Sociology Seminars
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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 | ||
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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 |