Memory Studies Group at The New School

July 11, 2023

Gallery: The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s)

March 24, 2023

Memory Studies Conference Call for Papers

The Weaponization of Memory in Times of Political Rupture(s) Joint In-person Conference New York City Saturday, May 13, 2023 Call for papers  Recognizing the global shift to populist politics, the...

October 11, 2021

Outdoor Gathering for The Memory Studies Group at The New School

The Memory Studies Group at The New School for Social Research invites new members! If you are interested or you’re already working on social, cultural, or public memory you should join us...

May 21, 2021

Jonathan Bach and Benjamin Nienass Co-Edit German Politics and Society Issue

Jonathan Bach, Professor of Global Studies at The New School, and Benjamin Nienass, Professor of Political Science and Law at Montclair State University and NSSR alumnus, have co-edited a special...

April 8, 2021

ONLINE CONFERENCE | Suspended Present: Downloading the Past and Gaming the Future in a Time of Pandemic

The Memory Studies Group at the New School is hosting its annual conference on April 21 – 23, 2021. This is the group’s seventh annual international conference since its founding...

March 5, 2021

Memory Studies Group in Research Matters

Research Matters, the online publication for news, profiles, and articles about students and faculty from The New School for Social Research, has prepared a story about the Memory Studies Group....

January 20, 2021

NEW DEADLINE | CfP: Memory Studies Online Conference 2021

New School for Social Research New York City April 21-23, 2021 Online Conference Organizers The Memory Studies Group at the New School, Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, and the Democracy...

December 24, 2020

ONLINE | CfP: Suspended Present: Downloading the Past and Gaming the Future in a Time of Pandemic

New School for Social Research New York City April 21-23, 2021 Online Conference Organizers The Memory Studies Group at the New School, Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, and the Democracy...

October 29, 2020

ONLINE | Remembering Gender: Recovering Lives, Reshaping Intellectual Histories

Thursday, November 12, 2020, 11:00AM to 12:00PM (EST) REGISTER HERE Join Ellen Freeberg, Associate Dean at The New School for Social Research, and Elzbieta Matynia, Professor of Sociology and Liberal...

September 28, 2020

WEBINAR | Narrating Conflicts in Post-Truth Era: Facing Revisionist Russia

Wednesday, October 7, 2020, 11:00AM to 1:00PM (EDT) The Narrating Conflicts in Post-Truth Era, Facing Revisionist Russia: Ukraine and Georgia in comparative perspective webinar will address the instrumentalization of the historical past and populist claims to historical truth...

September 9, 2020

Welcome to the Memory Studies Group at The New School!

We’re launching our new website and we wanted to share this historic moment with you! The Memory Studies Group at the New School, based at The New School for Social...

March 4, 2020

Book Launch – Museums and Sites of Persuasion

On March 4, 2020, The Memory Studies Group at the New School organized a conversation with the editors and authors of the volume, Museums and Sites of Persuasion: Politics, Memory and Human...

March 13, 2018

Memory, Art and Activism: Breaking the Stigma of Wartime Sexual Violence in Kosovo – Faculty Talk by Anna di Lellio

“Memory, Art and Activism: Breaking the Stigma of Wartime Sexual Violence in Kosovo” was a faculty talk delivered by Anna di Lellio, PhD, on March 13th, 2018. Dr. Di Lellio...

February 28, 2018

The Many Phantoms of Kirkbride Hospitals of the Insane – Faculty Talk by Robert Kirkbride

“The Many Phantoms of Kirkbride Hospitals of the Insane” was a faculty talk delivered by Robert Kirkbride, Dean of Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments and Professor of Architecture and Product...

December 6, 2017

Composing a Psychoanalytic Metropolis – Faculty Talk by Aleksandra Wagner

“Composing a Psychoanalytic Metropolis: Making it Better for You” was a faculty talk delivered by Aleksandra Wagner, assistant professor of Sociology at the Schools of Public Engagement, The New School,...

October 25, 2017

Russia’s Night Wolves, Migrating Memory and Europe’s Eastern Frontier – Sociology Brown Bag Series 2017

“Russia’s Night Wolves, Migrating Memory and Europe’s Eastern Frontier” was a talk delivered by Virág Molnár, Karolina Koziura, and Franziska König-Paratore on October 25th, 2017, as part of the NSSR’s...

October 11, 2017

The Time of Trauma – Faculty Talk by Ross Poole

“The Time of Trauma” was a faculty talk delivered by professor Ross Poole on October 11th, 2017 and in celebration of the Memory Studies Group’s ten years of scholarship. Poole...

October 4, 2017

Amy Sodaro – Where Are They Now? Conversations With Alumni

On October 4, 2017,  Memory Studies Group & TCDS hosted Sociology alum and founding member of the New School Memory Group, Amy Sodaro. She discussed her research on the 9/11...

September 13, 2017

The Vietnam Women’s Memorial – Sociology Brown Bag Series 2017

“The Vietnam Women’s Memorial: Dialogical Memory and Mixed Genres of Commemoration” was a talk delivered by Monika Żychlińska on September 13th, 2017 as part of  the NSSR’s Sociology department’s brown...