Each spring semester, BU Sociology hosts the Albert Morris Lecture in Sociology. Named in honor of the first Department Chair, this lectureship was established in 2009 after a generous gift to the Department from an anonymous donor.
2026 Morris Lecture
Thursday, March 26, 2025
5:30-7:00 pm
Leventhal Center Auditorium, 233 Bay State Rd
STATUS: Why Is It Everywhere? Why Does It Matter?
Cecilia L. Ridgeway – Stanford University
Past Lectures
- 2025: Alondra Nelson (Institute for Advanced Study), Reimagining Resistance in the “Black Box Society”
- 2024: Karida L. Brown (Emory University), Battle for the Black Mind
- 2023: Michael D. Kennedy, (Brown University), Anticipating Epoch End while in Search of Solidarity: A Method for Comparing Catastrophes and Networking Affinities
- 2022: Ruha Benjamin, (Princeton University), Race to the Future? Reimagining the Default Settings of Technology & Society
- 2021: Richard Alba, (The Graduate Center, CUNY), The Great Demographic Illusion: How Assimilation Matters in 21st Century America