Seminars
The following list contains seminars delivered by the Sociology Department, as well as other departments and centres at McGill. More information on external semaniars (including slides from past presentations) may be available on the following sites: Social Statistics Seminars; Social Studies of Medicine Seminars; Centre for Research on Children and Families Seminars.
Sociology - Fall 2013
| SEPTEMBER |
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| Wed, Sept. 11, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Miles Taylor, Sociology, Florida State University "Florida State University "The Good, the Bad, and the Mean (µ). Limitations and Extensions of Latent Growth Curves in Health Disparities Research" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wed, Sept. 18, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Damien De Walque, Economics, World Bank TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Fri, Sept. 20, 3:00 PM |
Prof Eran Shor, Department of Sociology, McGill University, "Shades of Foreign Evil”: “Honour Killings” and “Family Murders” in the Canadian Press. |
Leacock 738 |
| OCTOBER |
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| Wed, Oct 2, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Mark Stabile,Economics, University of Toronto "Do Stimulant Medications Improve Educational and Behavioral Outcomes for Children with ADHD " |
Leacock 429 |
| Wed, Oct. 16, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Lisa Kaida, Sociology, Memorial University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Fri, Oct. 18, 3:00 PM |
Prof. Edward O. Laumann, [Talk co-sponsored by Centre on Population Dynamics.] George H. Mead Distinguished Service Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago. |
Leacock 738 |
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Wed, Oct. 23, |
Vida Maralani, Sociology, Yale University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
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Wed, Oct. 30, |
David Rothwell, Social Work, McGill University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| NOVEMBER |
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| Wed, Nov. 6, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Matissa Holister, School of Management, McGil TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Wed, Nov. 13, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Gustavo Bobonis, Economics, University of Toronto TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Wed, Nov. 20, 3:00 PM |
Ellen Meara, Economics, Dartmouth |
Leacock 429 |
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Fri, Nov. 22, |
Jerald Hage. Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland-College Park |
Leacock 738 |
Sociology - Winter 2013
| APRIL | ||
| Fri, Apr 5 3:00 - 5:00 PM |
Prof Eran Shor. Department of Sociology, McGill University, Why Do They Legislate? A Cross-National Analysis of Terrorism and Counterterrorist Legislation” |
Leacock 738 |
| MARCH | ||
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Fri, Mar 1 |
Gary King, Department of Government, Harvard University. Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor & Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science "Big Data Is Not About the Data!" |
Faculty Club Ballroom |
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Wed, Mar 13 |
Catherine Haeck, Economics, UQÀM TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Wed, Mar 20 12:00-1:00 PM |
Laurent Roy, Census Operations, Statistics Canada TBA |
Leacock 429 |
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Fri, Mar 22 |
Andreas Wimmer Cultural Distance, Blocked Assimilation, or Oppositional Culture? Immigrant Acculturation in 24 European Countries |
Leacock 738 |
| Wed, Mar 27 12:00-1:00 PM |
Erica Field, Economics, Duke University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
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FEBRUARY |
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Mon, Feb 4th |
Kenneth Hill, Department of Global Health and Population, Havard School of Public Health "Life and Death in African Slums" |
429 Leacock |
| Wed, Feb 13th 12:00 - 13:00 |
Leslie Roberts, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia Population Research Centre TBA |
429 Leacock |
| Wed, Feb 20th 12:00 - 13:00 |
Seth Richards-Shubik, Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College TBA |
429 Leacock |
| Fri, Feb 22th 15:00 - 17:00 |
Richard Lachmann, Sociology Department, University at Albany "From Consensus to Paralysis in the United States, 1960-2010" |
738 Leacock |
| Wed, Feb 27th 12:00 - 13:00 |
TBA | 429 Leacock |
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| Friday, Jan 11 3:00 pm |
Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Department of Sociology, McGill University |
Leacock 738 | |
| Wednesday, Jan. 16 12:00-13:00 PM |
Steven Lehrer, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University | Leacock 429 | |
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Wednesday, Jan. 23 |
Alain Bélanger, INRS, Urbanisation, culture et société | Leacock 429 | |
| Wednesday, Jan. 30 12:00-13:00 PM |
Fabian Lange, Economics, McGill University | Leacock 429 |
Sociology - Fall 2012
| SEPTEMBER | ||
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Wednesday, |
Christopher Barrington-Leigh, Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University "The Québec convergence and Canadian life satisfaction, 1985-2008" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Sept. 20 3:00 PM |
Matthew Lange, Sociology, McGill University |
Leacock 738 |
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Wednesday, |
Michael Haan, Sociology, University of New Brunswick "To the excess?: Household dynamics and outcomes in men and women's long-distance commuting" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Sept. 29 1:00 -2:30 PM |
Evelyne Massa, Sociology, Oxford University "Political Agency, Resistance and Protest in the UK Immigration Detention System” McGill Political Sociology Workshop |
Leacock 738 |
| October | ||
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Wednesday, 12:00-1:00 PM |
Aniruddha (Bobby) Das, Sociology, McGill University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Friday, Oct. 5 3:30 PM |
Erik Kahunta, Sociology, University of Washington
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Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 10 12:00-1:00 PM |
Becky Pettit, Sociology, University of Washington "Invisible Men: Mass Incarceration and the Myth of Black Progress" |
Leacock 927 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 17 12:00-1:00 PM |
Rachel Margolis, Sociology, Western University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 24 12:00-1:00 PM |
TBA | Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 31 12:00-1:00 PM |
Marie-France Raynault, Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal |
Leacock 429 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
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Thursday, |
Robert Whitley, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University "Social defeat or social resistance? Reaction to fear of crime among low-income African Americans with a severe mental illness" |
Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 7, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Jean-Baptiste Pingault, Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal "Three-dimensional behavioral trajectories based on two informants: estimation with KmL3D software and predictive values" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 14, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Catherine Deri Armstrong, Economics, University of Ottawa "Virginity and Educational Attainment: Evidence from Canadian Micro Data" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Nov. 15, 3:00pm - 5:00pm |
Morton Weinfeld, Department of Sociology, McGill University "Multicultural Minorities and the Dilemma of Dual/divided Loyalties: The Jewish Case"
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Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 21, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Miles Corak, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa TBA |
Leacock 429 |
Past
Winter 2012
| January | ||
| Wednesday, Jan. 18 12:00-1:00 PM |
Arnout van de Rijt, Sociology, Stony Brook University "The Social Stratification of Fame" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Jan. 25 12:00-1:00 PM |
Philip Merrigan, Economics, Université du Québec à Montréal "The impact of the Quebec School Reform on Mathematics: results from NLSCY" |
Leacock 429 |
| February | ||
| Wednesday, Feb. 1 12:00-1:00 PM |
Arthur Spirling,Department of Government, Harvard University "Partisan Convergence in Executive-Legislative Interactions: Modeling Debates in the House of Commons, 1832-1915" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Feb. 8 12:00-1:00 PM |
Tom van der Meer, Political Science, Universiteit van Amsterdam "The (in)explicable (ir)rationality of political trust in Europe" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Feb. 9 1:00-2:30 PM |
Prof. Francesco Duina, Department of Sociology at Bates College "Frames, Scripts, and the Making of Regional Trade Agreements Worldwide" |
Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Feb. 15 1:00 -2:30 PM |
Decio Coviello, Institute of Applied Economics, HEC TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Reading Week | ||
| Wednesday, Feb. 29 1:00 -2:30 PM |
Hélène Vézina, Human Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi | Leacock 429 |
| March | ||
| Friday, Mar. 2 2:00-3:30 PM |
Marc Epprecht, Queens University "What does the "crisis of masculinity" mean in African Studies" ISID Speaker Series |
Arts 160 |
| Wednesday, Mar. 7 12:00-1:00 PM |
Jay Kaufman, Epidemiology, Biostatistics & Occupational Health, McGill University "Nature versus Nurture in the Explanations for Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Mar. 14 12:00-1:00 PM |
Sébastien Breau, Geography, McGill University "Unpacking the geographical dimensions of income inequality in Canada" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Mar. 15 4:00 PM |
Jocelyn Viterna, Department of Sociology, Harvard University “Radical or Righteous? Using Gender to Shape Public Perceptions of Political Violence in El Salvador” |
Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Mar. 21 12:00-1:00 PM |
Marc Frenette, Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Friday, Mar. 23 TBA |
TBA | TBA |
| Wednesday, Mar. 28 12:00-1:00 PM |
Wendy D. Manning, Sociology, Bowling Green State University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
Sociology - Fall 2011
| SEPTEMBER | ||
| Wednesday, Sept. 21 12:00-1:00 PM |
Laurent Martel, Demography, Statistics Canada "Future Ethnocultural Composition of the Canadian Population : Key Findings from Demosim" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Sept. 28 12:00-1:00 PM |
Jim Engle-Warnick, Economics, McGill University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Sept. 29 1:00 -2:30 PM |
Evelyne Massa (Sociology, Oxford University) "Political Agency, Resistance and Protest in the UK Immigration Detention System” McGill Political Sociology Workshop |
Leacock 738 |
| OCTOBER | ||
| Tuesday, Oct. 4 3:00-5:00 PM |
Prof. Robert Funk(Instituto de Asuntos Publicos, Universidad de Chile) Prof. Philip Oxhorn(Political Science, McGill) Prof. Marcos Ancelovici (Sociology, McGill) "Social Movements and Student Protest in Chile: the Beginning of a Post-Pinochet Order?" A Panel Discussion |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 5 12:00-1:00 PM |
Alison Comfort, Health Policy, Harvard University TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 12 12:00-1:00 PM |
Benoît-Paul Hébert, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) TBA |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Oct. 13 3:00-5:00 PM |
Dr. Julia Resnik, School of Education, Hebrew University of Jerusalem “The Construction of Managerial Discourse in Education : The Case of Israel” |
Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 19 12:00-1:00 PM |
Andrea Wilson, Sociology, University of Western Ontario "The Link Between Childhood Adversity and Adult Health Risk Trajectories" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Oct. 26 12:00-1:00 PM |
Hicham Raïq, Sociology, Université de Montréal & Axel van den Berg, Sociology, McGill University "Family Type and Poverty under Different Welfare Regimes: A Comparison of Canadian Provinces and Select European Countries" |
Leacock 429 |
| NOVEMBER | ||
| Wednesday, Nov. 2 12:00-1:00 PM |
David John Roelfs, Sociology, University of Louiseville "Unlikely Locations: Enclosed Malls, Small Markets, and Civic Prestige" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 9 12:00-1:00 PM |
Shelley Clark, Sociology, McGill University "Single motherhood and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A life course perspective" |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 16 12:00-1:00 PM |
Stephen Obeng Gyimah, Sociology, Queen's University “Family Structure, Ethnicity, and The Transition to First Sex in Ghana” |
Leacock 429 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 16 1:00 PM |
Dr. Akosua Darkwah, Department of Sociology, University of Ghana, Legon “The Global Meets the Local: An Analysis of the Impact of Global Economic Reform on Ghanaian Women's Work” |
Peterson Hall, Rm 310 |
| Thursday, Nov. 17 1:00-2:30 PM |
George Ross (Jean Monnet Chair at the Université de Montréal) “The Eurozone Crisis,” McGill Political Sociology Workshop |
Leacock 738 |
| Wednesday, Nov. 23 12:00-1:00 PM |
Jacques Ledent, Intégration économique des immigrants, INRS "Overeducation among salaried workers of immigrant origin in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver : a comparative analysis" |
Leacock 429 |
| Thursday, Nov. 24 3:00-5:00 PM |
Elizabeth Jelin, Senior Researcher at CONICET, "Public Memorialization in Perspective: Truth, Justice and Memory of Past Repression in the Southern Cone of South America" | Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building, Room 2/36, 3640 rue University |