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    Essays on periods and aspects of New School history, partial and evolving.

  • People

    Profiles of people who have passed through the New School. Entries focus on their time at the school.

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This website seeks to explore and interrogate the past at a school dedicated to the new. Contributions by students, staff, faculty, alumni, and researchers.

Editors
Julia L. Foulkes, Professor of History
Mark Larrimore, Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Wendy Scheir, Director, New School Archives and Special Collections

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Max Wertheimer

Posted on Tuesday April 24, 2018

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Max Wertheimer (1880-1943) was a psychologist known for his work on the Gestalt theory. He taught psychology at the New School from 1933 through 1943.

Posted on Tuesday April 24, 2018

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Max Wertheimer taught psychology at The New School. You can read more about him here.

If you’d like to write a more in-depth profile of Max Wertheimer, email us at [email protected]. We welcome contributions.

Records pertaining to Max Wertheimer can be found in the New School Archives in the New School faculty vertical files collection.

Cherry, Kendra. “Max Wertheimer Biography (1880-1943)”. about.psychology.com. Web. 09 Nov 2014.

Max Wertheimer (1880-1943), German psychologist. Head and shoulders portrait. Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS