Robin Wagner-Pacifici is a University Professor affiliated with the Department of Sociology at The New School for Social Research. She is the author of a number of books, most recently What is an Event? (University of Chicago Press, 2017) and The Art of Surrender: Decomposing Sovereignty at Conflict’s End.
PhD 1983, University of Pennsylvania
What is an Event?, The University of Chicago Press, 2017
The Art of Surrender: Decomposing Sovereignty at Conflict’s End, The University of Chicago Press, 2005.
- Honorable Mention, 2006 Culture Section of the American Sociological Association, Best Book Award
- Author-Meets-Critics Session, American Sociological Association 2007 Annual Meeting
- Meet the Author Session, European Sociological Association 2007 Annual Meeting
Theorizing the Standoff: Contingency in Action, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- Winner, 2001 Culture Section of the American Sociological Association Best Book Award
Discourse and Destruction: The City of Philadelphia Versus MOVE. The University of Chicago Press, 1994.
The Moro Morality Play: Terrorism as Social Drama. The University of Chicago Press, 1986.
"What Is an Event and Are We Living in One?" talk at The New School for Social Research, June 25, 2020.
Quoted in "I'm From Philly. 30 Years Later, I'm Still Trying To Make Sense Of The MOVE Bombing," WVIK, May 11, 2020.