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The New School hosted this symposium on law and urban policy, moderated by attorneys Joseph Lobenthal, Jr. and Martin Gallent, over a three month period. The collection consists of sound recordings from the symposium.

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The New School's Writing Program began collaborating with Cave Canem, a nonprofit organization promoting poetry of the African Diaspora, in 2001. The collection primarily contains sound recordings of public programming from the first decade of the partnership.

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“Conversations about Women” was an ongoing lecture series held at The New School and organized by the Vera List Center for Art and Politics. Historian and New School women’s studies professor Gina Luria Walker moderated the panels and lectures. The audio recordings in this collection focus on biographical and autobiographical writing about women.

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Theater critic and biographer Martin Gottfriend organized and moderated the event series, “Conversations with Actors,” at The New School every semester from Summer 1991 through Spring 1994. Each session featured group interviews with well-known actors, especially New York City-based stage actors. The collection consists of audio recordings of the interviews.

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Files from the conference series, Feminism and Architecture, organized by Brian McGrath, dean of the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons School of Design, and held in 2014 and 2015 at The New School. The collection consists of an audio recording from the 2014 conference and presentation materials generated as part of the 2015 conference.

Abstract This collection consists of the papers of Jeffrey Goldfarb, the Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology at The New School. The collection contains teaching files; materials relating to Goldfarb's work in Poland; correspondence; and manuscripts for Goldfarb's published books. Also included are manuscripts of papers delivered at conferences, book reviews, prospectuses, and materials relating to Goldfarb's studies at the University of Chicago. Also found herein are materials...

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The New School in cooperation with the New York City bookstore, Murder Ink, hosted a public lecture series between 1993 and 1995 devoted to discussions and readings by popular writers of mystery and crime fiction. The collection consists of audio recordings from the series.

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The New School hosted the National Book Awards Finalist Readings from 1998 until 2019. This collection of audiovisual recordings documents nominated finalists reading their work at the university the night before the awards ceremony.

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The New School Art Center was established in 1960 with a donation from the Albert J. List Foundation, and remained in operation until 1973. Directed by Paul Mocsanyi, the Center reflected The New School's commitment to engage provocative subjects, using art to explore contemporary issues. The collection contains sound recordings of events sponsored by the Art Center, often in conjunction with an exhibition or as part of educational programming.

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The New School established the Business Administration Center, directed by economist Julius Hirsch, in 1952 to "meet the practical and continuing needs of businessmen." The collection primarily consists of audio recordings from the Center's ongoing Labor-Management Luncheons. The luncheons featured speakers representing both management and unions with a focus on local, New York City issues related to collective bargaining.