Confronting Climate Change: Insights from the Nuclear Disarmament Movement
6th in the Public Voices series December 4, 2014 This conversation focused on how to generate the political and social change necessary...
Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?
31st Social Research Conference April 24-25, 2014 There is no more urgent issue than climate change, yet government, corporations, and...
Speaking for the Humanities
On the occasion of the publication of Humanities and Public Life by Fordham University Press, a panel of scholars discuss how to defend...
80th Anniversary of the University in Exile
The University in Exile was created by The New School’s first President, Alvin Johnson, as a haven for scholars whose lives and careers...
Surveillance
5th in the Public Voices series December 5, 2013 Experts discussed the surveillance operations being carried out by the U.S. government...
Corruption
30th Social Research Conference November 21-22, 2013 Signs of corruption and the damage it causes are painfully evident in political and...
Iran: Silenced, Expelled, and Imprisoned
Wednesday November 13, 2013. Panel discussion about the imprisonment and persecution of students and scholars in Iran, co-sponsored by...
Syrian Higher Education in Crisis: The Road Forward
After more than two years of war and civil unrest, Syria's higher education sector is facing a severe crisis, with educational and...
Barney Frank: Cutting Military Spending and Reducing the Federal Deficit in a Socially Responsible W
4th in the Public Voices series June 4, 2013 Barney Frank recently retired from Congress after more than 30 years of service, where he...
Food and Immigrant Life: The Role of Food in Forced Immigration, Migrant Labor, and Re-creating Hom
29th Social Research Conference April 18-19, 2013 The conference examined the complex relationships between food and migration. Food...
Future of the Rule of Law and Human Rights in China
Endangered Scholars Worldwide Event February 6, 2013 This University in Exile Endangered Scholars Worldwide event (fourth in the series)...
Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers
28th Social Research Conference December 6-8, 2012 This conference is intended to be broadly inclusive, ranging from individual...
The Future of Higher Education
A panel of university and college presidents discuss how tuition-dependent private institutions can respond effectively to the enormous...
Entitlements: A Critical Election Issue
3rd in the Public Voices series October 18, 2012 This panel debated the necessity of supporting entitlements, especially in times of...
Egypt After the Presidential Election
Experts discussed what is likely to occur in Egypt following the recent presidential election, under Mohamed Morsi's stewardship. What is...
