SASKIA SASSEN
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology, Columbia University
Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Interviews with Saskia Sassen
Biographical Interviews and Essays
In-Depth Interviews on Her Work
Short Interviews
Biographical Interviews and Essays:
"Going Digging in the Shadow of Master Categories," in Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Perspectives, Mathieu Deflem (ed.). Aldershot, UK: Ashgate, (2007).
"Digging the Global Mine: An Interview with Saskia Sassen," by Terhi Rantanen in Global Media and Communication, vol.2, no.2, 142-159 (2006).
“Idées en débats – L’invitée – Saskia Sassen,” interview by Thierry Paquot in Revue Urbanisme, no. 345: 2005.
“Always a Foreigner, Always at Home,” in The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties, eds. Alan Sica and Stephen Turner. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2005.
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In-Depth Interviews with Sassen on Her Work:
International IDEA Interview: "Interview with Saskia Sassen, Columbia University and London School of Economics and Political Science," June 2008. (Audio File)
“Denationalized states and global assemblages: An interview with Saskia Sassen” Interview by Magnus Wennerhag for Eurozine, November 20, 2006.
“Informal Politics in the Global City: Interview with Saskia Sassen (Part I)” Re-Public, August 10, 2006.
“The Politics of Immobility: Interview with Saskia Sassen (Part II),” Re-Public, Oct. 23, 2006.
"Saskia Sassen: Space and Power," interview by N. Gane in The Future of Social Theory, pp. 125-142. London: Continuum International Publishing Group (2004).
“The global laissez-passer: a US passport: An interview with Saskia Sassen” interview by Edda Manga in Eurozine, February 16, 2003.
"Global is Not Always Cosmopolite," interview by Nina Fürstenberg in Eurozine, September 18, 2002.
SHORT INTERVIEWS
“Contrasts are stark in a global city: Saskia Sassen” interview by Sayandeb Chowdhury Daily News & Analysis, November 4, 2007.
"Il futuro incerto di Megalopoli: Saskia Sassen: 'Riformulare i sistemi economici e sociali'” Interview by Niccolò Gori Sassoli in Atlante, February 1, 2007.
"Death and disorder – when is the right time for troops to pull out?: The Guardian asks western and Iraqi experts whether a rapid withdrawal is the best way forward.” The Gaurdian, January 22, 2005.
