Past Visiting Professor
George Steinmetz
Affiliation
Social Science
Field of Study
History, Philosophy, and Sociology of the Social and Human Sciences
Website
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George Steinmetz’s research at IAS will concern the history, philosophy, and sociology of the social sciences. He is completing a book on the colonial origins of sociology, and writing a series of essays on the philosophy of the social sciences and problems of scientific and academic freedom.
Dates at IAS
Visiting Professor
School of Social Science
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Degrees
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D.
1987
University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.Sc.
1983
University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A.
1980
Honors
2011
National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
2006
Lewis A. Coser Award for Theoretical Agenda Setting in Sociology, (American Sociological Association)
1995
John Simon Guggenheim fellowship
1992
German Marshall Fund Fellow
1990
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) research grant for University Teachers
Appointments
École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
2014
Directeur d’études associé (visiting professor)
École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
2012
Directeur d’études associé (visiting professor)
New School for Social Research
2008–2009
Professor of Sociology
École des hautes études en sciences sociales, Paris
2007
Directeur d’études associé (visiting professor)
University of Chicago
1993–2002
Associate Professor
