Ph.D. Candidate Natalicía Tracy wins 2013 Petra Fellowship
BU Sociology Ph.D. Candidate Natalicía Tracy will be honored on November 15th by the Petra Foundation as one of four 2013 Petra Fellows. Established in 1988 in honor of Petra Tölle Shattuck, the Petra Foundation “seeks out and champions unsung heroes who are making distinctive contributions to the rights, autonomy and dignity of others.” In […]
Professor Liah Greenfeld featured in Shanghai Review of Books
Professor Liah Greenfeld was featured in the Shanghai Review of Books. They published a long retrospective analysis of Professor Greenfeld’s ideas in the past 20 years, from Nationalism: Five Roads to Modernity to The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth to Mind, Modernity, Madness: The Impact of Culture on Human Experience.
Professor Catherine Connell to Host Graduate Methods Workshop at University of Texas at Austin
Professor Cati Connell has been invited to give a graduate methods workshop on qualitative interviewing at University of Texas as Austin on October 15th, 2013. More details to follow.
Professor Ashley Mears at the University of Amsterdam
Professor Ashley Mears is on leave in Fall 2013 and is traveling to Amsterdam as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Amsterdam in the Amsterdam Resarch Center for Gender and Sexuality program. She is working on a book manuscript on elite consumption and gender among the global jet set.
Professor Alya Guseva to Lead Luncheon Discussion at Center for Study of Europe
On Tuesday, September 17th, the Center for the Study of Europe will welcome Professor Alya Guseva. In a discussion titled “Plastic Money: The Construction of Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Post-communist Countries,” Professor Guseva will discuss her forthcoming book, co-authored with Akos Rona-Tas from the University of California, San Diego. While her book covers […]
Professor Benjamin’s People’s Science in South Africa
Professor Ruha Benjamin was invited to South Africa by the University of Pretoria’s Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine to speak about her book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier on Sept 13th, and to participate in a Wellcome Trust sponsored workshop on “Genomics research on indigenous populations: exploring the concept […]
Professor Ashley Mears to Present in the Discoveries Lecture Series: Pricing Looks, Pricing Gender
Next Tuesday, April 30th, the Discoveries Lecture Series will feature Professor Ashley Mears, who will present “Pricing Looks, Pricing Gender: How Women Earn More Than Men in a Few Rare Fields.” Tuesday, April 30th at 7PM The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House at Boston University 213 Bay State Road, 4th Floor Boston, MA Registration for […]
Professor Stephen Kalberg Receives Teaching and Research Fellowship from the Fulbright Commission
Professor Stephen Kalberg received from the Fulbright Commission a Teaching / Research Fellowship for the Spring Semester, 2014. He will teach at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia from January until June. His research will compare the political culture of Armenia’s “hybrid” government to the political cultures of several Western European nations.
Ruha Benjamin blogs for Huffington Post about Science and Citizenship
Drawing on research reported in her forthcoming book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier, she wonders whether “we are overdue for a Second Enlightenment in which the idealized insularity of science gives way to a more socially robust relationship between scientists and publics.” Read the full article here.
2003 Sociology Graduate Emily Valerio to Speak at 2013 Commencement
In keeping with recent tradition, the Sociology Department will again welcome a “ten year out” alumna as our commencement speaker. Emily Valerio (BA, ’03) will return to Boston University to address the 2013 graduating seniors and their families. A brief bio on our guest speaker: Emily Valerio graduated from Boston University in May 2003 with a […]