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White Supremacy, Elitism, and the Future of Liberal Education

A response to Tim Lacy’s ‘Great Books Socialism’

April 12, 2017 • by Michael Weinman

In his extended essay, “Great Books Socialism?,” recently published on Public Seminar, Tim Lacy makes a compelling case for adapting the practice -- suggested by Molly Worthen in an Op-ed for the New York Times -- of deploying the great books as ideological tools established by conservative foundations and institutes ...

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Decolonizing Epistemologies: Part 2

Race Critical and Decolonial Sociology

April 11, 2017 • by Alana Lentin

This blog post is republished with the permission of the author, Alana Lentin, from her blog, alanalentin.net. This discussion is a continuation of the discussion begun in the last post, Decolonizing Epistemologies: part 1. Decolonial approach The decolonial approach to the discussion of the relationship between modernity and coloniality and how this continues ...

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Decolonizing Epistemologies: Part 1

Race Critical and Decolonial Sociology

April 10, 2017 • by Alana Lentin

This blog post is republished with the permission of the author, Alana Lentin, from her blog, alanalentin.net . What are the possibilities for social and political critique opened up by the decolonial approach? I shall examine the interconnections between postcolonial theory and the Decolonial, uncovering the trajectory that began with Indian subaltern studies ...

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Twitter as the Medium and the Message

Or Twitter as The Public

April 6, 2017 • by Alysha Khodaiji

“Describe yourself in a sentence.” Teachers commonly use this phrase as an invitation to their students, presumably to get to know them better. All your thoughts, ideas, motivations, and aspirations, all condensed into one sentence. That is a lot of editing -- your gist can only contain the ‘best’ or ...

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Black Study, Black Struggle

Race Critical and Decolonial Sociology

April 6, 2017 • by Alana Lentin

This blog post is republished with the permission of the author, Alana Lentin, from her blog, alanalentin.net In April 2016, the Free University of Western Sydney was launched by a group of local people -- activists, teachers/educators and students -- critical of the neoliberal university’s capacity to be a site for ...

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Hungarian Higher Education Under Attack

The Fate of CEU is the Fate of Freedom

April 3, 2017 • by Jeffrey C. Isaac

Central European University, one of the most important institutions of higher education in Europe, is currently being threatened by the Hungarian government of Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his nationalist-populist FIDESZ party. CEU, founded in 1991 during the early phases of the post-Communist transition, is officially registered and accredited in ...

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Confronting the Corporate University

From Cold War Federalization to Financialized Higher Education

March 29, 2017 • by Robert Meister

Thank you for inviting me. GSU has asked me to speak more biographically than I am accustomed to speaking about my experience and particularly about the relationship between my experience as a graduate student, unionizing graduate students in a private university, and how that bears on my experience as an ...

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Exile from Exile

Make the University in Exile a Sanctuary

March 24, 2017 • by Soheil Asefi

As an independent journalist in Iran, I never thought there would be a day that the paws of state would deprive me of the possibility of returning to the country where I was born and raised. After ten years of professional experience in major Iranian media outlets, I was arrested ...

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Race Critical and Decolonial Sociology

Syllabus

March 16, 2017 • by Alana Lentin

The syllabus below comes from a graduate course offered by Alana Lentin during her Hans Speier Visiting Professorship at The New School in New York (Spring 2017). The syllabus and subsequent blog posts are republished with the permission of the author from her blog, alanalentin.net. Race, critical, and decolonial sociology is premised ...

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How to Get Organized: A Teach-In

Starr Foundation Hall, University Center, The New School, 63 5th avenue, 10th March 12-5PM

February 27, 2017 • by McKenzie Wark

The purpose of the teach-in is to share experience from different kinds of political organizing (broadly understood). Each of our panels feature participants who can describe (1) a situation in which they have been active and/or have firsthand knowledge (2) describe particular tactics and methods employed in that situation, and ...

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The False Premises of Alt-Right Ideology

Academics must understand how the Alt-Right sees the world if we are to resist it

February 20, 2017 • by Rachel McKinney

Adequately understanding the alt-right ideology requires us to see how it is different from other strains of racism, how it is different from political frameworks that it might seem superficially similar to (e.g. Marxist critique) and how it understands and responds to the left’s own narratives, frameworks, and discourse. Once ...

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Keep the Doors of American Universities Wide Open

A Letter from the President of the New School

February 16, 2017 • by David Van Zandt

With one signature, President Trump threatened the fundamental premise upon which America’s excellent universities, and indeed our country, has been built. The recent Executive Order banning entry into the United States by refugees, immigrants and citizens from seven predominantly Muslim nations is antithetical to the core values of inclusion and ...