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The Religious-Secular Divide: The US Case
Thursday and Friday, March 5th and 6th, 2009

Join distinguished scholars and intellectuals in exploring the nature and future of religion, spirituality, and secularism in the United States, looking at their changing relations both historically and through contemporary debates.

This conference is made possible with funding from the Russell Sage Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, and Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts.

Recently Past Events

Free Inquiry at Risk: Universities in Dangerous Times
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 29, 30, and 31, 2008

A group of experts discussed current trends that are reshaping universities around the world. The considered the benefits and the risks to universities as they navigate rapid globalization, international collaborations, massification, corporate partnerships, and the growing number of franchises. This conference also commemorated the 75th anniversary of The New School’s University in Exile, founded in 1933 as a haven for European scholars rescued from the ravages of fascism.

The proceedings of this conference are available in Social Research Volume 76, Number 3 (Summer 2009).

Endangered Scholars Worldwide
A Panel Discussion

Thursday, February 7, 2008

 

Disasters: Recipes and Remedies
Thursday-Friday, November 1-2, 2007

This Social Research conference explored the commonalities of all disasters. The participants examined the unequal protection and treatment of populations made vulnerable by their location and or socioeconomic status; the impact of disasters on the economy and overall human development; how hazards develop into disasters; and how design factors either mitigate or amplify their effects.

The proceedings of this conference are available in Social Research Volume 75, Number 3 (Fall 2008).

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