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Alvin Johnson was the president of the New York New School for Social Research when, in 1933, he responded with alacrity to the growing crisis in Europe. The previous year, Alvin Johnson had traveled to Europe and had witnessed a potential need for a haven for academics and scholars. Johnson had been in frequent correspondence […]
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" The University in Exile’s founding in 1933 as a haven for ousted professors from Nazi Germany was embedded in the earnest democratic tradition of the original New School for Social Research... "
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" List of European scholars and artists helped by the New School of Social Research between 1922 and 1945 "
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New Histories: Exploring the histories of The New School on the occasion of its centenary to contextualize and confront pressing issues facing higher education, hosted by Julia Foulkes and Mark Larrimore. Listen via Apple podcasts/Itunes, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Play, or Soundcloud. Read the 1918 proposal for “An Independent School of Social Science for Men and […]
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Erwin Piscator (1893-1966) was a famous German stage director known for his expressionistic staging techniques and the theatre style of “epic theatre.” Piscator first trained as an actor at the Konig School of Dramatic Art. He later pursued acting and literature in 1913 at the University of Munich and frequently volunteered at the Hof Theatre, […]
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Ana Robinson Sweet, The New School’s Forgotten President: The controversial tenure of John Everett (2/18/20) Molly Rottman, When Two Become One: How the New School and Parsons Merged (1/17/20) Mark Larrimore, The New School’s Secular Faiths:At a progressive institutuion, religion hid in plain sight (12/20/19) Ricky Tucker, The Ad Paradox: Writing Advertising for a University […]
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CHRONOLOGY OF MAJOR NAME CHANGES AT THE NEW SCHOOL (INCLUDING PARSONS & MANNES BEFORE AFFILIATION) 1896 Chase School of Art founded in New York City. 1898 Chase School of Art renamed New York School of Art (incorporated in 1902). 1909 New York School of Art re-incorporated as New York School of Fine and Applied Art. […]
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The New School for Social Research was founded in 1919 as an institution of higher education devoted to adult learning. As the school grew into a university, this original division was alternately known as the “Founding Division” or the “Adult Division.” In 1943, the school was divided into two schools, the School of Politics, and […]
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If someone told you that students from the New School are very open-minded, that would not be surprising. Obviously, the University promotes or attracts the kind of student and professor who identifies with this free-thinking, characteristic; a trait born in the very founding of the institution and persisting throughout its history. As an archivist—not a […]