Daniel Walkowitz
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Daniel J. Walkowitz is an American historian who specializes in labor history, urban history, and public history. He holds a joint appointment with the Department of History and the Department of Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. He co-founded the Archives and Public History graduate program and directed, from 1989 to 2004, the Metropolitan Studies undergraduate program. [1]
According to Barbara Weinstein, NYU's History department chair, Walkowitz's well-celebrated New York City: A Social History course "has been one of the most consistently attractive offerings" by the department. [2] It is featured as one of NYU Open Education's courses available for free streaming. [3]
Biography
Walkowitz received a B.A. in English (1964) and a Ph.D. in History (1972) from the University of Rochester. He taught at Rutgers–New Brunswick before coming to New York University in 1978. He is affiliated with the American Historical Association, the Organization of American Historians, the National Council on Public History, and the American Studies Association. [4]
Awards
- Mellon Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, 1978-79 (declined)
- National Endowment for the Humanities, Media Division, 1976, 1977, 1980
- National Council for Soviet and East European Research, 1989, 1990
- Stanford Humanities Center, Affiliate Fellow, 2001-02
Selected Publications
- Daniel J. Walkowitz (2010). City Folk: English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America. NYU Press. ISBN 978-0814794692.
- Daniel J. Walkowitz (1999). Working with Class: Social Workers and the Politics of Middle-class Identity. University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0807824542.
- Lewis H. Siegelbaum and Daniel J. Walkowitz (1995). Workers of the Donbass Speak: Survival and Identity in the New Ukraine, 1989–1992. State University of New York Press. ISBN 978-0791424858.
- Daniel J. Walkowitz (1978). Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855–84. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0252006678.