Community of Scholars Profile

Hirschman, Albert O.

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Visits to IAS

TypeAffiliationStart DateEnd Date
[M]SocSci9/1/197210/16/1973
[F]SocSci9/1/19746/30/1985
[E]SocSci7/1/198512/10/2012

Year of Death: 2012

Past and Other Appointments

AppointmentOrganizationStart YearEnd Year
ProfessorInstitute for Advanced Study19741985
Professor (Lucius N. Littauer Professor of Political Economy 1967–74)Harvard University19641974
ProfessorColumbia University19581964

Degrees

DegreeYearInstitution
Ph.D.1938Università degli Studi di Trieste
Diploma1935École des Hautes Études Commerciales and Institut de Statistique, Sorbonne

Honors

DescriptionYear
Benjamin E. Lippincott Award (American Political Science Association)2003
Thomas Jefferson Medal (American Philosophical Society)1998
Toynbee Prize1997
Kalman Silvert Prize (Latin American Studies Association)1986
Talcott Parsons Prize for Social Science (American Academy of Arts and Sciences)1983