13 Facts About Ira Katznelson

Ira I Katznelson was born on 1944 and is an American political scientist and historian, noted for his research on the liberal state, inequality, social knowledge, and institutions, primarily focused on the United States.

Ira Katznelson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1966 and completed his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge in 1969.

Ira Katznelson taught at Columbia from 1969 to 1974, at the University of Chicago from 1974 to 1983, and at The New School for Social Research from 1983 to 1994.

Ira Katznelson was chair of the department of political science at the University of Chicago from 1979 to 1982 and dean of The New School from 1983 to 1989, where he taught political science and history until 1994.

In 1994, Ira Katznelson returned to Columbia, where he is the Ruggles professor of political science and history.

Ira Katznelson was lead editor beginning with its first issue, which appeared in 1970.

Ira Katznelson was president of the American Political Science Association in 2005 and 2006.

Ira Katznelson previously served as president of APSA's Politics and History Section in 1992 and 1993, and as president of the Social Science History Association in 1997 and 1998.

Ira Katznelson has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2000 and the American Philosophical Society in 2004.

Ira Katznelson has received honorary doctorates from the New School in 1994, Queens College in 2016, and the University of Cambridge in 2018.

Ira Katznelson has written or co-written ten books, co-edited several others, and published over sixty journal articles.

Ira Katznelson's work goes beyond the study of US politics to include international relations, political theory, comparative politics, and comparative history.

In March 2014, Ira Katznelson was awarded the Bancroft Prize for his book Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time.