Erich Hula papers,
- Author:
- Hula, Erich, 1900-1987.
- Call Number:
- MSS GER-044 local
- Abstract:
- A substantial portion of the Erich Hula papers consists of his writings, both in typescript and published form. This includes his contributions to newspapers and journals, dating from the 1920s to 1984, and also contains extensive notes from his research as well as for courses taught primarily at the New School for Social Research. The collection also contains correspondence files and biographical documents, and a large collection of reprints (and some typescripts) sent to and collected by Hula of colleagues and other scholars, including Hans Kelsen, Hans Morgenthau, Leo Gross, Arnold Brecht and Kurt von Fritz.
- Historical Note:
- According to Arnold Brecht, a contemporary of Hula at the New School for Social Research, Erich Hula was "one of the most influential colleagues in the administrative and scholarly development of the Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, which he joined in 1938 after his arrival as a fugitive from Nazi-occupied Austria." With the exception of a semester at Cornell University (Spring 1953) and a year at the Washington Center of Foreign Policy Research of The Johns Hopkins University (1957/1958), Hula spent his entire teaching career, from 1938 until 1967, at the New School, where he also served continuously from 1942 until retirement on the editorial board of Social Research as well as a two-year term as Dean of the Graduate Faculty from 1948-1950. Hula was born in Vienna, Austria on May 27, 1900, where he also received his formal education in jurisprudence and political science. After completion of his studies, Hula was taken under the wing of Hans Kelsen and became his assistant (1931-1933) at the Institute of International Law in Cologne, Germany. Hula's admiration for Kelsen and his work can be seen in the large volume of Kelsen materials collected in the Hula Papers, which include correspondence, notes and published materials. Hula wrote numerous essays on a variety of subjects: international law and international institutions, in particular the League of Nations and its successor the United Nations, national self-determination, punitive war and war crimes, as well as essays on the problems of individual countries, including Austria, Germany, Great Britain and many on the Soviet Union.
- Physical Description:
- 22 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the German and Jewish Intellectual E´migre´ Collection. local
- Subjects:
- World War, 1939-1945 Refugees, World War, 1939-1945 Atrocities, International relations Study and teaching, Atrocities, International relations Study and teaching, and Refugees
- Names:
- Hula, Erich, 1900-1987 and Hula, Erich, 1900-1987
- Corporate Names:
- New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997), United Nations, League of Nations, League of Nations, New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y. : 1919-1997), and United Nations
- Chronological Terms:
- 1939-1945 fast
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