Social Exclusion and Inclusion

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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
Economic Crisis and the Quality of Work
Duncan Gallie - Vice-President, British Academy
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Past Events
Thursday, February 2, 2012
The Politics of Social Class in the UK: Lessons from the BBC's 'Great British Class Survey'
Mike Savage - Department of Sociology, University of York
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, December 1, 2011
Ethnocentrism and Exclusionary Politics in Western Europe: The French Case in Perspective
Nonna Mayer - Research Professor, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) and at the Center for European Studies of Sciences-Po, Paris
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Goldman Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, November 3, 2011
Inequality and Capitalism in the Long Run
Thomas Piketty - Professor of Economics, EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics
Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, October 20, 2011
How Immigrants Use Everyday Ethnic Categorizations to Make Sense of Politics. The Case of French Urban Deprived Areas
Camille Hamidi - Assistant Professor of Political Science, Universite Lumiere - Lyon 2
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Goldman Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, April 21, 2011
Shifting Boundaries of Citizenship in Europe: Rescaling Social Policies towards Multilevel Governance Arrangements
Yuri Kazepov - President, ISA Research Committee on Urban & Regional Research
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, April 14, 2011
Market Failure and the Rise of Income Inequality
Kim Weeden - Professor of Sociology, Cornell University
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
William James Hall 1550

 

Friday, March 11, 2011
CANCELLED - The Coming Challenges and Opportunities of Diversity in Wealthy Societies
Richard Alba - Distinguished Professor of Sociology, Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Exclusive Rights: Adoption and Gendered Biographical Patterns in Contemporary France
Bruno Perreau - Assistant Professor of French Studies, MIT
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Trouble with Sacred Places: Mosques in Berlin (East and West)
Riem Spielhaus - Professor, University of Copenahagen
Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Location:
 
Goldman Room, Busch Hall

 

Friday, November 5, 2010
What Does East Asia Tell Us about Europe? The Case of Immigration Policy
John Skrentny - Professor of Sociology, University of California-San Diego
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Employment Protection and Job Insecurity
Clemens Noelke - Postdoctoral Fellow, Universitaet Mannheim
Time: 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Location:
 
Goldman Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, September 30, 2010
The Global Auction: The Broken Promise of Education, Jobs, and Incomes
Hugh Lauder - Professor of Education and Political Economy, University of Bath
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Immigrant Incorporation and Identity: Schooling the Second Generation in Europe
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Friday, March 5, 2010
The Meaning of 'Integration' for Immigrants to Germany
Hilary Silver - Professor of Sociology and Urban Studies, Brown University
Time: 2:15 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Tuesday, December 1, 2009
The Future of French Climate and Carbon Policy
Eloi Laurent - Visiting Scholar, CES
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Monday, November 30, 2009
Socio-Spatial Mixing and Self-Segregation Among the Uppper-Middle Classes in Paris and Milan
Bruno Cousin - Visiting Scholar, CES
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Monday, November 23, 2009
The Future of French Culture
Arthur Goldhammer - Affiliate, CES
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, October 29, 2009
The Future of French Youth
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, October 22, 2009
Colonial Continuities in the French Caribbean: an Economic Perspective on the 2009 Social Movement
Guy Numa - Assistant Professor, Université Paris Dauphine
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Poverty Transitions and Trajectories in a Lifecourse Perspective: a Longitudinal and Comparative European Approach
Leen Vandecasteele - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Friday, October 9, 2009
Nationalizing States Revisited
Rogers Brubaker - Professor of Sociology, UCLA
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Consequences of Poverty for Well-Being: A Longitudinal Perspective on Disadvantages in Germany
Petra Boehnke - Visiting Scholar, CES
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, September 30, 2009
ROUND TABLE DISCUSSION ON: Equal Rights in Europe: What Difference has the EU Made?
Francoise Picq - Professor, University of Paris IX Dauphine
Patricia Thane - Professor, University of London
Zita Gurmai - President, PES (Party of European Socialists) Women
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Monday, May 4, 2009
The On-Going Crisis of the French Academic System and its Challenges: Facing International Comparison, Scarcity, and Institutional Reform
Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Lower Level Conference Room, Busch Hall

 

Friday, April 17, 2009
Genealogies of Citizenship: Markets, Statelessness, and the Right to Have Rights
Margaret Somers - Professor of Sociology and History, University of Michigan
Time: 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, March 12, 2009
The Social Causes of Psychological Distress: The Example of Poor French Neighborhoods
Serge Paugam - Professor of Sociology, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales,
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Goldman Room, Busch Hall

 

Thursday, February 19, 2009
Racial Interactions, Racism Accusations and White Guilt in France and Italy
Francois Bonnet - Post-doctoral Fellow, Sciences Po
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Migrations Without Integration: What Challenge for Europe?
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:00 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, December 3, 2008
The Path to Visibility: Experience of Blacks in France
Abdoulaye Gueye - Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Ottawa
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, November 19, 2008
'Transculturalism', France, Europe and the US
Patrick Weil - Director of Research, CNRS; Director of the Center for the Study of Immigration, Integration and Cit,
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Ethno-Racial Segregation in Paris
Edmond Preteceille - Visiting Scholar, Center for European Studies at Harvard University
Time: 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Location:
 
Cabot Room, Busch Hall