Little Magazines & the Conversation of Culture in America

The New School for Social Research presents “little magazines & The Conversation of Culture in America,” Thursday November 12 – Friday November 13, 2015. This two day conference ignites the conversation between contemporary journalisms and politics for a celebration of NSSR’s newly launched M.A. in Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism, concurrent with the 50th anniversary of the legendary Salmagundi Magazine.

Thursday evening: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Introduction by James Miller

“The fate of ideas today,” opening address: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College

Panel discussion:

Chair: Rachel Rosenfelt, Adjunct Professor at The New School for Social Research and founder of The New Inquiry magazine

Jackson Lears, editor of Raritan

Mark Greif, co-founder of n + 1

Heidi Julavitz, editor of The Believer

Friday Schedule
9:30–11:00 a.m.
Panel discussion “The Little Magazine Today” with:
Chair: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College
Jon Baskin, editor of The Point
Uzumaka Maduka, founding editor of The American Reader
Rachel Rosenfelt, founder of The New Inquiry

11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Panel discussion “Left Politics & the Little Magazine” with:
Chair: James Miller, The New School for Social Research
Sarah Leonard, The Nation, Dissent
Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of The Jacobin
Morris Dickstein, CUNY Graduate Center & author Why Not Say What Happened

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Panel discussion, “Criticism & the Little Magazine” with:
Chair: James Miller, The New School for Social Research
Wendy Lesser
Greil Marcus
Mark Greif, co-founder of n + 1

3:45–5:30 p.m.
Panel discussion, “Politics, Art, Poetry, Fiction” with:
Chair: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College
Russell Banks
Carolyn Forché
Joyce Carol Oates











When: Thu., Nov. 12, 2015 at 9:30 am - 8:30 pm
Where: The New School
66 W. 12th St.
212-229-5108
Price: Free
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The New School for Social Research presents “little magazines & The Conversation of Culture in America,” Thursday November 12 – Friday November 13, 2015. This two day conference ignites the conversation between contemporary journalisms and politics for a celebration of NSSR’s newly launched M.A. in Creative Publishing & Critical Journalism, concurrent with the 50th anniversary of the legendary Salmagundi Magazine.

Thursday evening: 6:00-8:30 p.m.

Introduction by James Miller

“The fate of ideas today,” opening address: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College

Panel discussion:

Chair: Rachel Rosenfelt, Adjunct Professor at The New School for Social Research and founder of The New Inquiry magazine

Jackson Lears, editor of Raritan

Mark Greif, co-founder of n + 1

Heidi Julavitz, editor of The Believer

Friday Schedule
9:30–11:00 a.m.
Panel discussion “The Little Magazine Today” with:
Chair: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College
Jon Baskin, editor of The Point
Uzumaka Maduka, founding editor of The American Reader
Rachel Rosenfelt, founder of The New Inquiry

11:15 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Panel discussion “Left Politics & the Little Magazine” with:
Chair: James Miller, The New School for Social Research
Sarah Leonard, The Nation, Dissent
Bhaskar Sunkara, editor of The Jacobin
Morris Dickstein, CUNY Graduate Center & author Why Not Say What Happened

2:00–3:30 p.m.

Panel discussion, “Criticism & the Little Magazine” with:
Chair: James Miller, The New School for Social Research
Wendy Lesser
Greil Marcus
Mark Greif, co-founder of n + 1

3:45–5:30 p.m.
Panel discussion, “Politics, Art, Poetry, Fiction” with:
Chair: Robert Boyers, editor of Salmagundi and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College
Russell Banks
Carolyn Forché
Joyce Carol Oates

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