May
28
2024
Urban & Community Workshop: Nalani Saito, Vineet Gupta
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop: Nalani Saito & Vineet Gupta, Northwestern University
Past Events
May
23
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Brianne Dubois
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Brianne Dubois “Short Contracts and Contracts Made Short: Examining Professional Stratification among French Contemporary...
May
21
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Mitchell Duneier
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Mitchell Duneier, Professor of Sociology, Princeton University, presents: Slim's Table in Retrospect In-Person Only
May
21
2024
Urban & Community Workshop: Io Brooks
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban & Community Workshop: Io Brooks, Northwestern University
May
17
2024
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Student Presentations
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Student Presentations: Sharif Ibrahim El Shishtawy Hassan & Ana Vedovato
May
16
2024
Problem-Solving Workshop: Ryan Fajardo and Sino Esthappan
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Department of Sociology's Problem-Solving Workshop: Ryan Fajardo, Northwestern University Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University
May
16
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Sharif El Shishtawy Hassan "Ambivalent Texts: State Feminism and Official Religion in the UAE” Hybrid
May
14
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Xi Wang
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Xi Wang, PhD Student, Northwestern University, presents: From Transnational Psychoanalytic Training to the Project of Social...
May
13
2024
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): Andrew L. Owen
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Andrew L. Owen, Feinberg School of Medicine (Northwestern Sociology Alumnus) "The Impact of Health...
May
9
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Dima Younes
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Dima Younes "Commoning for Hope: Care, Contention, and the Day-to-Day Opening of New Possibilities...
May
9
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Rene Almeling, Yale University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Rene Almeling, Yale University, presents: "Conceptualizing Climate Privilege" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and for any questions...
May
7
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Marco Marzano
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Marco Marzano, Professor of Sociology, The University of Bergamo Hybrid
May
6
2024
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): Vineet Gupta
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Vineet Gupta "Tweeting Transgender: Discursive Networks and Categorical Change."
May
3
2024
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Student Presentations
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Student Presentations: Khoa Phan-Howard & Jack Votava
May
2
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Valerie Gruest
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Valerie Gruest "Instagram Usage Practices, Representation and Body Image: An Interview Study with Latinx...
May
2
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Christopher Bail, Duke University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Christopher Bail, Duke University, presents: "Leveraging AI for Democratic Discourse: Chat Interventions can Improve Political conversations at scale" Hybrid Please contact the...
Apr
26
2024
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Ben Bradlow
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Ben Bradlow, Assistant Professor of Sociology and International Affairs, Princeton University
Apr
25
2024
Problem-Solving Workshop: Evie Lopoo and Pepe Roswaldy
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Department of Sociology's Problem-Solving Workshop: Evie Lopoo, Northwestern University Pepe Roswaldy, Northwestern University
Apr
25
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Notre Dame Sociology Department - Zoom
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Interdepartmental Social Event
Apr
25
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Benjamin Bradlow, Princeton University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Benjamin Bradlow, Princeton University, presents: "Urban Power: Democracy and Inequality in São Paulo and Johannesburg" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology...
Apr
22
2024
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): Michelle Bueno Vasquez
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Michelle Bueno Vasquez, Political Science "The Case for Nonparametric Methods in the Study of...
Apr
19
2024
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Greta Krippner & Alex Hertel-Fernandez
All day, sponsored by Sociology Department
Joint Event with University of Chicago: American Political Economy, Past and Present Time/Place: American Bar Foundation, all day* Greta Krippner, Associate Professor...
Apr
18
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Walker Brewer
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Walker Brewer "Politics for a Latter-Day: Reconceptualizing Religious Socialization through the LDS Seneca Ward...
Apr
18
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Stefan Timmermans, UCLA
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Stefan Timmermans, UCLA, presents: "The Unclaimed: A Social Barometer of Kinship" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for zoom link and...
Apr
16
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Chiara Bassetti
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Chiara Bassetti, Associate Professor of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento presents: "Airport Security Contradictions:...
Apr
11
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Megan Whitaker
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Megan Whitaker "Remembering the Haystack Prayer Meeting of 1806: Commemorative 'Moments in Time' at...
Apr
11
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Sanyu Mojola, Princeton University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Sanyu Mojola, Princeton University, presents: "Death by Design: Producing Racial Health Inequality in the Shadow of the Capitol" In-person only Please contact...
Apr
8
2024
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): Aven Peters
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop: Aven Peters "Diverging Life Trajectories: Inequality and Age of Coming Out among Trans Adults...
Apr
5
2024
Department of Sociology Comparative-Historical Workshop: Ricarda Hammer
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Ricarda Hammer, Assistant Professor of Sociology at University of California, Berkeley presents: "Learning from W.E.B. Du Bois: Rethinking Historical Sociology’s Theories, Methodologies,...
Apr
4
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Evan Zhao
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Evan Zhao "Exposing the Self, Body, and Soul: The Public/Private Erotics of Online Confession" Hybrid
Apr
4
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Ricarda Hammer, UC Berkeley
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Ricarda Hammer, UC Berkeley, presents: "From Tutelage to Suppression: A Du Boisian Theory of Self-Government" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology...
Mar
28
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Alka Menon, Yale University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Alka Menon, Yale University, presents: "Refashioning Race: How Global Cosmetic Surgery Crafts New Beauty Standards" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology...
Mar
12
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Ángel Escamilla García, Yale University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Ángel Escamilla García, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Yale University, presents: "The Externalization of Legal Categories: How U.S....
Mar
8
2024
Comparative-Historical Workshop: Iza Ding, Northwestern University
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Comparative-Historical Workshop: Iza Ding, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Northwestern University "Liberalism, Nationalism, and Paths out...
Mar
4
2024
Urban and Community Workshop: Nicole Marwell, University of Chicago
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban and Community Workshop Presents: Nicole Marwell, University of Chicago
Feb
29
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Tomás Gold
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Tomás Gold "Cross-Field Synergy in Free-Market Think Tank Advocacy" Hybrid
Feb
27
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Elijah Anderson, Yale University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Elijah Anderson, Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies, Yale University Hybrid
Feb
23
2024
Comparative-Historical Workshop: Marie Berry, University of Chicago
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Comparative-Historical Workshop: Marie Berry, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta University Professorship, University of Chicago In-Person
Feb
22
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Vineet Gupta
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Vineet Gupta, Northwestern University "The Unbearable Parochialism of Citational Practice in U.S. Sociology" Hybrid
Feb
20
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Sino Esthappan & Facundo Suenzo, Northwestern University
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Sino Esthappan & Facundo Suenzo, PhD Students, Northwestern University, presents: "Hooking Up and Aging Among Middle-aged...
Feb
19
2024
Urban and Community Workshop: Maura Fennelly & Michelle Shames, Northwestern University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban and Community Workshop Presents: Maura Fennelly, Northwestern University Michelle Shames, Northwestern University
Feb
15
2024
Problem-Solving Workshop: Michelle Lee & Miranda Simes
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Department of Sociology's Problem-Solving Workshop Michelle Lee, Northwestern University Miranda Simes, Northwestern University In-Person
Feb
15
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Yichen Shen
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Yichen Shen, Northwestern University "Identity Experience in Social Movements" Hybrid
Feb
15
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Kimberly Hoang, University of Chicago
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Kimberly Hoang presents: "Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets" IN-PERSON ONLY Please contact the Department of Sociology for any questions...
Feb
9
2024
Comparative-Historical Workshop: Colleen Grogan, University of Denver
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Comparative-Historical Workshop: Colleen Grogan, Associate Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of...
Feb
8
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Mora Matassi
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Mora Matassi, Northwestern University "Maintaining disconnection and dealing with lack: Social media disconnection in...
Feb
8
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Zachary Levenson, Florida International University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Zachary Levenson presents: "Delivery as Dispossession: Land Occupation and Eviction in the Postapartheid City" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for...
Feb
5
2024
Urban and Community Workshop: Cristian Valenzuela & Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban and Community Workshop Presents: Cristian Valenzuela, Northwestern University Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University
Feb
1
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Jorge Ochoa
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Jorge Ochoa, Northwestern University "Chicago's Leather and Kink Scene During the Era of COVID-19...
Jan
30
2024
Ethnography Workshop: Robert Vargas, University of Chicago
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Robert Vargas, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Chicago, presents: "The Challenges of Publishing Ethnography" Hybrid
Jan
25
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Jonathan Wynn & Chandra Mukerji
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Jonathan Wynn & Chandra Mukerji Panel on Howie Becker's Legacy in Cultural Sociology Hybrid
Jan
19
2024
Comparative-Historical Workshop: Student Presentation
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Comparative-Historical Workshop: Student Presentation In-Person
Jan
18
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Io Brooks
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Io Brooks, Northwestern University “Routine Circulations: People Exchanges and Life-Building Prisons” Hybrid
Jan
18
2024
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Vrushali Patil, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Vrushali Patil presents: "The Special Oriental Vice, the Savage Vice, and the Sexual Furor: Racial-Imperial Webs and the Invention of...
Jan
12
2024
Comparative-Historical Workshop: Marlous van Waijenburg, Harvard Business School
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Comparative-Historical Workshop: Marlous van Waijenburg, Assistant Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School "Fiscal capacity, forced labor...
Jan
11
2024
Culture & Society Workshop: Miranda Simes
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Miranda Simes, Northwestern University “Epistemic risk cultures: a study of wildfire risk map production...
Nov
13
2023
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): TBA
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
TBA, presents "TBA"
Nov
9
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Sino Esthappan
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Sino Esthappan, Northwestern University “Algorithmic scores for institutional persuasion: Attorneys and pretrial risk assessments” Hybrid
Nov
9
2023
Department of Sociology MOSKOS Lecture: Jennifer Carlson, Arizona State University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Jennifer Carlson presents: "Merchants of the Right: Gun Sellers Navigating the Crisis of American Democracy" Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology...
Nov
7
2023
Ethnography Workshop: Geoff Harkness, Rhode Island College
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Geoff Harkness, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rhode Island College, presents: "Longitudinal Ethnography: Opportunities and Challenges From...
Nov
7
2023
Ethnography Workshop: Geoff Harkness, Rhode Island College [copy]
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Geoff Harkness, Associate Professor of Sociology, Rhode Island College, presents: "Longitudinal Ethnography: Opportunities and Challenges From...
Nov
2
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Jonathan Wynn & Chandra Mukerji
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Jonathan Wynn & Chandra Mukerji Panel on Howie Becker's Legacy in Cultural Sociology Zoom
Oct
30
2023
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): TBA
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
TBA, presents "TBA"
Oct
26
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Annika Pinch
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Annika Pinch, Northwestern University "'Is it time for me to be authentic?': Authenticity, Temporal...
Oct
26
2023
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Bruce Carruthers, Northwestern University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Bruce Carruthers presents: "Long-Run Institutions: How to Escape Short-Term Decision-Making” Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for the zoom link or...
Oct
19
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Ryan Fajardo
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Ryan Fajardo, Northwestern University “The Resale Lens: How Secondhand Clothing Resellers Price in the...
Oct
19
2023
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Angel Adams Parham, University of Virginia
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Angel Adams Parham presents: "Reckoning and Reconciliation: Race, Place, and Memory in Civic Life” Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology...
Oct
17
2023
Ethnography Workshop: Coline Ferrant, Habib University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Coline Ferrant, Assistant Professor in Social Development & Policy, Habib University, presents: "Simple Cooking Using Fresh...
Oct
16
2023
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): TBA
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
TBA, presents "TBA"
Oct
12
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Nick Bascuñan-Wiley
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Nick Bascuñan-Wiley, Northwestern University “Diasporic Sensations: Orienting the Embodied Experiences of Migrant Mobility and...
Oct
10
2023
Ethnography Workshop: Timothy Paul Hallet, Indiana University Bloomington
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Ethnography Workshop: Timothy Paul Hallet, Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington, presents: "Learning to Think Like an Economist...
Oct
10
2023
Urban/ Community Workshop: Miranda Simes; Iolanthe Brooks; Taylor Domingos
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Urban/Community Workshop: Miranda Simes, Northwestern University Iolanthe Brooks, Northwestern University Taylor Domingos, Northwestern University
Oct
5
2023
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Nicholas Wilson, Stony Brook University
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Nicholas Wilson presents: "Modernity's Corruption: Empire and Morality in the Making of British India” Hybrid Please contact the Department of Sociology for...
Oct
2
2023
Applied Quantitative Methods Workshop (AQMW): Introductory Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:15 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Introductory Meeting
Sep
28
2023
Culture & Society Workshop: Organizational Meeting
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
The Department of Sociology's Culture & Society Workshop: Organizational/ Planning Meeting
Sep
28
2023
Department of Sociology Colloquium: Davon Norris, University of Michigan
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM, sponsored by Sociology Department
Professor Davon Norris presents: "A Racialized Engine of Anxiety? Race, Exclusion and the Psychological Tax of Living Scored” Hybrid Please contact the Department...