The following list contains seminars delivered by the Sociology Department, as well as other departments and centres at McGill. More information on external seminars (including slides from past presentations) may be available on the following sites: Centre on Population Dynamics; Social Studies of Medicine Seminars; Centre for Research on Children and Families Seminars.
Fall 2024
Date | Speaker | Seminar | Location | |
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November 13, 12:00 - 13:00 | Fauzia Husain, Queens University | Stigma Matrix: Gender, Globalization, and the Agency of Pakistan’s Frontline Women | Leacock 429 | |
November 24, 12:00 - 13:00 | Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University |
Why Fromm Now? The decline and revival of a critical sociological theory |
Peterson Hall 116 | |
December 4, 12:00 - 13:00 | Casey Stockstill, Dartmouth | False Starts: The Segregated Lives of Preschoolers | Leacock 429 |
Winter 2023
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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March 10, 13:00 - 14:30 | Erik Schneiderhan, University of Toronto | "GoFailMe: The Unfulfilled Promise of Digital Crowdfunding" |
TBA |
Winter 2022
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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March 25, 10:30 - 12:00 | Regina Baker, University of Pennsylvania | "Structural Racism, Family Structure, and Black-White Inequality: The Differential Impact of the Legacy of Slavery on Poverty among Single Mother and Married Parent Households" |
Remote presentation |
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February 25, 12:00 - 1:30 | Kate Choi, Western University | "The COVID-19 Pandemic: An unequal Journey Revealing the Fissures in Canadian Society" | Remote presentation |
Fall 2021
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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October 22, 3:00 - 4:30 | Lisa Kaida, McMaster University | "Revisiting Gender Occupational Segregation Trends in Canada, 1991-2016" |
Remote presentation |
Winter 2021
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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January 22, 10.30 - 12.00 | Robin Gray, UoT. | "Repatriating Indigenous Cultural Heritage: A Case of Ts’msyen Songs" |
Remote presentation |
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February 5, 15.00 - 16.30 |
Gordon Christie, UBC. | “Thinking about Indigenous Self-determination and Ways Forward.” | Remote presentation | |
March 19, TBA | Monica Bell, Yale University. | TBA | TBA |
Fall 2020
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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October 23, 3:00 PM | Joane Nagel, University of Kansa | “Gender and Climate Change.” | Remote presentation | |
November 13, 3:00 PM | Amin Ghaziani, UBC | “Matters of Culture: From the Metropolis to Measurement and Modes of Inequality.” | Remote presentation | |
December 4, 3:00 PM | Tahseen Shams, University of Toronto | “Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World” | Remote presentation |
Winter 2020
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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March 20, 1:00 PM - CANCELLED | CANCELLED due to COVID-19: Erick Schneiderhan, University of Toronto | CANCELLED: "Tentative topic: Crodworthy? Crowdfunding of Education and Health Provision in Canada." | Leacock 738 | |
February 21, 1:00 PM | Darryl Leroux, St. Mary's University | "Tentative topic: Distorted Descent: White Claims to Indigenous Identity." | Leacock 738 | |
January, 24, 1:00 PM | Jean Beaman, University of California Santa Barbara | "Tentative topic: Middle-class minorities, racism, and citizenship in France." | Leacock 738 |
Fall 2019
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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October 18, 12:30 PM |
Rochelle Côté, Memorial University of Newfounland | "Tentative topic: The False Dichotomy of Identity versus Wealth?" | Leacock 738 |
Winter 2019
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
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March 29, 12:30 PM | Jaclyn Wong, University of South Carolina | "Negotiating Competing Desires: How Young Professionals Make Career and Family Decisions." | Leacock 738 | |
February 15,12:30 PM | Arvind Karunakaran, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University | "Navigating Status-Authority Asymmetry between Professions: The Case of 911 Emergency Management" | Leacock 738 |
Winter 2018
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
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January 19, 10:30 AM |
Clayton Childress, University of Toronto |
"Under the Cover: The Creation, Production, and Reception of a Novel" |
Leacock 738 |
February 23, 2:30PM |
Jaime Lluch, University of Puerto Rico |
"Visions of Sovereignty and Catalonia/Spain in 2018" | Leacock 738 |
March 23, 2PM |
Round Table with Walter Scheidel and Branko Milanovic |
"The past and future of global inequality: The North vs the South" |
Wendy Patrick Room, Wilson Hall |
Fall 2017
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
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September 22, 2PM |
Ingrid Waldron, Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University |
"Race, Place, & the Environment: Mapping Spatialities of Violence in Indigenous & Black Communities in Nova Scotia" |
Leacock 738 |
October 13, 2:30PM |
Filiz Garip, Cornell University |
"Network Effects & Social Inequality: How do Mechanisms Matter" | Leacock 738 |
November 24, 2PM |
Jeffrey Denis, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, McMaster University |
TBA |
Leacock 738 |
Winter 2017
Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
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Feb. 15, 11:00-12:30 |
Rhacel Parrenas, Professor of Sociology, University of Southern California, and Fulbright Scholar, McMaster University Institute on Globalization & the Human Condition |
TBA | |
March 10, 11:45-13:15 |
Suresh Naidu, Associate Professor of Economics, Columbia University |
"Unions and Inequality in Historical Perspective" | TBA |
March 17, 11:45-13:15 PM |
Cedric de Leon, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Providence College |
"Crisis Politics: Comparing the decline of “inclusive” racial Democracy in the U.S. Secession Crisis and the Election of Donald Trump" |
Peterson 116 |
Winter 2015
January 2015 | ||||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
Jan. 12, 3:30-5:00 PM | Sally E. Merry, NYU, Anthropology and Law. |
"How Big is the Trafficking Problem? The Mystery of Quantification” (sponsored jointly with Anthropology and the Faculty of Law) |
Peterson Hall 116 | |
Jan. 21, 12-1 PM | Farhan Majid, Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University |
"The Persistent Effects of the Fetal Environment Over the Life Cycle: Evidence From Ramadan Fasting" |
Leacock 429 |
February 2015 | ||||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
Feb. 4, 12-1 PM | Stephen Gilman, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health |
"The developmental origins of inequalities in common mental disorders" |
Leacock 429 | |
Feb. 11, 12-1 PM | Neil Andersson, Family Medecine, McGill University |
"Women make it work: planned behaviour and intermediate outcomes in a cluster RCT of dengue prevention in Mexico" |
Leacock 429 | |
Feb. 18, 12-1 PM | Roberta Sinatra, Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University | "Quantifying patterns of scientific excellence" | Leacock 429 | |
Feb. 20, 3:30-5 PM | Sara Randall, Anthropology, University College London | “Where have all the nomads gone? Unpicking the diverse statistical invisibilities of African pastoral nomads” | Leacock 738 | |
Feb. 25, 12-1 PM | Thomas Soehl, Sociology, McGill University | "Incentives for the Transmission of Cultural Practices: Language and Religion in Migrant Families in France" | Leacock 429 |
March 2015 | ||||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
March 11, 12-1 PM | Thomas LeGrand, Demography, Univeristé de Montréal | The Data Revolution: Overview and the Perspective of Demographers | Leacock 429 | |
March 18, 12-1 PM | Kevin Lang, Economics, Boston University | "The Sad Truth About Happiness Scales" | Leacock 429 | |
March 20, 3-4.30 PM | Jennifer Carlson, Sociology, University of Toronto | “Citizen Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline” | Leacock 738 | |
March 25, 12-1 PM | John Cawley, Department of Policy Analysis and Management & Economics, Cornell University | "Incentivizing Nutritious Diets: A Field Experiment of Relative Price Changes and How They Are Framed" | Leacock 429 |
April 2015 | ||||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location | |
Apr. 1, 12-1 PM | Jeffrey Bingenheimer, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University | TBA | Leacock 429 | |
Apr. 8, 12-1 PM |
Omar Galárraga, Health Services, Policy and Practice, Brown University |
"Conditional Economic Incentives to Reduce HIV Risks: Results from a Randomized Controlled Pilot among Male Sex Workers in Mexico City" |
Leacock 429 | |
April 10, 8:30 AM-4.30 PM | Department of Sociology presents: | Symposium on "Diversity, Inequality, Integration" | McGill University Faculty Club 3450 McTavish | |
April 24, 3:30-5:00 PM | Wendy D. Roth, Sociology, University of British Columbia | “Genetic Options: The Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing on Ethnic and Racial Identities” | Leacock 808 |
Fall 2014
September 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Sept, 17, 12:00-13:00 PM | Raphael Godefroy, Economics, Université de Montréal | "Women's rights and fertility - Evidence from Nigeria" | Leacock 429 |
Sept. 24, 12:00-13:00 PM | Mark Daku, Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University | "Exploring the Political Determinants of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa" | Leacock 429 |
October 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Oct. 1, 12:00-13:00 PM | Sam Harper, Epidemiology, McGill University | "Trends in Racial Inequalities in Life Expectancy among US States: Progress and Pitfalls" | Leacock 429 |
Oct. 3, 2:00-3:30 PM | Tristan Mabry, Department of National Security Affairs, School of International Graduate Studies, Naval Postgraduate School | "Nationalism versus Islamism: the politics of language in Muslim minority mobilizations" | Leacock 738 |
Oct. 8, 12:00-13:00 PM | Raquel Fonseca, Economics, UQÀM | "Does Retirement Make you Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach" | Leacock 429 |
Oct. 15, 12:00-13:00 PM | Scott T. Yabiku, School of Social and Family Dynamics, Arizona State University | "Migration, Schooling Aspirations, and the Role of Sending Community Context" | Leacock 429 |
Oct. 22, 12:00-13:00 PM | Ashley Naimi, Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University | "Assessing the Impact of Hypothetical Interventions to Reduce Racial Disparities in Preterm Birth" | Leacock 429 |
Oct. 24, 3:30-5:00 PM | Cris Beauchemin, INED (France’s National Demographic Institute) | Reunifying versus Living Apart Together Across Borders: A Comparative Analysis of Sub-Saharan Migration to Europe | Leacock 738 |
Oct. 29, 12:00-13:00 PM | Anna Aizer, Economics, Brown University | "Inequality, Relative Income and Health at Birth" | Leacock 429 |
November 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Nov. 5, 12:00-13:00 PM | Amar A. Hamoudi, Public Policy and Economics, Duke Sanford | "Novel Cognitive Skill Measures in a Population-based Survey" | Leacock 429 |
Nov. 12, 12:00-13:00 PM | Kenneth Chay, Economics, Brown University | "Hospital Insurance, Utilization and Mortality: Evidence from Medicare's Evolution" | Leacock 429 |
Nov. 19, 12:00-13:00 PM | Tim-Allen Bruckner, Public Health, University of California, Irvine | "Ambient temperature during pregnancy and cold-related adult mortality in a Swedish cohort, 1915-2002" | Leacock 429 |
December 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Dec. 3, 12:00-13:00 PM | Vissého Adjiwanou, Demography, University of Cape Town | "Exploring the paradox of intimate partner violence and increased contraceptive use in sub-Saharan Africa" | Leacock 429 |
Dec. 8, 3:30-5:00 PM | Markéta Seidlová, post-doctoral fellow, Charles University in Prague | “What Can a City do for Immigrants? A Canadian-French Comparison” (Co-sponsored by the Departments of Geography and Sociology) | Leacock 738 |
Winter 2014
JANUARY 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Jan. 12, 12:00-13:30 PM | Sally Merry, NYU, Anthropology and Law. | TBA (sponsored jointly with Anthropology and the Faculty of Law) | Leacock 738 |
Jan. 22, 12:00-13:00 PM | Pablo Arroyo, Geographic Information Centre, McGill | "Selective logging and landscape structure patterns in five Conservation Areas in Costa Rica" | Leacock 429 |
Jan. 24, 3:00 PM |
Rebecca L. Schewe, Sociology, Mississippi State University |
“Normative and political economic barriers to adopting climate change mitigation practices” | Leacock 738 |
Jan. 29, 12:00-13:00 PM | Pierre-Carl Michaud Economics, UQÀM | "Career Disruption and Physiological Dysregulation" | Leacock 429 |
February 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Feb. 5, 12:00-13:00 PM | Christel Kesler, Sociology, Barnard College | "From Multi-Racial Subjects to Multi-Cultural Citizens: Social Stratification and Ethnic and Racial Classification among Children of Immigrants in the United Kingdom" | Leacock 429 |
Feb. 12, 12:00-13:00 PM | Christina Wolfson, Epidemiology, McGill University | "The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: A Platform for Interdisciplinary Research" | Leacock 429 |
Feb. 14, 3:00 PM |
Viola Burau, Department of Political Science and Government, Aarhus University |
"Coordinating Public Health: Between Organizational Practice and Governance" |
Leacock 738 |
Feb. 19, 12:00-13:00 PM | Gustavo Bobonis, Economics, University of Toronto | "Violent Relationships" | Leacock 429 |
Feb. 26,12:00-13:00 PM | Christopher Wildeman, Sociology, Yale University | "Cumulative Risks of Confirmed Maltreatment and Foster Care Placement for American Children" | Leacock 429 |
March 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
March 12, 12:00-13:00 PM | Andriana Bellou, Economics, Université de Montréal | "Baby Boom, Baby Bust and the Great Depression" | Leacock 429 |
March 14, 3:00 PM |
Jennifer Fishman, Social Studies of Medicine Department, McGill University |
"The Expansion of Fragile X Carrier Testing: Prospective Parenting, Moral Burdens, and Genetic Responsibilities” |
Leacock 738 |
March 19, 12:00-13:00 PM | Sarah Brauner-Otto, Sociology, McGill University | "The Gendered Nature of Intergenerational Religious Influences and the Timing of First Marriage" | Leacock 429 |
March 24, 4:00-5:30 PM |
Nicole Constable, Department of Anthropology, Director, Asian Studies Center, University of Pittsburgh |
“The Global Politics of Migrant Labor, Gender, and Everyday Life" |
Burnside 426 |
March 26, 12:00-13:00 PM | Rebecca L. Thornton, Economics, University of Michigan | "The Demand for Medical Male Circumcision" | Leacock 429 |
April 2014 | |||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Seminar | Location |
Apr. 2, 12:00-13:00 PM | Sharon M. Lee, Sociology, University of Victoria | "Home Alone: Determinants of Living Alone among Older Immigrants in Canada and the U.S." | Leacock 429 |
Apr. 4, 3:00 PM |
Matissa Hollister, Organizational Behavior, Desautels Faculty of Management, McGill University |
“Trends in employment continuity among mothers in the U.S.” |
Leacock 738 |
Fall 2013
September 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
Wed, Sept. 11, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Miles Taylor, Sociology, 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 "Cash transfer amd child schooling: evidence from a randomized evaluation of the role of conditionality" |
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 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 9, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Morton Weinfeld, Sociology McGill University |
Leacock 429 |
Wed, Oct. 16, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Lisa Kaida, Sociology, Memorial University "Too poor to work? Family Poverty and the Employment of Children of Immigrants" |
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 |
Wed, Oct. 23, |
Vida Maralani, Sociology, Yale University "Understanding the links between education and smoking" |
Leacock 429 |
Wed, Oct. 30, |
David Rothwell, Social Work, McGill University "Definition and measurement of asset poverty in Canada" |
Leacock 429 |
November 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
Wed, Nov. 6, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Matissa Holister, School of Management, McGil "Managerial Diversity and Firm Size in the United States 1971-2004" |
Leacock 429 |
Wed, Nov. 13, 12:00-13:00 PM |
Gustavo Bobonis, Economics, University of Toronto CANCELLED |
Leacock 429 |
Wed, Nov. 20, 3:00 PM |
Ellen Meara, Economics, Dartmouth |
Leacock 429 |
Fri, Nov. 22, |
Jerald Hage. Professor Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Maryland-College Park |
Leacock 738 |
Winter 2013
April 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 |
Wed, Mar 13 |
Catherine Haeck, Economics, UQÀM "Prenatal nutritional program and child health at birth: empirical evaluation of the impact of the OLO program in Canada" |
Leacock 429 |
Wed, Mar 20 12:00-1:00 PM |
Laurent Roy, Census Operations, Statistics Canada "National Household Survey: collection, quality and dissemination" |
Leacock 429 |
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 "Does the Classic Microfinance Model Discourage Entrepreneurship among the Poor? Experimental Evidence from India" |
Leacock 429 |
February 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 "Problems of passive surveillance for sensitive events in times of war: when is health information propaganda?" |
429 Leacock |
Wed, Feb 20th 12:00 - 13:00 |
Seth Richards-Shubik, Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Heinz College "Peer Effects in Sexual Initiation: Separating Demand and Supply Mechanisms" |
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 2013 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 |
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 |
Fall 2012
September 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 |
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 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
Wednesday, 12:00-1:00 PM |
Aniruddha (Bobby) Das, Sociology, McGill University "Some recent findings in the biosociology/biodemography of aging" |
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 "Happiness Before and After the Kids: The Importance of Parental Well-being for Understanding Low Fertility" |
Leacock 429 |
Wednesday, Oct. 24 12:00-1:00 PM |
Eran Shor. Sociology, McGill University "A Paper Ceiling? The Origins of Gender Inequality in Printed News Coverage, 1880-2008" |
Leacock 429 |
Wednesday, Oct. 31 12:00-1:00 PM |
Marie-France Raynault, Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal |
Leacock 429 |
November 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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" |
Leacock 738 |
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Miles Corak, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa "Age at immigration and the adult attainments of child migrants" |
Leacock 429 |
Past
Winter 2012
January 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 "The Inefficiency of Worker Time Use" |
Leacock 429 |
Wednesday, Feb. 29 1:00 -2:30 PM |
Hélène Vézina, Human Sciences, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi "Ancestral origins and the genetic heritage of Quebec_regional populations" |
Leacock 429 |
March 2012 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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) "Reducing Barriers to Postsecondary Education Through Innovative Interventions: Evidence from Canadian Field Experiments" |
Leacock 429 |
Friday, Mar. 23 TBA |
TBA | TBA |
Wednesday, Mar. 28 12:00-1:00 PM |
Wendy D. Manning, Sociology, Bowling Green State University "Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: Evidence from a Recent Marriage Cohort" |
Leacock 429 |
Fall 2011
September 2011 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 "Social Exchange and Risk and Ambiguity Preferences" |
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 2011 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 "Long-term effect of in-utero rainfall on maternal mortality: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa" |
Leacock 429 |
Wednesday, Oct. 12 12:00-1:00 PM |
Benoît-Paul Hébert, Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) "Life events and the timing of retirement: An event history analysis using the 2007 General Social Survey" |
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 2011 | ||
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Date | Speaker(s) | Location |
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 |