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Institute for Critical Social Inquiry - ICSI Welcome to the Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) at The New School for Social Research.

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry (ICSI) offers advanced graduate students and faculty of all ranks the opportunity to spend one week with the world's leading thinkers at the New School in NYC. Each summer, the ICSI offers advanced graduate students and faculty from around the world the opportunity to spend one week at the New School's campus in Greenwich Village working closely with major thinkers who have shaped the course of contemporary social inquiry. The Institute is founded on the premise that responding to current and emergent problems requires developing our collective capacities to formulate new and better questions, rather than relying on ready-made theories. Yet, in our current richly interdisciplinary landscape, few of us have the time and opportunity to explore in depth the range of modes of inquiry relevant to our research agendas and developing projects. The Institute offers a unique and intensive opportunity for Fellows to pursue this charge in one of three week-long seminars designed to cultivate styles of thinking and conceptual vocabularies that address the disparate sites and unequal conditions in which we live. Each morning over the course of a week, seminar attendees participate in a four-hour Master Class led by an internationally eminent scholar whose own work has shaped how we think today. Afternoon workshops are devoted to the seminar participants' own projects. The rest of the time is yours to use as you please, whether reading and writing, exploring the city, or continuing conversations with colleagues over dinner.

Today at 5pm (registration required):Glen Coulthard, "'Palestinians and Native people are Comrades': The Political Econo...
06/12/2026

Today at 5pm (registration required):

Glen Coulthard, "'Palestinians and Native people are Comrades': The Political Economy of Oil and Indigenous-Palestinian Solidarity"

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry will open part of its programming to the public – a series of lectures taught by this Summer's faculty cohort of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (Brown University) , Glen Coulthard (University of British Columbia), Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) and R...

TODAY at 5pmJack Halberstam, "Anarchitecture After Everything." Registration required.
06/10/2026

TODAY at 5pm

Jack Halberstam, "Anarchitecture After Everything." Registration required.

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry will open part of its programming to the public – a series of lectures taught by this Summer's faculty cohort of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (Brown University) , Glen Coulthard (University of British Columbia), Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) and R...

TODAY at 5pmAriella Aïsha Azoulay, "Genocides, Photography & Museums"
06/09/2026

TODAY at 5pm

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay, "Genocides, Photography & Museums"

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry will open part of its programming to the public – a series of lectures taught by this Summer's faculty cohort of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (Brown University) , Glen Coulthard (University of British Columbia), Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) and R...

TODAY at 5pmRobin D.G. Kelley, "Cops, Capitalism, Counter-war: Scenes from the Struggle for Black Life." Registration re...
06/08/2026

TODAY at 5pm

Robin D.G. Kelley, "Cops, Capitalism, Counter-war: Scenes from the Struggle for Black Life." Registration required.

The Institute for Critical Social Inquiry will open part of its programming to the public – a series of lectures taught by this Summer's faculty cohort of Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (Brown University) , Glen Coulthard (University of British Columbia), Jack Halberstam (Columbia University) and R...

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella A...
06/07/2026

UPDATED LINKS:

We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (June 9th), Jack Halberstam (June 10th), and Glen Coulthard (June 12th). Registration in advance is required for each lecture. Register for each lecture individually:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (June 9th), Jack Halberstam (June 10th), and Glen Coulthard (June 12th). Registration in advance is required for each lecture. Register for each lecture individually:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

Please see updated registration links for next week's Public Lectures below:Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.e...
06/07/2026

Please see updated registration links for next week's Public Lectures below:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (June 9th), Jack Halberstam (June 10th), and Glen Coulthard (June 12th). Registration in advance is required for each lecture. Register for each lecture individually:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

Don't miss our Public Lectures beginning on Monday, June 8th!
06/05/2026

Don't miss our Public Lectures beginning on Monday, June 8th!

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (June 9th), Jack Halberstam (June 10th), and Glen Coulthard (June 12th). Registration in advance is required for each lecture. Register for each lecture individually:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella A...
06/02/2026

UPDATED LINKS: We are pleased to announce this year's Public Lectures, featuring Robin D.G. Kelley (June 8th), Ariella Aïsha Azoulay (June 9th), Jack Halberstam (June 10th), and Glen Coulthard (June 12th). Registration in advance is required for each lecture. Register for each lecture individually:

Robin D.G. Kelley: https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesrobinkel

Ariella Aïsha Azoulay
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesariellaa

Jack Halberstam
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesjackhalb

Glen Coulthard
https://event.newschool.edu/2026icsipubliclecturesglencoul

02/17/2026

Applicants will be notified of acceptance decisions by Friday, Feb 20

01/09/2026

The extended deadline for applications is today by midnight.

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