City, Society and Space Workshop: Autumn Quarter 2013

Thursday, October 10^th, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Welcome meeting. Discussing the workshop, future directions. Food will be provided.

 

Thursday, October 17^th, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Community Social Control of Immigrant Latinos: Assimilation Processes of Dog Caretaking Practices

Elizabeth Jeffries-Terrien, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

Thursday, October 24^th, 4:00-5:20 Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Europe’s Red Light Districts: Comparing Different Models and Distilling Best Practices

Ron Weitzer, Professor of Sociology, George Washington University

 

Thursday, October 31^st, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Does Welfare Privatization Shape the Political Behavior of the Poor: The Case of Nonprofit Youth Development Programs

Carolyn Barnes, Doctoral Student, Department of Political Science, University of Michigan

 

Thursday, November 7^th, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

TBA

 

Thursday, November 14^th, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Gentrifier, Who Me? Interrogating the Gentrifier in the Mirror

John Schlichtman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, DePaul University

 

Thursday, November 21^st, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Social Venues: A New Approach to Social Constraint

Chris Graziul, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

 

Thursday, November 28^th

NO MEETING

 

Thursday, December 5^th, 4:00-5:20, Social Science Research Building, Room 401

Facebooked: Converging Mobile Spaces with the Cyberworld

Gwendolyn Purifoye, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Chicago

 

The City, Society, and Space Workshop at the University of Chicago is sponsored by The Council on Advanced Studies. Persons with a disability who believe they may need assistance, please contact Brian Tuohy in advance at btuohy@uchicago.edu. For an advanced copy of the papers, email Theresa Anasti at tanasti@uchicago.edu.