CCS Spring Conference 2017 ~ Frontiers of Cultural Sociology

PROGRAM

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2017
8:45 - 9:15 Continental Breakfast
9:15 - 9:30 Opening Remarks: CCS Director Jeffrey Alexander
9:30 - 10:15 Session I ~ POLITICS
 

Chair: Anna Lund, Linnaeus University, Sweden. CCS Visiting Faculty Fellow

Henrik Enroth, Linnaeus University, Sweden
Taking Meaning (Really) Seriously: Toward a Strong Program for Political Science

Respondent: Ian Sheinheit, State University of New York at Albany. CCS Predoctoral Fellow

10:15 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 11:50 Session II ~ OUTSIDERS
 

Chair: Anna Durnová, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna. CCS Visiting Fellow

Anna Lund, Linnaeus University, Sweden. CCS Visiting Faculty Fellow
Time, memory and class

Pavel Pospěch, Masaryk University, Czech Republic. CCS Visiting Fellow
Who are the “unadaptable citizens”?

Isabel Jijón, Yale University. CCS Junior Fellow
Failed globalization? Or why Bolivia legalized certain forms of child labor

Respondent: Elisabeth Becker, Yale University. CCS Junior Fellow.

11:50 - 1:00  Lunch
1:00 - 2:05 Session III ~ EMOTION
 

Chair: Andrew Cohen, Yale University. CCS Junior Fellow

Anna Durnová, Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna. CCS Visiting Fellow
Cultures of Truth: Emotions in a Post-factual World

Stephen Ostertag, Tulane University
Where’s The Effort? Emotions and The Problem of Meaning-Centrism in Cultural Theories of Action

Respondent: Abby Stivers, State University of New York at Albany. CCS Predoctoral Fellow

2:05 - 2:30 Coffee Break
2:30 - 3:40 Session IV ~ CONSUMPTION
 

Chair: Dmitry Kurakin, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. CCS Faculty Fellow

Andrew Cohen, Yale University CCS Junior Fellow
From Printer’s Ink to Consumer Insights: A Brief Cultural History of Advertising

Dominik Želinský, University of Edinburgh
The Music of Spiritual Poverty: Against Jazz in Stalinist Czechoslovakia

Dicky Yangzom, Yale University. CCS Junior Fellow
Worn and wearing out: Theoritical explorations in material agency and fashion

Respondent: Melissa Aronczyk, Rutgers University. CCS Visiting Faculty Fellow

3:40 - 4:00 Coffee Break
4:00 - 5:00 Session V ~ NARRATIVE
 

Chair: Carolyn Ly-Donovan, Augustana University. CCS Faculty Fellow

Dmitry Kurakin, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia. CCS Faculty Fellow
Narrative structure of educational choice

Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia, Canada. Yale International Fox Fellow.
Teaching empathy, teaching politics: Bringing political events into the moral sphere of genocide education in Canada

Respondent: Dana Hayward, Yale University. CCS Junior Fellow

5:00 - 6:30 Reception ~ 210 Prospect Street, 1st Floor Lounge
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2017
1:00 - 1:15 Coffee/Cookie
1:15 - 2:15 Session VI ~ MEDICINE
 

Chair: Eric Malczewski, Harvard University. Faculty Fellow

Carolyn Ly-Donovan, Augustana University. CCS Faculty Fellow
Evan Meyer, Daniel Schmidtman & Reed Ritterbusch, Augustana University

Making Medicine Meaningful: Cultural Work By the South Dakota State Medical Association from 1882-1927

Lars Johannessen, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway. CCS Visiting Graduate Student.
The semiotics of suffering: Untangling triage nurses’ pain assessments

Respondent: Florian Stoll, Bayreuth University, Germany. CCS Postdoctoral Fellow

2:15 - 2:30 Coffee Break
2:30 - 3:35 Session VII ~ NATURE
 

Chair: Lily Ivanova, University of British Columbia, Canada. CCS Visiting Graduate Student

Eric Malczewski, Harvard University. CCS Faculty Fellow
The Autonomy of Orders: Three Animating Presuppositions

Shai Dromi, Harvard University. CCS Faculty Fellow & Liron Shani, Brandeis University.
Patriotic environmentalism: The national meanings of environmental responsibility in struggles over new Israeli communities

Respondent: Celso Villegas, Kenyon College. CCS Visiting Fellow

3:35 - 3:50 Closing Remarks: CCS Director Philip Smith
6:30 - 8:30 Banquet - Geronimo Restaurant