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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

Fri, Mar 1
3:00 - 5:00 PM

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

Wed, Mar 13
12:00-1:00 PM

Catherine Haeck, Economics, UQÀM
TBA
Leacock 429
Wed, Mar 20
12:00-1:00 PM
Laurent Roy, Census Operations, Statistics Canada
TBA
Leacock 429

Fri, Mar 22
1:00 - 3:00 PM

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

FEBRUARY

Mon, Feb 4th
12:00 - 13:00

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

JANUARY
Friday, Jan 11
3:00 pm

Professor Amélie Quesnel-Vallée, Department of Sociology, McGill University
"Understanding the Role of Policy in Health Inequalities"

Leacock 738
Wednesday, Jan. 16
12:00-13:00 PM
Steven Lehrer, School of Policy Studies, Queen's University Leacock 429

Wednesday, Jan. 23
12:00-13:00 PM

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

Wednesday,
Sept. 19
12:00-1:00 PM

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
The Missionary Origins of Ethnic Violence

Leacock 738

Wednesday,
Sept. 26
12:00-1:00 PM  

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

Wednesday, 
Oct. 3

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
"Structural Crises and Institutional Legacies: Explaining Patterns of State Formation in Southeast Asia" 

 

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
TBA

Leacock 429
NOVEMBER

Thursday,
Nov. 1,
3:00pm - 5:00pm

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"

 

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