Fall 2023 Seminar Series: Jyoti Puri (Simmons University)
Tomorrow is our Fall Seminar Series talk and visit with Jyoti Puri, Professor of Sociology at Simmons University, from 12:00 to 1:15pm in our department’s seminar room (241). We hope to see you there! Wednesday September 20th, Jyoti Puri, The Many Lives of Migrant Death: Toward a Critical Sociology of Loss, 12:00 pm, 96-100 Cummington Mall, Room […]
Fall 2022 Seminar Series
We are excited to announce our Fall 2022 Seminar Series! Wednesday September 28th, Robin Bartram, Stacked Decks: Building Inspectors and the Reproduction of Urban Inequality, 12:00 pm, 100 Cummington Mall, Room 241 RSVP Wednesday October 5th, Michael Sierra-Arévalo, The Danger Imperative: Violence, Death, and the Soul of American Policing, 12:00 pm, 100 Cummington Mall, Room […]
Fall 2016 Seminar Series Announced
The dates for the the Fall 2016 Seminar Series have been announced! Fall 2016 main poster pdf
Sociology Seminar Series – Feb 19 – Adia Harvey Wingfield
Please join us on Friday, February 19th, as we welcome Professor Adia Harvey Wingfield of the Washington University in St. Louis as our first Spring 2016 Seminar Series speaker. Professor Wingfield will present: “Professional Work in a Postracial Era: Black Americans’ Everyday Racial Realities in the Health Care Industry.” Friday, February 19th at 12PM in SOC Room 241 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 […]
Seminar Series – Susan Bell of Drexel University
Please join us on December 4th, 2015, as we welcome Professor Susan Bell of Drexel University as our final Fall 2015 Seminar Series speaker. Professor Bell will present “Interpreting for Immigrants in Hospital Clinics: An Ethnography of Outpatient Care in Maine.” December 4th, 2015 SOC Room 241 – 12PM 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 Free and Open […]
Seminar Series – Ann Morning of New York University
Please join us on October 30th, 2015, as we welcome Professor Ann Morning of New York University to our Fall 2015 Seminar Series. Professor Morning will present “Through the Lens of Race: Concepts of Difference in Italy and the U.S.” October 30th, 2015 SOC Room 241 – 12:30PM 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 Free and Open to the Public! […]
Seminar Series – Rashawn Ray of the University of Maryland
Please join us on October 23rd, 2015, as we welcome Professor Rashawn Ray of the University of Maryland to our Fall 2015 Seminar Series. Professor Ray will present “#BlackLivesMatter: The Evolution of a Social Media Identity” October 23rd, 2015 SOC Room 241 – 12PM 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 Free and Open to the Public! Biography: Rashawn Ray […]
Seminar Series – Julian Go of Boston University
Please join us on October 9th, 2015, as we welcome our own Professor Julian Go to kick off our Fall 2015 Seminar Series. Professor Go will present “Postcolonial Thought and Social Theory.” October 9th, 2015 SOC Room 241 – 12PM 100 Cummington Mall, Boston MA 02215 Free and Open to the Public! Biography: Julian Go is […]
Fall Seminar Series Welcomes Jen’nan Read of Duke University
This Friday, September 21st, the BU Sociology Seminar Series welcomes Jen’nan Read of Duke University, presenting “Healthy Migrants or Healthy Men? Gender and Health among Middle Eastern Immigrants.” The Seminar Series is held on Fridays at 100 Cummington Street, Room 241. All are welcome to attend.
Fall Seminar Series Kicks Off with Peter Berger
The Sociology Seminar Series is back, and is kicking off the new semester with a talk by Peter Berger of Boston University titled “After the Falsification of Secularization Theory: What Next?” on Friday, September 14th. The Seminar Series is held on Fridays at 100 Cummington Street, Room 241. All are welcome to attend.