Events – Sociology /sociology Mon, 26 Jan 2026 16:05:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 /wp-content/themes/b/bates-framework/styles/images/bates-favicon.png Events – Sociology /sociology 32 32 Racialization, Temporality and the Unmaking of Antiracist Policy /sociology/2020/02/06/racialization-temporality-and-the-unmaking-of-antiracist-policy/ Thu, 06 Feb 2020 16:31:00 +0000 /sociology/?p=1578 Thursday, February 6, 2020 4:15 PM

Professor Brian Sargent – UMass Amherst (Public Policy and Sociology)

]]> Making Sense of Mass Shootings /sociology/2019/11/18/making-sense-of-mass-shootings/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:23:00 +0000 /sociology/?p=1576 Monday, November (2019) 18th, 12:10-1 PM

Mike Rocque, Associate Professor of Sociology

]]> How Did I/We End up Here? A Community-Based Journey through Shifting Approaches to Poverty, Policy, and Family /sociology/2019/10/21/how-did-i-we-end-up-here-a-community-based-journey-through-shifting-approaches-to-poverty-policy-and-family/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:19:00 +0000 /sociology/?p=1573 Monday October (2019) 21st, 12:10-1pm 

Emily W. Kane, Professor of Sociology

]]> The Social Impact of Genetic Ancestry Testing /sociology/2019/09/26/the-social-impact-of-genetic-ancestry-testing/ Thu, 26 Sep 2019 15:37:00 +0000 /sociology/?p=1581 September 26, 2019 at 4:15pm

A talk by Wendy Roth, Professor of Sociology at The University of British Columbia

]]> Regional Trade Agreements, Law and Courts /sociology/2011/11/21/regional-trade-agreements-law-and-courts/ Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:20:51 +0000 /sociology/?p=341 On November 21, 2011, Francesco Duina delivered a talk at the Université Laval & Ministère des Relations Internationales in Quebec City on regional trade agreements, law, and courts.

]]> Leah Greenfeld /sociology/2010/06/07/this-is-a-post/ Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:15:47 +0000 http://hub-dev.bates.edu/sociology/?p=146 Why are mental illnesses (such as depression and schizophrenia) afflicting ever more Americans? What is mental illness and where does it come from? What must be done to control this  epidemic? Professor Greenfeld will challenge existing understandings of mental illnesses in sociology, neuroscience, psychology, and feminism. Her analysis and proposed solutions are revolutionary as well as controversial. Already delivered at numerous universities worldwide, this is a talk not to be missed!!!

Professor Greenfeld holds the position of University Professor and Professor of Political Science and Sociology at Boston   University.  She is also Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences at Boston University.     Professor Greenfled has written extensively on capitalism, nationalism, culture, and the mind.  Her books include Nationalism: Five Roads to  Modernity (1992) and The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth (2001), both published by Harvard University Press. Professor Greenfeld’s work has appeared in French, Hebrew, Portuguese, Russian, Catalan, Slovenian and Chinese.

Sponsored by the Sociology, Politics, and Psychology Departments.

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