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List Of New School People
The list of New School people includes notable students, alumni, faculty, administrators and trustees of the New School. The New School is a private university located in New York City that offers degrees and diplomas in seventy one programs and majors in its eight colleges. Approximately 53,000 living New School alumni reside in more than 112 countries. Alumni World leaders *Hage Geingob, 3rd President of The Republic of Namibia *Shimon Peres, President of Israel, Nobel Peace Prize recipient *Eleanor Roosevelt, political activist; First Lady; United Nations Human Rights Prize recipient Academics * Stanley Aronowitz, B.A., 1968, sociologist * Nelson Barbosa, Ph.D., economist, ex Brazil's Minister of Finance *Ruth Benedict, psychological anthropologist, author of ''Patterns of Culture'' *Peter L. Berger, sociologist; co-author of ''The Social Construction of Reality'' *Heather Boushey, Ph.D., economist * Jean L. Cohen, Ph.D., political theorist * Barbara A. Cornblatt, Ph.D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heston Baldwin Brando Civil Rights March 1963
Heston is a suburban area and part of the Hounslow district in the London Borough of Hounslow. The residential settlement covers a slightly smaller area than its predecessor farming village, 10.8 miles (17.4 km) west south-west of Charing Cross and adjoins the M4 motorway but has no junction with it; Heston also adjoins the Great West Road, a dual carriageway, mostly west of the "Golden Mile" headquarters section of it. Heston was, historically, in Middlesex. History The village of Heston is north of Hounslow, and has been settled since Saxon times. It is first recorded as having a priest in the 7th century, though the present Anglican parish church dates to the 14th century. A charter of Henry II gives the name as Hestune, meaning "enclosed settlement", which is justified by its location in what was the Warren of Staines, between the ancient Roman road to Bath, and the Uxbridge Road to Oxford. Another suggested etymology is Anglo-Saxon ''Hǣs-tūn'' = "brushwood farm o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruth Benedict
Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887 – September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist. She was born in New York City, attended Vassar College, and graduated in 1909. After studying anthropology at the New School of Social Research under Elsie Clews Parsons, she entered graduate studies at Columbia University in 1921, where she studied under Franz Boas. She received her Ph.D. and joined the faculty in 1923. Margaret Mead, with whom she shared a romantic relationship, and Marvin Opler were among her students and colleagues. Benedict was president of the American Anthropological Association and also a prominent member of the American Folklore Society. She became the first woman to be recognized as a prominent leader of a learned profession. She can be viewed as a transitional figure in her field by redirecting both anthropology and folklore away from the limited confines of culture-trait diffusion studies and towards theories of performance as integral to the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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