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Based at the New School for Social Research, the organizer of the “Democracy Seminars” in Eastern Europe in the 1980s and early 1990s, the Democracy Seminar includes participants from a wide range of academic and journalistic institutions across the world, including The New School’s Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, the Democracy Institute of the Central European University in Budapest, the Institute of Public Affairs in Warsaw and the Bratislava International College of the Liberal Arts. We seek to foster greater collaboration among both individuals and institutions.

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Jeffrey C. Goldfarb, a University Professor at the American University of Afghanistan and the Michael E. Gellert Professor Emeritus at The New School for Social Research, writes and publishes on the constitution of critical public life.
A world-wide discussion among pro-democracy intellectuals and activists addressing the political, social, and cultural obstacles to democratic governance.