Game Theories for the Social Sciences. By Hervé Moulin. (New York: New York University Press, 1982. Pp. 304. $30.00, cloth; $12.50, paper.)

1983 ◽  
Vol 77 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-565 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
New York University ◽  
The Social

Current Issues in the Social Sciences: A survey of the Spring 1989 French Studies Colloquia at New York University

1990 ◽  
Vol 10 (x) ◽  
pp. 273-286
Author(s):  
David Pauley
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
The State ◽  
New York University ◽  
Ongoing Research ◽  
French Studies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Social

In Spring 1989 as in the past, the French Studies Colloquia at New York University brought a group of noted scholars and academics before an American audience to discuss the state of ongoing research in various specialized fields relating to France.

4. Theatre and performance

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marvin Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
Performance Studies ◽  
Art World ◽  
New York University ◽  
University Courses ◽  
The Social ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
And Performance ◽  
And Linguistics

Modern interest in performance can be traced to several different developments from the 1950s to 1970s in the art world, in academic theatre, and in the social sciences, particularly sociology, anthropology, and linguistics. ‘Theatre and performance’ outlines the influence of this major shift in methodological orientation, which has become known as the ‘performative turn’, on Richard Schechner, in particular, who was editor of The Drama Review. His work with Victor Turner led to the first course on ‘performance theory’ at New York University. Courses on performance studies are now taught around the world. How has theatre changed as a result of the challenge of and gradual accommodation to performance and performance studies?

International Relations an a World of Revolutionary Change

1949 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 272-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Easton Rothwell
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Collaborative Research ◽  
Practical Experience ◽  
Revolutionary Change ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Carnegie Corporation ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wartime Experience

A PROJECT of collaborative research concerning major world trends affecting international relations has been launched this year at the Hoover Institute and Library. This project has been made possible by a three-year grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York.1Beneath the original planning for the project lay the conviction born of wartime experience, that a deeper understanding of the dynamics of international relations could be obtained by pooling the contributions of the social sciences and related disciplines and by taking account of practical experience in the international field. The need for new and more penetrating approaches to international relations had been put by Arnold Toynbee in a few challenging words: “There is nothing to prevent our Western Civilization from following historical precedent, if it chooses, by committing social suicide. But we are not doomed to make history repeat itself; it is open to us through our own efforts, to give history, in our case, some new unprecedented turn.” Natural scientists, as well as social scientists are agreed that any “new unprecedented turn” must be sought in deeper understanding of relations among people and among nations.

IN PURSUIT OF SOCIAL PROGRESS

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-449
Author(s):  
Matthew Adler ◽  
Marc Fleurbaey
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
New York ◽  
Academic Career ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
University Professors ◽  
University Campuses ◽  
International Panel ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World

In 2014, the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote: ‘Some of the smartest thinkers on problems at home and around the world are university professors, but most of them just don't matter in today's great debates … I write this in sorrow, for I considered an academic career and deeply admire the wisdom found on university campuses. So, professors, don't cloister yourselves like medieval monks – we need you!’ At that time, a group of academics were working to launch the International Panel on Social Progress, with the aim of preparing a report analysing the current prospects for improving our societies.1 It gathered about 300 researchers from more than 40 countries and from all disciplines of the social sciences, law and philosophy.

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