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Race, Ethnicity and Immigration

2019 Oct 15

Kristina Bakkær Simonsen: Politics Feeds Back: How Being a Political Target Affects Conceptions of Politics and Motivations for Political Participation among Minority and Majority youths’ in Denmark

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 450
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop presentation by Kristina Bakkær Simonsen, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University and Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs at Harvard University.
2019 Sep 27

The U.S. – Central America Immigration Crisis: How it started, why it continues, and what you can do to make a difference

10:00am to 3:00pm

Location: 

CGIS South, Tsai Auditorium

David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies 

Central America and the Caribbean Program Event

Speakers: 
Jocelyn Viterna, Professor of Sociology, Harvard University
Oscar Martinez, Award winning Salvadoran journalist and author of The Beast
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2019 Oct 01

Maheen Haider: Aspirational Resilient Integrative strategies of the high-skilled, non-White Muslim Immigrant in the US and Linda Zhao: Friendship Segregation and Consolidation by Immigrant Background and Ethnic Origins in Adolescent Classroom Networks

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 450
Migration and Immigrant Incorporation Workshop presentations by Maheen Haider, PhD Candidate in Sociology, Boston College and Linda... Read more about Maheen Haider: Aspirational Resilient Integrative strategies of the high-skilled, non-White Muslim Immigrant in the US and Linda Zhao: Friendship Segregation and Consolidation by Immigrant Background and Ethnic Origins in Adolescent Classroom Networks
2019 Sep 24

Anna Skarpelis: Racial Architectures: A Comparative Cultural Sociological Way of Tracking Racially Supremacist State Practice Over Time

12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 450
Culture and Social Analysis Workshop presentation by Anna Skarpelis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs. Read more about Anna Skarpelis: Racial Architectures: A Comparative Cultural Sociological Way of Tracking Racially Supremacist State Practice Over Time

Course videos

August 28, 2019

Responding to Harvard College students' need for information about courses before the first day of the term, the Department of Sociology is collaborating with the Bok Center on short videos describing key aspects of select courses.  These "trailers" feature courses taught during the 2019-20 academic year by Jason Beckfield, Joscha Legewie, Ellis Monk, and Mary Waters.  To view them go to the Sociology Courses page.  We hope our students...

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