New Dialogues

In this episode of New Dialogues, Mckenzie Wark, Professor of Culture and Media, and alum Sul Mousavi (BA Creative Writing ‘22) converse about the challenges faced by the LGBTQ+ community and what it means to endure amid growing anti-trans legislation and violence. This episode was initially recorded in June 2022. For support and resources, visit translifeline.org or call 877.565.8860. The resource provided is for informational purposes only and does not imply endorsement or affiliation. Learn more about the BA in Creative Writing: https://www.newschool.edu/bachelors-program/creative-writing-ba-curriculum/Learn more about the Gender Studies minor: https://www.newschool.edu/undergrad-minors/gender-studies/

In this episode of New Dialogues, essayist, screenwriter, and cultural critic, Jia Tolentino joins author, multidisciplinary artist, and Director of The Riggio Writing and Democracy Program, J. Mae Barizo. The two discuss media, performance, cultural production, the possibilities of the essay, artistic process, and sustaining a creative life. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.

In this episode philosopher, activist, and prophetic voice in the American democratic tradition, Cornel West joins Simon Critchley, philosopher and chronicler of the human condition for a wide-ranging conversation on politics, ethics, faith, and the urgent questions of this moment. This event was part of the 2026 New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.

In this episode, Egana Djabbarova discusses her book My Dreadful Body with New York Times columnist and Director of Hofstra's Institute for Public Humanities and the Arts, Rhonda Garelick. This debut novel explores a young woman's coming of age in a traditional Azerbaijani community in Russia, grappling with the weight of Muslim patriarchal norms and a debilitating neurological condition. This event was presented by the School of Art & Design History & Theory at Parsons School of Design as a part of The New School for Social Research Festival of Ideas.Learn more about the School of Art & Design History & TheoryLearn more about Parsons School of DesignLearn more about The New School for Social Research  

In this episode of New Dialogues, Nicolas Langlitz, Professor of Anthropology at The New School for Social Research and Founder/Director of the Psychedelic Humanities Lab joins alum Hamilton Morris, journalist and chemist, at SXSW 2023. They discuss the psychedelic renaissance, how we can understand the significance of psychedelic use beyond utopian hopes and moral panics, whether psychedelics are a miracle drug, and why history appears to repeat itself as we enter a new era of psychedelic enthusiasm. Learn more about The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/Learn more about the Psychedelic Humanities Lab: https://psychedelichumanities.newschool.org/ 

In this episode of New Dialogues, Salman Rushdie visits The New School and delivers the 2025 New School for Social Research William Phillips lecture titled “Blasphemy is a Victimless Crime.” Rushdie, the author of 15 novels, including the Booker Prize-winning “Midnight’s Children and “The Satanic Verses,” and nonfiction books including, most recently, “The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories,” speaks on freedom of thought and speech, the rising politicization of religion, and blasphemy as a form of resistance. Following the lecture, Rushdie chats with New School creative writing professor Luis Jaramillo, and responds to audience questions read by Christoph Cox, executive dean of Eugene Lang College. The William Phillips lecture series was established at The New School for Social Research in 2006 to further the legacy of William Phillips, co-founder of Partisan Review, a journal committed to freedom of thought in literature, to creative expression, and to serious, open debate.Read the event transcript: https://publicseminar.org/2025/04/salman-rushdie-on-blasphemy/Learn more about The New School for Social Research: https://www.newschool.edu/NSSR/Learn more about Eugene Lang College: https://www.newschool.edu/lang/