Student Conference
UNI Seminar on Modernity
April 27-28, 2001
Friday, April 27
3-3:15 p.m.
Welcoming remarks, Liah Greenfeld
3:15-4:45 p.m. -- Panel 1
Nikolas Prevelakis: “Overview of the Project"
Lydia Wilmeth (UNI'03): "Science Project and Social Context"
Respondent: Peter Wood, CAS Associate Professor of Anthropology
5-6:30 p.m. -- Panel 2
Timothy Matthews (GRS'02): "The Institutionalization and Development of History" Hernando Forero (UNI'03): "The Institutionalization and Development of Economics" Respondent: Glenn Loury, CAS Professor of Economics and University Professor
Saturday, April 28
10-10:15 a.m.
Opening remarks: Liah Greenfeld
10:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. -- Panel 1
Jonathan Marcus (UNI'03): "The Institutionalization and Development of Political Science"
Natan Press (CAS’03): "The Institutionalization and Development of Sociology" Oyeshiku Carr (GRS'03): "The Institutionalization and Development of African Studies" Respondent: Dietrich Orlow, CAS Professor of History
2-3:30 p.m. -- Panel 2
Sean Wright (UNI'03): "Ways of Studying Cultural Change"
Julian Hadas (UNI'03): "The Study of Culture in the Social Sciences as it Exists Today: the Institutionalization and Development of Anthropology"
Respondent: Sheldon Glashow, CAS professor of Physics, Metcalf Professor of Science, and University Professor
3:45-6 p.m. -- Panel 3
Lauren Plavisch (UNI'03): "What Can Be Learned About Art in the New Social Science" Irina Ostrovskaya (UNI'03): "The Socialization of Children: How Children Become Members of Culture"
Respondent: Liah Greenfeld