Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045 audio recording and transcript)
Title
Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045 audio recording and transcript)
Date
2018
Description
Margaret Collins Weitz, professor emerita and former chair of Suffolk University’s Humanities and Modern Languages Department, discusses her non-traditional path into academia, her research, and her career at Suffolk. She begins with a description of her experiences growing up as child during the Great Depression and her Fulbright experiences in France which inspired her seminal research into women in the French Resistance. Dr. Weitz describes her campus involvement which ranged from reshaping her department and its educational offerings, supporting students from all backgrounds, to convening international conferences at Suffolk. She discusses the university’s dramatic growth, demographic changes, and the creation of international campuses in Madrid, Spain and Dakar, Senegal. The interview concludes with a discussion of Weitz’s post-retirement career, including several notable recognitions she received from the French government for her scholarship related to France and French women.
Source
Suffolk University Oral History Project
Rights
Copyright Suffolk University. This item is made available for research and educational purposes by the John Joseph Moakley Archive & Institute. Prior permission is required for any commercial use.
Type
Video recording
Format
Oral histories
MP4
PDF
Language
English
Subject
Identifier
SOH-045
Embedded Media
Duration
1:21:21
Citation
Weitz, Margaret Collins and Riordan, Patrick, “Oral History Interview with Margaret Collins Weitz (SOH-045 audio recording and transcript),” Moakley Archive & Institute, accessed March 2, 2021, https://moakleyarchive.omeka.net/items/show/15033.
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