SSA Mixer Party
Room 5409The Sociology Students Association is throwing a welcome party for the first-year cohort. There will be free food, drinks, music, and incredible people! Hope to see you there!
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Crime, Law, Deviance, & Policy Workshop
Room 6112 (Sociology lounge) 365 Fifth Ave.,, New York, NY, United StatesThis workshop of faculty and graduate students meets about once a month to discuss a wide range of issues related to the study of criminology, law, deviance and policy. We read one or two papers per month in these areas, sometimes from students and sometimes from faculty, and we also usually host one guest speaker... Read more »
Book Salon (Lynn Chancer)
The Center for the Study of Women and Society is hosting our first book salon of Fall 2019 with Lynn S. Chancer on her book, After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism: Taking Back a Revolution. Chancer will be in conversation with Ida Susser (The Graduate Center, CUNY) and Beverly Watkins (NYU). For more... Read more »
Building Community in Marseille’s Housing Estates
Room 6112 (Sociology lounge) 365 Fifth Ave.,, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us for the presentation and lunch on October 17, noon to 1:45pm in the lounge. Approximately 25% of Marseille’s diverse low-income population resides in pubic housing estates on the city’s north side. This brown-bag presentation by William Kornblum and Jean Sylva will discuss the myths and realities of social life in these neighborhoods,... Read more »
[Cancelled] Embracing Black Middle Class Culture
Room 6112 (Sociology lounge) 365 Fifth Ave.,, New York, NY, United StatesPlease join us for the talk and the reception after in the lounge. Speaker: Karyn Lacy, University of Michigan Drawing from ethnographic and interview data collected from a study of black mothers and children who are members of an elite social club, this talk explores the transmission of a black, distinctly middle-class culture from the... Read more »
Colloquium Series (Rebecca Sandefur)
Room 6112 (Sociology lounge) 365 Fifth Ave.,, New York, NY, United States"Civil Justice and Social Inequality" Speaker: Rebecca Sandefur, Arizona State University/Russell Sage Foundation Description: Millions of Americans every year face civil justice problems that can lead to bankruptcy, homelessness, poverty, family separation, and ill health. Thinking about civil justice in a new way, as a social institution, propels a growing research evidence base that reveals how civil justice contributes to inequality. At the same time, this evidence provides opportunities to... Read more »
Immigration Working Group
Room 6112.01 (Thesis room)The GC Immigration Working Group is a graduate student-run group where we exchange, discuss, and collaborate on ideas and research related to immigration. Please come and join us! Light refreshments will be served. Daniela Pila (University at Albany, SUNY): Legal Status Fluidity: How Filipino Immigrants Navigate Immigration Pathways Xuemeng Li (CUNY Sociology) Chris Maggio (CUNY... Read more »
Immigration Seminar (Martin Schain)
Room 6112 (Sociology lounge) 365 Fifth Ave.,, New York, NY, United States"The Border is Back: Immigration Discourse, Policy, and Outcomes in Europe and the United States" Speaker: Martin Schain, Professor of Politics Emeritus, New York University
CIDR Seminar (Richard Alba)
The CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) invites you to the first presentation of the CIDR Demography Seminar Series for academic year 2019-20: Title: "The Great Demographic Illusion: Majority and Minority in 21st Century America" Speaker: Professor Richard Alba CUNY Graduate Center Location Information: Baruch College - Newman Vertical Campus (View Map) 55 Lexington Ave New York, NY... Read more »
Urban Studies Workshop
Room 6112.01 (Thesis room)Student paper discussion: Sebastian (dissertation work) Journal review session: We decided to do some research on the existing urban studies journals and their scope; each of us would pick one journal, look at its most recent issues and online articles with a goal to identify the journal's thematic preferences, the overall style of publications, etc.... Read more »
