Urban Studies Chair’s Message
Dear Urban Studies Community,
Welcome to the Fall 2019 semester along with my best wishes for success! I would like to welcome back all returning majors and minors and extend a particularly warm welcome to new students and those among you contemplating pursuing a major or minor in Urban Studies.
On August 30, I sent you all a detailed email that included several interesting events we have planned including Thursday's GLUE Welcome Reception (next Thursday, 9/12. 4:00-6:00 p.m., Hirshon Suite, 55 W. 13th Street)! Take advantage of these opportunities as they give you a chance to meet with faculty, staff, fellow students, and alumni. With our monthly newsletter, you will will be kept abreast of any events, opportunities, or news pertaining to the major.
Please also fill out our annual FACULTY ADVISOR AND CURRICULUM SURVEY as only seven students filled it out so far (Thank you to those who already did!). This survey asks you to identify your urban academic interests which will allow us to develop the 2020/21 urban studies curriculum with your interests in mind. The second purpose is help identify a faculty to serve as subject advisor. With this survey, you have a chance to select a suitable faculty from a list of advising volunteers and thus work with somebody who is familiar with you, your field, and your interests. This survey gives you an opportunity to participate in your own education, will require less than 10 minutes to complete, and must be submitted by Sept. 23.
So, please take advantage of the opportunity to contribute to your own education and please never hesitate to contact the Urban Studies Team if you have questions, problems, or concerns and take advantage of the multitude of resources the New School offers to help our students succeed!
Have a great start of the semester and good luck this Fall!!!
Jürgen von Mahs
Urban Studies Chair
freiherr@newschool.edu
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The Idealist Grad Fair will take place on Tuesday, September 10th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 W 18th Street, where representatives from schools like the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design will be able to discuss potential graduate school opportunities with you!
Register here
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Join us for our first Fall 2019 GLUE brown bag series with Urban Studies part-time faculty Emily Bills: "Bound to the Nation" on September 18th from 1:00-2:00 p.m. at 66 W. 12th Street, 9th floor, room 914.
*Save the dates for our second and third brownbag presentations:
October 23rd from 1:00-2:00 p.m. with Environmental Studies Teaching Fellow Julia Puaschunder
and November 19th from 2:00-3:00 p.m. with Urban Studies chair Jurgen von Mahs.
RSVP here
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Since 1919, The New School has been home to scholars, creators, and activists who challenge convention. Join us at the Festival of New from October 1-6 to celebrate a century of world-changing ideas with dynamic conversations, genre-shattering performances, creative workshops, thought-provoking classes, and inspiring exhibitions.
Come for one event or many: the Festival is free and open to all. View the schedule and create your account here.
#100YearsNew
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Urban Studies part-time faculty Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani's exhibition Keep Me Nearby was the inaugural exhibition at Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space in the new Essex Market, and was featured in Untapped Cities. She was also interviewed by Alison Stewart on WNYC's All of It, about her new book, "Contested City" and her new exhibition, Keep Me Nearby. Her chapter "Juxtaposition: The Case for the Radically Open Archive" was published in the City Amplified: Oral History and Radical Archives, part of her work with the Mellon seminar at the Center for the Humanities at the Graduate Center, CUNY.
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Questions? News you want to share?
Send us your updates, opportunities, and more:
landors@newschool.edu
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