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Event Report – Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Retirement Conference

Report by Willa Sachs Willa Sachs is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Yale University and a Junior Fellow at the Yale Center for Cultural Sociology. Last October, friends, students, and colleagues of Jeffrey C. Alexander gathered in Yale University’s Humanities Quadrangle to celebrate his retirement after an academic career spanning over five decades. The conference, entitled “Working Towards Meaning Together: Jeffrey Alexander’s Legacy for … Continue reading Event Report – Jeffrey C. Alexander’s Retirement Conference

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Reports on the Culture and Contemporary Life Series

Gender, Religion, and Nationalism in Global PerspectiveFebruary 11, 2025By Rachel Rinaldo The February episode of the Culture and Contemporary Life Talk Series, hosted by the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association, kicked off the 2025 series by bringing together renowned scholars to discuss the intersections of gender, religion, and nationalism. Australian sociologist Raewyn Connell, along with political scientist Nandini Deo (Lehigh University) and Saskia Schaefer … Continue reading Reports on the Culture and Contemporary Life Series

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Культурна фільтрація та гібридна війна в умовах російської окупації України

Culture Section Newsletter – Summer Issue 2025 Фіона Грінленд Російська федерація — загарбницька імперія[1]. Засобами гібридної війни вона вносить розбрат у народи з метою встановити над ними свою владу. Нинішня війна спирається на брехню, що Україна — це «неіснуюча нація». Захисники прав людини стверджують: російська фільтрація — це систематична спроба викорінити українську національну ідентичність. В центрі уваги мого есею — саме ця культурна фільтрація та … Continue reading Культурна фільтрація та гібридна війна в умовах російської окупації України

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Event Reports – 2024 ASA Annual Meeting

Reports Compiled by Manning Zhang Panel: “Culture in Organizations and Markets” Organized by Anna Woźny (Princeton University and University of Tokyo) The study of culture in organizations and markets has become a vibrant area of sociological inquiry in recent years. This panel showcased five examples of cutting-edge work in this heterogenous field with papers chosen to reflect its breadth, different theoretical and methodological approaches, as … Continue reading Event Reports – 2024 ASA Annual Meeting

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Event Report – “Memorial Conference for Xiaohong Xu”

On May 24, 2024, the Department of Sociology and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies at the University of Michigan held an emotional conference in honor of sociologist Xiaohong Xu. Professor Xu, who passed away on December 12, 2024 at the age of 45, was a much beloved scholar and teacher, and a most original sociologist of Chinese politics, culture, political economy, and history. At … Continue reading Event Report – “Memorial Conference for Xiaohong Xu”

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SSHA Conference Session Report – The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

Marissa Combs (Harvard University) reported a book session event for the second volume of the Handbook of the Sociology of Morality at the 2023 Social Science History Association conference in Washington D.C. A lot has changed since the first volume of The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality was published in 2010. What was once considered a peripheral topic addressed in a few literatures has … Continue reading SSHA Conference Session Report – The Handbook of the Sociology of Morality

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