PROF. KALBERG PUBLISHES NEW BOOK ON MAX WEBER AND CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGY
Professor Stephen Kalberg has come out with a new book titled, Max Weber’s Comparative- Historical Sociology Today Major Themes, Mode of Causal Analysis, and Applications“.”Bringing together the author’s major scholarly work on Weber over the last 30 years, offering a rich examination of the major themes in his sociology alongside a reconstruction of his mode […]
GO’S PATTERNS OF EMPIRE WINS AMERICAN POLICAL SCIENCE ASSOCATIONS’ J. DAVID GREENSTONE BOOK AWARD
We are more then pleased to announce that Professor Go’s book, “Patterns of Empire: The British and American Empires: 1688 to the Present” has just been awarded the American Political Science Associations’ J. David Greenstone Book Award for the best book in Politics and History published in 2010 and 2011. The book had also just been […]
EMERITUS PROFESSOR SALLY CASSIDY DIES
Sally Whelan Cassidy, a professor in the Sociology Department from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, passed away at her home in Chestnut Hill on June 10. Cassidy received the PhD degree from the University of Chicago in 1959, with a dissertation titled, “Some Aspects of Lay Leadership.” Cassidy and long-time friend Paule Verdet […]
PROF. AMMERMAN COMMENTS ON GOLDEN RULE IN AMERICAN CULTURE
When Pres. Obama endorsed gay marriage, he noted that his faith tells him that the Golden Rule is a key value. In a Huffington Post column yesterday, writer David Gibson explores the importance of the Golden Rule in American culture, quoting research by Prof. Nancy Ammerman. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/11/obama-gay-marriage-golden-rule_n_1507912.html.
PROF NAZLI KIBRIA TO RECIEVE FULL PROFESSORSHIP SEPT 1ST
Professor Nazli Kibria will receive full professorship on September 1st,2012. You can read more about Professor Kibria and the 11 other professor’s who received this honor at the March 21st issue of BU today ”Professor Kibria teaches international migation, families, childhood, and modern South Asia. She is the author most recently of Muslims in Motion: […]
PROF BENJAMIN ADDS INSIGHT ON THE TRAGEDY OF SLAIN TEENAGER AT GOOD MAGAZINE ONLINE
Professor Ruha Benjamin comments on an article on the tragedy of the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin. Follow a link to the article here: http://www.good.is/post/trayvon-martin-could-have-been-one-of-my-kids/
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN WINS ACLS FELLOWSHIP
The American Council of Learned Societies awards a small number of highly-sought-after sabbatical fellowships each year. Congratulations to Professor Ruha Benjamin on this recognition of her important work. She will spend the 2012-13 academic year completing work on her book, People’s Science: Reconstituting Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier.
PROF BROWN-SARACINO HIGHLIGHTED IN NETWORX.COM ARTICLE
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino was recently hightlighted in the article, “10 Neighborhoods That Were Redefined by Gentrification” at Networx.com. Professor Brown-Saracino published a book in 2009 that dealt with the topic of the article. Her book is titled A Neighborhood That Never Changes: Gentrification, Social Preservation, and the Search for Authenticity (The Fieldwork Encounters and Discoveries […]
PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN FEATURED AT UNIVERSITY MLK CELEBRATION
Speaking in Metcalf Hall, with more than a thousand people in attendance on Monday, Prof. Benjamin brought the audience to its feet as she asked what “barking dogs and fire hoses” need to be silenced in our own brains to make it possible to pursue the kind of society Dr. King imagined. The University’s annual […]
CONTINUED MEDIA COVERAGE OF PROF. ASHLEY MEARS’ WORK
The Boston Globe Sunday magazine featured a multi-page account of Professor Ashley Mears’ study of the modeling industry. Also, don’t miss BU Today’s feature article: “High Heeled Scholarship”, January 24th 2012.