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[[File:Benjamin Rivlin at Brooklyn College.png|thumb|Benjamin Rivlin, from the Brooklyn College Broeklundian in 1959. Courtesy CUNY Academic works.]]
[[File:Benjamin Rivlin at Brooklyn College.png|thumb|Benjamin Rivlin, from the Brooklyn College Broeklundian in 1959. Courtesy CUNY Academic works.]]
Benjamin Rivlin is a scholar of African Studies. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Benjamin Rivlin |url=https://tv.cuny.edu/bio/benjamin_rivlin |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=CUNY TV |language=en}}</ref>
Benjamin Rivlin is a scholar and published author of African Studies, International Studies, Political Science, and Anthropology. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Prof. Benjamin Rivlin |url=https://tv.cuny.edu/bio/benjamin_rivlin |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=CUNY TV |language=en}}</ref>[[File:Benjamin Rivlin, bottom left, worked for Ralph Bunche in the OSS.jpg|thumb|Members of the Africa Research Section of the OSS. Ralph Bunche is pictured top right. Benjamin Rivlin is pictured bottom left.]]Rivlin served on the Secretariat of the [[United Nations]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} The Drive to Decolonize {{!}} On-Camera Interview with Ben Rivlin |url=https://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/decol_rivlin.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref>


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He has worked for the US [[United States Department of State|State Department]], the Hoover Commission, the World Bank, the World Jewish Congress, CUNY, Columbia University, and the School of Advanced International Studies of John Hopkins University and New York University. <ref>{{Cite web |last=ncafp |date=2011-02-01 |title=Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP {{!}} National Committee on American Foreign Policy |url=https://ncafp.org/rivlin-benjamin/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

== World War Two Years ==
From 1943 - 1945, during [[World War II]], he served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] and the [[United States Army]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Foreign Service Journal, September 2020 |url=https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/0920/58/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=FlippingBook}}</ref>
From 1943 - 1945, during [[World War II]], he served in the [[Office of Strategic Services]] and the [[United States Army]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=The Foreign Service Journal, September 2020 |url=https://afsa.org/sites/default/files/flipping_book/0920/58/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=FlippingBook}}</ref>

[[File:Benjamin Rivlin, bottom left, worked for Ralph Bunche in the OSS.jpg|thumb|Members of the Africa Research Section of the OSS. Ralph Bunche is pictured top right. Benjamin Rivlin is pictured bottom left.]]
While assigned to the Africa Research Section of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services, Benjamin studied under a professor named [[Ralph Bunche]]. The two men eventually formed a professional friendship.

== United Nations Years ==
Dr. Rivlin served under Dr. Ralph Bunche in the [[United Nations Trusteeship Council|Trusteeship Council]] of the [[United Nations Secretariat]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralph Bunche Centenary : Speakers Corner |url=https://www.ralphbuncheinstitute.org/ralphbunchecentenary/speak.html |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=www.ralphbuncheinstitute.org}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=Vassar Chronicle 19 October 1957 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive |url=https://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/?a=d&d=vcchro19571019-01.2.8&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=newspaperarchives.vassar.edu}}</ref>

== Academic Career ==
Rivlin was a [[Fulbright Scholar]] from 1956-1957, studying French Colonial North Africa. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Rivlin {{!}} Fulbright Scholar Program |url=https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/benjamin-rivlin |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=fulbrightscholars.org}}</ref>
Rivlin was a [[Fulbright Scholar]] from 1956-1957, studying French Colonial North Africa. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Benjamin Rivlin {{!}} Fulbright Scholar Program |url=https://fulbrightscholars.org/grantee/benjamin-rivlin |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=fulbrightscholars.org}}</ref>


Rivlin was an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College after his Fulbright Program, giving talks and lectures. In 1950, he was assigned an Instructorship. <ref>{{Cite journal |date=1950 |title=Appointments and Staff Changes |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1950358 |journal=The American Political Science Review |volume=44 |issue=1 |pages=173–176 |issn=0003-0554}}</ref> His primary extracurricular activity was in pursuing African Self-Determination in a decolonized world, following his great mentor Bunche's lead. <ref>{{Cite web |title=African Activist Archive |url=https://africanactivist.msu.edu/record/210-849-29531/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=africanactivist.msu.edu}}</ref>
Rivlin served on the Secretariat of the [[United Nations]]. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Ralph Bunche {{!}} The Drive to Decolonize {{!}} On-Camera Interview with Ben Rivlin |url=https://www.pbs.org/ralphbunche/decol_rivlin.html |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.pbs.org}}</ref>


Rivlin stayed at Brooklyn through the merger with CUNY in 1961. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Report from New York City |url=https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED069231.pdf}}</ref>
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He has worked for the US [[United States Department of State|State Department]], the Hoover Commission, the World Bank, the World Jewish Congress, CUNY, Columbia University, and the School of Advanced International Studies of John Hopkins University and New York University. <ref>{{Cite web |last=ncafp |date=2011-02-01 |title=Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP {{!}} National Committee on American Foreign Policy |url=https://ncafp.org/rivlin-benjamin/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Rivlin taught Political Science to [[Alan Dershowitz]] at Brooklyn College. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dershowitz Donates Papers to His College {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2011/11/17/dershowitz-brooklyn-college-papers/ |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=www.thecrimson.com}}</ref>

From 1984, Rivlin has served on the leadership of the Ralph Bunche Institute at [[City University of New York]]. He is Director Emeritus of the [[Ralph Bunche Institute]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=ncafp |date=2011-02-01 |title=Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP {{!}} National Committee on American Foreign Policy |url=https://ncafp.org/rivlin-benjamin/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Upon the occasion of Bunche's death, Dr. Rivlin was one of several academics who gave speeches at the Centenary honoring Bunche's legacy. <ref>https://www.un.org/webcast/worldchron/trans923.pdf</ref>

== Publications ==
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"Ralph Bunche: The Man and His Times." <ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynne Rienner Publishers {{!}} Ralph Bunche The Man and His Times |url=https://www.rienner.com/title/Ralph_Bunche_The_Man_and_His_Times |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.rienner.com}}</ref>


"The Challenging Role of the UN Secretary-General: Making The Most Impossible Job in the World Possible" <ref>{{Cite web |title=Bloomsbury publisher |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/author/benjamin-rivlin/ |website=Bloomsbury}}</ref>


"The Middle East and North Africa"
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While a student in the Army, he studied under a professor named [[Ralph Bunche]]. The two men eventually formed a professional friendship. After Bunche's death, Rivlin edited a collection of essays on Ralph Bunche entitled "Ralph Bunche: The Man and His Times." <ref>{{Cite web |title=Lynne Rienner Publishers {{!}} Ralph Bunche The Man and His Times |url=https://www.rienner.com/title/Ralph_Bunche_The_Man_and_His_Times |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.rienner.com}}</ref> From 1984, Rivlin has served on the leadership of the Ralph Bunche Institute at [[City University of New York]].


He is Professor Emeritus of the [[Ralph Bunche Institute]]. <ref>{{Cite web |last=ncafp |date=2011-02-01 |title=Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP {{!}} National Committee on American Foreign Policy |url=https://ncafp.org/rivlin-benjamin/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>
"The United Nations and the Italian colonies" <ref>{{Cite web |title=Somalia: From Trust Territory to Nation |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/273632 |access-date=2024-06-21 |website=login.ezp.lib.cwu.edu}}</ref>


"Self-Determination and Dependent Areas: International Conciliation, No. 501"


"Contemporary Middle East, The: Tradition And Innovation"


"Non-self governing territories: status of Puerto Rico"


"UN Reform from the Standpoint of the United States" <ref>{{Cite journal |last=Rivlin |first=Benjamin |last2=University |first2=U. N. |date=1996 |title=UN reform from the standpoint of the United States /: Benjamin Rivlin. |url=https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/248873 |language=en}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |title=UN Reform from the Standpoint of the United States |url=https://archive.unu.edu/unupress/lecture11.html}}</ref>




Revision as of 16:15, 21 June 2024

Benjamin Rivlin, from the Brooklyn College Broeklundian in 1959. Courtesy CUNY Academic works.

Benjamin Rivlin is a scholar and published author of African Studies, International Studies, Political Science, and Anthropology. [1]

Members of the Africa Research Section of the OSS. Ralph Bunche is pictured top right. Benjamin Rivlin is pictured bottom left.

Rivlin served on the Secretariat of the United Nations. [2]

He has worked for the US State Department, the Hoover Commission, the World Bank, the World Jewish Congress, CUNY, Columbia University, and the School of Advanced International Studies of John Hopkins University and New York University. [3]

World War Two Years

From 1943 - 1945, during World War II, he served in the Office of Strategic Services and the United States Army. [4]

While assigned to the Africa Research Section of the Research and Analysis Branch of the Office of Strategic Services, Benjamin studied under a professor named Ralph Bunche. The two men eventually formed a professional friendship.

United Nations Years

Dr. Rivlin served under Dr. Ralph Bunche in the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations Secretariat. [5] [6]

Academic Career

Rivlin was a Fulbright Scholar from 1956-1957, studying French Colonial North Africa. [7]

Rivlin was an Assistant Professor at Brooklyn College after his Fulbright Program, giving talks and lectures. In 1950, he was assigned an Instructorship. [8] His primary extracurricular activity was in pursuing African Self-Determination in a decolonized world, following his great mentor Bunche's lead. [9]

Rivlin stayed at Brooklyn through the merger with CUNY in 1961. [10]

Rivlin taught Political Science to Alan Dershowitz at Brooklyn College. [11]

From 1984, Rivlin has served on the leadership of the Ralph Bunche Institute at City University of New York. He is Director Emeritus of the Ralph Bunche Institute. [12]

Upon the occasion of Bunche's death, Dr. Rivlin was one of several academics who gave speeches at the Centenary honoring Bunche's legacy. [13]

Publications

"Ralph Bunche: The Man and His Times." [14]

"The Challenging Role of the UN Secretary-General: Making The Most Impossible Job in the World Possible" [15]

"The Middle East and North Africa"

"The United Nations and the Italian colonies" [16]

"Self-Determination and Dependent Areas: International Conciliation, No. 501"

"Contemporary Middle East, The: Tradition And Innovation"

"Non-self governing territories: status of Puerto Rico"

"UN Reform from the Standpoint of the United States" [17] [18]


References

  1. ^ "Prof. Benjamin Rivlin". CUNY TV. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  2. ^ "Ralph Bunche | The Drive to Decolonize | On-Camera Interview with Ben Rivlin". www.pbs.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  3. ^ ncafp (2011-02-01). "Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP | National Committee on American Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  4. ^ "The Foreign Service Journal, September 2020". FlippingBook. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  5. ^ "Ralph Bunche Centenary : Speakers Corner". www.ralphbuncheinstitute.org. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  6. ^ "Vassar Chronicle 19 October 1957 — Vassar Newspaper & Magazine Archive". newspaperarchives.vassar.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  7. ^ "Benjamin Rivlin | Fulbright Scholar Program". fulbrightscholars.org. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  8. ^ "Appointments and Staff Changes". The American Political Science Review. 44 (1): 173–176. 1950. ISSN 0003-0554.
  9. ^ "African Activist Archive". africanactivist.msu.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  10. ^ "Report from New York City" (PDF).
  11. ^ "Dershowitz Donates Papers to His College | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  12. ^ ncafp (2011-02-01). "Benjamin Rivlin - NCAFP | National Committee on American Foreign Policy". Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  13. ^ https://www.un.org/webcast/worldchron/trans923.pdf
  14. ^ "Lynne Rienner Publishers | Ralph Bunche The Man and His Times". www.rienner.com. Retrieved 2024-06-17.
  15. ^ "Bloomsbury publisher". Bloomsbury.
  16. ^ "Somalia: From Trust Territory to Nation". login.ezp.lib.cwu.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-21.
  17. ^ Rivlin, Benjamin; University, U. N. (1996). "UN reform from the standpoint of the United States /: Benjamin Rivlin". {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  18. ^ "UN Reform from the Standpoint of the United States".
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