Past Events



PSC Colloquium: Prakarsh Singh, Assistant Professor of Economics, Amherst College

"Absolute vs. Relative Performance Pay: Evidence from an Experiment Targeting Child Malnutrition in West Bengal"
Sep 29, 2014 at -



Social Science Research Council Symposium

"Symbolic Dimensions of Mediated Activism in Inter-Asia
Sep 26, 2014 at -

Penn Sociology's Guobin Yang is directing this workshop presented by the Social Science Research Council and co-sponsored by Sociology and the PARGC of the…



IEDP Invited Lecture Series: Wadi Haddad, Director & Deputy Corporate Secretary (Retired), World Bank

"International Educational Development: Challenging Times and Shifting Paradigms"
Sep 25, 2014 at -

Wadi D. Haddad spent 17 years at the World Bank and served as director and deputy corporate secretary, senior manager in education sector, and senior advisor for human development. He also served as special adviser…



Project for Advanced Research in Global Communication Master Class - Mimi Sheller, Professor of Sociology, Drexel University

“Mobilizing Hybrid Cities: Urban Mobilities and Mobile Locative Media"
Sep 25, 2014 at -

“Mobilizing Hybrid Cities: Urban Mobilities and Mobile Locative Media"
10am – 12pm: Class
12 – 1pm: Lunch & Discussion



Shannon Gleeson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Labor Relations, Law & History, Cornell University

Colloquium
"Precarious Labor, Tenuous Rights: Lay v. Legal Conceptions of Justice at the Workplace"
Sep 24, 2014 at -



Practice Job Talk: Heeju Sohn

"Health Insurance and Risk of Divorce: Does Having Your Own Insurance Matter?"
Sep 24, 2014 at -



PSC Colloquium: Jennifer Lundquist, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Dept. of Sociology

TBA
Sep 22, 2014 at -



Education & Inequality: Hyunjoon Park (Penn) and Kuentae Kim, Associate Professor, Dept. of Korean History, Seoul National Univ.

Workshop
"The Legacy of Disadvantaged Origins: Blocked Social Mobility of Descendants of Nobis (Slaves) in Late Joseon (Korea, 19th Century)"
Sep 19, 2014 at -



Penn Social Science and Policy Forum Conference

"The War on Poverty at 50: Its History and Legacy"
Sep 19, 2014 at -

Conference Website & Registration

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Penn Sociology Colloquium Series Schedule 2014-2015

Colloquium
Sep 17, 2014 at -

Penn Sociology Colloquium Series Schedule 2014-2015 (PDF)