Please join us in the library on Wednesday, September 26th for a guest seminar presented by Kerwin Charles, entitled “Some Forms of Prejudice and Their (Elusive) Effects.” Professor Charles is the Edwin A. and Betty L. Bergman Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research focuses on a… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, Sept. 26, Kerwin Charles
Please note this seminar will take place on Thursday, not Wednesday. Professor Katznelson is the Ruggles Professor of Political Science and History at Columbia University. His work straddles comparative politics and political theory as well as political and social history. He is noted for his research on the liberal state, inequality, social knowledge, and institutions,… Read More Margaret Olivia Sage Seminar, Thursday, Sept. 20, Ira Katznelson
Dear RSF: Please join us in the library on Wednesday, September 12, for the first seminar of the year, given by guest speaker Alexandra Killewald. Killewald is Professor of Sociology at Harvard University. Her research takes a demographic approach to the study of social stratification. Much of her work focuses on the work-family intersection, including… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar, Sept. 12, Alexandra Killewald
The seminar series will begin Wednesday, September 12 and run through May 2019. Please reserve Wednesday mornings for these occasions that all scholars, journalists, and researchers are expected to attend. (Note that one seminar is scheduled for Thursday, September 20.) Seminars take place from 11:00 to 12:30 in the library, followed by lunch. Each scholar and… Read More Seminar Series
Please find below a special event forwarded to us by former Visiting Scholar James Ziliak (2015-16). His Julliard-trained nephew, Jude, and his wife, Elizabeth will be part of the ensemble in residence at the Met Cloisters this fall: “Filling the galleries of The Met Cloisters with exquisitely presented ancient music will rescue the musical past from… Read More 2018–2019 Ensemble in Residence—Sonnambula
Dear Staff and the Class of 2017-18, Please join me in welcoming guest speaker Alondra Nelson for the last seminar of the academic year, entitled, “The Social Life of DNA: Racial Reconciliation and Institutional Morality.” The talk will be held in the Library on Wednesday, May 23rd, from 11 AM to 12.30 PM. Alondra Nelson… Read More Guest Speaker Seminar Announcement, 5/23 – Alondra Nelson, SSRC