News & Events

Evan MacKay '19 PBK Scholar 'Junior 24' Spring 2018

December 5, 2018

Evan MacKay was elected to the elite PBK during his junior spring. Due to an error, his name was not included in the list.... Read more about Evan MacKay '19 PBK Scholar 'Junior 24' Spring 2018

Jesper Ke '19 Named Schwarzman Scholar 2020

December 5, 2018

Jesper Ke '19 has been selected as a Schwarzman Scholar, one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships.... Read more about Jesper Ke '19 Named Schwarzman Scholar 2020

Jason Beckfield signs books at launch of Political Sociology and the People's Health, held October 23, 2018 at the Harvard University Center for Population and Development Studies

Launching Political Sociology and the People's Health

December 4, 2018

A social epidemiologist looks at health inequalities in terms of the upstream factors that produced them. A political sociologist sees these same inequalities as products of institutions that unequally allocate power and social goods. Sociology Chair Jason Beckfield's new book asks an important question: can the two talk to one another? ... Read more about Launching Political Sociology and the People's Health

Kate Gehling, PBK 2019

December 4, 2018

Kate Gehling '19 has been elected to Harvard College’s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, a national academic honor society.... Read more about Kate Gehling, PBK 2019

Lamont lecture at LSE

October 31, 2018

Michele Lamont delivered the 2018 British Journal of Sociology Annual Lecture at the London School of Economics on October 25^th.... Read more about Lamont lecture at LSE

Celebrating Du Bois October 25-27

October 25, 2018

The Department of Sociology at Harvard University is hosting a three-day symposium from October 25-27, 2018 in honor and celebration of W.E.B. Du Bois's 150th birthday. Ahead of the conference Dean Lawrence Bobo discusses the vast intellectual legacy of the author, activist, and first African-American to earn a Harvard doctorate. See ...

An Interview with Ellis Monk

October 24, 2018

Ellis Monk was recently interviewed by the Harvard Gazette as part of its new faculty series. See Campus & Community,... Read more about An Interview with Ellis Monk

Benavidez receives Derek Bok Award

October 11, 2018

Congratulations to Aaron Benavidez, one of five recipients of the 2018 Derek C. Bok Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching of Undergraduates. Spring 2018 award recipients were...

Bobo named dean of social science

September 19, 2018

Lawrence D. Bobo, W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the Social Sciences, will serve as Dean of Social Science in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences beginning on October 1, 2018.... Read more about Bobo named dean of social science

Barbara Kiviat receives 3 awards at ASA 2018

August 14, 2018

Barbara Kiviat, a Sociology & Social Policy doctoral candidate, received three awards at the 2018 annual American Sociological Association meeting... Read more about Barbara Kiviat receives 3 awards at ASA 2018

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Upcoming Events

2019 Mar 12

Alondra Nelson: Radcliffe Institute’s annual Dean’s Lecture in the Social Sciences

4:15pm to 5:15pm