Colloquia

The Department of Sociology hosts weekly colloquia, in which speakers from a variety of distinguished institutions from the United States and other countries address a wide range of compelling topics. The colloquium occurs every Thursday, at 12:30 p.m., in Parkes Hall room 222, on the Evanston Campus. Parkes Hall is located across Chicago Ave from the Sociology Department, adjacent to Alice Millar Chapel.

For more information, please contact the department:
Phone: 847-491-5415
E-mail: sociol@northwestern.edu.

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Faculty Coordinators: Anthony Chen, Monica Prasad and Quincy Thomas Stewart
Staff Coordinator: Murielle Harris

 

Spring Quarter 2013 Colloquium Schedule
Date Speaker
April 4

Amin Ghaziani
Department of Sociology, University of British Columbia

"There Goes the Gayborhood? Sexuality and the City in a Post-Gay Era"
April 25

Michael Macy
Department of Sociology, Cornell University

"Footprints in the Sand: The Digital Traces of Social Behavior"

May 2

Christopher Parker
Department of Political Science, University of Washington

"Change They Can't Believe In: The Tea Party and Reactionary Politics
in America"
May 9

Mirna Safi
Sciences-Po, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement

"Residential Mobility and Ethnic Segregation in France. Evidence from Panel Data"
May 16

Julie Kmec
Department of Sociology, Washington State University

"The Rule of the State: The Link between State Employment Laws and Workplace Human Resource Policy"
May 23

Kate Kellogg
Department of Organization Studies, MIT Sloan School of Management

"Doctors, Lawyers, and the Cross-Occupational Implementation of Reform in Two Community Health Centers"

May 30

Vilma Ortiz
Department of Chicano/a Studies and Sociology,
University of California, Los Angeles

"Education and Identity From Generations of Exclusion"

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Upcoming Events

Colloquium: Kate Kellogg, Sloan School of Business, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
May 23, 2013 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Colloquium: Vilma Ortiz, University of California, Los Angeles
May 30, 2013 • 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

April 25, 2013