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A Continuing Conversation: From the Archiv to Social Research

November 17, 2014 • by Harald Hagemann

The Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research was founded in 1933 by Alvin Johnson, the president of the New School, who created there the “University in Exile” to provide a safe haven for scholars who were endangered by totalitarian regimes.[1] The University in Exile became necessary after ...

Experimentation in Tandem with Exile?

March 5, 2014 • by Janet Roitman

This is the prepared text of a presentation to the General Seminar commemorating the 80th Anniversary of the University in Exile. I’d like to take up Robin’s invitation to think about what exile signifies and to ask, as she does, what are the consequences of having institutionalized the very singular, exceptional, ...

Introducing the 80th Anniversary of the University in Exile

March 5, 2014 • by William Milberg

This is a special event with faculty and students at a General Seminar. The General Seminar was created as part of the University in Exile in the 1930s. Today we are trying to expand it globally with the introduction of a “Public Seminar” online. I also want to welcome Paul ...

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Experimentation in Tandem with Exile?

Introducing the 80th Anniversary of the University in Exile

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