The New Context

The Student Journal of International Affairs at The New School

Month: November 2013

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On Suffering and Mockery

By Michael Aryee It is was during a recent a discussion in finance class, of all places, that I finally thought through a phenomenon that has increasingly troubled me as of late.  In our analysis of the World Bank’s decision […]

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Syria’s Lost Students and Scholars

By Marina Gabriel The New School recently hosted a Center for Public Scholarship event entitled “Syrian Higher Education in Crisis; The Road Forward.” The panel presentation aimed to provide the international community with ways to support Syrian academics and students. […]