Book Talk

Book talk! “Origins of the Mass Party: Dispossession and Party-Form in Mexico and Bolivia in Comparative Perspective” Edwin F. Ackerman (Syracuse University)

Oct. 11, 2022

“Origins of the Mass Party: Dispossession and Party-Form in Mexico and Bolivia in Comparative Perspective” Edwin F. Ackerman (Syracuse University) Thursday, October 27 12:30-1:45pm KTCH 1B40 Description: In Mexico (1921) and Bolivia (1952), nationalist insurrections with armies largely composed of peasants triumphed over oligarchical regimes. In the aftermath of these...

Fall

Sociology Info Session for Undergrads!

Oct. 11, 2022

Tune in for information on requirements for the major and minor, advising, study abroad, honors, internships and certificates. For Sociology majors and minors and those interested. Thursday, October 27 4-5 p.m. Zoom: https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/2808884782 Meeting ID: 280 888 4782 Questions? Contact us at sociology@colorado.edu Raffle prize for attending!

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Mathieu Desan has Chapter Published

Oct. 7, 2022

Mathieu Desan has a chapter in Bourdieu and Marx: Practices of Critique (ed. Gabriella Paolucci), just published by Palgrave Macmillan in its Marx, Engels, Marxisms series. You can find the table of contents when redirected.

Spooky

Screening of Nia DaCosta & Jordan Peele’s 2019 film Candyman!

Sept. 21, 2022

Come celebrate Halloween with a screening of Nia DaCosta & Jordan Peele’s 2019 film Candyman, hosted by Dr. Laura Patterson and the Sociology Department! We’ll have candy, raffle prizes, free food, and a short introduction to the film, examining how DaCosta & Peele expands (and in some ways counteracts) the...

Boulder in Fall

Chair, David Cook-Martín, Activities Update

Sept. 21, 2022

Publication: “Migration Myopias and Insights from the Global South” with Katie Jensen in “Symposium on Latin America” in Perspectives: Newsletter of the ASA Theory Section , Volume 43 (2): Summer 2022 Presentations: American Sociological Association, “Paper People: Indian Ocean Prologues to Temporary Labor Migration Schemes” in a session entitled Bureaucratic...

Fall

Sociology Info Session for Undergrads!

Sept. 7, 2022

Tune in for information on requirements for the major and minor, advising, study abroad, honors, internships and certificates. For Sociology majors and minors and those interested. When: Thursday, September 15th Event time: 4-5pm Where: Zoom https://cuboulder.zoom.us/j/94139682893 Meeting ID: 941 3968 2893 Questions? Contact us at sociology@colorado.edu Raffle prize for attending!

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The Center for Asian Studies, Directed by Rachel Rinaldo, Won $2.2 Million in Funding

Sept. 6, 2022

The Center for Asian Studies, with Rachel Rinaldo as faculty director, was awarded $2.2 million by the US Department of Education to expand Asian Studies at CU Boulder

Coloradan

Lori Peek’s Research Featured in Coloradan

Sept. 5, 2022

Lori Peek’s research was featured in a Coloradan article entitled, How Natural Disasters Impact Vulnerable Populations

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Jennifer Tostlebe Published an Article with David Pyrooz

Aug. 26, 2022

Jennifer Tostlebe published an article (w/ David Pyrooz), “Procedural justice, legal orientations, and gang membership: Testing an alternative explanation to understand the gang-misconduct link,” in Criminology , the flagship journal of the American Society of Criminology.

Regarding Animals

Leslie Irvine and co-authors Publish Book in Temple University Press

July 11, 2022

The first edition of Regarding Animals provided insight into the history and practice of how human beings construct animals, and how we construct ourselves and others in relation to them. Considerable progress in how society regards animals has occurred since that time. However, shelters continue to euthanize companion animals, extinction...

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