(New York, NY - July 14, 2004) New School University announces the appointment of Claudio Lomnitz as Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, beginning this fall 2004. Lomnitz will teach at the University’s undergraduate college, Eugene Lang College, and its Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. He is an expert in modern Mexican social and cultural history.
On announcing Lomnitz’s appointment, Jonathan Veitch, Dean of Eugene Lang College, said, “With the arrival of Claudio Lomnitz, Lang College seeks to develop an innovative, international curriculum with a strong regional enmphasis on the culture and history of the Americas.”
“Claudio Lomnitz, the renowned anthropologist and historian, specializing in Mexico, is a fantastic addition to our growing Anthropology department,” added Ann Stoler, Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies at the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. “I can think of few scholars who so organically combine historical depth with ethnographic richness and analytic rigor and who so perfectly complement and embody the Graduate Faculty’s mission to build a department on anthropology as a history of the present.”
Lomnitz’s research focuses on the historical sociology of politics and culture in modern Mexico. He is particularly concerned with the ways in which nation-states mediate economic modernization and capitalist development.
Lomnitz, the author of five books, received his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. He has taught at the Colegio de México, New York University, and most recently at the University of Chicago, where he has been professor of history and anthropology since 1995.
Lomnitz is the fourth internationally recognized anthropologist to be appointed by New School University in the past year. The others are Arjun Appadurai, a highly regarded cultural anthropologist with an expertise in global concerns, who was appointed Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, and John Dewey Professor in the Social Sciences; Ann Stoler, appointed Distinguished University Professor of Anthropology and Historical Studies, and Benjamin Lee, appointed Dean of the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science and professor of Anthropology and Philosophy.
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The Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, a division of New School University, awards M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Anthropology, Economics, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, and Sociology. In addition, interdisciplinary M.A. programs are offered in Historical Studies and Liberal Studies. Teaching and research at the Graduate Faculty, which derive from a progressive political tradition, are grounded in the core social sciences and broadened with a commitment to philosophical and historical inquiry. The Graduate Faculty has an enrollment of about 1,050 students. International students comprise nearly 30% of the student body and come from about 70 different countries. Benjamin Lee is Dean of the Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science. For further information on the Graduate Faculty, call (212) 229-5777 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu/gf.
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