Wendy Brown, UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science, has been announced as the recipient of Södertörn University’s honorary doctorate for 2025. The citation praises Brown for providing "scholars and students in the humanities and social sciences with an invaluable resource for understanding current events and formulating alternatives."
To celebrate her latest book, Wendy Brown, UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science, spoke with EL PAÍS about the relevance of Max Weber today and how both knowledge and politics have been stricken by nihilistic boundary breakdowns and degradation of values.
"In 1917 and 1919, at the invitation of University of Munich students, Max Weber delivered two public lectures, 'Science as a Vocation' and 'Politics as a Vocation.'"
This year, UPS Foundation Professor Wendy Brown will lead the
Institute’s School of Social Science theme seminar on the politics
of climate crisis. In her own words, Brown describes the theme
seminar as an investigation of the emergent politics that...
"This past September, 281 new and returning scholars and Faculty gathered for a new term welcome at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton."
Yale Law School Professor Amy Kapczynski and Wendy Brown, UPS Foundation Professor in the School of Social Science, discuss the value of democracy, the role of the courts, and strategies for democratizing our political economy.
The 2022–23 academic year sees new Director and Leon Levy Professor David Nirenberg welcome new and returning Members from 36 countries, representing approximately 107 academic institutions worldwide.
