Comparative Sociology and Social Change

Meyer article receives ASA award

August 2, 2013

Rachel Meyer received Honorable Mention from the American Sociological Association Section on Labor and Labor Movements for their Distinguished Scholarly Article Award.... Read more about Meyer article receives ASA award

Paul Y. Chang

Associate Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Social Movements, Family, Korean Studies

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Assistant: Beth Varrichio

602 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

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Presenter Jan Doering, University of Chicago.

Mini-Conference on Comparative Cultural Sociology

March 25, 2013

The Culture and Social Analysis workshop recently convened a Mini-Conference on Comparative Cultural Sociology, as part of the 83^rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Comparative cultural sociology is a vibrant field that has been experiencing considerable growth of late. Our department plays a central role in these developments as a number of faculty and graduate students are engaged in theoretical and substantive projects that expand the boundaries of this field.

The mini conference was organized by faculty members Bart Bonikowski and Michèle Lamont,...

2013 Apr 16

Kenneth Nelson - When It Rains, It Pours? Social Rights, Inequality and Multiple Deprivation in Europe

4:15pm to 6:00pm

A Study Group on Social Exclusion and Inclusion led by Kenneth Nelson, Associate Professor of Sociology, Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University.

Guido Goldman Room

Meyer, Rachel. 2012. “Transforming Citizenship: The Subjective Consequences of Local Political Mobilization”. Political Power and Social Theory 23:147-188.

Paul Chang joining Sociology

February 21, 2013

The Sociology Department and the Korea Institute at Harvard are delighted to announce that Paul Chang will be joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of Sociology, effective July 1, 2013.... Read more about Paul Chang joining Sociology

2013 Apr 08

Rachel Meyer and Ben Herzog - "Experiential Sources of Solidarity: Events and Subjective Transformation (co-written with Howard Kimeldorf)" and "Expatriation and the Meaning Of Citizenship"

4:00pm to 6:00pm

A Culture and Social Analysis Workshop presentation by Ben Herzog, Wiliam Lyon Mackenzie King Research Fellow, and Rachel Meyer, Lecturer on Sociology.

William James Hall 601

2013 Mar 23

Eastern Sociological Society Mini-Conference on Comparative Cultural Sociology

(All day)

On March 23-34, the Harvard Culture and Social Analysis Workshop is organizing a Mini-Conference on Comparative Cultural Sociology.... Read more about Eastern Sociological Society Mini-Conference on Comparative Cultural Sociology

Christopher Winship

Diker-Tishman Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Stratification; Race and Employment; statistical methods.

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Assistant: Genevieve Butler

620 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

cwinship@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-9821

Jocelyn Viterna

Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: Gender, reproduction, states, violence, politics, mobilization, theory, development, and Latin America

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Assistant: Genevieve Butler

480 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

jviterna@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-7569

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Orlando Patterson

John Cowles Professor of Sociology

Research Interests: The culture and practice of freedom; the comparative study of slavery and ethno-racial relations; the sociology of underdevelopment with special reference to the Caribbean; the problems of gender and familial relations in the black societies of the Americas; the ways that cultural processes relate to poverty and other social outcomes.
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Assistant: Jess Viator

520 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

p: 617-495-3707

Michèle Lamont

Professor of Sociology and African and African American Studies
Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies
Director of Graduate Studies

Research Interests: Cultural sociology; inequality; race and immigration; comparative sociology; the sociology of knowledge; contemporary sociological theory.

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Assistant: Lisa Albert

510 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

mlamont@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-496-0645

Frank Dobbin

Henry Ford II Professor of the Social Sciences
Sociology Department Chair

Research Interests: Comparative/historical sociology; organizational theory; economic sociology; public policy; stratification.

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Assistant: Jess Viator

530 William James Hall 33 Kirkland Street Cambridge, MA 02138

frank_dobbin@harvard.edu

p: 617-496-9091

Mary C. Brinton

Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology
Director, Edwin O. Reischauer Institute of Japanese Studies

Research Interests: Gender inequality; labor markets and employment (Europe, East Asia, United States); social demography; mixed methods; economic sociology; Japanese society.

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Assistant: Jess Viator

580 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

brinton@wjh.harvard.edu

p: 617-495-5821