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New School 100th Anniversary Marked With New History

January 27, 2019 by Editorial Staff 1 Comment

Judith Friedlander’s new book A Light in Dark Times: The New School for Social Research and Its University in Exile (Columbia University Press, 2019) takes a look at the history of the New School for Social Research in New York City.

Founded in 1919 in the name of academic freedom, the New School for Social Research quickly became a pioneer in adult education — what its first president, Alvin Johnson, called “the continuing education of the educated.” [Read more…] about New School 100th Anniversary Marked With New History

The New School To Celebrate The University in Exile

January 16, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The Center for Public Scholarship at The New School in New York City is hosting a free public event celebrating the University in Exile, on Thursday, January 30, 2014.

The University in Exile was created by The New School’s first president, Alvin Johnson, as a haven for scholars whose careers and lives were threatened in Germany in 1933, when the Nazi Party came to power and acted to expel all Jews and political opponents from German universities. [Read more…] about The New School To Celebrate The University in Exile