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New School for Social Research & University in Exile
Private university for the reformation of higher education in the USA
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Founding year:
Jahr der Gründung:
1919
Time period:
time period:
since 1919
Place:
Ort:
New York City
Region:
Region:
Northern America
Country:
Land:
United States of America
Location:
Location:
School house
Target Group:
Zielgruppe:
Students
Teachers
Description
Description
In 1919, the »New School for Social Research« was founded by a group of pacifist-minded intellectuals, most of whom had previously taught at Columbia University and had been censored by its president. The censorship became the impetus for the re-founding of a university. In the style of the German Volkhochschule and with close ties to Europe, a »University in Exile« was established within the university, where around 180 emigrated European academics worked until 1945.
In 1926, the New School for Social Research offered the first course in cinema as a form of art and the first course in psychoanalysis (taught by a student of Sigmund Freud). After the defeat of France in June 1940, a number of distinguished French social scientists also joined, such as the anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, the linguist Roman Jakobson and the political scientist Henri Bonnet.
Goals
Goals
Re-foundation of an academic institution after censorship and emigration:
»[...] to create a new kind of academic institution, one where faculty and students would be free to honestly and directly address the problems facing societies in the 20th century. Their vision was to bring together scholars and citizens interested in questioning, debating, and discussing the most important issues of the day.« (see https://www.newschool.edu/about/history/)
Outcomes
Outcomes
Since 1997 the school has borne the name »New School University«, since 2005 the current name »The New School«. The university today consists of 5 colleges with courses that continue the founders' interest in social sciences, international affairs, humanities, history and philosophy, as well as art, design, management and performing arts.
Initiators
Initiator*innen
Charles A. Beard, Thorstein Veblen, James Harvey Robinson, Wesley Clair Mitchell, John Dewey, Alvin Johnson
Responsible
Responsible
Further information
Further Information
Images
Bilder
01_fogelman40_LibraryBefore1930_(c)_Shobbrook

Library of the New School for Social Research at 465 West 23rd Street, before 1930. Photo: H. Shobbrook Collins, New School photograph collection, New School Archives & Special Collections

02_fogelman42_Bibliothek1940-1960_(c)_Rosenfeld

The Library of the 66 West 12th Street Building of The New School. 1940–1960. Photo: David Rosenfeld, New School photograph collection, New School Archives & Special Collections

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Graduate Center of the New School for Social Research. 1965–1971. Photo: Laima Turnley, New School photograph collection, New School Archives & Special Collections

04_NS040101_001379_Meeting_Graduate_Faculty

Meeting of the Graduate Faculty, including academics who emigrated from Germany: Erich Hula (emigrated 1938), Julie Meyer (emigrated 1937), Frieda Wunderlich (emigrated 1933), circa 1950. Photo: New School photograph collection, New School Archives & Special Collections

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distance-l6 - 1568
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distance-l2 - 1080
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distance-s4 - 414
distance-s5 - 320