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Puck Seminars

Seminars will take place on Wednesdays from 12:00-1:30PM in the Sociology Department Conference Room.


September 16, 2009:
Dalton Conley
Genes in the Ghetto, Chromosomes in the Kitchen: How to model the interaction of nature and nurture

September 23, 2009:
Fred Wherry
The Social Construction of a Good Neighborhood: Philadelphia's Latino District

September 30, 2009:
Richard Epstein


October 28, 2009: Wolfgang Streek


November 4, 2009: Jay Demerath
Defining Religion and Re-Defining the First Amendment: Secularizing the Sacred and Sacralizing the Secular

November 9, 2009:Olivier Godechot
Working rich: Salaries, bonus, and the appropriation of profit in the finance industry

November 16, 2009:Ali Mirsepassi
Political Islam's Romance with the West

December 2, 2009:Jen'nan G. Read
Healthy Migrants or Just Healthy Men? Gender and Health among Middle Eastern Immigrants

December 7, 2009:Ivan Szelenyi
How to become a billionaire: The new rich in post-communist Central Europe, Russia and China

January 27, 2009:Scott Lynch


February 24, 2009:Ann Swidler