Hans Speier
In 1933, Professor Speier came to the United States from Berlin and was one of 10 intellectuals who formed the University in Exile and recruited other refugees to make up its faculty. In 1934, the University in Exile, born out of the plight of European scholars and artists threatened by fascism in their native lands, became the graduate faculty of political and social science for the New School in Manhattan. The New School itself was founded in 1919.
In the Reader:
Hans Speier was a sociologist and founder of the University in Exile. You can read more about him here.
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For more in the New School Archives on Hans Speier, see the New School faculty vertical files collection.
“Hans Speier, author, exile school founder and sociologist, 85”, New York Times. Web. 09 Nov 2014.
Hans Speier. Records of the New School Publicity Office/Office of Public Information. New School Archives and Special Collections Digital Archive. Web. 12 Nov 2014.