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Memorial for Sandy Ramer on December 14
We are sorry to share the news that Sandy Ramer passed away on November 12th. Sandy was the Sociology Department’s graduate advisor from 1983 – 2010. She was adored by many faculty members and graduate …
Panel Discussion on Food Justice November 12
The annual Archibald Haller lecture, “Whose Food, Whose Land? — a conversation on global food sovereignty” is being held on Tuesday November 12 at 7:00 – 8:30pm in the Deluca Room in the Wisconsin Institute …
Sociology Colloquium Features Eviatar Zerubavel October 30
On Wednesday October 30 at 12:15pm Eviatar Zerubavel, Board of Governors Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Rutgers University, will present the Department of Sociology Colloquium in room 8417 in the Sewell Social Sciences Building. His …
Benny Witkovsky Presents Free Public Lecture on Small Cities and the Politics of Exclusion
Benny Witkovsky, a Sociology graduate student, is the guest speaker at “Forward? The Wisconsin Idea, Past and Present” free lecture series on Tuesday October 22 from 6:00pm – 7:15pm in the Benetic-Biotechnology Center Building, 425 …
Segregation and Violence Paper Discussed on Podcast
A research article written by Professor Michael Light and graduate student Julia Thomas was discussed this fall on an episode of The Weeds podcast. Skip to 47:22 for the paper, “Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do …
Myra Marx Ferree Comments on the Crisis of Masculinity
Myra Marx Ferree, Professor Emerita, was recently interviewed about the nation state, gender and intersectional feminism for The Europe Desk podcast, produced by the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. Myra …
NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow Awarded to Cortez
Congratulations to Dagoberto Cortez (PhD19) for receiving a National Science Foundation SBE Postdoctoral Research Fellowship! He is currently working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at …
Pam Oliver Lecture on Racial Patterns of Mass Incarceration: Sunday September 29
UW-Madison’s Emeritus Faculty Lecture Series, “Eloquence and Eminence,” begins this weekend. Pam Oliver, Professor emerita, will present “Race, Politics, and Punitiveness: Trends in the Racial Patterns of Mass Incarceration” on Sunday September 29, 2:00-3:00pm in …