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Louise Tilly was apart of the Graduate Faculty at the New School. She was a professor in sociology and historical studies. You can read more about her here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Louise Tilly, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Perry Anderon taught sociology at the New School in the 1980’s. You can read more about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Perry Anderson, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist Historian who taught at the New School of Social Research. You can read about him here. If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Eric Hobsbawm, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.
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" Eric Hobsbawm’s death last year robbed us of the last of that generation of Marxist scholars who did so much to transform the writing of history in the 1950s and 1960s – and in Hobsbawm’s case into the first decade of this century. There have been many tributes. "
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" A nation of immigrants, to be sure, but not just any immigrants. From the moment they managed their own affairs, well before political independence, Americans were determined to select who might join them, and they have remained so ever since. "
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William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (February 23, 1868—August 27, 1963) was an American historian, sociologist, and civil rights activist, widely recognized for his historiography on Reconstruction, writings on black subjectivity, and involvement in the Pan-Africanist movement. He was known for his emphasis on the importance of economic, not solely political, justice in combating racial inequality, […]
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Gerda Lerner (née Kronstein, 1920–2013) was an author, historian, and seminal figure in founding of women’s history. Lerner spent more than 50 years working to grow and define this field, also creating the first formal women’s history graduate programs. Lerner’s achievements in women’s history did not come out of an early interest in academia, however. In […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Last week we saw the unveiling of a new “visual identity” here at the New School including a new custom created typeface called […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. Being able to identify the origins and historical significance of archival materials is truly satisfying, and—dare I say it?—quite fun. Full […]
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Editor’s note: the publication date of this article reflects the date this article was added to the new version of The New School Histories website, not the original publication date. Please contact [email protected] with any questions. As a university archivist I sometimes feel like I see almost the reverse image of what others see. Living Room in […]