Comparative and Historical Sociology
Section of the American Sociological Association
Dear Friends, We can reflect on Art Stinchcombe’s contributions to our subfield by attending this thoughtful gathering organized by Northwestern. I still remember how enthusiastic he was about the Ottoman …
Read MoreAbout The American University in Cairo: Founded in 1919, AUC moved to a new 270-acre state-of-the-art campus in New Cairo in 2008. The University also operates in its historic downtown …
Read MoreThe Department of Sociology at Boston College invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position to begin in Fall 2020. A successful candidate is one whose research and teaching are relevant …
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Holocaust and Human Rights Education: Good Choices and Sociological Perspectives. By Michael Polgar , Penn State University, USA Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited. ISBN: 9781787544994 https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/detail/Holocaust-and-Human-Rights-Education/?k=9781787544994 This book explores the way in which …
Read More31 July is the deadline. There are literally three days left so go for it! Please enroll as many of your students as your budget can afford! ASA members can …
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Isaac A. Reed & Paul Lichterman Let’s say you are advising, or writing, a three-case study dissertation. You want the dissertation to be welcome scholarly news. That usually means it …
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Anna Skarpelis History is produced from what the archive offers – Marisa J. Fuentes If history is indeed produced from what the archive offers, sociologists need to better understand the …
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Armando Lara-Millán, Brian Sargent & Sunmin Kim In this paper, we offer guidelines on how historical sociologists should engage with archives. Rather than focusing on the epistemological value of archival …
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Laura García-Montoya and James Mahoney Historical and case study analysts have long focused attention on critical events—sometimes referred to as watersheds, turning points, or critical junctures—when explaining outcomes of interest. …
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Emily Erikson We have four outstanding papers here, two tackling archival issues and two tackling causal issues. Anna Skarpelis and Armando Lara-Millan, Brian Sargent, and Sunmin Kim are all advocating …
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