Jan Rath
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Jan Rath, born in Rotterdam)[1] is a Dutch social scientist. He holds a chair in Urban Sociology in the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He is contributing to the nexus of urban structures and processes and their social, ethnic and religious dimensions. He is best known for his work on the problematization of immigrant ethnic minorities, on the one hand, and on urban economies, entrepreneurship and cultural consumption, on the other.
Early life
Rath was born in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and grew up in a lower-class family in Afrikaanderwijk and Hillesluis, both blue-color neighborhoods located close to the ports in the southern part of the city.
Education and career
After attending secondary school, Rath spent two years doing all sorts of jobs (such as packing tomatoes,m oving furniture, X-raying industrial installations, and counting bus passengers) and traveling. Thereafter, he decided to enroll in the anthropology and urban studies programs at Utrecht University. He received his MA degree in 1986 and his PhD degree in 1991 from the same university.
He held academic posts at the Center for the Study of Social Conflicts (COMT) in Leiden University (1982-1986), the Center for the Study of Multi-Ethnic Society (SMES) in Utrecht University (1986-1990), the Institute for the Sociology of Law in the Catholic University of Nijmegen (currently named Radboud University), (1990-1994), and the Department of Sociology in the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) (1998-1999). In 1994 he joined the University of Amsterdam. From 2000-2005, he was Associate Director of UvA’s Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES). In 2005, Rath became IMES’ Academic Director (till Spring 2011). From 2010-2015, Rath was the Chair of the combined Department of Sociology and Anthropology and he also acted as the Chair of the Faculty’s Domain of Social Sciences. From 2018-2020, he served again as the Chair of the Department of Sociology.
Today, Rath is holding a Chair in Urban Sociology in the Department of Sociology in the University of Amsterdam. He is also a Researcher in the Center for Urban Studies and the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies (IMES), both in the Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR). He is, moreover, the Coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master Program in Migration and Social Cohesion (MISOCO), Member of the IMISCOE Research Network, and the European Chair of International Metropolis.
Selected publications
Journal articles
- Hagemans, I., A. Hendriks, J. Rath and S. Zukin (2015) ‘From greengrocers to cafés. Producing social diversity in Amsterdam’, pp. 90—119 in S. Zukin, Ph. Kasinitz and X. Chen, and research partners. Global Cities, Local Streets: Everyday Diversity from New York to Shanghai. New York: Routledge.
- Hiebert, D., J. Rath & S. Vertovec (2014) ‘Urban Markets and Diversity: Toward a Research Agenda’, Ethnic and Racial Studies. 38 (1), pp. 5-21, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2014.953969
- Hiebert, D., J. Rath & S. Vertovec (2014) Urban Markets and Diversity: Toward a Research Agenda. MMG Working Paper 14-06. Göttingen: Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
- Kloosterman, R. and J. Rath (2014) ‘Immigrant Entrepreneurship’, pp. 195-225 in M. Martiniello and J. Rath (eds), An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies. European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 3. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Rath, J, (2009) ‘The Netherlands. A reluctant country of immigration’, Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 100 (5), pp. 665–672. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9663.2009.00579.x
Books and special issues
- Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2014) An Introduction to Immigrant Incorporation Studies: European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 3. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Foner, N., J. Rath, J.W. Duyvendak and R. van Reekum (eds) (2014) New York and Amsterdam. Immigration and the New Urban Landscape. New York: New York University Press.
- Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2012) An Introduction to International Migration Studies: European Perspectives. IMISCOE Textbook Series 2. Amsterdam; Amsterdam University Press.
- Aytar, V. and J. Rath (eds) (2012) Selling Ethnic Neighborhoods: The Rise of Neighborhoods as Places of Leisure and Consumption. New York: Routledge. Routledge Advances in Geography Series.
- Martiniello, M. and J. Rath (eds) (2010) Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation. IMISCOE Textbook Series 1. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Nell, L. and J. Rath (eds) (2009) Ethnic Amsterdam. Immigrants and Urban Change in the Twentieth Century. Solidarity and Identity Series. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.
- Rath, J. (ed) (2007) Tourism, Ethnic Diversity and the City. (Contemporary Geographies of Leisure, Tourism and Mobility Series). London and New York: Routledge.
References
- ^ Prof. dr. J.C. Rath, 1956 - at the UvA Album Academicum website.