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 of avant-garde art. 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 my recent art writing below.

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

Photo courtesy of Ben Taylor