Bogdan Denitch
American sociologist (1929-2016)
Bogdan Denitch (born Bogdan Denis Denić, Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Денис Денић; August 9, 1929 – March 28, 2016) was an American sociologist of Serb origin. He was a leading authority on the political sociology of the former Yugoslavia, and served as professor at the Queens College, City University of New York (CUNY) from 1973 until his retirement in 1994. Denitch was active in democratic left politics throughout his life, joining the Young People's Socialist League at age 18, and later co-founding the Democratic Socialists of America. From 1983 through 2004 he organized the annual Socialist Scholars Conference in New York. Beginning in the 1990s he was an advocate for human rights and an opponent of nationalism in the former Yugoslavia.
Early life
Denitch was born in Sofia, Bulgaria, to Serb parents. His father was a Yugoslav diplomat, who was forced into exile by the Nazis and then by Marshal Josip Broz Tito's communist regime after World War II. The family emigrated to the United States in 1946. He enrolled in the City University of New York (then City College) in 1947, and at age 18 joined the Young People's Socialist League (YPSL), then the youth affiliate of the social-democratic Socialist Party of America, led by Norman Thomas. He helped lead that organization into a merger with the Trotskyist-communist Socialist Youth League to form the Young Socialist League in 1954. He learned machinist skills at Metal Trades High School at night while studying at City College, worked as a journeyman machinist and tool and die maker for 13 years, and was an activist in the International Association of Machinists.
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