Yale Sociology Professor Grace Kao Interviewed by BBC on K-pop Star BTS' Upcoming Army Stint
Tue, 12/19/2023
BTS, Korea’s most popular K-pop band is going on hiatus at the height of their career to carry out their compulsory military service, as reported in a story in the BBC. According to Grace Kao who studies and teaches about popularKorean culture, ”it’s a reality that many in SouthRead more...
News Concerning Xiaohong Xu
Wed, 12/13/2023
We sadly announce that Xiaohong Xu (PhD 2014) passed away on December 12 in Ann Arbor, surrounded by family and friends following a long struggle with cancer. He was 45 years old.
His colleagues at Michigan have written a moving obituary: https://lsa.umich.edu/soc/news-events/all-news/faculty-Read more...
CCS Director Jeffrey Alexander addressing the 2023 Meeting of the Civil Sphere Working Group held in October in Heidelberg, Germany
Tue, 11/28/2023
The Civil Sphere Working Group is composed of theorists and empirical social scientists who share the goal of developing and revising Civil Sphere Theory, fifteen years after its seminal formulation in Jeffrey C. Alexander’s The Civil Sphere (Oxford UP, 2006).
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Recent Sociology Department Graduate and current CCS Faculty Fellow Todd Madigan Shares Newest Publication
Tue, 11/28/2023
CCS Faculty Fellow Todd Madigan most recent publication, “Inverted Totems: On the Significance of “Woke” in the Culture Wars,” has recently been published in the journal Religions - part of the Religions Special Issue “Culture Wars and Their Socioreligious Background” co-edited by CCS FacultyRead more...
CCS Director Jeffrey Alexander, has been awarded the honorary academic degree of doctor honoris causa at Masaryk University, Czech Republic.
Elijah Anderson published an essay on White backlash against Black success in the Atlantic.
Thu, 11/09/2023
Elijan Anderson, Sterling Professor of Sociology and of African American Studies at Yale, and a recent Stockholm Prize Laureate, published an essay in the Atlantic magazine on “Black Success, White Backlash” and how that affects life for people of color in the U.S.
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Philip Gorsky interviewed on the influence of Christian Nationalism on American politics by Meghna Chakrabarti on NPR’s “On Point.”
Tue, 11/07/2023
Philip Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Yale Sociology Department was interviewed about the new Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, and the influence of Christian Nationalism on American politics by Meghna Chakrabarti on NPR’s “On Point.”
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Philip Gorski Quoted in NYTimes on New House Speaker
Thu, 11/02/2023
Philip Gorski, Frederick and Laura Goff Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Yale Sociology Department was quoted in the New York Times in a guest essay on the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson entitled ‘The Embodiment of White Christian Nationalism in a Tailored Suit’. According to GorskiRead more...
Professor Rene Almeling's research featured in Wall Street Journal
Thu, 11/02/2023
Professor Rene Almeling’s research on eggs and sperm is profiled in a recent Wall Street Journal article on in vitro gametogenesis. You can read the full story here: What If Men Could Make Their Own Egg Cells? - WSJ
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Graduate Student Anne Taylor wins 2023 British Sociological Association's Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence
Tue, 10/24/2023
Anne Taylor is the winner of the 2023 British Sociological Association’s Sage Prize for Innovation and Excellence for her paper, “Audience Agency in Social Performance,” published last year in Cultural Sociology. Her paper was selected out of the 24 articles published in 2022 in the journal,Read more...
