Postdoctoral Associate and Lecturer Nicholas Hoover Wilson and his colleague Damon Mayrl have been awarded an American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline grant for their project, “What Do Historical Sociologists Do All Day? Historical Methods in Theory and PracticeRead more...
Alexander Named PBK Scholar
Sun, 09/07/2014
Professor Jeffrey Alexander has been named this year’s Phi Beta Kappa Society Visiting Scholar. He will visit 8 colleges and universities this academic year, spending two days at each one and taking full part in the academic life of the institutions. He will meet informally with students andRead more...
Money Talks at Yale
Thu, 09/04/2014
On September 12 Yale will host a symposium, “Money Talks”, on money and the social. Distinguished panelists will present their work on markets, morals, and meanings, and a special panel will recognize the 20th anniversary of Viviana Zelizer’s groundbreaking book “The Social Meaning of MoneyRead more...
Erikson Keynote in Ghent
Thu, 09/04/2014
Later this month Professor Emily Erikson will give a keynote on “Networks and Early Modern Institutional Change” in Ghent at the Historical Network Research Conference. If you’re in the area, check it out!
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Anderson in the Washington Post on Ferguson, Missouri
Wed, 08/13/2014
Professor Elijah Anderson published an op-ed in the Washington Post on structural poverty, broken windows policing, and police-community relations. In his essay, titled “What caused the Ferguson riot exists in so many other cities, too”, he argues for a change in police strategy across the U.S.Read more...
Plys on Crisis
Fri, 07/25/2014
Graduate student Kristin Plys has a new article out now in the journal World Review of Political Economy. In her article, titled “Financialization, Crisis, and the Development of Capitalism in the USA”, she finds a correlation between a decline in the rate of profit and the advent of crisis, andRead more...
Almeling on All Things Considered
Mon, 07/14/2014
Professor Rene Almeling was interviewed this month on NPR’s All Things Considered regarding online sperm donation sites. She talked about using such sites in lieu of traditional sperm banks, and discussed the risks: “Women using online forums are at risk for sexually transmitted diseases,Read more...
Klett in Sociological Theory
Tue, 07/08/2014
Graduate student Joseph Klett has a new article out now from Sociological Theory. In his piece, titled “Sound on Sound: Situating Interaction in Sonic Object Settings”, Klett introduces the analytical concept of ‘sonic object settings’ - material arrangements in which sonic qualities emerge forRead more...
Gerber on Art and Taxes
Fri, 07/04/2014
A new article by graduate student Alison Gerber on art, value, and the state is out now at Narratively. In it, Gerber follows an artist’s audit for insight into the complicated relationships between art, value, and work. Check it out here.
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Best Paper Award to Wang
Fri, 06/27/2014
PhD candidate Yingyao Wang’s article “The Rise of the ‘Shareholding State‘: Financialization of Economic Management” has won the EHESS France-Japan Foundation Best Paper Award, to be presented in July at the annual conference of the Society for the Advancement of Social Economics.Read more...
