This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning April 23, 2007
The following events are sponsored by the Department of Sociology at
Harvard University. Unless otherwise noted,
all events take place at William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street,
Cambridge. If you have questions, you may reach
us by calling (617) 495-3812. For more information about the
Department of Sociology, please contact us or visit
our home page http://www.wjh.harvard.edu/sociology/
MONDAY, April 23
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series
Malcolm Wiener Center
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series
"Class,
Race and Childrearing: An Emerging Picture from a Longitudinal
Ethnography "
presented by Annette Lareau , Sociology, University of Maryland
Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.
Noon to 1:45 PM
Note: Presentation begins at 12:20 pm
WEDNESDAY, April 25
MIT - Harvard
Economic Sociology Seminar
“Intimacy in Economic Organization” presented by Viviana Zelizer of
Princeton University.
Room 1550
3:30 - 5:00
Applied Statistics Workshop
"Fight
or Flight: Portfolio Rebalancing by Individual Investors" presented
by
John Campbell,
Department of Economics,Harvard University
Room N354 of CGIS Knafel building (next to the Design
School).
12:00 to 1:30
THURSDAY, April 26
Family
and Childhood Research Workshop
"Turning Strangers into Kin: Single Moms, the Internet
and Donorsiblings" presented by Rosanna Hertz - Professor of Sociology
& Women’s
Studies, Wellesley College
Room 601
12:00 - 2:00
Lunch will be served!
Migration and Immigrant Integration Workshop
Margaret Post, Brandeis University (title to be announced)
Room 601
3:00
FRIDAY, April 27
The Culture and Social
Analysis Workshop
“Poetry in the Public Sphere: How Race Structures Discourse in
Spoken
Word Venues” presented by Crystal Fleming
Room 601
12:00-1:30
Lunch will be served!