Senior Connections--UCSC Politics Professor Emeritus Ronnie Gruhn on the Middle East-SH

Monday, November 26, 2018 • 18 Kislev 5779

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Professor Isebill “Ronnie” Gruhn arrived at UC Santa Cruz in 1969 as a member of the politics department and an affiliate of Stevenson College.

Born in Leipzig, Germany, Gruhn is the daughter of a partially Jewish (mixed heritage and religion) mother; her non-Jewish father joined the resistance and helped Jews escape from Germany. He spent much of World War II imprisoned in Nazi labor camps. Gruhn’s early life was one of upheaval and dislocation.

Gruhn immigrated to New York City with her parents when she was nearly twelve years old. Her experiences during the war led to an interest in “knowing how the world worked.” She attended Dickinson College for her BA in politics; earned her MA in international studies from Johns Hopkins University, and her PhD in political science from UC Berkeley. Gruhn became an expert and widely published scholar in international politics and international law, who has focused on Africa, international and transnational institutions, and relations between rich and poor states.

One of very few tenured women during UCSC’s early days and one of the first to serve as a high-level administrator, Gruhn was the first female dean of social sciences (1981-1983) and the first female academic vice chancellor (acting) from 1987-1989.

SENIOR CONNECTIONS

Join Senior Connections for programs held on the second and fourth Mondays of each month throughout the year. All programs are curated by seniors and are open to members as well as the wider Santa Cruz community. All programs are free.

Since 2006, Senior Connections has been providing an eclectic mix of lectures, discussions, films, musical and dramatic performances, arts and health panels, rabbinic roundtables and annual luncheons. Visit with friends, make new friends and learn something new.

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Programs are subject to change.

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