This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning October 22, 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, October 22
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series
Malcolm Wiener Center
12:00 - 1:45 (Presentation begins at 12:20 pm)
Location: Taubman Dining Room (5th FL, Taubman Building), Kennedy School of Govt.
GLENN LOURY, Economics, Brown University
“Are Black Americans a People? Self-Help Rhetoric and the Limits of Community”
Culture and Social Analysis Workshop
WJH 601
4-6pm
Sabrina Pendergrass, Sociology, Harvard University
"Race, Regional Boundaries, and the Reversal of the African American Great Migration"
Discussion Leader: Jessica Welburn, Sociology, Harvard University
Una Kim, OB Graduate Program/Sociology, Harvard University
"In Search of Meaning: Identity Maintenance, Identity Change and Career Transitions Among Elite Professional Women"
Discussion Leader: Gabriel Rossman, Sociology, UCLA
TUESDAY, October 23
Special Sociology Colloquium
455 William James Hall
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Doug McAdam, Stanford University
"`Burning Down the House': Race, Politics, the Media and the Burning of Churches in the U.S., 1996-2001."
WIP/WOM Series
The Work in Progress/Work, Organizations, and Markets Series
This weeks location: Baker Library 101
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch is provided!
PhD students are more than welcome.
This weeks presenter: Spela Trefalt
WEDNESDAY, October 24
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
WJH 455
12:30-2pm
Light Lunch Provided
Llana Barber, PhD Candidate in History, Boston College
"Immigration and Twentieth-Century U.S. Cities"
Discussant will be Mary C. Waters
Applied Statistics Workshop
CGIS North 354
12 - 1:30
James Stock, Department of Economics, Harvard University
"Forecasting in Dynamic Factor Models Subject to Structural Instability"
MIT - Harvard
Economic Sociology Seminar
1550 WJH
3:30 - 5:00
Sarah Soule, Cornell University
"Competition and Resource Partitioning in Three Social Movement Industries"
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