NEW ISSUE OUT NOW Social Research: An International Quarterly Vol. 92, No. 3, Fall 2025
 Special Issue: Football Politics
 Guest Editor: Sean Jacobs tinyurl.com/4mhkxr5d   CONTRIBUTORS: 
Chris Bolsmann, Gijsbert Oonk, Diego Vilches Parra, Brenda Elsey, Jung Woo Lee, CK Snyder, and more!

Here is it. Find my piece on the future of world-cups; where I months ago already predicted future importance of diaspora-teams and post-colonial teams like Morocco and Suriname . All related to changing citizenship regimes and migration as well history.

Our long-awaited Fall 2025 issue, "Football Politics," is finally out! And just in time for the final round of the qualifying matches for #FIFAWorldCup #WorldCup #WeAre26. It is available to read on @projectmuse.bsky.social 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5...#FIFAWorldCup#WorldCup#WeAre26./2

What did the fall of the Iron Curtain mean for social thought & politics? How did nations like Poland & Hungary navigate their transition from state socialism? For this #SundayRead, we explore the tumultuous shift of East Europe from communism to democracy. 1/2

#TodayInHistory Nov. 15, 1969: Around 2 million people marched down to Washington, DC, for the Vietnam War Moratorium, the largest antiwar protest in US history at its time. 1/2

Are we the citizens we ought to be? For this week’s #TBT read, dive into The Meaning of Citizenship from our 1974 issue. Scholars like Michael Walzer, Robert Nisbet, and Raymond Aron debate civic virtue, multinational identity, and the state's role. 🔗 www.jstor.org/stable...#TBT

On #VeteransDay, we honor all who served. Thank you, veterans, for your courage, dedication, and sacrifice. Read Michael Walzer's "The Triumph of Just War Theory (and the Dangers of Success)." 1/2

German-Jewish political scientist & jurist Otto Kirchheimer was #BOTD in 1905 in Heilbronn, Germany. Kirchheimer was a leading figure of the Frankfurt School, analyzing the decline of the rule of law and the rise of the "catch-all party" in modern democracy. 1/2

As global leaders gather for the UN Climate Change Conference, be sure to revisit our Fall 2015 issue that begs the question: Climate Change Demands We Change. Why Aren't We?

#TodayInHistory, November 9 is a doubly historic day for Germany: It marks not only the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 but also the proclamation of the Weimar Republic in 1918. For this #SundayRead, we look back at the Weimar Culture (1919–1932), our 1972 issue. 1/2

Economist and politician Frieda Wunderlich was #BOTD on November 8, 1884. A pioneer in labor economics and social policy, she was a member of the city council of Berlin, her hometown, and the Prussian state parliament. 1/4

For this #TBT check out our 2008 issue “Collective Memory & Collective Identity”: 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...#TBT The authors, who include Aleida Assmann, Jeffrey Olick, Alan Trachtenberg, and William Hirst, among others, ask—and answer—important questions: 1/2

Today is the day: Our top 5 on the 5th!

Colleges and universities in the US and worldwide continue to navigate the ever-changing and challenging landscape. Take (another) look at our most recent issue, “The Embattled University,” examining some of the most critical problems in higher ed. 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/5... 1/2

Our Fall 2025 issue, “Football Politics,” guest edited by @seanjacobs.bsky.social, has gone to the printer. Watch this space for an announcement later this month when it’s out! 1/3

For this gloomy #SundayRead, dive into the 2008 issue on “Martyrdom, Self-Sacrifice, and Self-Denial.”

Happy Halloween! For this day of spooks, we leave a treat from our 2014 issue “HORRORS.” Dive into why we're obsessed with zombies, demons, and the “metaphor of the living dead”—and how real-life fears, from 9/11 to witch rumors in Malawi, shape our deepest, darkest frights.

Are you feeling scared yet? This #TBT, we look back at our 2004 issue “Fear,” analyzing the political uses and abuses of fear, covering its neuroscience, psychological basis, impact on civil liberties and nationalism (post-9/11), and historical context, such as McCarthyism.

As flu season nears, this reminder of unequal impact is critical. In our Summer 2020 issue "In Time of Plague," experts show how COVID-19 & AIDS exposed social and racial inequalities, making vulnerabilities a matter of societal structures, not just biology. 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...

As immigrant life is put under attack, this National Immigrants Day, we reflect on the complex relationship between migration, diversity, and social inequality examined in the Spring 2010 issue “Migration Politics.”

For this week’s #SundayRead, we ponder the question: What defines the value of work in today’s capitalism?

What do freedom and baseball have in common? Both are cure for, or at least relief from, extreme loneliness, argues Christian Sheppard in his essay “Take Me Out with the Crowd” written for our 2021 issue on loneliness—a great read, especially as the #WorldSeries gets under way. 1/3

#TBT to Spring 1979 when Social Research went "BEYOND CHARISMA"! Guest editor Johannes Fabian and contributors like James Fernandez and John M. Janzen challenged the "dying" concept of charisma, arguing for the reinterpretation of religious movements as discourse.

To prepare for our Fall issue, revisit “Culture and Politics” from 1991 with analyses of Edmund Burke's Reflections, the role of ethnicity in American cinema, and the development of cultural policy in Côte d'Ivoire. It nicely sets the stage for our take on "Football Politics."

What was Social Research publishing 50 years ago? In Fall 1975 we presented an issue that captured the intellectual spirit of the mid-1970s, showcasing the wide-ranging contributions from sociologist Daniel Bell, economist Robert Heilbroner, philosopher William Barrett, and more.

Influential philosopher and public intellectual Yirmiyahu Yovel was #BOTD in 1935 in Haifa, Israel. He was a key figure in modern philosophy, focusing on Spinoza, Kant, and post-Kantian German philosophy. He taught at the New School for Social Research from 1994 until 2010.

Is "community" a feeling, a place, or a set of moral obligations? What does a community really mean? What does it look like today? This #SundayRead, we’re looking back to our 1975 issue “The Idea of Community” for a deep dive into the concept from every angle.

Polish historian and essayist Adam Michnik was #BOTD in 1946 in Warsaw, Poland.

#TodayInHistory, we remember the start of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962—13 days that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. The crisis remains a critical lens for understanding Cuba-US relations.

#BOTD in 1906 in Hannover, Germany, was Hannah Arendt, one of the most influential political theorists of the 20th century. Being driven out of Germany by the rise of Nazism, she found refuge in NYC and the New School, where she was a professor of political philosophy in 1968–1975.

Social Research has been lucky to publish not one, not two, but at least five past winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics. They were not only brilliant economists but also good writers able to reach audiences outside of their discipline. Their work is well worth revisiting. #nobelprize

In open access thru October: "A Conversation," Chinese artist and activist Ai Wei interviewed by gallerist Ethan Cohen in 2016. tinyurl.com/3mb34bms

Philosopher and literary critic Liu Xiaobo was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010 “for long and nonviolent struggle for fundamental human rights in China.” We published his “Reform in China: The Role of Civil Society” in our 2006 issue “China in Transition” 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... #nobelprize

Former vice president Al Gore, cowinner of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, delivered a keynote address, “The Politics of Fear,” at a conference organized by Social Research, later published in our Winter 2004 issue “Fear: Its Political Uses and Abuses.” 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/issue/2...

Before winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006, Orhan Pamuk, best-selling Turkish novelist and screenwriter, published “A Private Reading of André Gide’s Public Journal” in our Fall 2003 issue on “Islam: The Public and Private Spheres.” 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... #nobelprize

In 1937 Thomas Mann (the 1929 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature) spoke about the New School as the embodiment of “The Living Spirit” of intellectual freedom to pursue knowledge and truth, which, at that time, was being suppressed in Europe. 🔗 muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a... #nobelprize

To mark this week’s announcement of new Nobel Prize winners, we’ll share work of some past laureates who published with us. Baruch Blumberg (1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine) wrote “Hepatitis B Virus and the Carrier Problem” for our 1988 issue “In Time of Plague” www.jstor.org/stable... #nobelprize

“The Potency of Art” by Paul Chan (from our Spring 2016 issue) is in open access thru Oct. 31! tinyurl.com/3h7v79ma

September is over, and we know what were the 5 most read articles in Social Research last month:

Writer, poet, playwright Václav Havel was #BOTD in 1936 in Prague. One of the most important political dissidents of the 20th century, Havel later served as the first president of the democratic Czech Republic (1993–2003). 1/2

To mark #WorldAnimalDay today, be sure to read Sue Donaldson & Will Kymlicka’s thought-provoking 2023 article “Doing Politics with Animals.” muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/a...#WorldAnimalDay#animalrights #loveanimals 🦑 🦈 🦗 🦩 🐘

Today is Unity Day in Germany. In 1990, following the fall of the Berlin Wall the year before, two parts of the country divided by the Cold War reunified. Die Wende, as it’s called in German, signified a turn away from totalitarianism and ideological division of Europe. 1/2

What is an apology? What is it good for? Who should apologize? And also, when and how? Find some answers here, in our Winter 2020 issue: muse.jhu.edu/issue/4...

Here are the topics we have in our pipeline through 2026.

American sociologist and social theorist Robert Nisbet was #BOTD in 1913 in Los Angeles. Known as a major architect of postwar conservative thought, he was also among the founders and the first chair of the Department of Sociology at UC Berkeley. 1/2

Sociologist Immanuel Wallerstein was born on this day in New York City in 1930. #botd 1/3

How does organized religion affect governance, both in a macro way—like on social norms—and in a micro way—like how a politician or legislator organizes their values and beliefs? How does the US government navigate the “separation of church and state,” if at all? 1/2

Philosopher Judith Shklar was born on this day in Riga, Latvia, in 1928. #botd Known for her work on political thought of the Enlightenment, as a political theorist Shklar was also interested in injustice. 1/3

Amid institutionally sanctioned attacks on higher education, especially in the US, how do individual players in the university—like faculty and administration—fare in the public imagination? 1/3

This #SundayRead coincides with the autumn equinox. Happy Fall! We’re returning to “Climate Demands We Change. Why Aren’t We?,” our Fall 2015 issue, as a complement to the Northern Hemisphere’s transition to autumn, which is consistently and unpredictably impacted by climate change. 1/2