October 10, 2019
Ann Snitow May 9, 1943-August 10, 2019 Ann Snitow, a founding faculty member of Lang College and the creator of the Gender Studies Program at the New School, passed away on August 10, 2019. She was a beloved member of the Literary Studies faculty. While indeed her books and essays are crucial texts in feminist studies and in the life of the mind, as Literary Studies colleagues our remembrances here are more personal, testaments not just to her work but to the power of her being.
November 14, 2016
by Helaina Hovitz, Class of 2011 November 13, 2016 It had already been a dark week for us, full of fear, disbelief, and confusion. The physical acts of violence, hatred, and intolerance have been the most difficult to understand, and when I heard about what happened at your dorms on November 12th, I thought I heard wrong. I’ve never known a more accepting place than The New School, a place that is—because I refuse to say “was”—as blind to gender, race, religion, or sexuality as any place could truly be. […]
