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Vera Zolberg

Professor Emerita, The New School for Social Research
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Theory & Practice

Remembering Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod

December 18, 2013 • by Vera Zolberg

Twenty-thirteen is a sad year for the social sciences and history. With the death of Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod (b. 1928) last Saturday, the best of academic learning has suffered another blow. Her passing joins the recent loss of her New School colleagues Eric Hobsbawm, Aristide Zolberg ...

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