The Contemporary Studies of Race & Ethnicity (CSRE) workshop presentation by Sa-kiera Hudson and Gregory Keith Davis, Harvard University.

Politics and Social Change (PSC) Workshop presentation by Jean Comaroff, Alfred North Whitehead Professor of African and African American Studies and of Anthropology, Harvard University.

Inequality and Social Policy Seminar Series presentation by Maya Sen, Associate Professor, Harvard Kennedy School.

Inequality and Social Policy Seminar Series presentation by Jessica Trounstine, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of California, Merced.

Department of Sociology Colloquium Series presentation by Ya-Wen Lei, Harvard University.

Abstract:

 

In this talk, I will situate my book, The Contentious Public Sphere: Law, Media, and Authoritarian Rule in China, in relation to one of the department’s traditions and discuss issues related to disciplinary boundaries. I will then...

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Politics and Social Change (PSC) Workshop presentation by Bo Yun Park, Doctoral Student in Sociology, Harvard University.

Politics and Social Change (PSC) Workshop presentation by Zine Magubane, Associate Professor, Boston College.

The Workshop in History, Culture, and Society (HCS) presentation by Laura Nelson, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University.

 

Talk Title: "The Role of Ideational and Socio-Structural Isomorphism for Social Movement Success"

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The Workshop in History, Culture, and Society (HCS) presentation by Julian Go, Professor of Sociology at Boston University.

 

Abroad and at Home: 'Militarization,' or the Colonial Counter-Insurgenization of Policing in Early 20th America

 

Abstract: The militarization of policing in the US is not new, nor is it solely a domestic process. Its origins are historically deep and global. In...

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Department of Sociology Colloquium Series presentation by Robert S. Jansen, Assistant Professor, University of Michigan

Revolutionizing Repertoires: The Rise of Populist Mobilization in Peru

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Politics and Social Change Workshop presentations by Charlotte Lloyd and Miguel Quintana-Navarrete, Sociology Doctoral Candidates, Harvard University. Read more about Charlotte Lloyd: Reconsidering 'Mnemonic Closure': The Role of Reconciliation in Established Democracies and Miguel Quintana-Navarrete:Social cohesion and informal control in rural Mexico

Politics and Social Change Workshop presentations by  Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University and Sarah Valdez, Visiting Scholar, SCANCOR-Weatherhead Partnership, Harvard University.

 

Chairs: 

 

Jocelyn Viterna, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

 

Paul Chang, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Harvard University

 

Peggy Levitt, Chair; Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Wellesley...

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Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populisim -Euroskepticism in a Post-Brexit Era

 

Panelists:

Catherine de Vries, Professor of Politics, Department of Government, University of Essex, UK 
Matthew Goodwin, Professor of Politics and International Relations, University of Kent, UK
Kathleen McNamara, Professor of Government and Foreign Service and Director of the Mortara Center for International Studies, Georgetown University ...

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Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populisim The Economic and Cultural Causes of Populist Support Panelists:
David Autor, Ford Professor of Economics, MIT
Luigi Guiso, AXA Professor of Household Finance and Insurance, Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance, Italy; Fellow, Centre for Economic Policy Research, United Kingdom
Peter A. Hall, Krupp Foundation Professor of European Studies, Department of Government, Harvard University

Discussants:
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Weatherhead Research Cluster on Global Populism presentation by Timothy Garton Ash, Professor of European Studies, St Antony's College, University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at Hoover Institute, Stanford University. Read more about Timothy Garton Ash: Does European Populism Exist?