Message from the Chair

ANNOUNCEMENTS

GLOBAL STUDIES NEWS

• You can read the full 2021-2022 Annual Report here! Previous annual reports are also available on the global studies website. 
• And here is the Fall 2022 Refund Schedule:
  • March 15 - September 12: 100%
  • September 13 - 19: 75%
  • September 20 - 26: 50%
  • September 27 - October 3: 25%
  • October 4 - November 20: 0%

• Mark your calendars for the first Global Studies Coffee Hour, September 28th at 3PM in the Lang Courtyard. Come and meet global studies faculty and your fellow students. We'll have coffee and snacks! 

STUDENT AND ALUMNI NEWS

• Rebecca Snyder '23 received a Global Studies Research & Engagement Award in the Spring and was able to travel to Turkey to conduct research this summer. In Istanbul, Rebecca worked with a local university and an NGO to look at migration and secularism in Turkey. 
• Erica Levenson '21 will moderate a side event to the UN GA hosted by the Global Women Leader Voices on gender-based violence called "Cross Scale and Whole of Society Responses to Gender Based Violence" on Friday September 16, 5PM at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice.  

FACULTY  NEWS

• Professor Jaskiran Dhillon will give a talk on Tuesday September 20th at the University of Richmond on Indigenous Resistance, Anti-Colonial Politics, and Global Environmental Justice. She recently became a faculty fellow in both the Zolberg Institute and the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy for her new ethnographic project on the militarization of the Canadian northern border in the wake of climate change. 
• Over the summer, Professor Jonathan Bach carried out research in Berlin, Germany on his current project on the politics of memory surrounding Germany's colonial past, supported by The New School's Competitive Faculty Research Grant. He presented a paper on “The Object as a Site of Reckoning: Provenance Research as Memory Work in Germany” at the conference on “The return of looted artefacts since 1945: post-fascist and post-colonial restitution in comparative perspective” at the German Historical Institute in Rome, Italy.
• Professor Alexandra Délano will speak at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum on "Invisible Victims 9/11 and Undocumented Immigrants" on October 20, 6PM. You can register here! 

NEW SCHOOL AT A GLANCE

• Online | Sustainability Town Hall (The New School Only): Are you curious about what we do at the Tishman Center or how you can get involved in the work we do? Are you curious about how the university itself handles things like waste, energy and water usage? Do you have questions about Environmental or Climate Justice or want to know about our student and faculty grant programs? Have questions about the Environmental Justice Movement Fellowship? Do you have suggestions for improving sustainability at the university? Join this informal online info session to learn about sustainability at the university and how you can get involved as a student, staff or faculty member. 
• Doc Talks: Landfall and Q+A with Cecilia Aldarondo: SEPTEMBER 19, 2022 AT 1:00 PM: Through shard-like glimpses of everyday life in post-Hurricane María Puerto Rico, LANDFALL is a cautionary tale for our times. Set against the backdrop of protests that toppled the US colony’s governor in 2019, the film offers a prismatic portrait of collective trauma and resistance. While the devastation of María attracted a great deal of media coverage, the world has paid far less attention to the storm that preceded it: a 72-billion-dollar debt crisis crippling Puerto Rico well before the winds and waters hit. 

• The Moment is Now: In Dialogue with Changemakers featuring Danté Stewart: Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 6:30PM to 8:00PM (EDT), Join us for the inaugural event in The Moment is Now: In Dialogue with Changemakers. Danté Stewart is the author of the debut memoir Shoutin’ in the Fire: An American Epistle, a stirring meditation on being Black and learning to love in a loveless, anti-Black world. Stewart reveals the profound faith he discovered even after experiencing the violence of the American church: a faith that loves Blackness; speaks truth to pain and trauma; and pursues a truer, realer kind of love than the kind we’re taught, a love that sets us free.

• Dan Immergluck, Professor of Urban Studies at Georgia State University, will discuss his new book “Red Hot City: Housing, Race, and Exclusion in Twenty-First Century Atlanta” (University of California Press, 2022). After a presentation of the book’s key arguments, Nathaniel Smith, Founder and Chief Equity Officer of the Partnership for Southern Equity (and graduate of the New School’s Public and Urban Policy program), will engage Dan in a discussion of the book’s broader lessons beyond Atlanta.Presented by the Public and Urban Policy Program at Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at the Schools of Public Engagement.
• Platypus Affiliated Society: you are invited to join us for our year-long Marxist theory (not meant as endorsement or dogma but rather open intellectual inquiry -- we have plenty of anti-Marxists who are great good faith attendees) student reading group. Platypus organizes reading groups, public fora, research, and journalism focused on problems and tasks inherited from the "Old" (1920s-30s), "New" (1960s-70s), and post-political (1980s-90s) Left, for the possibilities of emancipatory politics today. You can check out Platypus' statement of purpose here. If you are interested in the reading group and want more information on how to participate, please reach out to me at dewed056@newschool.edu. 

• The Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations and R-SEAT: Refugees Seeking Equal Access at the Table invite you to a roundtable discussion “From Accountability to Meaningful Participation: Refugees and the governance of international refugee responses” on Monday, 3 October 2022, from 1pm to 3pm Eastern. This will be a hybrid event, with the option to attend in person at the Permanent Mission of Canada (466 Lexington Ave, 20th floor, New York) or virtually. Registration is required. Please RSVP by completing this FORM by Thursday, 29 September 2022. 

JOBS, INTERNSHIPS, OPPORTUNITIES

Jobs:

• The Mayor's Office of Operations is hiring for a fall/spring intern. This internship is the full academic year and students can work up to 20 hours a week. Here is a link to the FAQ page. Deadline is September 18th. Feel free to reach out to Diandra Malahoo if you have any questions, malad916@newschool.edu.
• India China Institute: ICI is looking for a highly motivated student to fill a part-time position at the institute. The job role entails drafting/writing/editing ICI’s newsletters and undertaking other content writing-related tasks. Prerequisites: A self-starter with good educational standing, Excellent writing skills, Capability to work independently and collaboratively with the team. Use The New School Career Website to learn more and apply for the position.
• The Refugee Resettlement Department at Catholic Charities Community Services: Seeking a full-time Ukrainian Response Program Assistant. The Resettlement Program Assistant will join CCCS as a critical member of the Refugee Resettlement team to support federally and state funded programs providing resettlement services to refugees, asylees, and other immigrant populations. Under the supervision of the Director, the Program Assistant supports operational and case management needs, including: data entry and management into various tracking systems, supporting scheduling needs, clerical duties, and more. Email globalstudies@newschool.edu for full job posting. Applications can be sent to Kelly.Agnew-Barajas@archny.org. 
• The Refugee Resettlement Department at Catholic Charities Community Services: Seeking a full-time Case Manager - Refugee Resettlement. The Case Manager will work within resettlement and other social service programs to screen prospective applicants/cases, complete the enrollment process, provide orientation, conduct comprehensive casework for the designated service period according to the specific contract guidelines. Email globalstudies@newschool.edu for full job posting. Applications can be sent to Kelly.Agnew-Barajas@archny.org.
• The Sherrod Institute (which is comprised of the Southwest Georgia Project, Charles Sherrod CDC and New Communities Inc.): CEO Shirley Sherrod is searching for a personal Executive Assistant. It requires the successful applicant to be in-person in Albany GA and includes an apartment and utilities as a benefit. Please express interest in an email to Erin Simmons at globalstudies@newschool.edu. 

• New School Student Research Award (deadline Nov 4): The New School Student Research Award (SRA) provides support for graduate and undergraduate students in their work as researchers, scholars and creative practitioners. It awards small grants for developing or implementing a research project (broadly defined to include the full scope of scholarly, creative, and professional practices covered across the colleges of The New School) that has project-related expenses—for example, travel, equipment and supplies, access fees for data, memberships, or dissemination. More information on the website.
• CESJ Mini Grants: Due dates: October 7, November 4, and December 2. CESJ Mini-Grants are small grants up to $750 for individual Lang students and $1500 for groups across the university with at least one Lang student member. These grants support student programming, research costs, activism, creative projects, and other work that focuses on social justice or civic engagement.⁠ Apply here for a CESJ mini grant or other Lang Engaged Learning Opportunities. 
• Tishman Environment and Design Center 2022-2023 Student Award for Excellence. Are you passionate about the climate crisis and environmental justice? Are you fighting for climate justice? Are you innovating design based solutions for sustainability? The Tishman Environment and Design Center will award project support grants to student projects, research and initiatives that address climate change, sustainability or environmental justice. You can  find detailed information about the center, its mission and goals as well as the application process
  hereThe Asia Foundation announces that applications are open for LeadNext: Ambassadors for a Global Future our dynamic program focused on global citizenship for the 21^st century. 
• The Asia Foundation announces applications for LeadNext: Ambassadors for a Global Future, a dynamic program focused on global citizenship for the 21st century. LeadNext fellows can be from any field with a commitment to creative approaches to addressing issues such as climate change, conflict, inequity, injustice, poverty, or other pressing issues. 

• The Global & International Studies Department, University of California Irvine is looking for outstanding interdisciplinary students from across the humanities and social sciences to join our doctoral program in Global Studies. We'd greatly appreciate if you could help get the word out - see attached flyer for details. Many thanks in advance!