Daniel Levy
Professor |
Ph.D. Columbia University, 1999 |
Areas of Interest
Political Sociology, Memory Studies, Comparative Historical Sociology, Globalization, Human Rights
Bio
He is a political sociologist whose work centers on globalization, collective memory, and comparative-historical sociology. He has explored how memories of violence, especially Holocaust memories, have been reconfigured in a global age, as well as how human rights norms circulate transnationally and reshape the legitimacy of the nation-state. He has also contributed to defining and consolidating the interdisciplinary field of memory studies, including work on its theoretical foundations and conceptual architecture. His current work extends these concerns to a broader rethinking of solidarity under conditions of global uncertainty, with particular attention to the relationship between risk, media, and new forms of post-national solidarity. He serves on the Executive Committee of the Memory Studies Association.
Selected Publications
Books
The Collective Memory Reader (Oxford University Press, 2011). With Jeffrey Olick, Vered Vinitzky- Seroussi (eds.).
Human Rights and Memory (Penn State University Press, 2010). With Natan Sznaider
The Holocaust and Memory in the Global Age (Temple University Press, 2006). With Natan Sznaider.
Old Europe, New Europe, Core Europe: Transatlantic Relations after the Iraq War (London: Verso, 2005). With Max Pensky, John Torpey (eds.).
Challenging Ethnic Citizenship: German and Israeli Perspectives on Immigration (New York: Berghahn Books, 2002). With Yfaat Weiss (eds).
Erinnerung im globalen Zeitalter: Der Holocaust (Frankfurt: SuhrkampVerlag, 2001). With Natan Sznaider.
Recent Publications
2026: “Post-National Solidarity: Re-thinking an Essential Concept for the Age of Global Uncertainty” Sociological Forum 1-13. With Clayton Fordahl)
2025: “The Cosmopolitanization of Memory: Human Rights and Re-Nationalization” in Cognition, Culture, and Political Momentum: Breaking down the Silos in Collective Memory Research (Astrid Erll and William Hirst eds. Oxford University Press).
2022: “Civilizational mnemonics and the longue durée: The Bulgarian case” Memory Studies 21(1): 1-27. With Dafina Nedelcheva.
2020: “Traumatism and the Changing of Temporal Figurations” Social Research International Quarterly 87(3): 565-590.
2018: “Risk and the Cosmopolitanization of Solidarities” Journal of Risk Research 20(6): 1-12