Fall 2026 Schedule

Culture and Social Analysis Workshop  |  Department of Sociology, Harvard University

12:00-1:30 pm in 450 WJH

We will host hybrid sessions of the workshop, asking those on campus to attend in person (in 450 William James Hall), but allowing those who are remote an opportunity to participate online (a Zoom link to register is below).

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Events for Spring 2026:

September 8: Gender and Work

  • Laura Adler, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior, Yale School of Management
  • Lakshmi Ramarajan, Diane Doerge Wilson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School

 

September 22: Communities and Status

  • Samantha Wyman, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, Harvard University
  • Silvan Baier, Ph.D. Student in Sociology and Organizational Behavior, Harvard University

 

October 28 (4pm-5:30pm in WJH 1550): Book Talk: What Happened to College? How Politics Broke Higher Education and What We Can Do to Fix It.

Co-sponsored by the Economic Sociology Seminar

  • Neil Gross, Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, Colby College

 

November 3: Health and Expertise

  • Claire Decoteau, Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois Chicago, and 2026-2027 Harvard Radcliffe Institute Fellow
  • Sydney Sauer, Ph.D. Student in Sociology, Harvard University

 

November 12 (3pm, CGIS South S354): Book Talk: Pious Politics: Cultural Foundations of the Islamist Movement in Turkey. 

Co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion

  • Zeynep Ozgen, Associate Professor of Sociology, New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD), and Global Network Associate Professor in the Sociology Department, New York University
  • Discussant: Riva Kastoryano, CNRS Emeritus research professor, CERI Sciences Po Paris

 

November 17: Identity Politics in Contested Times

  • Audrey Celestine, Associate Professor of History (Institute of French Studies and History), New York University (on Zoom)
  • Jennifer Garfield-Abrams, Assistant Professor in Sociology & Criminal Justice, Suffolk University

 

November 18 (4pm, CES Goldman Room, in-person only, no Zoom link): Book Talk: Sacred Betrayal. How the French Catholic Church Broke Its Pledge to Protect Jews During the Holocaust. 

Center for European Studies Seminar on Social Exclusion and Inclusion, co-sponsored by the Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion.

  • Aliza Luft, Associate Professor of Sociology, UCLA.

 

December 1st: Faculty Spotlight

  • Isabel Jijon, Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University
  • Shai Dromi, Associate Senior Lecturer on Sociology, Harvard University