POSTPONED: Apology: Its Role in Political and Social Life
40th Social Research Conference April 2 - 3, 2020 REGISTER HERE After thoughtful consideration, and out of general caution for COVID-19,...
Loyalty & Betrayal: Their Role in Political Life
39th Social Research Conference October 3 - 4, 2019 In recognition of the 100th anniversary of The New School, which was founded by a...
Unknowability: How Do We Know What Cannot Be Known?
38th Social Research Conference April 4-5, 2019 From the earliest moments of humanity’s search for answers and explanations, we have...
Cons and Scams: Their Place in American Culture
37th Social Research Conference April 23-24, 2018 Cons and con men have long been present in American culture and are often represented...
Invisibility: The Power of an Idea
36th Social Research Conference, April 20-21, 2017 The concept of invisibility is powerful, pervasive, and multifaceted. It is...
The Future of Scholarly Knowledge: Principles, Pressures, and Prospects
35th Social Research Conference, October 13-14, 2016 What is twenty-first-century “scholarly knowledge”—and why do we care? Is there a...
The Invasive Other
34th Social Research Conference April 20-21, 2016 The media is full of headlines about “invasive others”: the Zika epidemic, the refugee...
Sanctions and Divestments: Economic Weapons of Political and Social Change
33rd Social Research Conference April 30 - May 1, 2015 The conference examined the ways sanctions and divestments are used to attain...
The Fear of Art
32nd Social Research Conference February 12-13, 2015 Freedom of expression remains under threat in both totalitarian and democratic...
Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?
31st Social Research Conference April 24-25, 2014 There is no more urgent issue than climate change, yet government, corporations, and...
Corruption
30th Social Research Conference November 21-22, 2013 Signs of corruption and the damage it causes are painfully evident in political and...
Food and Immigrant Life: The Role of Food in Forced Immigration, Migrant Labor, and Re-creating Hom
29th Social Research Conference April 18-19, 2013 The conference examined the complex relationships between food and migration. Food...
Giving: Caring for the Needs of Strangers
28th Social Research Conference December 6-8, 2012 This conference is intended to be broadly inclusive, ranging from individual...
Egypt in Transition
27th Social Research Conference April 12, 2012 This conference aims to shed light on the origins of the events in Tahrir Square, the...
The Future of Higher Education
26th Social Research Conference, December 8-9, 2011 There has been much discussion recently in the media (the New York Review of Books,...
