News and Updates
EVENT: Aquí y allá: Art and Activism Against Borders
Dec. 7 | 5:00 – 9:00 PM ET Hoerle Lecture Hall 63 5th Ave. New York, NY 10011 Presented by Otros Dreams en Actión and faculty at The New School. Sponsored by Global Studies, Politics, Zolberg Institute on Migration and… Continue reading→
New report – “Artistic Exodus: Afghan Artists Fleeing Taliban Rule”
December 1, 2023 Created in partnership between the Artistic Freedom Initiative and UC Berkeley School of Law, “Artistic Exodus” highlights the ongoing risks that Afghan artists and cultural workers face in Afghanistan and exposes the serious systemic problems facing refugee artists during migration and… Continue reading→
Launch of a new independent initiative: Africa Development Analytica (AfDA)
Africa Development Analytica (AfDA) is an independent organization dedicated to conducting high-quality research to improve understanding and inform policy-making on the triple-burden of survival in Africa: climate change, conflict, and poverty. Climate change, conflict, and poverty are deeply interconnected and… Continue reading→
New article: Israel -Palestine : an “apocalyptic” clash between two traumatized memories
“Both Palestinians and Israelis are prisoners of traumatic memories, which plays a major role in the intensity of their current confrontation.” By Mohamad Moustafa Alabsi, Postdoctoral researcher at the Mellon Fellowship Program, Columbia Global Centers, Amman. Associate member at the Grenoble… Continue reading→
Sahraa Karimi’s Taliban drama “Flight From Kabul” wins award for best pitch
“Flight from Kabul” has won the Screen International best pitch award from Industry@Tallinn & Baltic Event, the industry platform of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (POFF). The project is inspired by Karimi’s own experience of the 2021 Taliban offensive that… Continue reading→
WE ARE ONE: Iranian Women Short Film Festival
December 7, 2023 | 7:00 PM ET Kellen Auditorium 66 5th Ave. New York, NY 10011 Presented by The Bridge and Tunnel and The New University in Exile Consortium Join us for an inspiring evening at The New School’s Kellen… Continue reading→
Film Screening and Conversation: “Afghan Women Behind the Wheel”
Friday, December 1, 2023 | 6:00 – 7:30pm ET The New School University Center 63 5th Ave Reception to follow
Fanoos Ensemble: Presenting Art of Afghanistan
Friday, November 10, 2023 Concert: 7:30-8:30pm Q&A: 8:30-9:00pm Reception: 9:00-10:00pm The New School Jazz Performance Space 55 West 13th Street, 5th Floor Fanoos Ensemble is Ahmad Fanoos, Elham Fanoos, and Mehran Fanoos. Fanoos Ensemble was reunited in the U.S. in… Continue reading→
“The Suppression of Academic Voices”
A Webinar in Support of Dr. Gubad IbadoghluRecorded October 12, 2023 12:00 – 1:30 PM ET “The Suppression of Academic Voices,” featured esteemed speakers, Judith Butler, Michael Ignatieff, Steven Pinker, and Kenneth Roth, with an introduction by The New School’s President, Donna… Continue reading→