UN Secretary-General Calls for Global Ceasefire
A message from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres: Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19. The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith. It attacks all, […]
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Graduate Fellowship, Association of Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD) and Morgan Stanley
Graduate Fellowship, Morgan Stanley Community Development About The Association of Neighborhood & Housing Development (ANHD) and Morgan Stanley partnered in 2012 to create a high-quality community development fellowship that […]
Faculty Spotlight: Mitchell Cook
Name: Mitchell Cook Course: Theories, Histories, and Practices of Development Department: Graduate Program in International Affairs We sat down [virtually] with Mitchell Cook to learn more about his background […]
Visiting Fellow Spotlight: Ching-Chang Chen
Name: Ching-Chang Chen Title: Visiting Fellow, SGPIA Department Email: chen@world.ryukoku.ac.jp Ching-Chang’s research interests include international relations theory and critical security studies with particular reference to threat perceptions, knowledge production, […]
Faculty Spotlight: David Marshall
Name: David Marshall Course: The New Conflict Prevention Paradigm Department: International Affairs We sat down with David Marshall to learn more about his background and course, “The New Conflict Prevention […]
IFP Round-Up
Students from our International Affairs program traveled around the globe to participate in our International Field Program this summer! For more information about their experiences check out this post and […]
Find Yourself: Carnival and Resistance by Nina Khrushcheva
International Affairs professor Nina Khrushcheva recently co-curated Find Yourself: Carnival and Resistance for this year’s Biennale Arte in Venice, Italy. Nina and University of Maryland research professor Barbara Paca collected photographs […]
2019 GRADUATES: AWARDS & DESTINATIONS
MICHAEL A. COHEN AWARD CLARA VON LOEBENSTEIN Clara is a Peruvian and US student who has worked previously in Peru and Brazil before coming to The New School. While […]
Practicum in Mukuru: A 7-Day Diary
Last month, students Shayna Hodge and Robert Jamieson traveled to Mukuru, Kenya as part of their Practicum in International Affairs. Shayna and Robert write about their project and experiences below. […]
Introducing: the Brazil Film Series
Each Friday night for the Spring 2019 semester, GPIA/Brazil IFP will host a Brazil film night to help prepare the IFP team for their summer in human rights and media. The […]
Invisible Targets: Women and Drugs in the Criminal Justice System
Dialogues on Drug Policy, a four-part series of talks return to the New School on Friday, March 1st with Invisible Targets: Women and Drugs in the Criminal Justice system. The […]
Alumni Spotlight: Mahmoud Ameen, Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the United Nations
Name: Mahmoud Ameen Degree Program: M.A. program in International Affairs Graduation Year: 2016 Career: Diplomat Occupation: Adviser to the Permanent Mission of Saudi Arabia to the UN Before enrolling at […]
Professor Fukuda-Parr Earns the Grawemeyer Award for Improving World Order
Published on Program Director and Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr has been awarded the Grawemeyer Award for Improving World Order! This prestigious award, given by the University of Louisville, celebrates the powerful […]
Can Voluntourism be a “Best Practice”?
Published on My name is Carolyn Cresci and I am in the M.A International Affairs program. My concentration is Development and I am graduating this semester, December 2018. I am […]
Integration, Participation and Sustainable Development Goals in Buenos Aires
Published on Observatory on Latin America (OLA) and Instituto de Vivienda (IVC) Buenos Aires, October 26, 2018 By Professor Margarita Gutman Preliminary findings of two research projects of the Observatory […]
Digital Round Table: Midterm Elections
Published on Welcome to SGPIA’s newest feature: The Digital Round table. Each month, the International Affairs faculty will weigh in on an issue of national or international importance. This months […]
Paulo Freire and the Bolsonaro Election
Published on by Professor Peter Lucas The other day I was talking to my students about the late Brazilian educator and philosopher Paulo Freire and his theories of consciousness. There’s […]
Discussing the Coproduction of Metropolitan Knowledge in Buenos Aires
Published on by Michael Cohen and Margarita Gutman On October 24, 2018, The Observatory on Latin America, together with the Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño, y Urbanismo of the Universidad de […]
In Memoriam: L.H.M. (Lily) Ling
Published on In Memoriam L.H.M. (Lily) Ling Professor of International Affairs Julien J.Studley Programs in International Affairs (SGPIA) The New School 1955 – 2018 We invite all students, alumni, colleagues, […]
Advocating for Southeast Asian Interests at the Model G20
Published on This year, participation in the second annual Model G20 symposium was offered as a practicum option through Professor Sakiko Fukuda-Parr’s Development Economics course. After an intensive period of […]
Addressing Inclusion Among Children & Adolescents Living in Poverty
Published on Progress Toward Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) About a hundred child advocates, field experts, scholars and graduate students met at The New School on October 11th for […]
Trump, Hitler, and Global Governance
Published on By Peter J. Hoffman US President Donald Trump’s alarming speech at the opening of the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, September 25 was a powerful reminder of the […]
Towards Equity in Colombia’s Health Policy
Published on Minister of Health and Social Protection visits The New School By Maria Carrizosa, OLA coordinator, Ph.D candidate and International Affairs Teaching Fellow. Not every day can you sit […]
Myopias and Pathologies of Humanitarianism with Prof. Hoffman
Published on Last week, Professor Peter Hoffman gave a talk as part of NYU Wagner’s Conflict, Security & Development Series. His talk, called “Myopias and Pathologies of Humanitarianism” addressed the […]
From Resistance to Disruption: From “What if” to “As if” in Urban Slums
Published on by Michael Cohen Leaders of slum organizations are changing their modus operandi. No longer are they waiting for sympathetic government actions and promises not to bulldoze them or […]