 In 1932, due to the financial problems of the Academy for the Science of Judaism, Strauss found himself without a job. With a letter of recommendation from Schmitt, he received a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation to begin work, in France, on a study of Hobbes. In Paris, Strauss attended seminars on Hegel led by Alexandre Koyré (1892–1964) and Alexandre Kojève (1902–1968). The next year, he received an extension on his Rockefeller grant to work in London and Cambridge on his book on Hobbes.