This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning October 29, 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 29
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.
LARRY BARTELS , Woodrow Wilson School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University
"Partisan Biases in Economic Accountability"
Culture and Social Analysis Workshop
WJH 601
4-6pm
Jal Mehta, Harvard University
"
The New Educational Disorder: Pluralism, Rationalization, and the Competition for Authority Over Schooling"
Discussion Leader:Wendy Luttrell, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Matthew Kaliner, Harvard University
"Does Neighborhood Reputation Matter? Assessing the cost of a 'bad' reputation on housing prices"
Discussion Leader: Leigh Graham, Urban Studies, MIT
TUESDAY, October 30
WIP/WOM Series
The Work in Progress/Work, Organizations, and Markets Series
This weeks location: Cumnock 230
12:00 - 1:30
Lunch is provided!
PhD students are more than welcome.
This Week's Presenter: David Chen
WEDNESDAY, October 31
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
WJH 455
12:30-2pm
Light Lunch Provided
Presenter: Jennifer Darrah, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Brown University
Discussant: Anulkah Thomas, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Harvard University
Applied Statistics Workshop
CGIS North 354
12 - 1:30
Presenter: Andrew Thomas, Department of Statistics, Harvard University
MIT - Harvard
Economic Sociology Seminar
1550 WJH
3:30 - 5:00
Presenter: Olav Sorensen, University of Toronto
"The Social Attachment to Place"
FRIDAY, November 2
Race, Identity, and Inequality
Graduate Student Workshop
Faculty Directors: Profs. Orlando Patterson and Claudine Gay
12 noon
Lunch will be provided
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