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This collection contains working papers and other academic papers, printed and typescripts, stemming from the Center for Economic Policy Analysis (CEPA), later known as the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) in 2005. The bulk are working papers identified as series 1, 2, and 3. Individual papers in series are numbered, some are revisions.

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“Speaking of Music, and Other Things” was a public interview series held at The New School, consisting of conversations between concert promoter Daniel Kapilian and popular musician guests. The collection consists of sound recordings of these interviews.

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The collection includes a recording, poster drafts and printed poster promoting a New School student performance of the Ernst Toller play, Hoppla, We're Alive (in the original German, Hoppla, Wir Leben). Students in a Eugene Lang College drama class staged the play in 2019 as part of the events celebrating the university centennial, with the revised title, Fuck, We're Alive.

Abstract New School professor and semiotician Marshall Blonsky moderated the series, “The Culture Elite,” during the Spring 1993 semester as part of the Vera List Center’s Art and Politics lecture program. Guests included talk show host Charlie Rose, French cultural ambassador Annie Cohen-Solal, art critic and cultural commentator Anthony Haden-Guest, journalist and novelist David Ignatius, sociologist Richard Sennett, and journalist and disability rights advocate John Hockenberry. The collection...

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In 1973, Eugene McCarthy, former United States senator and Democratic Party presidential candidate, delivered a series of lectures at The New School on the topic of "The Future of Liberalism in America." This collection consists of audio recordings of four lectures held at the university in February.

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This collection consists of audio recordings of the six-lecture series, "The New Reconstruction: America in the '70s," given by sitting United States senators at the New School for Social Research between November 1 and December 17, 1973. The series was produced by the New School in conjunction with the Fund for New Priorities in America, a New York-based non-profit organization started in 1968, which organized public discussion forums on important issues.

Summary The Schools of Public Engagement was formed in 2011 with the reorganization of the New School for General Studies. As of 2016, the division consisted of: the Bachelor's Program for Adults and Transfer Students (BPATS); the School of Languages; the School of Media Studies; the Milano School of International Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy; and the Creative Writing Program. The collection also holds the 1991-2008 records of the World Policy Institute. Dating largely from...

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“The New York Times: The Inside Story” was a special lecture series held at The New School in Fall 1990. The lectures featured journalists for The New York Times newspaper –Carolyn Lee, Sam Roberts, Michael Kaufman, Dave Anderson, Vincent Canby, and Anna Quindlen –discussing different sections of the newspaper. Collection consists of audio recordings.

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“The New Yorker at The New School” was a special lecture series held at The New School in the two consecutive Fall semesters of 1989 and 1990. The events featured lectures, discussions and readings with contributors from The New Yorker, a storied and long running American magazine. The collection consists of audio recordings.

Summary The New You Peer Health Advocates oral history project consists of five interviews with the founders and alumni of The New You, The New School's peer health advocacy program. The New You was founded in 2010 by Rachel Knopf Shey and Tamara Oyola-Santiago, co-directors of Wellness and Health Promotion at The New School. In 2019, Wellness and Health Promotion was eliminated and Knopf Shey and Oyola-Santiago transitioned into new roles at the university. This oral history project...