Matthew Grumbach

Picture of man in front of a gate

Matthew Grumbach

Research Interests
Comparative-Historical Sociology, Political Sociology, Cultural Sociology, Theory, Visual Culture

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Critical Theory. I study fascism and authoritarianism in Italy, Spain, and Argentina, examining cultural policy and state patronage. My previous project compared the radicalization of right-wing and left-wing movements in the United States during the late 1960s and 1970s. Prior to graduate school, I worked in the New York art world. You can find links to some of my art writing below.

Read my recent piece, "Trump Has a Thin Cultural Vision of the Future," in Jacobin.

MA, Sociology, UC Berkeley, 2020
BA, Sociology, Columbia University, 2013

Dissertation Title
Fascism in the Expanded Field: Cultural Policy and State Patronage in Italy, Spain, and Argentina, 1922-1975
Dissertation Committee
Dylan Riley (chair), Cihan Tuğal, Mara Loveman, Mia Fuller