The New School’s ideals of productive discourse put into action at Thursday’s The Wannabe Fascists book launch

From right to left, Professor Andreas Kalyvas of NSSR, Professor Carolyn, Dean of Yale, Professor Mabel Berezin of Cornell, Professor Oz Frankel of The New School, and author and Professor Federico Finchelstein. Photo: Zora Edelstein

The New School frequently emphasizes the value of discourse and debate. In President Joel Towers’ Aug. 15 email titled “A Message From President Joel Towers: A Question For…

“Who are you?”: Reflections from a university student jailed and tortured in Maduro’s Venezuela

Illustration by Erica Kruse

In 2018, then-22-year-old Victor Navarro was arbitrarily and illegally detained in El Helicoide, “Venezuela’s largest and more notorious torture center,” according to the Human Rights Foundation (HRF). As…

Indigenous scholars and activists meet at The New School for the UN Water Conference

The second ever UN Water Conference occurred between March 22-24 with hopes of creating solutions to the global water crisis.

Indigenous scholars gathered at The New School last Friday for an official side event of the United Nation’s second ever “Water Conference.” In a two part forum, speakers…