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.
May 13, 2016
From Alice Vincent at the Telegraph (UK): “Thanks to an idea from writer and educator Candice Benbow, a free syllabus of hundreds of references to works that accompany and help explain Lemonade’s meaning has been created and released online. Less than a week after Lemonade’s release, Benbow posted on Twitter that she had been contemplating creating the Lemonade Syllabus, as it has become known. […]
The Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Awards are bestowed annually to New School students for the best responses inspired by works in the university’s art collection. The awards were established in 1996 by the late Vera List, a life trustee of The New School, to celebrate the creative and critical thinking of New School students, and the impact of contemporary art in The New School’s academic life.
A rotating panel of judges selects the winning entries—two $400 first-place awards and two $200 second-place awards. Winners are announced in The New School News and various New School blogs and social media platforms. In a new collaboration with the U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics (AICA), the winning entries will be edited by a professional editor.
We are pleased to announce Macushla Robinson as the winner of the 2015-2016 Vera List New School Art Collection Writing Award. Macushla is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Liberal Studies at The New School for Social Research This year’s competition called for responses to three site-specific artworks: For Comrades and Lovers by Glenn Ligon, Alfredo Jaar’s, Searching for Africa in LIFE and Rita McBride’s Bells and Whistles, which are all located throughout The New School’s University Center.
Entries must be received by January 17, 2017.
Guidelines for entry can be found here:
http://www.veralistcenter.org/lead/3/writing-awards/
