Wendy Scheir, Author at Public Seminar

Education

A Case of Contesting Visions

Academic freedom at The New School

June 7, 2019 • by Wendy Scheir

According to a report by Vice President Al Landa, who was called to the scene, the disruptors continued “to hoot and holler accusations and epithets” at Gideonse and were “on the verge of doing something physical.” The grad students’ account of the incident does not indicate an intention to do anything physical, but otherwise ...

The New School’s Paradoxical Archive

How a school focused on the future has learned to love its past

December 5, 2018 • by Wendy Scheir

If an archives is perceived to be a site of retrograde nostalgia whose purpose is to revive conservative, old ideas, then a shadow of suspicion is cast over a university archives, too. The very idea of an archives does not align, even outwardly conflicts, with The New School’s idea of itself. It’s not ...

Redesigning The New School Histories Website

An announcement

July 8, 2018 • by Julia Foulkes, Mark Larrimore and Wendy Scheir

We are delighted to announce that we have re-designed the New School Histories website. The site features a more compelling design, a tagging system that brings together materials about particular topics, and an expanded search function -- all thanks to the website developer Katerina Vaseva, a New School alum. People is a collection ...