The Harvard University Department of Sociology

Sociology Colloquium Series 2007-08


Unless otherwise noted talks will take place on Tuesdays 3:00-4:30 p.m. in 1550 William James Hall.

October 23     
Doug McAdam, Stanford University
‘Burning Down the House’: Race, Politics, the Media and the Burning of Churches in the U.S., 1996-2001.

November 13
Kathleen Gerson, New York University
Inheriting the Gender Revolution: The Unexpected Consequences of Work and Family.

December 4
Nicole Marwell, Columbia University
Bargaining for Brooklyn: Community Organizations in the Entrepreneurial City.

Spring 2008 speakers

February 26      
Michael Hout , UC Berkeley
Century of Difference: How Americans Increased their Education over the Last 100 Years and Why it Matters.

April 8
Sandra Smith , UC Berkeley
Risk, Reputation, and the Stigma of Race during the Job Finding Process

April 29
Roger Waldinger, UCLA
Rethinking Transnationalism: The Cross-Border Dimension

May 13
Chris Uggen , U Minnesota
Public Criminologies

Note: Chris Uggen's talk will take place in 601 WJH.

Updated: April 28, 2008

 

 

 

2007-08 Colloquium Committee
Frank Dobbin (chair, fall term)
Jocelyn Viterna (chair, spring term)
Anmol Chaddha
Van Tran