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Civil Sphere Theory Working Group ~ First Meeting in Trento, Italy

October 13, 2021

On Monday, October 18th and Tuesday, October 19th the first Civil Sphere Working Group mini-conference will take place in Trento, Italy. Jeffrey Alexander (Yale University)...

News and links for the Moscow Culture Workshop Series

October 4, 2021

On September 28th Jeff Alexander presented the first paper at the Moscow Culture Workshop Series hosted by our affiliate center the Moscow Centre for Cultural Sociology. CCS...

Jeff Alexander To Give the Opening Lecture at the Moscow Culture Workshop series

September 27, 2021

Jeffrey Alexander will be giving the inaugural lecture, ”Nature as Iconic Object: Its Performative Creation,” at the Moscow Centre for Cultural Sociology’s 2021/2022 Moscow...

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Upcoming Events

CCS Workshop | October 29

Jan Vana ~ Masaryk University, Czechia ~ CCS Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow

The Sociological Truth of Fiction: Reading Literature as a General Social Theory

Yale University has reinstituted the requirement that all individuals, regardless of their vaccination status, wear masks in indoor campus spaces, so we will be required to wear masks during the workshop. Because of this requirement, no food or beverages will be provided. We are hopeful that these restrictions will be lifted soon.
CCS Workshop | November 5

Isaac Reed ~ University of Virginia ~ CCS Faculty Fellow

We have never been post-Weberian (but we should be): Kantorowicz as a response to Weber

Yale University has reinstituted the requirement that all individuals, regardless of their vaccination status, wear masks in indoor campus spaces, so we will be required to wear masks during the workshop. Because of this requirement, no food or beverages will be provided. We are hopeful that these restrictions will be lifted soon.