Almeling and Hunter win Prestigious Yale College Prizes
Thu, 10/24/2013
Assistant Professors of Sociology Rene Almeling and Marcus Hunter have won prestigious Yale College prizes this year, in recognition of their achievements in research and teaching.
Rene received the 2013 Arthur Greer Memorial Prize in recognition of her work on the medical profession’sRead more...
Juan Linz, 1926-2013
Thu, 10/03/2013
It is with great sadness that we report Juan Linz’s passing. Juan was a towering figure in 20th-century social science, whose many contributions included the study of authoritarian regimes and of the processes of democratization. He was also an institution at Yale, where, most recently, heRead more...
Op-ed on Loneliness and Violence
Tue, 09/24/2013
The Washington Post published a new op-ed on isolation, mental illness, and homicide coauthored by Professor Nicholas Christakis. The article argues that we should work to prevent social isolation and, when it occurs, that society should intervene to repair social networks. Congratulations,Read more...
Becker wins NSF grant
Mon, 09/09/2013
Graduate student Elisabeth Becker has been awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation. The grants, which are intended to support high quality doctoral dissertation research in sociology, will facilitate Elisabeth’s research on mosques and MuslimRead more...
New Article on Turkey
Mon, 09/09/2013
A new article by graduate student Gülay Türkmen-Dervişoğlu on cultural trauma, Turkish national identity, and coming to terms with the past is now available online ahead of print at Nations and Nationalism. Congratulations, Gülay!
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New Issue of Nations and Nationalism
Wed, 09/04/2013
A new special issue of Nations and Nationalism on Cultural Sociology and Nationalism in their online first edition on their website. The volume features articles by Professor Jonathan Wyrtzen and graduate students Mira Debs and Gulay Turkmen, an introduction on the ways cultural sociology canRead more...
Jeff Alexander to Receive Honorary Doctorate
Tue, 09/03/2013
Professor Jeff Alexander will receive an honorary doctorate from University College Dublin this week. In honor of his award, a daylong workshop, “Is Civil Society the Good Society? A Philosophical-Sociological Exchange”, will present and discuss his work on the civil sphere, and the Irish TimesRead more...
Adams Awarded NSF Grant for Research on Wikipedia
Mon, 09/02/2013
Professors Julia Adams and Hannah Brueckner (Associate Dean of Social Science, NYU-Abu Dhabi) have been awarded a two-year National Science Foundation grant for collaborative research on “Wikipedia and the
Democratization of Academic Knowledge.” Graduate students Jesse Einhorn and Tim Malacarne areRead more...
Major ISA Award to Immanuel Wallerstein
Fri, 08/30/2013
The International Sociological Association has created a new quadrennial award for Excellence in Scholarship and Practice, and its first recipient is Professor Immanuel Wallerstein. The award is intended for a sociologist “who advances and promotes sociologicaL knowledge and practice throughRead more...
New Op-Ed on Missing Women
Sun, 08/25/2013
Vani Kulkarni, a postdoctoral research associate at the Urban Ethnography Project, together with her colleagues Manoj Pandey and Raghav Gaiha, has published an op-ed in The Hindu on overcoming son preference in India. To read more, go to: The Hindu. Congratulations, Vani!
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