The new school for social research as a patron of european scholars Juan Rubio, Antonio Daniel García Conesa, Isabel María The New School for Social Research was founded as an institution where intellectuals and artists could openly exchange ideas and theories, free from censure or political pressure. The school's founders believed that in a world engulfed by political turmoil and modern warfare, the free exchange of different ideas regarding politics, aesthetics and other intellectual pursuits was key to ensuring a just and sane world. As a result, nearly two hundred European scholars and professors received visas and teaching jobs in the U.S. from the University in Exile. 2025-01-13T09:13:20Z 2025-01-13T09:13:20Z 2018 journal article Juan Rubio, Antonio Daniel & García Conesa, Isabel María. (2018). Review of International American Studies (RIAS), Vol. 11, No 2, 2018. ISSN: 1991 – 2773. pp. 95 – 111. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/98933 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ open access Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional Review of International American Studies