by Michelle Weitzel PhD student in the Politics Department at the New School for Social Research Speaking at the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility on April 21, 2015, Professor Michel Agier (Anthropology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales) sketched a three-part scene that unfolded at the margins of the port zone in Patras, Greece: in
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility invites you to the talk “The Dark Side of Modernity and the Issue of Citizenship” by Angelo Ventrone. The event is co-sponsored by the History Deparment and the Politics Department. Friday May 1st 2015 at 12pm Klein Conference Room (510) 66 West 12th street, New York NY
The New School cordially invites you to an expert panel discussion on ‘The Right to Have Rights: Statelessness and Citizenship in the 21st Century’. Citizenship is the essential foundation of a person’s legal rights in the 21st Century. Yet, at least 15 million people worldwide are stateless. Although it is a worldwide problem, statelessness has
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility hosts the Feet in 2 Worlds film series entitled “Dream City: immigrant experiences in film.” In this project, independent filmmakers are producing works that go beyond popular narratives of immigration and take risks to tell new ones. The films in this series explore the cultural complexity of leaving one
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility hosts a lecture by Michel Agier entitled Bordelands and “Borderman” – Towards a New Cosmopolis. Through the study of contemporary migrants’ experiences in Africa, Middle-East and Europe, this talk addresses the rising social importance of the “borderman,” that is, men and women in the move in precarious condition. Prof. Agier describes them as
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility co-sponsors with the Conflict and Security Concentration of the Graduate Program in International Affairs and Global Studies the panel discussion Immigration, Identity, and Islam: Making sense of Europe’s Public Debates in the light of Charlie Hebdo and the “Islamization of Europe.” The Charlie Hebdo events in Paris led to heated arguments about
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility invites you to the conference “Crossing Mexico / Migration & Human Rights in the Age of Criminal Politics.” These paired conferences seek to enrich understandings of—and bring visibility to—the increasingly complex and violent processes that characterize contemporary Mexican and Central American migration north. From the violent population displacements in Central
The Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility hosts a lecture by Eyal Weizman entitled “FORENSiS: Space and Violence at the Threshold of Detectibility.” Forensic Architecture turns its counter forensic gaze to the frontiers of contemporary war. Forensic Architecture, an agency composed of artists, filmmakers and architectural researchers, uses architecture and its media representations to analyse and respond to political
by Ann Stoler Willy Brandt Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, New School for Social Research Alessandro Petti and Sandi Hilal are a team of two extraordinary architects who live permanently at Beit Sahour on the outskirts of Bethelem in Palestine. They have worked since 2007 to revitalize, reconstruct, take apart, and reconceive both
As part of a two-day launch of its Humanities Action Lab (HAL), The New School initiates the HAL: Global Dialogues project, co-sponsored by the Zolberg Institute on Migration and Mobility. “Global Dialogues: Mass Incarceration and Public Memory” will happen January 05 at 6pm. This is a moderated conversation between Glenn E. Martin (JustLeadershipUSA), Marc Mauer (Sentencing Project) and Tyrone
