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Many at The New School would agree that it is difficult to graduate from the university without hearing the name Hannah Arendt.

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Working primarily at the intersection of contemporary politics and philosophy, Arendt’s radical ideas and writings inspired–and continue to inspire–both widespread admiration and controversy in academic and popular circles alike.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Arendt and her work are celebrated at The New School, one of only a handful of American academic institutions that has had the pleasure and privilege of hosting one of the foremost thinkers of the 20th century.

Born in Hanover, Germany, in 1906, and raised between present-day Kaliningrad and Berlin, Arendt grew up in the socially and politically tumultuous atmosphere of post-WWI Europe.

As a university student she studied philosophy under Martin Heidegger, with whom she would later develop a romantic and controversial relationship. At the age of 22, she received her PhD at the University of H