. Philosophy at The New School is thus the study of phenomenology, hermeneutics, and pragmatism; political and social thought; ethics, critical theory, and aesthetics; epistemology, metaphysics, and ontology; logic and language; rationality, methodology, and naturalism within the social sciences; nature, culture, beauty, and goodness; unconscious and conscious processes; contingency, necessity, and human freedom, tragedy, and truth.

Faculty and students have explored these philosophers and their ideas in depth through research and dissertations, which have recently included

• Ethical modernism and political atrocity

• The nature of poetry and ethics

• The ethico-political ground of ancient Greek thinking

• Religiosity in John Dewey

The Department of Philosophy reflects the interdisciplinary tradition of its original faculty through the research and writing of its members as well as its distinctive collaborative courses.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Philosophy offers MA and PhD degrees. Students who complete MA requirements with sufficient distinction may petition for admission to PhD study. Applicants who have completed a comparable MA in philosophy at another institution may be considered for direct PhD admission.


Platonic Philosophy as a Mathematical Enterprise Dmitri Nikulin

Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction I and II Alan Bass

Mind and Reality Richard J. Bernstein

To Philosophize Is to Learn How to Die Simon Critchley

Philosophy and Literature Alice Crary

Torture and Dignity J.M. Bernstein

If you are interested in learning more about departmental courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/phil and select “Courses.”

Philosophy Faculty

Zed Adams, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Cinzia Arruzza, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

J.M. Bernstein, University Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

Richard J. Bernstein, Vera List Professor of Philosophy

Omri Boehm, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Chiara Bottici, Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Alice Crary, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Simon Critchley, Professor of Philosophy

James Dodd, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science

Dmitri Nikulin, Professor of Philosophy

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Being in New York offers us access to the cultural and intellectual riches of the city, giving The New School an absolutely distinctive niche in the philosophical life of America.

A DISTINCTIVE NICHE

Simon Critchley, the chair of the Department of Philosophy, says, “I have spent my life as a student and teacher thinking and writing about the Continental tradition in philosophy. The New School for Social Research, with its unique heritage, is the most important center for this tradition in the English-speaking world. Being in New York offers us access to the cultural and intellectual riches of the city, giving The New School an absolutely distinctive niche in the philosophical life of America.”

Professor Critchley describes the students in the Department of Philosophy as “tenacious, smart, and open-minded.” He especially enjoys teaching his large weekly lecture course on Tuesday evenings.

When Professor Critchley is not in the classroom, he can often be found researching and writing. In 2007, he published Infi nitely Demanding (Verso), a widely reviewed book about ethics and politics that is currently being translated into fi ve languages. The Book of Dead Philosophers (Vintage) was published in 2009, is currently being translated into ten languages, and was on the New York Times best seller list. In the book, Professor Critchley suggests that studying what great thinkers have said about death can provide profound insights into the meaning and possibility of human happiness. In other words, as people learn to die, they also learn to live. He is currently completing a book on politics, religion, and violence called The Faith of the Faithless (Harvard).

Passionate about research and teaching, Professor Critchley helps students navigate the study of philosophy as they develop interests and expertise of their own.


PoLiticsTo study politics is to study power: how it positions actors unequally, who has it and who fights to get it, how it is used, and for what purposes. In the politics department of The New School for Social Research, the relations and manifestations of power are studied in many contexts ranging from the family to the transnational environment. Power relations are critically analyzed across political, social, and economic systems; ethnic groups; social classes; genders and sexualities; divisions of labor; citizenships; and species lines. Particular attention is paid to historical and contemporary movements and struggles to reshape power and define its possibilities. Students think deeply and critically about prospects for overcoming social injustice and political domination. They explore whether the exercise of power benefits a few or promotes the welfare of the many and how struggles for power advance or obstruct the possibility for a better world. Those continuing to doctoral study gain proficiency in two of the three areas offered by the department: American politics, comparative politics, and political theory. Courses and university events also include opportunities to explore the field of international relations. The academic interests of students and faculty often cross fields and can be augmented by courses organized around particular issues and themes. Students are also encouraged to take advantage of interdisciplinary courses available throughout the university.

Students in the Department of Politics also belong to the broader community of The New School for Social Research, which gives them access to a wide array of extracurricular lectures, conferences, and seminars. Interactions with scholars from different regions with unique perspectives and fresh ideas, make the study of politics at The New School for Social Research an academically enriching, personally gratifying experience.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Politics offers MA and PhD degrees. Students who complete MA requirements with sufficient distinction may be considered for admission to PhD study. In rare cases, the department grants direct PhD admission to applicants who have completed a comparable MA in political science at another institution.

Courses taught recently in each field of study:

Democracies in Theory and Practice Conceptions of Democracy: History, Theory, Comparison Sanjay Ruparelia

Political Thought and Its History Sovereignty and Its Critics Banu Bargu

History and Politics of Tyranny Andreas Kalyvas

Identities, Culture, and Politics Visual Politics Victoria Hattam

International Politics Theories of Imperialism Nancy Fraser

The United States and the World: Hegemony and DemocracyDavid Plotke

Political Development in Historical PerspectiveImmigration and Citizenship in the American Experience: Then and Now Aristide Zolberg

Politics in Economic and Social ContextGender Politics: State, Economy, and Family Mala Htun

Political Ethnography Timothy Pachirat

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/polsci and select “Courses.”

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Political Science Faculty

Banu Bargu, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Nancy Fraser, Henry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social Science

Victoria Hattam, Professor of Political Science

Mala Htun, Associate Professor of Political Science

Andreas Kalyvas, Associate Professor of Political Science

James Miller, Professor of Political Science and Liberal Studies

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The students vary greatly in background and training, but almost all have a profound passion for politics; they care about changing the world as well as understanding it.”

POLITICAL CONVICTION AND INTELLECTUAL SERIOUSNESS

During the 16 years James Miller has taught at The New School, he has found that “the students are the most interesting thing about the university. The fact that The New School actually stands for something, starting with the University in Exile, still attracts students from around the world.” The political science students in particular “come to The New School out of a sense of political conviction, as well as intellectual seriousness. The students vary greatly in background and training, but almost all have a profound passion for politics; they care about changing the world as well as understanding it.”

Professor Miller is currently working on a book entitled Examined Lives, a collection of biographical essays that begins with Socrates, ends with Nietzsche, and discusses 10 other “philosophers who tried to live philosophically.” He began writing Examined Lives as a result of research he did for an earlier book, The Passion of Michel Foucault.

Professor Miller particularly enjoys teaching Modernity and Its Discontents, a course whose interdisciplinary curriculum juxtaposes novels and pamphlets, essays and manifestos, by writers ranging from Rousseau, Goethe, and Robespierre to Joseph Conrad, André Breton, and Hannah Arendt.

“The New School attracts extraordinary students from around the world, creating a distinctly cosmopolitan student body,” says Miller. It is these scholars who will become the political activists and leaders of the future.

Timothy Pachirat, Assistant Professor of Political Science and International Aff airs

David Plotke, Professor of Political Science

Sanjay Ruparelia, Assistant Professor of Political Science

Deva Woodly, Assistant Professor of Politics

Aristide Zolberg, Walter P. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science and University in Exile Professor Emeritus

Rifi Youatt, Assistant Professor of Politics


PsYchoLogYThe Department of Psychology was founded as part of the University in Exile by the pioneering Gestalt psychologist Max Wertheimer. Over the years, its distinguished faculty has included Leon Festinger, Jerome Bruner, Hans Wallach, Irving Rock, Kurt Goldstein, Serge Moscovici, Solomon Asch, Sandor Ferenczi, and Erich Fromm. Within the program, there is a strong emphasis on conducting research that contributes to basic psychological knowledge and that is sensitive to social, cultural, and political influences and concerns.

Students entering can earn a master’s degree in General Psychology. In the 30-credit General Psychology MA Program, students take basic courses in cognitive, social, personality, developmental, and abnormal psychology and in research methods and statistics.

Alternatively, students can complete the 30-credit MA concentration in Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling. This concentration prepares students to fulfill the academic eligibility requirements for the New York State Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling Certificate exam.

Student dissertations from the Psychology department as a whole have recently included such topics as

• Sociocultural factors that affect HIV/AIDS disclosure

• The use of animated agents in surveys

• Attachment representations of youth aging out of foster care

• Forgetting, emotion, and trauma

• Linguistic cohesion in psychotherapeutic process and outcome

• Laterality and embodiment effects in response to emotionally valent words

• Cultural influences on emerging adulthood

• The impact of classism and stereotyping on low-socioeconomic-status individuals

Doctoral Studies

Master’s students are not guaranteed admission to the doctoral program and must formally apply. Those with an overall GPA of 3.5 are eligible to apply and may submit applications either to the PhD Program in Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology (CSD) or to the Clinical Psychology PhD Program.

Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology

The Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology doctoral program is distinguished by sensitivity to issues of culture and context. Faculty research centers on areas such as language and thought, semantics, cognitive psychology, perception, political psychology, social psychology, social cognition, cognitive development, close relationships, and social development. The graduate program is based on an apprenticeship model in which students work closely with individual faculty. Students concentrate in cognitive, social, or developmental psychology but are welcome to bridge these concentrations with courses, research, and work with faculty.


Cultural Psychology Joan Miller

Remembering Trauma William Hirst

Political Psychology Jeremy Ginges

Dehumanizing Others Emanuele Castano

Clinical Neuropsychology Marcel Kinsbourne

Psychology of Women and Gender Lisa Rubin

Ethnicity in Clinical Theory and Practice Doris Chang

Attachment Across the Lifespan Howard Steele, Miriam Steele

Relational Psychoanalysis Jeremy Safran

Clinical Applications of Attachment Theory Howard Steele

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/psy and select “Courses.”

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A FRUITFUL ENVIRONMENT

What drew Bernhard Leidner from his home in Germany to The New School was his interest in “moral disengagement,” the tendency to downplay the violence in which one’s own country is engaged, effectively evaluating actions as “not that bad.” As a graduate student in Germany, Bernhard learned that New School Professor Emanuele Castano was studying moral disengagement in international confl icts, and he wanted to participate in this research.

Bernhard has now been at The New School for more than three years pursuing a PhD in social psychology. For his dissertation, he is studying the moral principles people apply in weighing their own country’s actions against those of countries perceived as antagonistic or neutral.

Bernhard has found his experience at The New School rewarding because “the student body is very international and diverse. You can collaborate with other students and professors easily, and there is a lot of interaction and overlap among departments, which gives you exposure to many different people and ideas. It is a very liberal school, so if you are interested in research it is a very fruitful environment.”

Bernhard plans to conduct postdoctoral research and pursue a career in academia as a professor. Until then, he will continue doing research in the fi eld of Moral Psychology while teaching Statistics II and III.


Clinical Psychology

The clinical psychology doctoral program follows the scientist-practitioner model of clinical training and is accredited by the American Psychological Association (APA). It combines a psychoanalytic emphasis with cognitive behavioral approaches. The program integrates theory, research, and practice and promotes an appreciation for diversity and pluralism with respect to race, culture, and theoretical perspective. Students are encouraged to develop critical thinking skills and a high level of scholarship in order to both build their clinical skills and contribute to the field of clinical psychology. While fulfilling doctoral dissertation requirements, students gain hands-on experience outside The New School. First-year doctoral students participate in a practicum at the New School Beth Israel Center for Clinical Training and Research. In the second and third years, they continue with externship placements throughout the city. The fourth year culminates for most students with a year-long, full-time placement at an APA-accredited internship site.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Psychology offers MA and PhD degrees. All psychology students at The New School enter the master’s program. After earning 30 credits with a GPA of at least 3.5, students may apply for admission to the doctoral program. Students seeking admission to the PhD program in clinical psychology are evaluated on the basis of their entire records and admission interviews conducted independently by two clinical faculty members. No admission interview is required for PhD students applying to the CSD program. Students who have been provisionally accepted into the two doctoral programs must either pass the Comps Examination or complete a research project as part of the research master’s program. In rare cases, the department grants advanced-standing admission to applicants who have completed a comparable MA in psychology with distinction at another institution.

Psychology Faculty

Daniel Casasanto, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Emanuele Castano, Associate Professor of Psychology

Doris Chang, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Christopher Christian, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Wendy D’Andrea, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Jenifer Francisco, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Jeremy Ginges, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Lawrence Hirschfeld, Professor of Anthropology and Psychology

William Hirst, Professor of Psychology

Xiaochun Jin, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Marcel Kinsbourne, Professor of Psychology

Arien Mack, Alfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor of Psychology

Joan Miller, Professor of Psychology

Lisa Rubin, Assistant Professor of Psychology

Jeremy Safran, Professor of Psychology

Michael Schober, Professor of Psychology

Howard Steele, Professor of Psychology

Miriam Steele, Professor of Psychology

McWelling Todman, Associate Professor of Psychology

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A STRONG FOUNDATION

An emphasis on clinical psychology, diverse faculty viewpoints, culturally nuanced approaches to research, and a focus on social justice are just a few of the reasons that Sophia Haeri chose to pursue her PhD in clinical psychology at The New School. “The program has a long psychodynamic tradition yet there is an infusion of newer faculty who are cognitive-behaviorally oriented. Students get the unique benefi t of being trained from both perspectives.”

The partnership between the clinical psychology program and Beth Israel Hospital also infl uenced Sophia’s decision. “The clinical psychology program is unique because through Beth Israel Hospital, we get hands-on group training with inpatients and individual experience working with outpatients. Part of this fi eldwork is in the context of a psychotherapy research study, so we really see the integration between research and practice.”

Sophia also appreciates the multicultural perspectives offered by faculty; building on the results of her master’s thesis, Sophia is currently working with Dr. Doris Chang to complete an investigation of intimate partner violence in a national epidemiological sample of Asian and Pacifi c Islander immigrants for her dissertation.

Sophia believes that the solid foundation that she is receiving at The New School will enable her to pursue a career in research, teaching, and clinical work in the future.


socioLogYThe Department of Sociology offers a unique curriculum with a mix of critical, historical, comparative, and theoretical courses organized into six specializations—sociology of culture, comparative and historical analysis, sociology of politics, urban sociology, social thought, and sociology of the media. The graduate program emphasizes the intellectual connections between these areas. The ultimate goal is to ensure that students understand the major transformations in modern and postmodern societies and are prepared to devise concrete solutions to challenges posed by these changes.

Understanding these challenges and formulating solutions requires solid research. Through sustained treatment of a single topic, doctoral students draw on existing theories and methods to develop new forms of sociological study that cross disciplines in innovative and imaginative ways. In recent years, faculty and students have researched topics such as

• Civility and state formation in Japan

• Urbanism and culture

• Critical theory of art and technology

• Mass media, propaganda, and the visibility of power

To acquire the grounding necessary for such ambitious research, students are encouraged by faculty in the Department of Sociology to participate in interdisciplinary courses and projects developed with the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, the Department of Liberal Studies, the Department of Political Science, and the Department of Philosophy.

Degrees Offered

The Department of Sociology offers MA and PhD degrees. All sociology students at The New School enter the master’s program. After completing 30 credits and passing the master’s exam, they may petition for admission into the doctoral program.

Courses taught recently in each field of study:

Sociology of Culture Fundamentals of the Sociology of Culture Vera Zolberg

Comparative and Historical Analysis Market, Capital, and Culture: An Introduction to New Economic Sociology Eiko Ikegami

Ethnographies of Class Rachel Sherman

Sociology of Politics Fundamentals of Political Sociology Andrew Arato

Globalization and the Politics of Public MemoryElzbieta Matynia

Urban Sociology Consumption and the City Terry Williams

Social Thought The Interpretive Turn in Contemporary Social ScienceCarlos Forment

The Sociology of Erving Goffman Jeff Goldfarb

If you are interested in learning more about these courses, visit us at www.newschool.edu/nssr/soc and select “Courses.”

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Sociology Faculty

Andrew Arato, Dorothy Hirshon Professor of Political and Social Th eory

Carlos Forment, Associate Professor of Sociology

Jeffrey Goldfarb, Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology

Eiko Ikegami, Professor of Sociology

Elzbieta Matynia, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies and Sociology

Virag Molnar, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Rachel Sherman, Assistant Professor of Sociology

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FLUIDITY BETWEEN DISCIPLINES

PhD candidate Hector Vera says, “One of the most attractive things about The New School for Social Research is the fl uidity between disciplines; you are in constant contact with people in other fi elds.” According to Hector, The New School’s location, in the heart of New York City—home to some of the richest intellectual, cultural, and human resources in the world—has enhanced his education immensely: “The New School is exciting. With its research libraries, other universities, and the people who come from all over the world to give lectures on diverse topics, the city is a very good place to be in contact with a lot of people and ideas.”

Hector arrived in the United States after earning his BA at the Universidad Iberoamericana and his MA at the National University in Mexico. The New School was a “natural fi t” for him because “some of the sociologists that I admired the most were from The New School, which has a very good reputation among social scientists in Mexico.”

Hector is currently conducting a sociological analysis of the history of the decimal metric system, which was invented during the French Revolution and has been adopted in all but three countries in the world—the United States, Liberia, and Myanmar. For his dissertation, he is comparing the implementation of the metric system in Mexico with the failed attempts in the United States to adopt it.

Hector plans to continue in higher education as a teacher and researcher after completing his PhD.

Iddo Tavory, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Robin Wagner-Pacifi ci, Professor of Sociology

Terry Williams, Professor of Sociology

Vera Zolberg, Professor of Sociology

Center for Public Scholarship The Center for Public Scholarship (CPS) is an intellectual crossroads between the academy, the public, and policy-makers, and between disciplines within the academy. The Center is envisioned as a bridge to many initiatives at The New School and serves as a catalyst for new programs within the university. Its activities include: Social Research: An International Quarterly, an award-winning journal that has been mapping the landscape of intellectual thought since 1934; the Social Research conference series, which engages experts and the public in critical and contested issues as a way of influencing public policy (since 1988); the Journal Donation Project, a major library assistance program to create scholarly journal archives in 35 countries which, for political or economic reasons have been unable or unwilling to do so on their own (since 1990); and Endangered Scholars Worldwide, an activist initiative responding to the wrongful imprisonment of scholars and students around the world (since 2008).

For more information, contact: Center for Public Scholarship80 Fifth Avenue, 7th FloorNew York, NY 10011Telephone: 212.229.5776 Fax: 212.229.5476Email: [email protected] Website: www.newschool.edu/cps

Janey Program in Latin American Studies Ongoing struggles over social justice, equality, human rights, and political liberty in Latin America resonate deeply with the commitments of The New School for Social Research, reflecting many of the concerns that led to the founding of the University in Exile in 1933. The Janey program supports fellowships for students

from Latin America and the Caribbean who are pursuing graduate studies at the school, summer fellowships for fieldwork and research in Latin America and the Caribbean, an annual conference, lectures, and occasional visits to The New School by scholars from Latin America.

For more information, contact: Janey Program in Latin American Studies The New School for Social Research 6 East 16th Street, room 711A New York, NY 10003 Telephone: 212.229.5905 Email: [email protected]: www.newschool.edu/nssr/janey

Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA), created through a generous gift from Irene and Bernard L. Schwartz, is the economic policy research arm of the Department of Economics at The New School for Social Research. SCEPA activities are organized around three broad areas: economic growth, employment, and inequality. The center focuses on the U.S. economy but always with an eye to global implications. The underlying purpose of SCEPA’s research activities is to identify the conditions under which a more stable, equitable, and prosperous economy is possible, both in the United States and globally, and to develop domestic and international policies necessary to bring about these conditions.

For more information, contact:Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis6 East 16th Street, room 1112New York, NY 10003Telephone: 212.229.5901 x4911Fax: 212.229.5903Email: [email protected]: www.newschool.edu/cepa

Transregional Center for Democratic Studies Building on the interdisciplinary tradition of The New School for Social Research, the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies offers cross-departmental programs for graduate study and advanced research. Following the social and political transformations of recent years, two contradictory trends—globalization and fragmentation along ethnic lines—have become dominant modes. TCDS’s activities use geographical region as a perspective from which to examine the complex relations between the local and the global. The center’s programs, designed to foster understanding of how “new” and “old” democracies are converging, focus on the problems faced by democratic institutions at the local, national, and regional levels in five target regions: central and eastern Europe; Central Asia and the Caucasus; sub-Saharan Africa; Latin America; and North America.

Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institutes Regional Democracy and Diversity Institutes are held annually in January (in Cape Town, South Africa) and July (in Kraków, Poland). In these intensive three-week programs, an international body of participants examines critical issues of democracy and democratization as they manifest themselves in the host region and beyond.

For more information, contact:Transregional Center for Democratic StudiesThe New School for Social Research80 Fifth Avenue, room 517New York, NY 10011Telephone: 212.229.5580 x3136Fax: 212.229.5894Email: [email protected]: www.newschool.edu/tcds


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Elaine AbelsonAssociate Professor of HistoryPhD 1986, New York University

Zed AdamsAssistant Professor of PhilosophyPhD 2008, University of Chicago

Andrew AratoDorothy Hart Hirshon Professor of Political and Social TheoryPhD 1975, University of Chicago

Cinzia ArruzzaAssistant Professor of PhilosophyPhD 2005, University of Rome

Lopamudra BanerjeeAssistant Professor of EconomicsPhD 2007, University of California, Riverside

Banu BarguAssistant Professor of Political SciencePhD 2007, Cornell University

J.M. BernsteinUniversity Distinguished Professor of PhilosophyPhD 1975, University of Edinburgh

Richard J. BernsteinVera List Professor of PhilosophyPhD 1958, Yale University

Omri BoehmAssistant Professor of PhilosophyPhD 2010, Yale University

Chiara BotticiAssistant Professor of PhilosophyPhD 2004 European University Institute, Florence

Daniel CasasantoAssistant Professor of PsychologyPhD 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Emanuele CastanoAssociate Professor of PsychologyPhD 1999, Catholic University of Louvain

Doris ChangAssistant Professor of PsychologyPhD 2000, University of California, Los Angeles

Christopher ChristianDirector of The New School-Beth Israel Center of Clinical Training and Research and Assistant Professor of Psychology PhD 1996, University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Alice CraryAssociate Professor of PhilosophyPhD 1999, University of Pittsburgh

Simon CritchleyProfessor of PhilosophyPhD 1988, University of Essex

Wendy D’AndreaAssociate Professor of PsychologyPhD 2008, University of Michigan

James DoddAssociate Professor of PhilosophyPhD 1996, Boston University

Federico FinchelsteinAssociate Professor of HistoryPhD 2006, Cornell University

Duncan FoleyLeo Model Professor of EconomicsPhD 1966, Yale University

Carlos FormentAssociate Professor of SociologyPhD 1991, Harvard University

Oz FrankelAssociate Professor of HistoryPhD 1998, University of California, Berkeley

Jenifer Francisco Assistant Professor of Clinical PsychologyPhD 2007, Virginia Tech

Nancy FraserHenry A. and Louise Loeb Professor of Political and Social SciencePhD 1980, City University of New York

Laura FrostAssociate Professor of Literary StudiesPhD 1998, Columbia University

Theresa GhilarducciIrene and Bernard L. Schwartz Professor of Economics and PolicyPhD 1984, University of California, Berkeley

Jeremy GingesAssistant Professor of PsychologyPhD 2004, Tel Aviv University

Jeffrey GoldfarbMichael E. Gellert Professor of SociologyPhD 1976, University of Chicago

Neil GordonProfessor of Literary StudiesPhD 1991, Yale University

Orit HalpernAssistant Professor of HistoryPhD 2006, Harvard University

Victoria HattamProfessor of Political SciencePhD 1987, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Lawrence HirschfeldProfessor of Anthropology and PsychologyPhD 1984, Columbia University

William HirstProfessor of PsychologyPhD 1976, Cornell University

Mala HtunAssociate Professor of Political SciencePhD 1999, Harvard University

Eiko IkegamiProfessor of SociologyPhD 1989, Harvard University

Noah IsenbergAssociate Professor of Literary StudiesPhD 1995, University of California, Berkeley

Xiaochun JinAssistant Professor of PsychologyPhD 2003, Adelphi University

Andreas KalyvasAssociate Professor of Political SciencePhD 2000, Columbia University

Ronald KassimirAssociate Provost for Curriculum and Research and Associate Professor of Political SciencePhD 1996, University of Chicago

Stefania de KenesseyDean of Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Music PhD 1984, Princeton University

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Marcel KinsbourneProfessor of PsychologyDM 1963, Oxford University

Paul KottmanAssociate Professor of Comparative LiteraturePhD 2000, University of California, Berkeley

Nicolas LanglitzAssistant Professor of AnthropologyPhD 2007, University of California, Berkeley and San Francisco

Benjamin LeeProfessor of Anthropology and PhilosophyPhD 1986, University of Chicago

Arien MackAlfred J. and Monette C. Marrow Professor of PsychologyPhD 1966, Yeshiva University

Elzbieta MatyniaAssociate Professor of Liberal Studies and SociologyPhD 1979, University of Warsaw

William MilbergProfessor of EconomicsPhD 1987, Rutgers University

James MillerProfessor of Political Science and Liberal StudiesPhD 1975, Brandeis University

Joan MillerProfessor of PsychologyPhD 1985, University of Chicago

Virag MolnarAssistant Professor of SociologyPhD 2005, Princeton University

Deepak NayyarDistinguished University Professor of EconomicsPhD 1973, Balliol College, University of Oxford

Edward NellMalcolm B. Smith Professor of EconomicsBLit 1962, Oxford University

Dmitri NikulinProfessor of PhilosophyPhD 1990, Institute of Philosophy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Julia OttAssistant Professor of HistoryPhD 2007, Yale University

Timothy PachiratAssistant Professor of Political Science and International AffairsPhD 2008, Yale University

Dominic PettmanAssociate Professor of Culture and MediaPhD 1997, University of Melbourne

David PlotkeProfessor of Political SciencePhD 1985, University of California, Berkeley

Christian ProañoAssistant Professor of EconomicsPhD 2008, Bielefeld University

Hugh RafflesProfessor of AnthropologyDFES 1999, Yale University

Vyjayanthi RaoAssistant Professor of Anthropology and International AffairsPhD 2002, University of Chicago

Sanjay ReddyAssociate Professor of EconomicsPhD 2000, Harvard University

Janet L. RoitmanAssociate Professor of Anthropology and International AffairsPhD 1996, University of Pennsylvania

Lisa RubinAssistant Professor of PsychologyPhD 2005, Arizona State University

Sanjay RupareliaAssistant Professor of Political SciencePhD 2006, University of Cambridge

Jeremy SafranProfessor of Psychology and Director of Clinical TrainingPhD 1982, University of British Columbia

Herbert SchlesingerProfessor Emeritus of PsychologyPhD 1952, University of Kansas

Michael SchoberDean and Professor of PsychologyPhD 1990, Stanford University

Willi SemmlerProfessor of EconomicsPhD 1976, Free University of Berlin

Anwar ShaikhProfessor of EconomicsPhD 1973, Columbia University

Ann-Lousie ShapiroProfessor of HistoryPhD 1980, Brown Univeristy

David ShapiroProfessor Emeritus of PsychologyPhD 1950, University of Southern California

Rachel ShermanAssistant Professor of SociologyPhD 2003, University of California, Berkeley

Ann SnitowSenior Lecturer in Liberal Studies and Associate Professor of Literature and Gender Studies, Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal ArtsPhD 1979, University of London

Howard SteeleProfessor of PsychologyPhD 1991, University College, London

Miriam SteeleProfessor of Psychology and Assistant Director of Clinical TrainingPhD 1990, University College, London

Ann Laura StolerWilly Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical StudiesPhD 1982, Columbia University

Iddo TavoryAssistant Professor of SociologyPhD 2010, University of California, Los Angeles

Lance TaylorArnhold Professor of International Cooperation and DevelopmentPhD 1968, Harvard University

Sharika ThiranagamaAssistant Professor of AnthropologyPhD 2006, University of Edinburgh

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Miriam TicktinAssistant Professor of Anthropology and International AffairsPhD 2002, Stanford University

McWelling TodmanAssociate Professor of Clinical Practice and Director of the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Counseling ProgramPhD 1986, The New School for Social Research

John VanderLippeAssociate Dean of Faculty and Curriculum and Associate Professor of Historical StudiesPhD 1993, University of Texas

Jeremy VaronAssociate Professor of HistoryPhD 1998, Cornell University

Robin Wagner-Pacifici Professor of SociologyPhD 1983, University of Pennsylvania

Louise WalkerAssistant Professor of HistoryPhD 2008, Yale University

McKenzie WarkAssociate Dean of Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts and Associate Professor of Culture and MediaPhD 1998, Murdoch University

Terry WilliamsProfessor of SociologyPhD 1978, City University of New York

Deva WoodlyAssistant Professor of Political SciencePhD 2008, University of Chicago

Rafi YouattAssistant Professor of Political SciencePhD 2007, University of Chicago

Eli ZaretskyProfessor of HistoryPhD 1978, University of Maryland

Aristide ZolbergWalter A. Eberstadt Professor of Political Science and University in Exile Professor EmeritusPhD 1961, University of Chicago

Vera ZolbergProfessor of SociologyPhD 1974, University of Chicago


International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society The International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society publishes articles and reviews on issues that arise at the intersections of nations, states, civil society, and global institutions. It is concerned with the interplay of macroscopic and microscopic structures and processes, including changing configurations of ethnic groups, social classes, religions, and personal networks and the impact of new communication technologies and media on public and private life. Interdisciplinary in orientation and international in scope, the journal focuses on the connection between theory and substantive normative concerns and encourages disciplined creativity. www.newschool.edu/nssr/ilwch

Social Research An award-winning international quarterly of the social sciences, Social Research has been mapping the landscape of intellectual inquiry since 1934. Most issues of the journal are theme driven, combining historical analysis, theoretical explanation, and reportage by some of the world’s leading scholars and thinkers. www.socres.org

New School Economic Review The New School Economic Review is a student-run journal whose content is influenced by The New School’s history and traditions and embraces a multidisciplinary and heterodox approach to the social sciences as espoused by early classical thinkers such as Smith, Ricardo, and Marx. The NSER provides a forum for professors, practitioners, and students to debate world politics and social affairs, discuss current issues in economics, and share insights from other disciplines. www.newschooljournal.com

academic PubLicationsConstellations Constellations is an international peer-reviewed quarterly committed to publishing the best in contemporary political and social theory. With roots in the Frankfurt School tradition of critical theory, it brings together a range of perspectives, including those of the Continental and Anglo-American traditions. www.constellationsjournal.org

Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal The Graduate Faculty Philosophy Journal is a professional publication that provides a forum for contemporary authors to engage with the history of philosophy and its traditions. Past issues have included contributions from Hans-Georg Gadamer, Jacques Derrida, Jürgen Habermas, and Reiner Schürmann. The journal publishes twice yearly and is edited and produced by advanced graduate students in the Department of Philosophy at The New School for Social Research. www.newschool.edu/nssr/GFPJ

Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin Launched in 2003, the Graduate Faculty Psychology Bulletin is a semi-annual peer-reviewed research journal created and produced by graduate students at The New School for Social Research. Articles in the bulletin cover ongoing work and collaborations at The New School and include new research, research proposals, research methods projects, and a New School psychology historical series, as well as work from the annual Graduate Faculty Poster Session. www.newschool.edu/nssr/bulletin

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Libraries The New School operates three libraries, which are open to all university students. Each library specializes in a particular area. The Raymond Fogelman Library collection is weighted toward the social sciences and philosophy; its extensive reserve collection is used by the entire university. The Adam and Sophie Gimbel Design Library serves Parsons The New School for Design. The Harry Scherman Library serves Mannes College The New School for Music and specializes in European and American classical music.

The Research Library Consortium of South Manhattan In addition to offering the resources of its own libraries, The New School is a member of the Research Library Association of South Manhattan. Other consortium members are New York University, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, and the New York Library of Interior Design. This association is one of the largest inter-university library consortia in the country—NYU’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library alone houses more than three million volumes. Most holdings of the consortium libraries are listed in BobCat, a user-friendly online catalog that can be accessed over the Internet or by direct dial-in. All the libraries provide information resource training and orientations for students, normally at the beginning of each semester.

New School students also have reading access to materials at the nearby Cardozo Law School of Yeshiva University. Through membership in the Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency, students have access to more than 300 other libraries in the New York City area.

For more information about university libraries and consortium privileges, visit the website at www.newschool.edu/library.

Academic Computing University Academic Computing currently operates three general-access facilities for students. Each facility offers a wide variety of software, such as word processing, spreadsheet, database, electronic mail, graphics, and statistical packages. Students using the centers are supported by a full-time staff and assisted by lab aides. Training seminars and documentation are available on supported software and hardware. Each facility is fully networked and offers access to the Internet.

Online Resources MyNewSchool, the university’s customizable Web portal, uses a single secure sign-on to provide access to Blackboard Online Learning; ALVIN, where you can find student academic and financial information; webmail; library resources; personal and campus announcements; information about events; and much more. Campus-wide wireless Internet access on a secure network allows you to check your email, download files, and surf the Web anytime.

Students also have access to New School library e-resources, which allow them to find a particular journal, magazine, newspaper, or report in the library’s periodical databases quickly and easily and to search remotely for the holdings of the three New School libraries and the consortium libraries.

The New School for Social Research Dean’s Office: Student Academic Affairs Student Academic Affairs promotes academic community within the school by supporting student activities and organizations and providing academic and career services. It administers scholarships, fellowships, assistantships, prizes, and other financial awards designated specifically for graduate students of The New School for Social Research.

Student Academic Affairs also oversees academic advising, academic policies, and graduation procedures. The office newsletter, GRADFACTs, contains news and resource information for students.

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Housing New School housing offers graduate students convenient living and learning spaces with amenities suitable for diverse needs and budgets. Residence hall and leased apartment facilities are fully furnished. Security is provided 24 hours a day in all of our residences, and our staff is trained to handle emergencies.

The Office of Student Housing also offers students assistance in finding off-campus accommodations. Printed and electronic listings for rental properties, shared apartments, sublets, and short-term accommodations are available in the office. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/studentservices.

International Student Services The New School is authorized under federal law to enroll non-immigrant-alien students. International Student Services offers workshops, printed materials and other media, and individual advice and support throughout the year by appointment. For more information, visit www.newschool.edu/studentservices.

Services for Students with Disabilities The New School is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities enjoy full access to academic and other services and will make arrangements to assist students with disabilities as required by the Americans with Disabilities Act and other applicable laws. Students who may require special arrangements are encouraged to self-identify by contacting the office of Student Disability Services as soon as possible after they have been admitted to study. Call 212.229.5626 or email [email protected].

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The New School for Social Research Academic Affairs office provides students with information explaining the demands and requirements of both the academic and the nonacademic job markets. The office provides assistance on writing curriculum vitae, résumés, and cover and follow-up letters and on job search, job interviewing, and networking techniques. Workshops discuss how students can obtain teaching jobs while attending graduate school, prepare for the academic job market after graduation, or secure a postdoctoral position. The office also sponsors speakers and events relevant to employment outside of academia for those with degrees in philosophy and the social sciences. The office maintains job listings for both short-term and long-term assignments, professional positions, “survival” jobs, and internships. Students interested in work opportunities are encouraged to explore these listings. The office also provides information on external funding opportunities.ca

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The New School for General Studies The founding school of the university has always remained faithful to its original mission. It continues to serve the intellectual, cultural, and professional needs and interests of adult students through its unique bachelor’s degree program for continuing students, graduate degree programs that integrate theory and practice in original ways, and broad and serious curriculum open to noncredit students. The New School for General Studies offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts, Master of Arts and Master of Science in International Affairs, Master of Arts in Media Studies, Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, and Master of Arts in TESOL, as well as graduate- and undergraduate-level certificates. A pioneer of lifelong education in the United States, The New School for General Studies remains a center of innovation and imagination in American higher education.

The New School for Social Research Established in 1934 as the Graduate Faculty of Social and Political Science by scholars of the University in Exile, The New School for Social Research has been a seat of world-class scholarship since then, in an academic setting where disciplinary boundaries are easily crossed. The school awards master’s and doctoral degrees in anthropology, economics, philosophy, political science, psychology (including clinical psychology), and sociology and terminal MA degrees in historical studies and liberal studies.

Parsons The New School for Design was founded in 1896 by the noted artist William Merritt Chase. In the 1930s, it was named Parsons School of Design for its long-serving president Frank Alva Parsons, whose career was dedicated to merging visual art and industrial design. Today it is one of the preeminent design schools in the world. Its graduates are known for the quality products, built environments, and visual communications they design. Parsons offers the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in architectural design, communication design, design and management, design and technology, fashion design, fine arts, illustration, interior design, photography, and product design and in its integrated design curriculum. Master’s degrees are offered in architecture, lighting design, history of decorative arts, painting and sculpture, photography, and design and technology. Parsons also offers an AAS degree and a continuing education program.

Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts is a small four-year college for traditional-age undergraduates. Lang offers seminar-style classes in 12 interdisciplinary areas of study leading to the bachelor of arts degree: literature and writing; arts in context; theater and dance; religious studies; social and historical studies; psychology; philosophy; science, technology and society; education studies; urban studies; and cultural studies and media. Qualified students can earn dual bachelor of arts/bachelor of fine arts degrees in conjunction with Parsons The New School for Design or The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. Lang also offers accelerated bachelor’s/master’s degree options in association with several of The New School’s graduate programs. The school began in 1973 as an experimental program and became a full division of the university in 1985, thanks to a generous gift from the well-known educational philanthropist and New School trustee Eugene Lang.

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Milano The New School for Management and Urban Policy Since 1975, Milano’s graduate programs have been developing the analytical, managerial, and leadership skills of working professionals with the goal of facilitating positive change in communities, governments, and corporations on the local, national, and global levels. Originally known as the Graduate School of Management and Urban Professions, the school was renamed for the university trustee Robert J. Milano, who generously supported its mission. Milano offers the master of science degree in urban policy analysis and management, nonprofit management, and organizational change management and a PhD degree in public and urban policy.

Mannes College The New School for Music Founded in 1916 by David Mannes, this distinguished conservatory became a division of The New School in 1989. Mannes offers aspiring young musicians an unusually comprehensive conservatory curriculum in a supportive setting, training students in instrumental and vocal performance, composition, conducting, and music theory. The college offers the following degrees and credentials: bachelor of music, bachelor of science, diploma, master of music, and professional studies diploma. Unique among New York’s conservatories, Mannes remains true to its origins as a community music school through its Extension Division and children’s Preparatory Division.

The New School for Drama Since the 1940s, when Erwin Piscator brought his Dramatic Workshop to The New School, the university has had a close association with the theater. The New School for Drama trains actors, writers, and directors side by side in an integrated curriculum. In their third year students present a festival featuring of original works by the graduating playwrights, along with works from the classical and contemporary repertoire, for a public audience. Students receive training rooted in the Stanislavski Method. The New School for Drama’s full-time three-year program leads to the master of fine arts degree in acting, directing, or playwriting.

The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music offers young musicians a unique mentor-based course of study with a faculty of professional artists who have close links to New York City’s jazz scene. It is a program for students who expect to make a living from their music. Jazz has traditionally been taught by one musician to another rather than in schools. The New School keeps that heritage alive. Its students benefit from direct exposure to the traditions of jazz and the latest professional practices in an intellectual environment that encourages exploration and innovation. The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music offers the bachelor of fine arts degree in jazz performance and jazz composition and arranging. Qualified students can pursue a dual BA/BFA degree in collaboration with Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts.


a historY of the neW schooL for sociaL research The history of The New School for Social Research began in 1919, when a group of distinguished Columbia University professors were censured for taking a public stand against World War I. In protest, they resigned and founded their own university as a place where adult scholars and artists could exchange ideas freely. This university became The New School for Social Research, located in New York City’s Chelsea neighborhood. The original faculty included Charles Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey Robinson, Wesley Clair Mitchell, and John Dewey.

The founders maintained strong personal and professional ties to Europe, which strongly influenced the school’s academic and institutional development. In the 1920s, Alvin Johnson, The New School’s first president, served as co-editor of the Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, collaborating regularly with European colleagues. As tensions in Europe mounted, Johnson was alerted to the danger Hitler represented. He responded immediately and in 1933—with the financial support of the Rockefeller Foundation and philanthropists such as Hiram Halle—created a University in Exile within The New School, a haven for scholars and artists whose lives were threatened by National Socialism. The University in Exile sponsored more than 180 individuals and their families, providing them with visas and jobs.

In 1934, the University in Exile, later renamed the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, received authorization from the Board of Regents of the State of New York to offer master’s and doctoral degrees. Johnson created faculty positions for nine distinguished scholars: five economists (Karl Brandt, Gerhard Colm, Arthur Feiler, Eduard Heimann, and Emil Lederer) two psychologists (Max Wertheimer and Erich von Hornbostel, also a leading musicologist) one social policy expert (Frieda Wunderlich) and one sociologist (Hans Speier). Other leaders of Europe’s intelligentsia soon joined. These scholars introduced students to Western traditions in the social sciences and philosophy, and The New School established a reputation for upholding the highest standards of scholarly inquiry while addressing issues of major political, cultural, and economic concern.

In the early 1940s, The New School also created the École Libre des Hautes Études to promote French scholarship in the United States. The school received an official charter from de Gaulle’s Free French government in exile and attracted refugee scholars who taught in French, including the philosopher Jacques Maritain, the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the linguist Roman Jakobson, and the political thinker Henri Bonnet, who originated the idea of the European community.

The New School for Social Research has always attracted distinguished and socially active faculty. Economist Gerhard Colm, political scientist Arnold Brecht, and sociologist Hans Speier served as policy advisors for the Roosevelt administration during the Second World War. Max Wertheimer introduced Gestalt, or cognitive, psychology, which challenged the dominant American paradigm of behaviorism. The philosopher Hans Jonas’ work was little known when he came to the Graduate Faculty, but it now frames much scholarly writing on bioethics and the environment. The work of Hannah Arendt has attracted attention for decades as political theorists have reevaluated their assumptions about totalitarianism, democracy, and revolution. Other Graduate Faculty scholars whose works remain influential include Alfred Schutz, Leo Strauss, Aron Gurwitsch, and Adolph Lowe.

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The mission of The New School for Social Research—inspired by progressive American thought, European critical theory, and the legacy of the University in Exile— is grounded in the core social sciences and broadened with a commitment to philosophical and historical inquiry. In this intellectual setting, disciplinary boundaries are easily crossed. Students learn creative democracy—the concepts, techniques, and commitments for the world’s people to resolve multiple conflicting interests and live together peacefully and justly. Today, The New School for Social Research remains true to Alvin Johnson’s ideal of a university for students and faculty of different ethnicities, religions, and geographical origins who are willing to take the intellectual and political risks our world requires.

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You are invited to contact us: Telephone: 800.523.5411 (toll free) or 212.229.5630 Email: [email protected] In person: 72 Fifth Avenue, floor 3, New York, NY 10001

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Application Deadlines The New School for Social Research has a rolling admissions policy, but please note the following deadlines:

Fall Semester (September) January 15 Priority deadline for consideration for fellowship and certain special scholarships June 15 Last day for fall semester applications

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For More Information Visit us online at www.newschool.edu/nssr. From the Admission page you can also download and print the current New School for Social Research catalog.

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