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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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Interview with Musa al-Gharbi

By Manning Zhang We had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Musa al-Gharbi, the author of the widely acclaimed We Have Never Been Woke, a book that has sparked conversations both in the U.S. and around the world. Dr. al-Gharbi, a sociologist by training, and an Assistant Professor of Communication and Journalism at Stony Brook University, connected with Manning Zhang, our student editor from Brandeis University, … Continue reading Interview with Musa al-Gharbi

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Letter from the Chair

Here’s a not-so-secret: over the years there have been discussions about what, if any, is the point of a newsletter these days. The question can be asked too generally to be useful—as in, “what is the points of newsletters at all these days” —or too specific to be comfortable, as in “what is the point of this newsletter these days.” Yet the real heavy lifting … Continue reading Letter from the Chair

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Announcements – December 2023

Dear Colleagues,  Please find enclosed: My best wishes to all  Monika  ———  Call for Contributions: The editors of the Culture Section Newsletter invite you to submit content for inclusion in our upcoming winter issue. Please send us your book, article, job, conference, and other general announcements. The deadline to submit announcements for the Winter Newsletter is Jan 15, 2024. Please email your contributions to asaculturenews@gmail.com. We look forward to hearing from you!  … Continue reading Announcements – December 2023

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Four Questions with Mario Small – Jennifer Dudley

Jennifer Dudley (University of Notre Dame) interviews Mario Small (Columbia University) about qualitative research, public-facing sociology, and where there’s more potential for cultural sociologists to make an impact. Jennifer Dudley: Your recent work on qualitative research (particularly with your book, Qualitative Literacy and your recent comment published in Nature) highlights some challenges and benefits to qualitative research as well as how to evaluate qualitative research. … Continue reading Four Questions with Mario Small – Jennifer Dudley

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Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

Hello to all Culture Section members! I hope you have all had a good start to the new year, and that your new academic term is moving along smoothly. To those living in the Northern Hemisphere, the countdown towards the end of the winter is on and we can look forward to longer and brighter days. All Culture Section committees have been hard at work, … Continue reading Letter from the Chair – Vanina Leschziner

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