Society, Politics & Culture Workshop

The Society, Politics & Culture Workshop (SPC) at Boston University presents work-in-progress by scholars and students seeking critical feedback on their work. Centered in the Department of Sociology, the Workshop focuses broadly upon social science research and theory on social relations, politics, and meaning-making. Participants include scholars and students at BU and around the Boston area. Papers are circulated in advance; the seminar is devoted to intensive analysis and constructive discussion of the work. Participants are expected to have read the paper in advance. All are welcome. To attend and for copies of the paper, please contact Julian Go (juliango@bu.edu).

Faculty Coordinators: Julian Go, Sigrun Olafsdottir

 

 

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Fall 2011 Sessions

FRIDAY October 7, 12 noon-1 pm (Sociology Bldg, Room 252, 96 Cummington St.)

Helen Marrow, Tufts University (Sociology)

“Deserving to a Point:  Unauthorized Immigrants in San Francisco’s Universal Access Model”

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FRIDAY December 9, (Sociology Bldg, Room 252, 96 Cummington St.)

Bart Bonikowski, Harvard University (Sociology)

TBA

 

Spring 2011 Sessions:

FRIDAY March 4, 12 noon-1 pm (Sociology Bldg, Room 275, 96 Cummington St.)

Liza Weinstein, Northeastern University (Sociology)

“The Entrepreneurial Bureaucrat: Locating State Power in Globalizing Mumbai”

 

*FRIDAY May 6, 1:30-2:30 (Sociology Bldg, Room 275, 96 Cummington St.)

Noah McClain, NYU (Sociology) & Ashley Mears, Boston University (Sociology)

“Free to Those Who Can Afford It: A Research Agenda for the Everyday Affordance of Privilege”

*note different time: 1:30

Fall 2010 Sessions:

FRIDAY NOV. 5, 12 noon-1 pm (Sociology Bldg, Room 275, 96 Cummington St.)

Emily Erikson, Yale University (Sociology)

“Formalism and Relationalism in Network Theory”