Workshops (except when noted) will be held on Mondays from 12:00 to 1:10 pm in Room 105 of Stuart Hall.
Monday, April 2
“A New Machine to Make the Land Pay: A Sociological Account of the Steel Skeleton Innovation in Skyscraper Construction”
Maude Pugliese, Phd student, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
Monday, April 16
“Petitions from Beyond the Walls: How Incarceration Shapes the Way Prisoners Support their Complaints and Grievances”
Corentin Durand, PhD student, Ecole des hautes études en sciences sociales/Ecole normale supérieure, Paris; ENS Exchange Lecturer, University of Chicago
Thursday, April 19
(Co-sponsored with the Reproduction of Race and Racial Ideologies Workshop; Time and location TBA)
“Logics of Assistance: Why Weak Ties Help and Strong Ties Don’t”
Sandra Smith, Associate Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of California- Berkeley
Monday, April 30
“Capitalizing on Crisis: The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance”
Greta Krippner, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Michicagn
Monday, May 14
“Graduate Professionalization Seminar: How to Develop a Good Question: Some Strategies from the Field”
Mario Small, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago
Monday, May 21
“Evidence, Argument and Story”
Dingxin Zhao, Professor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Chicago