Past Events



Population Studies Center Colloquium: Muhammad Farhan Majid

"The Persistent Effects of in Utero Nutrition Shocks Over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Ramadan Fasting"
Feb 24, 2014 at -

 



Screening of African Independence by Tukufu Zuberi

"African Independence Screening, with an Introduction by Professor Tukufu Zuberi"
Feb 20, 2014 at -

Screening of Tukufu Zuberi's award-winning documentary film, African Independence, preceded by an introduction from Dr. Zuberi himself.  Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania Huntsman…



Tomas R. Jimenez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

Colloquium
"Rethinking Race and Immigration in an Era of Mass Immigration: Evidence from a High-Skilled Gateway"
Feb 19, 2014 at -

Tomas R. Jimenez, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University



Screening and Film Discussion: Tukufu Zuberi

African Independence
Feb 18, 2014 at -

The Bishop Joseph Johnson Black Cultural Center presents dinner, a screening of African Independence, and discussion with Tukufu Zuberi.  Free and open to the public.

 

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PSC Colloquium: Shannon M. Monnat- Assistant Professor of Rural Sociology and Demography, Penn State University

"The Diversity of New Destinations: Exploring the Hispanic Health Care Access Disadvantage across Different Types of High Growth Counties"
Feb 17, 2014 at -

 



**Cancelled Due to Weather** Urban Ethnography: Robert Vargas

Workshop
"Why the Urban Poor Don't Want Health Care: Government Cynicism, Race, and the First Year of Obamacare in Chicago"
Feb 14, 2014 at -

Robert Vargas, Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research, RWJ Harvard/UWisconsin-Madison

Co-Sponsored with Race/Ethnicity



Penn Humanities Forum on Violence Symposium: Dorothy Roberts

"Violent Means"
Feb 14, 2014 at -

We lack consensus on what it means to…



**Cancelled Due to Weather** Middle East Center Graduate Student Colloquium Talk - Doga Kerestecioglu

"Secular after State-Breakdown: Political Struggles and Institution-Building in France 1789-1906, Mexico 1910-1940, Turkey 1920-1938"
Feb 13, 2014 at -

This paper proposes a new sociological theory of secularism by studying the rise of secular societies in cases transitioning to a secular state through revolution. For long, scholars assumed that modern…



Faculty Meeting (Full Professors Only)

Faculty Meeting (Full Professors Only)
Feb 12, 2014 at -

 



Population Studies Colloquium: Emily Owens, Associate Professor of Criminology, University of Pennsylvania

"Immigration, Employment Opportunities, and Criminal Behavior"
Feb 10, 2014 at -