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First Fridays Luncheon Series (Katherine Chen)
First Fridays Luncheon Series (Katherine Chen)
"Supporting Democratic Practices in Learning Communities: From Burning Man to a Self-Directed School" Speaker: Professor Katherine Chen
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PPSS (Article Publishing)
PPSS (Article Publishing)
Please join us for the first Professional Preparation Sociology Series (PPSS) of the semester on "Publication" in our lounge from 3-5 pm. Anna Zhelnina is a PhD candidate in the program working on the dissertation about resistance to an urban renewal project in Moscow, Russia. Anna will talk about the experience of preparing, revising, and publishing her... Read more »
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SSA Mixer Party
SSA Mixer Party
The 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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Book Salon (Lynn Chancer)
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 »
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Crime, Law, Deviance, & Policy Workshop
Crime, Law, Deviance, & Policy Workshop
This 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 »
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Building Community in Marseille’s Housing Estates
Building Community in Marseille’s Housing Estates
Please 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 »
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[Cancelled] Embracing Black Middle Class Culture
[Cancelled] Embracing Black Middle Class Culture
Please 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 »
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Colloquium Series (Rebecca Sandefur)
Colloquium Series (Rebecca Sandefur)
"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 »
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Immigration Seminar (Martin Schain)
Immigration Seminar (Martin Schain)
"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
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CIDR Seminar (Richard Alba)
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 »
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Urban Studies Workshop
Urban Studies Workshop
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 »
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First Fridays Luncheon Series (Lynn Chancer and Michaela Soyer)
First Fridays Luncheon Series (Lynn Chancer and Michaela Soyer)
"What's Gender Got to Do With It? Deepening the Ethnographic Imagination" Speaker: Professors Lynn Chancer and Michaela Soyer
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The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native: Similarities and Differences between Western-Europe and the US in Anti-Black Racism, Islamophobia, and Populism Public Lecture by Professor Duyvendak (Amsterdam) Co-Sponsored by the Immigration Seminar Series and Program in Sociology, CUNY
