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Maurice Zeitlin (born February 24, 1935)[1] is an American sociologist. Zeitlin is currently a Distinguished Research Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles where he has taught since 1978.[2] ...

Early life and career

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Zeitlin was born in Detroit, Michigan on February 24, 1935. He is the son of Albert Joseph and Rose Zeitlin (née Goldberg).[1] He attended Wayne State University graduating in 1957 cum laude before attending the University of California, Berkeley. Zeitlin graduated with a PhD from Berkeley in sociology in 1964, where his dissertation was supervised by Seymour Martin Lipset.[3] Prior to his graduation from Berkeley, Zeitlin was appointed as instructor of sociology and anthropology at Princeton University in 1961. The summer of his appointment to Princeton, Zeitlin traveled to Cuba to begin research for his dissertation on the Cuban Revolution and the class consciousness of the Cuban working class.

Upon Zeitlin's return to the United States the following year, Princeton University terminated his employment.[3] Zeitlin's termination followed the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, a period of heightened diplomatic tensions between Cuba and the United States following discovery of Soviet ballistic missiles on the island. Prior to the Crisis, Zeitlin had made both public appearances where he expressed concern with American foreign policy toward Cuba and engaged in newspaper debates on the issue.[4] Members of the Princeton community expressed their dissatisfaction with Zeitlin's opinions on Cuba in the university's publication The Daily Princetonian and in the university's alumni newsletter.[3][5][6] Following his termination at Princeton, Zeitlin was hired to the sociology faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1964, where he obtained the rank of full professor in 1970.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Maurice Zeitlin". Contemporary Authors Online. Farmington Hills: Gale Cengage. 2011-02-11. Gale H1000109439.
  2. ^ "Maurice Zeitlin Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). UCLA College of Social Sciences - Sociology. University of California, Los Angeles.
  3. ^ a b c "Maurice Zeitlin (1958) | UC Berkeley Sociology Department". sociology.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-15.
  4. ^ "Zeitlin Asserts American Conception Of Cuban Situation Highly Distorted, Daily Princetonian, Volume 86, Number 109, 29 October 1962". Papers of Princeton. October 29, 1962. Retrieved 2019-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Letters to the Princetonian - Ready, Aim -- The Freshmen Take Issue, Daily Princetonian, Volume 86, Number 112, 1 November 1962". Papers of Princeton. November 1, 1962. Retrieved 2019-09-15. To the Chairman: In the October 29th issue, The Princetonian carried an article by Donald B. Brant about the opinions of a Mr. Maurice Zeitlin of the faculty regarding the Cuban situation ... has he any right , in a time of the gravest national crisis to criticize the actions of the government he calls his own? ... Let Mr. Zeitlin express his views, indeed, but first let him remember that he calls himself an American; and let him remember that the right to the use of the name carries certain duties, which, in the future, he might do well to observe{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ "Castro Pundit (cont.)". Princeton Alumni Weekly. 63 (11): 3. November 30, 1962. Retrieved September 15, 2019. ...Mr. van Liew agrees that free speech must be preserved, but he does not see why Princeton University makes it possible for 'this young man' to 'contaminate the minds of young Americans.' It can only be inferred that he wishes Princeton University to fire Mr. Zeitlin...
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