This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning February 25, 2008
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, FEBRUARY 25th
Culture and Social Analysis Workshop
601 William James Hall
4:00- 6:00
p.m.
Jovonne Bickerstaff, Sociology, Harvard University
Noir and Francais: Everyday Anti-racism and the Blackening of French Identity among Second Generation Sub-Saharan African Immigrants
Matthew Marr, Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies, Harvard University
A Multilevel Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Conditions Shaping Exits from Homelessness in Los Angeles and Tokyo
Inequality and Social Policy Seminar
Taubman Dining Room (5th floor Taubman) Kennedy School of Government
12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch is provided!
BRUCE WESTERN, Sociology, Harvard University
"Inequality Among American Families With Children, 1975 to 2005"
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26th
WIP/WOM Series
The Work in Progress/Work, Organizations, and Markets Series
This week's location: Baker Library 101
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch is provided!
PhD students are more than welcome.
Presenter: Ayfer Ali, Health Policy
Harvard Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
12:00 - 1:30pm in 601 William James Hall
Light lunch is provided
Presenter: Sarah Willen (NIMH Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School)
Discussant: Helen Marrow (Lecturer, Committee on Degrees in Social Studies, Harvard University
Illegality in the Flesh: Undocumented Labor Migration, State Power, and the Embodiment of Otherness in Israel
Sociology Colloquium
3:00 - 4:30pm
1550 William James Hall
Michael Hout (U.C. Berkeley)
Century of Difference: How Americans Increased their Education over the Last 100 Years and Why it Matters"
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27th
Applied Statistics Workshop
CGIS North 354
12 - 1:30 p.m.
Matthew Harding, Department of Economics
Stanford University
MIT - Harvard Economic Sociology Seminar
This week's location - MIT, Sloan Building, E52-598
3:30 - 5pm
Rachel Sherman, New School for Social Research
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