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CFP 2026: Routes and Roots: Migration, Memory, Transnationality | Memory Studies Network at The New School
CFP 2026: Routes and Roots: Migration, Memory, Transnationality | Memory Studies Network at The New School
<p>The Memory Studies Network (MSN) of the Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at The New School for Social Research Routes and Roots: Migration, Memory, Transnationality Date: April 16-17, 2026 […]</p>
Structures of feeling and post-Yugoslav memory work in popular culture
Structures of feeling and post-Yugoslav memory work in popular culture
Joanna Olczak-Ronikier’s IN THE GARDEN OF MEMORY: A Family Memoir
Joanna Olczak-Ronikier’s IN THE GARDEN OF MEMORY: A Family Memoir
Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award
Masha Gessen to Receive the 2025 Courage in Public Scholarship Award
TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!
TCDS & NSSR Alumna, Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer, defends her habilitation at the Polish Academy of Sciences!
Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity
Book Launch: Bruno Schulz and Galician Jewish Modernity
2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
2025 Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism
No End of History: Crooked Circle of Democracy and Authoritarianism
'Citizens' - Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams
'Citizens' - Film Screening and Discussion with Director/Producer Richard W. Adams
Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions
Presentation and Discussion on Green Colonialism: Geopolitics, Global Justice and Ecosocial Transitions
Profile #5: Speaking Hopefully for Democracy’s Future
Profile #5: Speaking Hopefully for Democracy’s Future
Democracy’s Endgame? - Public Seminar
Democracy’s Endgame? - Public Seminar
Though surrounded by these largely man-made fires, we’ve at least been trying to put them out. It would be so much easier, though, to fight these fires if they were not fueled by massive efforts to dismantle the democratic order.
RSVP Here for the Sociology Colloquium Event
RSVP Here for the Sociology Colloquium Event
Support Karazin University
Support Karazin University
Dec. 6th: Conspiratorial Memory in Russia
Dec. 6th: Conspiratorial Memory in Russia
Beyond Violence - panel discussion, July 19th, 2023, Wroclaw, Poland
Beyond Violence - panel discussion, July 19th, 2023, Wroclaw, Poland
Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!
Our Fall Open House & Pierogi Party!
Please join The Transregional Center for Democratic Studies (TCDS) at our annual OPEN HOUSE (otherwise known affectionately as the Pierogi Party) to learn about our transdisciplinary work, our Democracy & Diversity Summer Graduate Institutes, in Wroclaw, Poland, the Courage in Public Scholarship Award, & upcoming events. Come find out more about our work, summer courses, meet the faculty, talk with alumni of previous Institutes, and take in a slide show – over wine and pierogi! See you there!* This event is open to New School students, faculty, staff, and alumni of TCDS programs. You must RSVP with your New School email to attend [TCDS alumni who do not have a New School email, please email tcds@newschool.edu to RSVP].
Courses - 30th Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
Courses - 30th Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
Course Descriptions for Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
Course Descriptions for Democracy and Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
ONLINE | Israel and Palestine Now and In the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh
ONLINE | Israel and Palestine Now and In the Future: A Conversation Between Avishai Margalit & Sari Nusseibeh
30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award
Professor Elzbieta Matynia to Receive the 2023 Courage in Public Scholarship Award
How to Break the Colonial Paradigm of Culture? - Guest Lecture by Krzysztof Czyżewski
How to Break the Colonial Paradigm of Culture? - Guest Lecture by Krzysztof Czyżewski
Transformations of Democracy - Guest Lecture by Nadia Urbinati
Transformations of Democracy - Guest Lecture by Nadia Urbinati
ONLINE | Postcolonialism, Imperialism and the Global Turn to the Right - Guest Lecture by Arjun Appadurai
ONLINE | Postcolonialism, Imperialism and the Global Turn to the Right - Guest Lecture by Arjun Appadurai
Conversatorium on Ukraine: Sept. 12-16
Conversatorium on Ukraine: Sept. 12-16
History and War: Putin’s Aggression against Ukraine and What the Past Has to Do with It – a talk by Yaroslav Hrytsak
History and War: Putin’s Aggression against Ukraine and What the Past Has to Do with It – a talk by Yaroslav Hrytsak
Ukraine: War as Experience and Meaning – a talk by Volodymyr Yermolenko
Ukraine: War as Experience and Meaning – a talk by Volodymyr Yermolenko
The Tasks of the Translator: On the Meaning of Bridges during a Time of War – a talk by Marci Shore
The Tasks of the Translator: On the Meaning of Bridges during a Time of War – a talk by Marci Shore
Ukraine: Breathing the Air of War – a talk by Serhij Zhadan
Ukraine: Breathing the Air of War – a talk by Serhij Zhadan
A Secret Power: Normative Femininity as Source of Women’s Agency in Times of Extreme Violence – a talk by Oksana Kis
A Secret Power: Normative Femininity as Source of Women’s Agency in Times of Extreme Violence – a talk by Oksana Kis
Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022
Remembering Richard Bernstein, 1932-2022
New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars
New Collaborative Fellowship Program for Junior Ukrainian Scholars
TCDS Director at Night of Ideas in New York
TCDS Director at Night of Ideas in New York
RSVP: Book Launch Toward Xenopolis: Visions from the Borderland. A conversation with author Krzysztof Czyżewski on lessons we have failed to learn
RSVP: Book Launch Toward Xenopolis: Visions from the Borderland. A conversation with author Krzysztof Czyżewski on lessons we have failed to learn
REGISTER: March 28: A Dialogue about War, from Inside
REGISTER: March 28: A Dialogue about War, from Inside
March 28: A Dialogue about War, from Inside - Democracy Seminar
March 28: A Dialogue about War, from Inside - Democracy Seminar
REGISTER: The Politics of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
REGISTER: The Politics of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
REGISTER: Book Launch: Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
REGISTER: Book Launch: Anti-Gender Politics in the Populist Moment
30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
30th Democracy & Diversity Graduate Summer Institute
Political Leaders in Europe Remember Ágnes Heller
Political Leaders in Europe Remember Ágnes Heller
Osman Kavala: 2021 Courage in Public Scholarship Award-VIDEO
Osman Kavala: 2021 Courage in Public Scholarship Award-VIDEO
Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony
Courage in Public Scholarship Award Ceremony
Register for 11/4 Online Discussion: Public Religions and Global Solidarity
Register for 11/4 Online Discussion: Public Religions and Global Solidarity
Public Religions and Global Solidarity: A Conversation Between Jose Casanova and Fr. Patrick Gilger
Public Religions and Global Solidarity: A Conversation Between Jose Casanova and Fr. Patrick Gilger
An Appeal regarding the situation at the Poland – Belarus border
An Appeal regarding the situation at the Poland – Belarus border
ONLINE | Does the Biden Administration Represent a New Beginning for American Democracy?
ONLINE | Does the Biden Administration Represent a New Beginning for American Democracy?
ONLINE | Furnishing of Public Memory
ONLINE | Furnishing of Public Memory
ONLINE | Populist Trajectory and What Can We Learn from Turkey for a Post-populist Politics?
ONLINE | Populist Trajectory and What Can We Learn from Turkey for a Post-populist Politics?
ONLINE | Political Activism in Contemporary Russia: Navalny, 2021 Protests, and State Repressions
ONLINE | Political Activism in Contemporary Russia: Navalny, 2021 Protests, and State Repressions
The Unwrinkling of Time: How Historicity Inflects a Flattened Present - Marci Shore
The Unwrinkling of Time: How Historicity Inflects a Flattened Present - Marci Shore
ONLINE | Summer Public Events
ONLINE | Summer Public Events
2021 William Phillips Lecture: Scientomancy, or Divination by Science - by Olga Tokarczuk
2021 William Phillips Lecture: Scientomancy, or Divination by Science - by Olga Tokarczuk
ONLINE | The Academy, Politics and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism
ONLINE | The Academy, Politics and Society: How a Troubled World Affects Universities and Activism
On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historical Comparisons for Life A conversation between Irena Grudzińska-Gross and Dwayne Betts
On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historical Comparisons for Life A conversation between Irena Grudzińska-Gross and Dwayne Betts
A place for ideology in post-1989 world? A dialogue between Jeffrey Goldfarb and Nadia Urbinati
A place for ideology in post-1989 world? A dialogue between Jeffrey Goldfarb and Nadia Urbinati
The New Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in New York: The Limits of Monuments in Public Remembrance
The New Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument in New York: The Limits of Monuments in Public Remembrance
ONLINE CONFERENCE | Suspended Present - The Memory Studies Group @TNS
ONLINE CONFERENCE | Suspended Present - The Memory Studies Group @TNS
ONLINE | Book Talk: Political Junkies - with Author Claire Potter Online | Zoom
ONLINE | Book Talk: Political Junkies - with Author Claire Potter Online | Zoom
Citizens Defending Democracy Are Being Shot on the Streets of Myanmar. We should support them
Citizens Defending Democracy Are Being Shot on the Streets of Myanmar. We should support them
Can The Republican Party Successfully Orbanify the U.S.? Some comparative reflections on the exceptional vulnerability of American democracy
Can The Republican Party Successfully Orbanify the U.S.? Some comparative reflections on the exceptional vulnerability of American democracy
TCDS Applications
TCDS Applications
Democracy and Social Justice On the significance of C.T. Vivian and Adam Michnik
Democracy and Social Justice On the significance of C.T. Vivian and Adam Michnik
Trump and the war on truth
Trump and the war on truth
Transregional Center for Democratic Studies
Transregional Center for Democratic Studies
Registration: ONLINE | Book Launch: Gender, Pleasure, and Violence, with author Agnieszka Koscianska
Registration: ONLINE | Book Launch: Gender, Pleasure, and Violence, with author Agnieszka Koscianska
“Carl Schmitt’s Comeback?” Understanding Trump and global authoritarianism
“Carl Schmitt’s Comeback?” Understanding Trump and global authoritarianism
We’ve Never Been Global How local meanings mattered in 1900 and still matter now
We’ve Never Been Global How local meanings mattered in 1900 and still matter now
Confronting the World Wide Threat of Right Wing Authoritarianism If we don’t hang together, we will surely hang separately
Confronting the World Wide Threat of Right Wing Authoritarianism If we don’t hang together, we will surely hang separately
Spring 2021 Visiting PhD Students from the University of Lower Silesia
Spring 2021 Visiting PhD Students from the University of Lower Silesia
Harassment of New University in Exile Consortium Member Teng Biao Must Stop
Harassment of New University in Exile Consortium Member Teng Biao Must Stop
On Scholars and Exile
On Scholars and Exile
Kurds and Democracy: In Conversation with Saleh Moslem
Kurds and Democracy: In Conversation with Saleh Moslem
The U.S. Elections and the Future of Democracy: Perspectives from Abroad
The U.S. Elections and the Future of Democracy: Perspectives from Abroad
Democracy Seminar
Democracy Seminar
TCDS on YouTube
TCDS on YouTube
Book Talk: I Am the People: Reflections on Popular Sovereignty Today
Book Talk: I Am the People: Reflections on Popular Sovereignty Today
Remembering Gender: Recovering Lives, Reshaping Intellectual Histories - Thursday, November 12, 2020
Remembering Gender: Recovering Lives, Reshaping Intellectual Histories - Thursday, November 12, 2020
The Deep and Broad Social Dimensions of the Protests in Belarus - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The Deep and Broad Social Dimensions of the Protests in Belarus - Tuesday, November 10, 2020
The U.S. Election and the Future of Democracy: Political Science Perspectives
The U.S. Election and the Future of Democracy: Political Science Perspectives
Book Talk: Me, the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy - with author Nadia Urbinati
Book Talk: Me, the People: How Populism Transforms Democracy - with author Nadia Urbinati
Narrating Conflicts in Post-Truth Era: Facing Revisionist Russia
Narrating Conflicts in Post-Truth Era: Facing Revisionist Russia
Democracy in a Time of Plague: A Democracy Seminar panel held on July 14th, 2020
Democracy in a Time of Plague: A Democracy Seminar panel held on July 14th, 2020
After Trump Towards democracy and social justice
After Trump Towards democracy and social justice
Feel Better, Defeat Trump! Some practical tips for putting your election emotions to good work
Feel Better, Defeat Trump! Some practical tips for putting your election emotions to good work
We Will Be Lucky if Biden Actually Becomes the President-Elect But this election is not over, and even the best case scenario is pretty dismal
We Will Be Lucky if Biden Actually Becomes the President-Elect But this election is not over, and even the best case scenario is pretty dismal
The Unfinished Project of Defeating Donald Trump Reflections on the elections in the United States
The Unfinished Project of Defeating Donald Trump Reflections on the elections in the United States
The Day After? We have much work yet to do
The Day After? We have much work yet to do
The Last Time I Saw Them- New Democracy Seminar Forum On the uses and disadvantages of historical comparisons for life
The Last Time I Saw Them- New Democracy Seminar Forum On the uses and disadvantages of historical comparisons for life
A Halloween Uprising and Poland’s General Strike Over Abortion A new generation of women rises up against an unholy – and sexist – alliance of church and state
A Halloween Uprising and Poland’s General Strike Over Abortion A new generation of women rises up against an unholy – and sexist – alliance of church and state
Strategies of Protests from Belarus Dignity, solidarity, and the reclaim of public space
Strategies of Protests from Belarus Dignity, solidarity, and the reclaim of public space
On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historical Comparisons for Life
On the Uses and Disadvantages of Historical Comparisons for Life
Poland's Abortion Ban Protests Are a Harbinger of a Wider Social Movement
Poland's Abortion Ban Protests Are a Harbinger of a Wider Social Movement
Remembering Gender: Recovering Lives, Reshaping Intellectual Histories
Remembering Gender: Recovering Lives, Reshaping Intellectual Histories
Historical Analogies and Separated Families: Daniella Doron, Senior Lecture from the Australian Centre of Jewish Civilisation
Historical Analogies and Separated Families: Daniella Doron, Senior Lecture from the Australian Centre of Jewish Civilisation
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