Comparative and Historical Sociology
Section of the American Sociological Association
George Steinmetz — Chair, Section in Comparative and Historical Sociology of the American Sociological Association The Need for Historical Sociologists Sociology is inherently interpretive and inescapably historical. Cultural and historical …
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Editors (Sahan S. Karatasli, Simeon J. Newman & Timothy Rutzou) The “Critical Historical Sociology Blog: History, Theory and Sociology in an Age of Crisis” is the official blog of the …
Read MoreComparative and Historical Sociology Section Barrington Moore Book Award Deadline: 2/15/2018 The section presents the Barrington Moore Award every year to the best book in the area of comparative and …
Read MoreGabriel Hetland University at Albany, State University of New York The idea that human rights should, indeed must, be defended appears unobjectionable and beyond question. During the 1970s and 1980s …
Read MoreGábor Attila Tóth Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow, Humboldt University, Berlin The annus mirabilis, the year 1989, proved that the spirit of liberty still lives in the hearts of East-Central …
Read MoreTimothy M. Gill UNC-Wilmington Following World War II, state and social leaders across the world recognized the need to establish multilateral institutions that championed the global promotion of human rights. …
Read MoreMarilyn Grell-Brisk with Timothy M. Gill Targeted immigration bans, imprisonment of political opponents, abuse of refugees, disregard of immigrant and worker rights, murder, torture —the current social-political-economic landscape in the …
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Trajectories Vol.29 No.1 (Fall 2017) includes Lachmann and de Leon’s essays on the 50th Anniversary of Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy; Roundtable: On Human Rights Around the World Today; …
Read MoreCall for Applications of the Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies. Deadline: 25th October 2017 What is the Max Weber Programme The Max Weber Programme started in September 2006 and …
Read MoreSPONSOR: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung, Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, Rutgers University (USA) at: Hamburger Institut für Sozialforschung 01.11.2017 – 03.11.2017 International Conference in Hamburg Topic of the conference: The spread …
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