Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein | |
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Wallerstein giving a talk at a seminar at the European University at St. Petersburg in May 2008 | |
| Born | September 28, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 31, 2019 (aged 88) Branford, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Known for | World-systems theory |
| Spouse | Beatrice Friedman |
| Children | Katharine Wallerstein, Robert Morgenstern, Susan Morgenstern |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Columbia University (BA: 1951, MA: 1954, PhD: 1959) |
| Thesis | The Emergence of Two West African Nations: Ghana and the Ivory Coast (1959) |
| Doctoral advisor | Hans L Zetterberg, Robert Staughton Lynd |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Sociologist, Historian |
| Sub-discipline | Historical sociology, Comparative sociology, World-systems theory |
| Institutions | Columbia University McGill University Binghamton University École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales Yale University |
| Notable students | Georgi Derluguian, Michael Hechter, John R. Logan, Beverly J. Silver |
| Website | http://www.iwallerstein.com/ |
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Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (/ˈwɔːlərstiːn/; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist and economic historian. He is perhaps best known for his development in sociology of world-systems approach. He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019, and published bimonthly syndicated commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.
He was the 13th president of International Sociological Association (1994–1998).