Social Research: An International Quarterly

06/06/2019

Since 1988, Social Research has published 20 issues that have explored political transitions occurring in various countries and regions in the world. The series began with two issues examining Central and East
Europe on the cusp of the dramatic changes that led to and accompanied the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. In this most recent examination of political transitions, we asked our authors to examine political trends in countries that we looked at earlier in the series, the current trends appear to be towards increased inequality, repression, and a diminution in respect for human rights rather than towards increasing freedoms.

Read more in our newly released issue TRANSITIONS REVISITED / Vol. 86, No. 1 at SocRes.org #NSSRNews

06/06/2019

Social Research: An International Quarterly

05/15/2019

Yesterday, the Alabama State Senate passed a near-total abortion ban. The bill prohibits abortion at every stage of pregnancy, and while it includes an exception for "serious" risk cases, it rejects exceptions for rape or incest. The bill now awaits Governor Kay Ivey's signature.

In 1991, Social Research: An International Quarterly published "Gender Politics and Public Policies" (Vol. 58, No. 3), a journal dedicated to varying perspectives of political, social, and cultural topics and the implications of changes in the welfare state for women.

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05/14/2019

“Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise.” (Hannah Arendt, 1951)

The 39th Social Research Conference "Loyalty & Betrayal" Conference will be coming this fall and in recognition of The New School's Centennial year & the deep complexities underlying the concepts of "Loyalty & Betrayal", it will be held during the “Festival of the New.”

Learn More: https://bit.ly/2HgN9pY

05/07/2019

"Growing up in the states, I never felt represented, because I could never flip through a magazine and see a girl who was wearing a hijab," she said.

21 year old model and St. Cloud State University scholar, Halima Aden has been making waves in the modeling industry over the past few years, shattering stereotypes and inspiring many. Her recent victory came last week when she became the first Sports Illustrated model to pose wearing a burkini and hijab.

She spoke about living in a refugee camp in Kenya until the age of seven. She then moved to Minnesota, where she began making history at a young age as her town's first homecoming queen and continued to make waves by just being herself. Read More: https://cbsn.ws/2IYmwrV

Learn more about the history of refugee scholarship and the importance of supporting individual scholars in their academic, career, and personal endeavors in REFUGEE SCHOLARSHIP: THE CROSS-FERTILIZATION OF CULTURE / 84, No. 4

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05/03/2019

The New York Times announced that they are taking down its paywall for 3 days, allowing the public unlimited access to Times Journalism in honor of #WorldPressFreedomDay. What are your thoughts on this this momentary change?

05/03/2019

In honor of #WorldPressFreedomDay we will be highlighting a few journals and quotes that exemplify the importance of free speech, inquiry, and institutional autonomy among journalists, reporters, and scholars. All journals can be found online at SocRes.org

• NONTHEMATIC / Vol. 8, No. 4 (W. 1941)
Discusses the freedom of public discussion and how communications (or lack thereof) throughout various wars affect the spending patterns, reactions, and overall knowledge of the public. MORE: https://bit.ly/2ZXc35A

• INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE, WAR CRIMES, AND TERRORISM: The US Record / Vol. 69, No. 4 (W. 2002)
Examines the American role in the evolution of new forms of international criminal jurisdictions from a variety of perspectives. More: https://bit.ly/2vyncvB

• FREE INQUIRY AT RISK: Universities in Dangerous Times, Part I / Vol. 76, No. 2 (S. 2009)
Presents information on scholars and students that have been detained or imprisoned by governments around the world. More: https://bit.ly/2GUOsK4

• FROM IMPUNITY TO ACCOUNTABILITY Africa's Development in the 21st Century / Vol. 77, No. 4 (W. 2010)
Examines the challenges of development that face African countries as they work to increase government accountability. More: https://bit.ly/2PKdZt9

• POLITICS AND COMEDY / Vol. 79, No. 1 (S. 2012)
Explores the many ways in which comedy figures into political life and how it can subvert, persuade, educate, reconcile and, at times, make survival more bearable. More: https://bit.ly/2Wm0PVL

• THE INVASIVE OTHER / Vol. 84, No. 1 (S. 2017)
Discusses themes of "otherness" how freedom of speech and pther kinds of control over ideas deemed invasive have emerged in the digital world. More: https://bit.ly/2XGcxvE

05/03/2019

World Press Freedom Day events raise alarm on fake news

"A rising tide of fake news and disinformation is dominating World Press Freedom Day discussions taking place this week in Ethiopia, which is hosting the event after freeing jailed journalists as part of sweeping reforms."

Washington Post covers the 2019 Word Press Freedom Day happening in Ethiopia.

Read More: https://wapo.st/2DMRA9Y

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World Press Freedom Day events raise alarm on fake news as ‘threat to democracy’

05/01/2019

DEATH IN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE / Vol. 39, No. 3 (Fall 1972) | Social Research: An International Quarterly

Hundreds of millions of “dead profiles” will be added to Facebook’s network in the next few decades, Oxford University researchers find, making the U.S. the only Western nation to appear in the top 10 countries by “dead profile count” by 2100, according to the research.

Read more: https://cnb.cx/2V6iHY8

Find out what our authors had to say about society and death in DEATH IN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE / Vol. 39, No. 3 (https://bit.ly/2Y2NrGF )

Arien Mack, Editor Table of ContentsTalcott Parsons The Gift of Life and its Reciprocation The authors hope to extend the analysis, and narrow the focus o

04/30/2019

DISASTERS: Recipes and Remedies / Vol. 75, No. 3 (Fall 2008) | Social Research: An International Quarterly

Following the San Diego Synagogue shooting, The New York Times noted that California has more organized hate groups than any other state.

"On Monday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation said it had thwarted a terrorist attack by a man who had recently converted to Islam and wanted to exact vengeance for the Christchurch killings by targeting white nationalists, Jews, churches and military bases. The suspect, an American military veteran, aimed for “multiple targets” at several locations in Southern California, including Huntington Beach, the port of Long Beach and the Santa Monica Pier." Read More: https://nyti.ms/2WehwT3

In what ways can we reduce our vulnerabilities to disasters brought upon by homegrown terrorists? Read more in DISASTERS: Recipes and Remedies / Vol. 75, No. 3

https://www.socres.org/single-post/753-fall-2008-disasters

Arien Mack, Editor Table of Contents Endangered Scholars Worldwide Arien Mack Editor’s IntroductionThis issue contains papers from the 17th Social Research con

04/17/2019

"...instead of me pulling out my flower crown, it was more important that I brought OUR culture to Coachella."

With the release of "Homecoming", @Beyoncé has a chokehold on everything that is social media, with endless tweets, emojis and gifs popping up in support of her new film.

Beyoncé's concert film documentary follows the production and execution of her history making performance at the 2018 Coachella Festival as the first African American woman to headline the event since its founding in 1999.

Paying tribute to iconic figures in African American history, like Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, and Reginald Lewis to highlighting aspects of black culture like HBCUs and the Divine Nine, Beyoncé has created a new wave in entertainment, music, and history. -

Learn about the place of social interactions in our society and economy and how different cultures are produced based on their environment and opportunities (or lack thereof) in THE PRODUCTION OF CULTURE / Vol. 45, No. 2 | socres.org

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04/17/2019

The New School's first president Alvin Johnson and cohort of exiled scholars launched Social Research: An International Quarterly in 1934 to maintain that every true university must have its own distinct public voice.

On April 26, we continue on with New University in Exile Consortium's very first conference Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk, at which the exiled scholars hosted by Consortium institutions will speak.

#NSSRNews Register | https://bit.ly/2UweUTM

Here's why you should attend New University in Exile Consortium's Spring Conference: Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk at The New School.

The New University in Exile Consortium is an initiative morally mandated by The New School 's past as the home of the first University in Exile in 1933, created in response to the current alarming increase in the persecution of scholars worldwide and the increasing attacks on academic freedom. We are living at a time when scholars around the world are under attack. In some places, universities have been shuttered or destroyed; many scholars have been purged from their faculty positions; others seek safety from conflicts that have riven their countries.

On April 26, exiled scholars hosted by The NUIEC will speak on the attacks on universities and academic freedom in their home countries and how this has affected their lives. The student speakers will be sharing their experiences as an endangered scholar in countries such as Azerbaijan, Cambodia, India, Iran, and Turkey. These scholars are hosted by Barnard College, Trinity College, Wellesley College, Columbia University in the City of New York, Rutgers University, Connecticut College, Harvard University and The New School.

This is your chance to learn about what's happening in the world and of the role that the University, academia, and YOU play in the fight for protecting academic freedom.

Go here >> https://bit.ly/2UweUTM to register. | #NSSRNews #EndangeredScholars #TheNewSchool

📷: In Ankara, police trample academic regalia laid down in protest against the dismissal of academics from universities.

04/15/2019

Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk

We are living at a time when scholars around the world are under attack. In some places, universities have been shuttered or destroyed; many scholars have been purged from their faculty positions; others seek safety from conflicts that have riven their countries.

On April 26, 2019, New University in Exile Consortium will host its first spring scholar conference Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk, at which the exiled scholars hosted by Consortium institutions will speak. The scholars will discuss the attacks on universities and academic freedom in their home countries and how these have affected not only their own lives but the nature of the universities.

The conference will include 2 sessions, the first, "The Role of the University," will be from 1:30pm - 3:30pm and the second, “Contemporary Attacks,” will be from 3:30pm - 5:30pm.

Concluding remarks will be given by George Rupp, former president of the International Rescue Committee, at 6:00pm.

For full program and registration details, visit: https://nuiecspringconference.eventbrite.com

*This event is free and open to the public.

Please join us for "Academic Institutions Under Attack: Freedom of Inquiry at Risk" on April 26 at The New School The New University in Exile Consortium presents its first conference at which the exiled scholars hosted by Consortium institutions will speak. The scholars will discuss the attacks on u...

04/10/2019

Views on Race in America 2019

Most Americans (65%) (including majorities across racial and ethnic groups) say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected president (https://pewrsr.ch/2VxeKbp).

In 2018, we raised the question of whether the norm busting being done by our president will lead to norm changes. Are his actions likely to establish new norms for the presidency? Read more in CHANGING SOCIAL NORMS / Vol. 85, No. 1 here >> https://bit.ly/2qaLadw

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Most Americans (65%) – including majorities across racial and ethnic groups – say it has become more common for people to express racist or racially insensitive views since Trump was elected president.

04/08/2019

A quick bit of history on Social Research: An International Quarterly:

In 1933, the New School’s first president, Alvin Johnson, with support from philanthropist Hiram Halle and the Rockefeller Foundation, initiated an historic effort to rescue endangered scholars from the shadow of Nazism in Europe at the brink of WW II. These refugees became the founding scholars of “The University in Exile,” and constituted what became known as the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, now known as The New School for Social Research. Social Research: An International Quarterly of the Political and Social Sciences was launched in 1934 by these scholars, who held the deep conviction that every true university must have its own distinct public voice. Read Alvin Johnson’s introduction to our first issue.

In the years since, Social Research has matured into one of the oldest and most influential journals in the United States. Papers by authors from around the globe have reached our readers in nearly 100 countries, and our audience continues to grow. Articles and complete back issues are regularly used as classroom texts across the United States. More than 250 articles from our pages have been translated or reprinted in books and journals all over the world, and our special conference issues are award winners.

04/03/2019

ERRORS: Consequences of Big Mistakes in the Natural and Social Science | Social Research: An International Quarterly

Is Pluto a planet (again)? Does altruism exist today? Is Race still a problem in anthropology? Explore these questions and how real failures helped to bring great advances in the sciences in 'ERRORS' / Vol. 72, No. 1 of the Social Research Journal. #NSSR #WednesdayWisdom

Read More: https://bit.ly/2CY8WjL

Gerald Holton, Guest EditorArien Mack, Editor Table of Contents Gerald HoltonGuest Editor’s IntroductionAt first blush, “science” and “error” seem to be polar

03/25/2019

Which Came First, Vengeful Gods or Complex Civilizations?

“Our results suggest that collective identities are more important to facilitate cooperation in societies than religious beliefs."

New research into the mysteries of human civilizations and the development of religion suggests that complex societies existed long before supernatural or religious practices enforced a code of behavior.

Read More: https://bit.ly/2HNRPEF

A new study pushes back against the hypothesis that moralizing gods were necessary to keep large societies civil

03/22/2019

HANNAH ARENDT'S THE ORIGINS OF TOTALITARIANISM: Fifty Years Later / Vol. 69, No. 2 (Summer 2002) | Social Research: An International Quarterly

Many scholars accused that totalitarianism has its origin from Marx's ideas. Read more on philosopher and political theorist Hannah Arendt's unpublished articles, examining the ideas and influence of Karl Marx within social and historical sciences in 'Hannah Arendt: The Origins of Totalitarianism' / Vol. 69, No. 2

The journal begins with an unpublished selection of Hannah Arendt’s writing that immediately followed the publications of The Origins of Totalitarianism… The main body of this issue of Social Research is made up of papers delivered at two conferences that marked the 50th anniversary of the publications of The Origins of Totalitarianism. Read More: https://bit.ly/2Ub5pZr

Jerome Kohn, Guest CoeditorArien Mack, EditorTable of ContentsJerome Kohn IntroductionThe editor of Social Research, Arien Mack, and I both thought that it wou