Past Events



Social Science and Policy Forum: Chiara Saraceno, Professor Emerita, Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB)

"The End of 'Integrated Poverty' in Mediterranean Europe"
Apr 17, 2015 at -

Co-sponsored by the Penn-Temple European Studies Colloquium



Dorothy Roberts as Keynote Speaker - University of Delaware 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference

"Making Connections: Creating Change." An Interdisciplinary Social Science Collaboration
Apr 17, 2015 at -

Dorothy Roberts will be the Keynote Speaker at the 9th Annual Graduate Student Conference at the University of Delaware. This year's conference will feature the research graduate and undergraduate…



Robert Vargas, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Colloquium
"To Enroll or not Enroll in Obamacare: Culture and Health Insurance Access Among the Urban Poor"
Apr 15, 2015 at -



Bowie State Arts and Sciences 150th Lecture Series: Tukufu Zuberi

"Empowering the Next Generation of Visionaries."
Apr 14, 2015 at -

Dr. Tukufu Zuberi will link the work of President Kwame Nkrumah and Nobel Laureates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Nelson Mandela with the efforts of black college pioneers to help the next generation…



Center for the Study of Contemporary China Forum: Natalie Young, Ph.D Student, Penn Sociology

Departing from the Beaten Path: International Education as Response to Barriers, Stress and Risk in the Chinese Educational System
Apr 13, 2015 at -

China represents an extreme case of larger trends in the internationalization of education.  In recent years, this has included the emergence of international schools for Chinese nationals in Mainland China.  What…



PSC Colloquium: Jennifer Beam Dowd, Associate Professor - CUNY, School of Public Health

"Is Life Expectancy Really Falling for the Least Educated? Challenges in Measuring Trends in Health Disparities"
Apr 13, 2015 at -



Urban Ethnography Workshop: Gary Alan Fine, John Evans Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University

Workshop
“Sticky Cultures: Memory Publics and Communal Pasts in Competitive Chess."
Apr 10, 2015 at -

Sticky Cultures: Memory Publics and Communal Pasts in Competitive Chess

In a departure from previous workshop meetings, participants will be expected to read “Sticky Cultures: Memory Publics…



Penn Urban Studies Lecture: Douglas Massey, Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University

Segregation and Social Inequality
Apr 9, 2015 at -

 Douglas Massey, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs at Princeton University, took up the study of racial segregation in the United States in his acclaimed 1998 book, …



Media Activism Research Collective (MARC): Meet Simone Brown, Associate Professor, African and African Diaspora Studies, University of Texas at Austin

Dark Matters: On the Surveillance of Blackness
Apr 8, 2015 at -

Simone Browne, Associate Professor in the Department of African and…



Aliya Saperstein, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Stanford University [Co-Sponsored with the Penn Program on Race, Science, and Society]

Colloquium
“The Past and Present Significance of Racial Mobility”
Apr 8, 2015 at -

Professor Saperstein received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Washington and her Ph.D. in Sociology and Demography from the…