Eric Klinenberg
@ericklinenberg
Helen Gould Shepard Professor of Social Science at NYU. Director @nyu_ipk New book in Feb 2024: *2020: ONE CITY, SEVEN PEOPLE, AND THE YEAR EVERYTHING CHANGED*
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Me listening to The New York Times The Daily podcast on the history of AC, when the reporter recalls how heat in Chicago was no big deal in the 1990s because people could just hang out in their cool brick apartment building. Was her family at their beach house in 1995?
Hello from Chicago! 👋🏽 Happy to announce that I will be delivering remarks at 2024 Democratic National Convention TONIGHT. 📺 Tune in at 9pm EST: demconvention.com/watch
I know I’m a weird messenger to be giving advice, but I truly mean this to be helpful, JD Vance. Fire your whole team. They clearly hate you. This is TV production 101, and they failed it. 1) Someone is supposed to scout ahead and make sure everyone there is interested in being
If you are in NYC, please join us for a discussion about social solidarity. I'll be in conversation with the brilliant Eric Klinenberg, whose book 2020 is not to be missed, and the inimitable Chris Hayes. Sept 16 at NYU's Institute for Public Knowledge. ipk.nyu.edu/events/solidar…
We have an amazing line up of events at IPK this fall, with lots of conversations on democracy and politics. I can't wait for this one, on solidarity, with the great Astra Taylor & Chris Hayes. September 16 at New York University x.com/astradisastra/…
BREAKING: The head of Israel workers union the ההסתדרות החדשה decided to order a general strike on Monday to protest against the Netanyahu government and call for a hostage deal. This is an unprecedented step that hasn't happened since October 7. Last time this happened was in
One more week until the Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture with guest speaker, Dr. Eric Klinenberg! To learn more or register, visit: maxwell.syr.edu/research/cente…
NEW POSTDOC AT New York University IPK Cities, Communities, and Social Infrastructure. Open to applicants with PhDs in the social sciences, humanities, public policy, and design fields. We're reviewing applications now. Please share. ASA Sociology apply.interfolio.com/153600
Heat waves are America’s deadliest weather events, but the danger they do isn’t widely appreciated or remembered, Eric Klinenberg writes. “Fortunately, there is a low-cost and promising solution: naming major heat waves.” Read: nyti.ms/4gizLjw