Zolberg Centre on Global Migration Lauched

NEW YORK, March 5, 2014 - Building on its position as a leader in challenging contemporary thought on the most pressing global issues, The New School for Social Research announces the launch of the Zolberg Center on Global Migration, under co-directors Alexandra Délano (Assistant Professor of Global Studies) and Miriam Ticktin (Associate Professor of Anthropology). The Center will provide a space for research and scholarship, policy debate, and discussion with activists and artists around issues of global migration and mobility, their economic impact, political consequences and their meaning for issues of citizenship and identity. Launch Celebrated on March 5 with Address by Kenneth Prewitt: "What is Your Race? And Why Does the State Want to Know?"   In addition to hosting key speakers and panels and conducting interdisciplinary schola