Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia

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Biography

  • Born in Bonn in 1926.
  • Graduated with extraordinary awards in Political Science (1947) and Law (1948) from the Complutense University of Madrid.
  • Doctor in Sociology from Columbia University in 1959 with the thesis "The Social Basis of Political Parties in West Germany."
  • He has taught at the Complutense University of Madrid (1960), at Columbia University (1960), at Yale University (1968), at the School of Industrial Organization of Madrid (1959), at Stanford University (1966). , at the Autonomous University of Madrid (1968), at the European University Institute of Florence (1979), Max Weber Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg (1983), at the Institut des Sciences Politiques of Paris (1994), Eric Voeglin Visiting Professor at the University of Munich (1996), and Georg Simmel Visiting Professor at the Umboldt Universität of Berlin (1997).
  • Professor Emeritus at Yale University.
  • Doctor Honoris Causa from the University of Granada in 1976, from the Universities of Philipps-Universitát zu Marburg, the Autonomous University of Madrid and Georgetown University (1992), from the University of Oslo (2002) and from the University of the Basque Country ( 2002).
  • President of the World Association of Public Opinion Research between 1974 and 1976. Member of the Council for European Studies since its foundation and President in the 1973-74 biennium. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association (1974-1982) and its Scientific Committee (1974-78). President of the Political Sociology Research Committee of the ISA and IPSA (1971-1979), of which he was a founding member in 1960.
  • Europe Prize in 1982.
  • Commission of the Order of Isabel la Católica in 1986.
  • Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences in 1987.
National Prize for Sociology and Political Science 2004

Juan José Linz Storch de Gracia, born in 1926 in Bonn, is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, having developed a good part of his academic career in the United States.

He graduated, with an extraordinary award, in Political Science (1947) and Law (1948) from the Complutense University of Madrid. He obtained a Doctorate in Sociology from Columbia University in New York (1959) with a thesis on "The Social Basis of Political Parties in West Germany."

He taught at the Complutense University of Madrid from 1947, moving to Columbia University in January 1960 and Yale in 1968, until his retirement. At the same time, he has taught at the School of Industrial Organization of Madrid (1959), at Stanford University (1966), at the Autonomous University of Madrid (1968), at the European University Institute in Florence (1979), Max Weber Visiting Professor at the University of Heidelberg (1983), at the Institut des Sciences Politiques in Paris (1994), Eric Voegling Visiting Professor at the Umboldt Universität in Berlin (1997).

He has given lectures and participated in seminars at Universities around the world and in most of Spain, being named Doctor Honoris Causa in 1976 by the University of Granada, in 1992 by the Philipps Universities-Universitát zu Marburg, the Autonomous University of Madrid and Georgetown University, in 2000 by the University of Oslo, and in 2002 by the University of the Basque Country.

Among his scientific and associative activities, the following stand out: President of the World Association of Public Opinion Research, 1974-76. President of the Council for European Studies in the 1973-74 biennium, of which he has remained a member since its foundation. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association (1974-1982) and its Scientific Committee (1974-78). President of the Political Sociology Research Committee of the ISA and IPSA (1971-1979), of which he was a founding member in 1960.

He is an honorary member of numerous Spanish and foreign associations immersed in the field of Sociology and Political Science. He has been a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1976. In 1982 he was awarded the Europa Prize in Fiuggi (Italy); In 1986 he obtained the Commandery of the Order of Isabel la Católica and in the following year, 1987, he was awarded the Prince of Asturias Award for Social Sciences.

He has published a significant number of books and scientific monographs, as well as a set of articles in books and in the most prestigious international scientific journals in the field of Sociology and Political Science.