Issues for the week of April 6, 2023 - Public Seminar

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When Is It Time to Leave?

January 30, 2025Mary Karmelek

Black and white photo of destroyed german tank in Bosnia with figure

Curzio Malaparte’s War

January 30, 2025Adam Tooze

Crowd of Israeli men gather for a demonstration

Israel’s American History

January 29, 2025Oz Frankel, Claire Potter

January 23, 2025Catherine Texier

Diana holding Cupid's bow away from him

The Powerful Convergence of Past, Present, and Future in Catherine Texier’s Latest Novel

January 23, 2025Hannah McIntyre, Catherine Texier

K-Pop group Ateez on stage

The Blessings of K-Pop

January 23, 2025Abha Deshmukh

Parent writes at desk while using breast pump

Family Values or Family Exclusion?

January 22, 2025Elide Vincenti

Black and white image photograph of woman sitting next to bed on which a man's boots are visible

Downward Mobility as a Relative Loss in Economic Security

December 19, 2024Teresa Ghilarducci, Ludovica Tursini

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Social Capitalism: An Alternative to Neoliberalism

December 18, 2024Mark Setterfield

Dark blue book cover with a green plant and yellow and orange flowers. The text reads The Witches of El Paso by Luis Jaramillo.

The Witches of El Paso

December 11, 2024Luis Jaramillo

Generations of Women in The Witches of El Paso

December 11, 2024Marisol Aveline Delarosa, Luis Jaramillo

Clothing waste piles up on a beach

The Fashion for Baiting, Brainwashing, and Bullying

December 10, 2024Hannah McIntyre

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Curated Essays for the

Week of April 6

Special Issue: Rats! A Cautionary Tail
Sex Life of a Vector
Evangeline Riddiford Graham
Host and producer of Multi-Verse and instructor in Creative Writing and Critical Journalism at The New School
“Everyone Has a Role in Rat Control”
Caroline Bragdon and Katy Einerson
Extermination: From Plague, to War
Rafi Youatt
Associate Professor of Global Politics, The New School
Hitchhikers and Stowaways
Anna Boswell
Writer and scholar living in Aotearoa/New Zealand
The Rat with a Right to Free Speech
Cassandra Brey
Third-year Arts in Context Major at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School
Report from the Rat Academy
Radhika Subramaniam
Associate Professor of Visual Culture, Parsons School of Design, The New School
How to Kill 100 Rats
Curran Boyd
Essayist from San Diego living in New York City
Year of the Rat
Marc Anthony Richardson
Artist and novelist