This Week at The Department of Sociology
Beginning December 10, 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, DECEMBER 10
Inequality and Social Policy Seminar
Taubman Dining Room (5th floor Taubman) Kennedy School of Government
12:00 - 1:45 p.m.
Lunch is provided!
John Abowd, School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University,
"The Covariance of Earnings and Hours Revisited"
Culture and Social Analysis Workshop
601 William James Hall
4:00- 6:00
p.m.
Josh Wakeham, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, Harvard University
Meaning and Morality in Juvenile Justice
Discussion Leader: Matt Kaliner, Sociology, Harvard University
Alexis Tremoulinas, visiting fellow, Sociology, Harvard University
Race, Class and French Soccer
Discussion Leader: Chris Bail, Sociology, Harvard University
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11
WIP/WOM Series
The Work in Progress/Work, Organizations, and Markets Series
This week's location: Cumnock 230
12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
Lunch is provided!
PhD students are more than welcome.
Presenter: Richard Lai
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop
WJH 455
12:30-2:00 p.m. Light Lunch Provided
Presenter: Jennifer Hochschild (Harvard University); Discussant: Eric Brewer-Garcia (Graduate Student in Urban Planning, MIT)
"Pathways to Immigrant Political Incorporation – In Search of a Model"
Applied Statistics Workshop
CGIS North 354
12 - 1:30 p.m.
No session scheduled this week.
MIT - Harvard
Economic Sociology Seminar
1550 William James Hall
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Michael Lounsbury, University of Alberta
"Innovation and Institutions: An Exploration of Nanotechnology Emergence"
see paper abstract
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14
Human Rights and Photography Exhibit
Gutman Library, Graduate School of Education
5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Exhibit features work of Harvard Sociology students. Organized in collaboration with this year's international Visible Rights conference, convened by Harvard's Cultural Agents Initiative. Projects examine a variety of human rights issues: day laborers, educational inequality, environmental racism, HIV/AIDS stigmatization, the effects of natural disasters on poor children, discrimination of marginalized groups in Eastern Europe, gender inequality, and Title IX, among others.
See sample of photos and full schedule. For more info on the exhibit and to download a flyer see Visualizing Rights and Social Change Photography Exhibit.
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