For Louder Days
I’m so delighted to welcome back Yotam Marom to The New School! He will be talking about his recent book, For Louder Day
If These Walls Could Talk
My first play (of a kind)! Imagine what the figures in Jose Clemente Orozco’s mural at The New School might have to say
Unbound: Liberal Arts at The New School
New School history goes on–and on. Here’s our latest chapter, an exhibition at the University Center up until the
How Progressive is The New School?
Mark Larrimore and I will discuss how The New School became tagged as a progressive university as part of the General Seminar,
Mark Larrimore and I were asked to offer a workshop on New School Histories for Family Weekend. It was an opportunity to retur
Dreaming Big
The New School is engaging with Nona Hendryx’s The Dream Machine at Lincoln Center! Join us for a conversation on Tuesda
The Dismantling of the Schools of Public Engagement at The New School
Yet another reinvention. Which prompted the in-house historians–Mark Larrimore and me–to write this to the executi
I’m delighted to announce the (re)launch of the New School Histories website (after a major malware infection that rende
I’m so proud of my friend (and former student and graduate of the Bachelor’s Program at The New School). Here is a
Willa Cather’s New York Intersections
The 18th International Cather Seminar will be held at The New School from June 21-23, 2023. The topic: Willa Cather’s Ne
STRIKE
The New School seems addicted to crisis. But we’re in a big one at the moment. Part-time faculty have been on strike sin
New New School Stories
Radhika Subramaniam and I taught a graduate course at Parsons this semester on “Curating Public Memory” in which s
My latest in our New School Histories column at Public Seminar, taking on the various mis-uses of the school’s legacies.
Realizing The New School: Lessons From the Past
A collection of essays marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of The New School, in 1919. Essays look at the role of th
Our Public Seminar essays on the histories of The New School, collected in one place (with new introductory and concluding ess
More New School Histories
Even though The New School’s centennial celebration has ended, our investigation of its past continues. We wrote a new i
A Purple Squirrel Unicorn
“Find the purple squirrel unicorn: Do Not Settle.” That was the directive that struck me when I read through the anonymous
A School
My remarks at the opening the New School Collaboratory Symposium (16 November 2019). As a historian at a place called the new,
Thelma
My remarks upon the retirement of Thelma Armstrong, who worked at the New School for thirty-six years. The writer Colson White
More New School
More essays on New School Histories at Public Seminar! One of my favorites is from my co-conspirator Mark Larrimore who penned
New School Histories
Exploring the histories of the New School to contextualize and confront pressing issues facing higher education now–essa
A School for the Present
In honor of the New School’s centenary: research, reflection, and critique on higher education in preparation for the ne
Join our class this fall! And check out our re-designed New School Histories website.
On James Baldwin and The New School
When Mark Larrimore and I first began discussing teaching a course on the history of the New School, it was clear that a centr
Social Justice, Then and Now
Mark Larrimore and I were invited back to speak at Staff Development Day at The New School. It has become one of our favorite
In honor of women’s history month and, more important, in honor of Gerda Lerner: The New School is hosting a showing of
The New School recently launched a re-organization and re-branding of its continuing education efforts under the title Open Ca
Drawing With Words, Writing with Images
At GIDEST, we had the pleasure of listening to Lauren Redniss describe her work. I was asked to give a response.
Exile as Haven
I wrote a response to the despicable hate crime that occurred at The New School this weekend on Public Seminar. I wish for two
Memories and Politics of Exile
I will be in Paris next week talking at a symposium that commemorates the École Libres Des Hautes Études (1942-46) that was
Back to School
The semester has started with histories of the New School: presentations at various orientations and the latest version of a u
Masterpieces of Everyday New York
In 2013, the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center initiated an exhibition on “objects as story,” prompted by curricular
Fellow to Fellow
One fellowship ends, another soon begins. From the Center for Ballet and the Arts (at NYU), I go to the Graduate Institute for
New School Histories
NSSR, 1969, New School Archives Histories of the New School are accumulating: video here of Mark Larrimore and I contending wi
States of Incarceration
The exhibition has arrived! It’s open until April 24 at the Aronson Galleries, 66 5th Ave. Virtual version here. News ar
When to Say What to Whom
Last week featured talks by three candidates for Dean of our odd collection of programs. It’s not an easy job, and I am grat
Human Relations
I have long wanted to know more about an oddly named enterprise at the New School called the Human Relations Center. I had a h
Fortune
Designing the exhibit component on Rikers Island is crashing to an end, full speed. There are many, many details to be attende
#SeeRikers
We are moving in on Rikers. Students have decided upon the theme of the visibility/invisibility paradox of the island. For som
Curating the Archives
The summer 2014 exhibition is now online! The virtual version includes reflections about the unusual demands of the exhibition
What is New is Old
I gave a talk for the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation on July 8, 2015, on the history of the New School. V
Welcome to the Neue School
This spring the New School announced a new branding identity, one based on a specially made font (called “Neue”) and a new
Mom-and-Pop Institutions
The New School has attracted a string of devoted, long-serving administrators, most of whom have been women. One of them was W
Abounaddara
The Vera List Center for Art and Politics gives a biennial prize to an artwork that advances social justice. Theaster Gates’
West Side Story: A Life
A writing experiment: to describe the book as a biography. Biography (A Life). Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow. James Joyce:
The Carceral City
I walked through Crown Heights a few days ago and came across this odd mobile police unit. Students in my class knew exactly w
Creative Justice
For two intensive weeks that covered 40 hours of class time, students in Piper Anderson’s “Creative Justice” class read
Arts and Social Engagement
We are launching a new curricular area at The New School as of Fall 2014!
Yes, And: Thinking about Cities
I had the pleasure of reading Aseem Inam’s new book recently. I am not an urban planner nor an urban designer nor an expert
The First Day: Two Truths and a Lie
I have eaten at a diner in all 50 states; I helped start a company; I have jumped out of plane. Two truths and a lie: it’s a
Aims of Education
Convocation address, The New School, September 2009. I am on my fourth career. I think it’s going pretty well, but IR
Barbara Morgan Captures Dance
Celebration
Part of “This is Your Exhibition,” on view on 3rd Floor, 66 W. 12th St.. Image source: MoMa I grew up loving ballet, hat
Democratizing the Archives
Co-authored with Claire Potter What’s in an archive? This was the question that brought Claire Potter’s class, “New York
A New School Minute (or Two)
For Alumni Day on May 11, 2013, the Alumni Office asked twenty faculty and staff to give a 60-second lecture. Tasked with the
Offense + Dissent: Image, Conflict, Belonging
Exhibition at Kellen Gallery, The New School (2014); Curators: Julia Foulkes, Mark Larrimore, and Radhika Subramaniam Twenty-f
Arts and Social Engagement
A poem can change the world. Or just one person’s life. What explains the connection between an artwork and an individual,
New School Histories
When the New School for Social Research opened its doors a hundred years ago, it offered courses in the social sciences and pu