Illustration by W.E.B. DuBois, 1900 Paris Exposition.
The bottom line reads "The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line."
The bottom line reads "The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color line."
As part of our ongoing effort to promote new voices in the history of sociology & social thought, we are pleased to offer a working paper digital colloquium series. Authors present their work, with discussants from the community to offer feedback. If you would like to present your work, please contact Taylor Winfield, taylorpw@princeton.edu.
Working Papers & Previous Workshops
Monday, April 12, 2021
3pm - 4:15pm EST
https://princeton.zoom.us/j/93255795753
"The Value of a Wife": Price, Politics, and the Economic Struggle Over Housework in the Long 1970s
Jonny Bunning, Harper-Schmidt Fellow, Society of Fellows & Collegiate Assistant Professor, Social Sciences Division at the University of Chicago
Discussants:
Martha Lampland
Professor of Sociology, core member of the Science Studies Program at the University of California, San Diego
Nancy Folbre
Professor Emerita of Economics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Monday, November 30, 2020
12pm - 1:15pm EST
https://princeton.zoom.us/j/94065474807
"Authoritarianism After Trump: the Frankfurt School Authoritarian Studies Tradition Revisited"
Kieran Durkin, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Global Fellow, Department of Politics, University of York
Discussants:
Lynn S. Chancer
Professor of Sociology at Hunter College and Executive Officer of the Ph.D. Program in Sociology at The Graduate Center, CUNY
Neil McLaughlin
Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Psychology Program, McMaster University
The current version of the paper is available here: https://tinyurl.com/yyzh6afl.
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
2pm - 3:15pm EST
"Reinterpreting Weber's Protestant Ethic in China"
Grace Tien, Visiting Post-Doc & Research Affiliate with Princeton's Center on Contemporary China
Discussants:
Fengang Yang
Professor of Sociology & Founding Director of the Center on Religion and Chinese Society, Purdue University
Don S. Zang
Associate Professor of Law, University of Washington Law School
Kerby Goff
Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Pennsylvania State University & Research Assistant, Association of Religion Data Archives
Monday, September 14th, 2020
4pm - 5:15pm EST
"On the Mortality of Cited Works, Cited Authors, and Writing Authors in Sociology"
Alec McGail, Graduate student in Sociology at Cornell University
Discussants:
Emily Erikson
Joseph C. Fox Academic Director of the Fox International Fellowship and associate professor of sociology and the
school of management (by courtesy) at Yale University
Peter Bearman
Director, Interdisciplinary Center for Innovative Theory and Empirics (INCITE), and Jonathan R. Cole Professor of
Sociology at Columbia University
Paper available at https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/8tx3v/