This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning November 5, 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, NOVEMBER 5
Inequality & Social Policy Seminar Series
Malcolm Wiener Center
12:00 - 1:45 (Presentation begins at 12:20 pm)
(Note!) Location: Askwith Lecture Hall, Longfellow Hall, Graduate School of Education, Appian Way, Cambridge. (Map)
MICHAEL BARR , University of Michigan Law School, University of Michigan
"The Financial Lives of the Poor: Evidence from a New Survey"
Weatherhead Center for International Affairs
CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge Street
Bowie Vernon Room, CGIS North
4 p.m.
Off the record, free, and open to the public
"Different Trajectories: Two Harvard Scholars Explore Differences in Culture and Politics Between Canada and the United States." Marc Shell, Harvard University; Jason Kaufman, Harvard University.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6
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.
Presenter: Marya Besharov, OB Sociology
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
WJH 455
12:30-2pm
Light Lunch Provided
Presenter: Joanna Almeida (PhD Candidate in Social Epidemiology, Harvard University)
Discussant: Evgeny Firsov (PhD Student in Sociology, Harvard University)
"Ethnicity and Nativity Status as Determinants of Social Support: Testing the Notion of Familism"
MIT - Harvard
Economic Sociology Seminar
1550 WJH
3:30 - 5:00
Henning Hillman, Stanford University
Entrepreneurship in Fragmented Networks: Evidence from Tsarist Russia
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