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Symposia and Colloquia

The Department hosts regular events in which speakers from a variety of distinguished institutions address a wide range of compelling topics. All those interested are always welcome. For more information, please call or email Sheri Miller, Alumni and External Relations Assistant, at (814) 863-5407 or sam1@psu.edu.

Schedule of Events for Fall 2007

 

10/16/07
Charis E. Kubrin, Associate Professor of Sociology
The George Washington University
 Topic:  "The Power of Place: Immigrant Communities and Adolescent Violence." 
12:00 Noon
406 Oswald Tower

 

 

 

 

10/22/07
Alberto Palloni, Board of Trustees Professor in Sociology
Northwestern University
De Jong Lecture in Social Demography
1:30 pm
Ballroom C of the Nittany Lion Inn

 

 

10/23/07
Alberto Palloni, Board of Trustees Professor in Sociology
Northwestern University
Topic:  Is the Room for Improvements in Life Expectancy in Latin America and the Caribbean Shrinking?  A Contrarian View Informal Brownbag
12 Noon
406 Oswald Tower

 

 

10/25/07
Petr Mateju, Director and Chaired Professor of Sociology of Education and Stratification
Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Topic:  College Aspirations in OECD Countries:  Roles of Individual and Structural Factors Cross-Nationally
10:30-12:00 Noon
605 Oswald Tower

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/9/07
Vinnie Roscigno, Professor of Sociology / Editor, American Sociological Review
The Ohio State University
Topic: Social Closure and the Micro-Politics of Race/Sex Employment Discrimination
12:00 Noon
406 Oswald Tower