Social Science History

Features and Press Releases

May 8^th 2009: Ira Katznelson and Troy Duster pay tribute to John Hope Franklin
April 17^th 2009: The Sociological Imagination 50 Years Later: Reflections by Craig Calhoun
April 16^th 2008: Sociologist Charles Tilly Wins 2008 Hirschman Prize
October 1^st 2007: Back to the Future of Political Realism
Rummaging through the collections of the Rockefeller Archive Center, SSRC research fellow Nicolas Guilhot stumbled upon the minutes of a 1954 meeting that, he thinks, sheds new light on the moment of the birth of international relations discipline. Here the Paris-trained sociologist talks about the workshop he has organized around this buried treasure and his belief that political realists are about to make a comeback.
August 20^th 2007: SSRC Launches New Inter-Asian Initiative
In today's interconnected world, the notion of the Far East seems like a relic of earlier, era, when countries were designated near, or far, or in the middle, in relation to the vantage point of the supreme power of Europe. But for Seteney Shami, a program director at the SSRC, east and west are not the only concepts that have lost their relevance. The concept of Asia itself is changing.; All news items related to Social Science History

Article/Essay: Thinking Nationally about International Knowledge: Area Studies in the United States
Cynthia Lynn Miller-Idriss and Elizabeth Anderson
Article/Essay: When the Twain Shall Meet: Middle East Area Studies and the Discipline of Economics
Karen Pfeifer
Article/Essay: The Impact of 9/11 on Area Studies
Seteney Shami and Marcial Godoy Anativia; All publications related to Social Science History