The phrase “fantasy echo” has its origins in a mistake made by a
student in George Mosse’s class at the University of Wisconsin in
1964 who had failed to understand the heavily accented
pronunciation of fin de siècle by his German-born
professor of...
Upon receiving the Nobel Prize in Economics on December 10,
2007, Eric S. Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the School
of Social Science, became the fifth Faculty member––following
Albert Einstein, Tsung-Dao Lee, Chen Ning Yang, and Frank...
“I am a person who loves books,” says Danielle Allen, UPS
Foundation Professor in the Institute for Advanced Study’s School
of Social Science. “I am happiest when I am reading and writing.
And I am fascinated by politics.”
Each year, the School of Social Science designates a theme to
create a sense of community amongits Members. During the 2007–08
academic year, the theme was “The Rule of Law Under Pressure,” in
which Members looked at the pressure that comes from the...
Job search by the unemployed is a topic of much interest in
labor economics and economics more generally. Alan B. Krueger, the
Leon Levy Member (2007–08) in the School of Social Science,
discussed “The Lot of the Unemployed” in his Leon Levy
Lecture...
The work of Michael
Walzer, one of America's foremost political thinkers,
was recognized at a three-day conference on the Institute campus.
Professor Emeritus in the School of Social
Science, Walzer was celebrated for his contributions to
the...
The political season is upon us and so, if they were not before,
our newspapers, radios, computer screens, and televisions are now
overfull with sound-bites; and countless people are complaining
about the degradation of political conversation. But...
Underlying the 2004 law banning the wearing of Islamic
headscarves in French public schools is a fundamental clash between
French and Muslim gender systems, according to Joan Wallach Scott,
Harold F. Linder Professor in the School of Social Science...
In the public lecture “Why Haven’t Global Markets Reduced
Inequality?” Eric Maskin, Albert O. Hirschman Professor in the
School of Social Science, asks: Why does inequality persist between
rich and poor in developing countries? The theory of...
In the public lecture "Terrorism and Just War," Michael Walzer,
Professor Emeritus in the School of Social Science, explores
multiple questions: First, what is wrong with terrorism? The query
may seem easy, but it is often answered badly. Second...