Lang's put together a super exciting common reader for incoming students, new and returning. Each major and minor was given the chance to share some materials which speak to the current moment, and student clubs will soon follow suit. It's all preceded by a section on New School history. The whole thing, which features historical and contemporary sources in a myriad of genres, faculty work, and work of students in classes and after, conveys better than anything I've yet seen the dynamic of what we do, in classes and beyond... and makes a hopeful claim on the possibilities of the online setting for continuing it.
I'm pleased our New School history work frames it! Students can stumble on my piece on the prehistory of Lang, an invitation to think beyond the four-year box, can hear the many voices in our podcasts, and enjoy another piece the editors chose from the Public Seminar vertical! I hope students also make their way to our (excellent) Religious Studies selections, which highlight the work of some of our alums - an encouraging prospect for new students, I trust, and also an anticipatory response to "what can you do with a religious studies minor/major?"
I'm pleased our New School history work frames it! Students can stumble on my piece on the prehistory of Lang, an invitation to think beyond the four-year box, can hear the many voices in our podcasts, and enjoy another piece the editors chose from the Public Seminar vertical! I hope students also make their way to our (excellent) Religious Studies selections, which highlight the work of some of our alums - an encouraging prospect for new students, I trust, and also an anticipatory response to "what can you do with a religious studies minor/major?"
