{"id":6638,"date":"2020-07-01T15:57:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T19:57:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/?page_id=6638"},"modified":"2021-10-28T15:23:53","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T19:23:53","slug":"democracy-seminar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/about-2\/democracy-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Seminar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The\u00a0<em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/democracyseminar.newschool.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Democracy Seminar<\/a><\/strong><\/em>\u00a0is a project convened by publisher and founding editor Jeffrey Goldfarb and senior editors Elzbieta Matynia and Jeffrey C. Isaac, this world-wide discussion among pro-democracy intellectuals and activists addresses the political, social and cultural obstacles to democratic governance; investigates the rise and appeal of illiberal philosophies and practices; and explores ways for rolling back autocratic politics. Read about the first DS international meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyseminar.newschool.org\/essays\/democrats-of-the-world-unite\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/democracyseminar.newschool.org\/\">Democracy Seminar<\/a> written contributions are published on their <a href=\"https:\/\/democracyseminar.newschool.org\/\">website<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/DemoSeminar\">Subscribe<\/a> to the Democracy Seminar bi-weekly <strong>newsletter<\/strong> to receive a digest of our latest published pieces and news about upcoming events, projects, and webinars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/democracyseminar.newschool.org\/essays\/the-last-time-i-saw-them-new-democracy-seminar-forum\/\">New Forum: The Last Time I Saw Them<\/a><\/strong>-on the uses and disadvantages of historical comparisons for life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Seminar Chairs<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/files\/2020\/07\/Jeff-bio-photos-021-1000edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6649\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/democracy-seminar\/jeff-bio-photos-021-1000edit\/\" class=\"wp-image-6649\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/files\/2020\/07\/jeff-isaac-1.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6650\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/democracy-seminar\/jeff-isaac-1\/\" class=\"wp-image-6650\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"256\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/files\/2020\/07\/Elzbieta-Matynia.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"6648\" data-link=\"https:\/\/blogs-test.newschool.edu\/tcds\/democracy-seminar\/elzbieta-matynia\/\" class=\"wp-image-6648\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\"><a href=\"https:\/\/publicseminar.org\/author\/jgoldfarb\/\">Jeffrey C. Goldfarb<\/a> &#8211; Michael E. Gellert Professor of Sociology The New School for Social Research; <br><a href=\"https:\/\/publicseminar.org\/author\/jisaac\/\">Jeffrey C. Isaac<\/a> &#8211; James H. Rudy Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomington;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/publicseminar.org\/author\/ematynia\/\">Elzbieta Matynia<\/a> &#8211; Professor of Sociology at The New School for Social Research and Director of Transregional Center for Democratic Studies.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Democracy Seminar\u00a0is a project convened by publisher and founding editor Jeffrey Goldfarb and senior editors Elzbieta Matynia and Jeffrey C. 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