All events are from 3pm-6pm in the Sociology Lounge/ Rm 6112.
Ian Roxborough is Professor of History and Sociology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He was previously employed at the London School of Economics and the University of Glasgow. During 1997-98 he was a Senior Visiting Fellow at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University. Dr. Roxborough has published several books and numerous articles on Latin America. His current research is a study of the post-Cold War debates about U.S. military strategy and doctrine.
Bryan Turner is Professor of Sociology in the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, where he leads the research team for the Religion and Globalisation cluster. Prior to this, he was Professor of Sociology in the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Professor Turner is the author of The New Medical Sociology (2004) and Society and Culture: Principles of Scarcity and Solidarity (with Chris Rojek, 2001), and is the founding editor of the Journal of Classical Sociology (with John O'Neill), Body & Society (with Mike Featherstone), and Citizenship Studies. He is currently writing a three-volume study on the sociology of religion for Cambridge University Press
“Inherited Wealth. A Comparative Sociology of Wealth Transmission”
Jens Beckert is the director Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany. His research Interests include role of the economy in society, especially based on the study of markets; organizational sociology; sociology of inheritance; sociological theory. His selected Publications are Inherited Wealth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2008, Märkte als soziale Strukturen (hg. mit R. Diaz-Bone und H. Ganßmann). Frankfurt a.M.: Campus, 2007
The Longue Durée of Inheritance Law. Discourses and Institutional Development in France, Germany, and the United States since 1800. Archives européennes de Sociologie/European Journal of Sociology 48, 1, 79-120 (2007)
2009 New York Immigration Series
All of the events will be held in the Sociology Lounge (Room 6112) at the CUNY Graduate Center (365 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street) from 4:30PM-6:00PM.
--- A reception will follow each of the events.---
March 2, 2009
Immigrants Raising Citizens: The Second Generation in the First Years of Life
Hiro Yoshikawa, Professor of Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
Commentator: Vivian Tseng, Program Officer, William T. Grant Foundation
March 16, 2009
To Be An Immigrant: Generational Patterns of Ethnic Identity
(Co-sponsored with the Social/Personality Psychology Program at the CUNY Graduate Center)
Kay Deaux, Distinguished Professor of Psychology, CUNY Graduate Center
Commentator: Colin Leach, Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Connecticut
April 6, 2009
Fitting In: The Roles of Social Acceptance and Discrimination in Shaping the Academic Motivations of Latino Youth in the U.S. Southeast
Krista Perreira, Associate Professor of Public Policy, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation
Commentator: Robert Smith, Associate Professor, Baruch College School of Public Affairs and CUNY Graduate Center
May 4, 2009
Immigrant Voters: Asian Americans and the 2008 Election
Jane Junn, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University
Commentator: Lori Minnite, Assistant Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Politics and Protest
Thursdays from 4 to 6, in the CUNY Graduate Center Sociology Department (365 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor).
Jim Jasper (jjasper@gc.cuny.edu) and John Krinsky (jkrinsky@ccny.cuny.edu).
http://www.jamesmjasper.org/PPWorkshop.html
Politics and Protest Workshop, Spring 2009 Schedule
Thursdays from 4 to 6, in the CUNY Graduate Center Sociology Department (365 Fifth Avenue, 6th floor).
February 5: James M. Jasper, “After the Big Paradigms: Social Movement Theory Today.” Critics: Sourabh Singh, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen
February 12th: CUNY closed for Lincoln’s Birthday
February 19: John Krinsky, “Missing the Marx: Toward a Dialectical, Materialist Approach to Social Movements.” Critics: François Pierre-Louis, Louis Esparza
February 26: Jamie McCallum, "In Dubious Battle: a case study of the new Labor Transnationalism.” Critics: John Krinsky, Cecelia Walsh-Russo
March 5: Susan Woodward, “State Failure and the Evolving International Order: Building a State for State-Building.” Critics: Roy Licklider, Ian Roxborough
March 12: Mehmet Kucukozer, “Skocpol and Peasant Revolts in the Age of Globalization.” Critics: Jack Hammond, Kate Krimmel
March 19: Jeff Manza, "Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater? Rethinking Political Sociology's Neglect of Public Opinion." Critics: Andreas Koller, Jim Jasper
March 26: Sun-Chul Kim, "The Power of Movement: Defiant Institutionalization of Social Movements in South Korea." Critics: Jose Aleman, Manjusha Nair
April 2: Penny Lewis, “The constraints of class culture--the early years of the Vietnam Antiwar movement in the United States.” Critics: John Torpey, Sujata Gadkar-Wilcox
April 9: CUNY closed for spring break.
April 16: Jan Willem Duyvendak, “Having/making fun as an action repertoire: the Gay Rights and Alterglobalization Movements.” Critics: Federico Rossi, Tabinda Khan
April 23: Ian Roxborough, "Counterinsurgency and the Global State System." Critics: Vince Boudreau, Cathy Schneider
April 30: Mona El Ghobashy, “Petition and Protest in Authoritarian Egypt.” Critics: Eloise Linger, Sun-Chul Kim
May 7: Roy Licklider, “Merging Militaries after Civil War: South Africa, Bosnia, and a Preliminary Search for Theory. “ Critics: Jens Rudbeck, Mike Hanagan
May 14: John L. Hammond, “The Resource Curse and Oil Revenues in Angola and Venezuela.” Critics: Susan Woodward, Helen Chang
