nancy giles

Description

The New School for Social Research based in New York City, offers master's and doctoral programs in anthropology, economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology; interdisciplinary master's programs in historical studies and liberal studies. THE NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH | http://www.newschool.edu/nssr A panel of well-known humorists and journalists launches the 2012 Spring issue of Social Research: An International Quarterly (79:1), devoted to the theme "Politics and Comedy." This event is part of the scheduled festivities of the 2012 New School Alumni Day. It is co-sponsored by The New School for Drama . THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DRAMA | http://www.newschool.edu/drama Moderated by Marvin Kitman, author of The Man Who Would Not Shut Up: The Rise of Bill O'Reilly; contributor to The Nation and media critic for the Huffington Post; former media critic at Newsday, for 35 years. Participants include: - Tim Carvell, head writer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, contributor to Slate Magazine and McSweeney's - Nancy Giles, writer and contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning, collaborator on two public-affairs radio series for the CBS Radio Network - Victor S. Navasky, editor of The Nation from 1978 to1995 and publisher and editorial director from 1995 to 2005. He is now George T. Delacorte Professor in Magazine Journalism, director of the Delacorte Center for Magazine Journalism, and chair of the Columbia Journalism Review at the Columbia Journalism School. He is working on a book about political cartoons. Visit our website http://www.newschool.edu/cps/events for current information. Center for Public Scholarship | http://www.newschool.edu/cps Location: Tishman Auditorium, Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall 04/28/2012 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.