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Puck Seminars


Puck Seminars take place on Wednesdays from 12:30-1:50 p.m. in the Sociology Department Conference Room, #4156.



Spring 2013 Puck Seminar Series


Wednesday, February 20:
Annette Lareau
"Schools, Housing Decisions, and the Reproduction of Inequality"

Wednesday, March 6 (Will be rescheduled)
Chris Bonastia
"Five Years without Public Education in Prince Edward County, Virginia"


Fall 2012 Puck Seminar Series


Wednesday, September 12:
Harvey Molotch
"Some Sociology for Security: Instruments of Command, Openings for Reform"

Wednesday, September 19:
Robert Brenner
"The Roots of the Great Recession: Finance and the Real Economy"

Wednesday, October 1:
Michael Hout
"Sustainable Opportunity: Financing Higher Education Without State Support"

Wednesday, October 24:
Colin Jerolmack "The Global Pigeon: How Animals Shape the Social Life of the City"

Wednesday, October 31:
Natasha Iskander
"The Transformers: Immigration and Localized Tactic Knowledge Development

Wednesday, November 28:
Cynthia Miller-Idriss
"The Extreme goes Mainstream?: Commercialized Right-Wing Symbols in Contemporary Germany"

Monday, December 3:
Juan Corradi
"Eddies of the World Crisis: The Case of Spain as a Mirror of the Larger Europe"