Yale Sociology Welcomes Matthew Mahler, ACLS New Faculty Fellow
Mon, 03/26/2012
Matthew Mahler, who received his Sociology Ph.D. from SUNY-Stony Brook in 2011, will join the department this July as an ACLS New Faculty Fellow. Matt specializes in the study of American politics and ethnographic methods, and has also published in the areas of social theory and gender andRead more...
Fifth Annual Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert
Fri, 03/16/2012
The Stan Wheeler Memorial Jazz Concert, a springtime tradition to honor the memory of beloved professor and jazz musician, Stan Wheeler, will be held on Sunday, April 15, 2012, from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in Yale Law School’s Levinson Auditorium, 127 Wall Street, New Haven. Presented by the dean andRead more...
Bartmanski Wins ISA R16 Junior Theorist Prize
Fri, 03/09/2012
Dominik Bartmanski (PhD ‘11) has been awarded the Junior Theorist Prize of the International Sociological Association (R16: Sociological Theory) for his article “How to become an iconic social thinker: The intellectual pursuits of Malinowski and Foucault” in the European Journal of Social Theory.Read more...
Professor Elijah Anderson Gives IJURR Annual Lecture in New York City
Thu, 03/08/2012
“The Cosmopolitan Canopy: Civility Amid the Faultlines of American Race Relations” was the topic of Professor Elijah Anderson’s lecture to the Association of American Geographers on February 25 in New York City. http://www.ijurr.org/details/news/1491935/2012-IJURR-Lecture-at-the-AAG.html
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Andrew Papachristos to Join Department in July 2012
Thu, 02/16/2012
We are delighted to announce that Dr. Andrew Papachristos will be joining the Sociology faculty this July 1 as Associate Professor. Andy, whose website can be found here http://www.papachristos.org/Welcome.html, holds a 2007 Ph.D. from University of Chicago, and specializes in the study of socialRead more...
Wendell Bell Receives 2012 Laurel Award
Sun, 02/12/2012
The Laurel Award is bestowed annually by the board of the Foresight Network for outstanding services to futures thought. The Network’s three thousand members vote on recipients, who have in the past included Richard Buckminster Fuller; Alvin Toffler; Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells.Read more...
Sun, 02/12/2012
The Laurel Award is bestowed annually by the board of the Foresight Network for outstanding services to futures thought. The Network’s three thousand members vote on recipients, who have in the past included Richard Buckminster Fuller; Alvin Toffler; Jules Verne, and H.G. Wells.Read more...
Andrew Abbott to Give Department's Hollingshead Lecture February 28 at Sterling Memorial Library
Mon, 02/06/2012
This year’s Hollingshead lecture on “Abundance,” will be presented by Andrew Abbott on Tuesday February 28 from 4-5:30 pm in the Sterling Memorial Lecture Hall (128 Wall Street). Abbott is Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago.Read more...
The Cosmopolitan Canopy in Local and National Focus
Sat, 02/04/2012
Professor Elijah Anderson’s The Cosmopolitan Canopy Has Been Nominated for an NAACP Image Award, under the category of “Outstanding Literary Work: Non-Fiction.” The awards ceremony takes place on February 17th. The book has been garnering local attention as well. For a recent interview withRead more...
Julia Adams Speaker at "Penser L'Etat avec Pierre Bourdieu" at College de France
Wed, 01/25/2012
Julia Adams spoke at the College de France in Paris, at a January 23 event dedicated to Bourdieu’s posthumously published book Sur L’Etat. Her remarks will be published in Sociologica http://www.sociologica.mulino.it/main/index The colloquium is on line at http://www.college-de-france.Read more...
