Oscar Handlin
American historianWikipedia
5
MENTIONS
5
EPISODES
5
PODCASTS
Search complete. 5 mentions across 5 episodes found for "Oscar Handlin".
Oct 19, 2026
Michael MayerPANELIST
Yeah, it's sort of interesting because...
Michael MayerPANELIST
If you go back, Oscar Handlin traced some of this a long time ago and actually pointed us toward the transformation of anti-Semitism, which had a lot to do with the waves of immigration and so on, the emergence of modern immigration.
Michael MayerPANELIST
But I wanted to start with exactly that point, the definition of anti-Semitism or the term anti-Semitism and William Marr and how that emerged.
Michael MayerPANELIST
So, Pam, would you talk a little bit about that, please?
Cornel WestGUEST
All of that talk about immigration and migrant...
Cornel WestGUEST
W- at, at Harvard [laughs], we used to g- go, go to Oscar Handlin's classes.
Cornel WestGUEST
His classic of 1951, they uprooted.
Cornel WestGUEST
He would start off, "We're a nation of immigrants." "Professor Handlin, could you please q- quit telling that lie?"
Jack RakoveGUEST
When it comes to theory, we're very pragmatic.
Jack RakoveGUEST
I rely a lot on a talk, a lecture, one of my former professors, Oscar Handlin, gave called Theory in History, which says, you know, we're not here to test theories.
Jack RakoveGUEST
We're not here to develop them or refine them.
Jack RakoveGUEST
But when they're useful, why not apply them? In my case, we might have my first book, a book by Hannah Pitkin on the concept of representation.
Jack RakoveGUEST
Uh, when it comes to theory, we're very pragmatic.
Jack RakoveGUEST
I rely a lot on a, uh, uh, uh, a talk, a lecture one of my former professors, Oscar Handlin, uh, gave called, uh, Theory and History, which it says, you know, we're not here to test theories.
Jack RakoveGUEST
We're, we're not here to develop them or refine them.
Jack RakoveGUEST
Uh, but when they're useful, why not apply them? In my case, going back to my first book, a book by Hannah Pitkin on the concept of representation.
Jack RakoveGUEST
When it comes to theory, we're very pragmatic.
Jack RakoveGUEST
I rely a lot on a talk, a lecture, one of my former professors, Oscar Handlin, gave called Theory in History, which says, you know, we're not here to test theories.
Jack RakoveGUEST
We're not here to develop them or refine them.
Jack RakoveGUEST
But when they're useful, why not apply them? In my case, we might have my first book, a book by Hannah Pitkin on the concept of representation.