Harlan Strauss
Harlan J. Strauss
Harlan J. Strauss is an American political scientist, author, and former U.S. government official. He is known for academic research on revolutionary elites and for documentary work on the Irish revolutionary period (1916–1923).
Academic career
Strauss studied political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and completed graduate studies at the University of Oregon, earning a Ph.D. in 1974.[1]
During the 1970s, Strauss published research on political conflict and revolutionary movements. In 1973, he published “Revolutionary Types: Russia in 1905” in the peer-reviewed journal Journal of Conflict Resolution.[2]
In 1975, Strauss co-authored two peer-reviewed articles with L. Harmon Zeigler on the application of the Delphi technique in social science research. These appeared in Futures and the Journal of Creative Behavior.[3][4]
Documentary work
Strauss conducted research on twentieth-century revolutionary movements that contributed to documentary projects. His work on the Irish revolutionary period formed the basis of The Silent Civil War, a two-part documentary broadcast by RTÉ One in April 2023.[5]
The documentary received coverage in Irish media. The Irish Examiner described the RTÉ program as offering new perspectives on the conflict through interviews with surviving participants, while The Irish Times reported on Strauss’s oral history recordings, referring to them as “the forgotten tapes.”[6][7]
Related material from Strauss’s interviews has also been discussed on RTÉ radio programming, including History Hub and The History Show.[8][9]
Audio and video excerpts of Strauss’s interviews have been made publicly available by RTÉ, and his original 1970s recordings are preserved in the National Folklore Collection at University College Dublin.[10]
Government service
Strauss served in analytical and advisory roles within the United States federal government. Specific details are limited to public reporting in newspapers.[11]
Philanthropy
In 2013, Strauss and his wife, Rima Finzi Strauss, established the Harlan and Rima Strauss Visiting Filmmakers Endowment supporting film-related educational activities at the University of Oregon.[12]
References
- ↑ Strauss, Harlan J. (1974). The Revolutionary-Making Process: A Socio-Psychological Study of the Leadership of the English, American, Russian, and Irish Revolutions (PhD dissertation). Unknown parameter
|school=ignored (help) - ↑ Strauss, Harlan J. (June 1973). "Revolutionary Types". Journal of Conflict Resolution. Sage Publications. 17 (2): 297–316. doi:10.1177/002200277301700206.
- ↑ Strauss, Harlan J.; Zeigler, L. Harmon (1975). "Delphi, political philosophy and the future". Futures. 7 (3): 184–196. doi:10.1016/0016-3287(75)90063-4.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Strauss, Harlan J.; Zeigler, L. Harmon (1975). "The Delphi Technique and Its Uses in Social Science Research". Journal of Creative Behavior. 9 (4): 253–259. doi:10.1002/J.2162-6057.1975.TB00574.X.
|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ↑ Fitzpatrick, Richard (24 April 2023). "Silent Civil War: American student's old interview tapes shed light on Irish conflict". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ O'Toole, Fintan (15 April 2023). "How Ireland remembers the revolutionary decade". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ McGreevy, Ronan (23 April 2023). "'It was disastrous, I was wrong': 50-year-old tapes of interviews with Civil War veterans are made public". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ RTÉ (12 March 2022). "The Easter Rising and public memory". RTÉ Radio 1 – History Hub. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ RTÉ (1 October 2023). "The Harlan Strauss Tapes". RTÉ Radio 1 – The History Show. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ "UCD Today Spring/Summer 2023" (PDF). University College Dublin. 2023. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ Fitzpatrick, Richard (24 April 2023). "Silent Civil War: American student's old interview tapes shed light on Irish conflict". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ University of Oregon (2021). "Harlan and Rima Strauss Endowment: The Art of Producing". Cinema Studies Newsletter. University of Oregon. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
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