Francis Korn

Silvia Francis Korn Litichver (14 July 1935 – 15 March 2024) was an Argentine sociologist. The first Argentine anthropology doctoral graduate of the University of Oxford, she worked as a professor at the University of Buenos Aires, the University of Essex, and the Torcuato di Tella University. A 1973 Guggenheim Fellow and 2004 elected member of the , she wrote on sociological theory and the history of Buenos Aires, including her 1973 book Elementary Structures Reconsidered.

Biography

Early life and education

Silvia Francis Korn Litichver One of her given names, Francis, was in honour of the French Revolution.

Academic career

In 1970, Korn returned to UBA as chair of the department of sociology and as professor, serving in these positions until 1971 and 1972, respectively. She was also the director of the Torcuato di Tella Institute Centre for Social Research and the Institute for Social Research. and she was appointed a Guggenheim Fellow "for a study of the social structure of Buenos Aires, 1920–1930". Daniel Gigena of La Nación said that "she stood out as one of the intellectuals of the golden age of the world of ideas in Argentina from the 1960s onwards". Her books on the history of Buenos Aires included Buenos Aires: los invitados del 20 (1974), Buenos Aires, 1895: una ciudad moderna (1981), Buenos Aires: mundos particulares (2004), and Buenos Aires antes del Centenario (2010),