Culture and Social Analysis Workshop (Hybrid)

Date: 

Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Hybrid Event

"Worth and the Current Crisis of American Society"

Attend this event via Zoom (advance registration required)

Presenters:

"Purely Entertainment Versus Social Activism: The Challenges of Fostering Recognition and Inclusion in Hollywood and Comedy"

Nicole Letourneau, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Derek RobeyGraduate Student Associate; Graduate Research Fellow, Canada Program. PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Michèle LamontExecutive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

"Imagining Plausible Futures: Braiding Cultural Repertoires when Facing Uncertainty"

Mari Sanchez, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Michèle LamontExecutive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Shira Zilberstein, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

"How American College Students Understand Social Resilience during Covid and the Movement for Racial Justice: Toward a Processual Approach"

Shira Zilberstein, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Michèle LamontExecutive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Mari Sanchez, PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Contact:

Lisa Albert
lalbert@fas.harvard.edu

This is a joint session with the Weatherhead Center's Comparative Inequality & Inclusion Cluster.

This is a hybrid event. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

Chairs:

Michèle LamontExecutive Committee; Steering Committee; Faculty Associate; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University.

Ellis MonkFaculty Associate. Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Harvard University.

Attendance Information:

Harvard affiliates:

Harvard affiliates are welcome to attend this event in-person in William James Hall, 33 Kirkland Street, Room 450. Capacity is limited to 35 people.

Please note: Masks are mandatory for entrance into the building and for the entire duration of the event.

Non-Harvard affiliates:

If you are not a Harvard affiliate or if you are not able to join in-person, you are welcome to attend via Zoom:

https://harvard.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIod-qspzksGtB-k2S4WNIZCfYKY2NROQMz

Please note: This event requires registration in advance in order to receive the virtual meeting link and password.