Spring Conference 2023 ~ Program

The CCS at 20: Empirical Explanation, Theoretical Innovation

FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2023
8:15 - 8:45 Continental Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00 Welcome: Jeffrey Alexander, CCS Director, Yale University
9:00 - 10:00

Session I - Cycles, Patterns, Glitches: On Stochastic Parrots, Grinning Cats, and Other Possible Totems of Cultural Sociology

Fuyuki Kurasawa, CCS Faculty Fellow, York University

Chair:  Jeffrey Alexander, CCS Director, Yale University
Respondent: Tracy Adams, CCS Research Affiliate

10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 - 12:00

Session II - CCS Reflections - The View From Here

Chair: Jeffrey Alexander, CCS Director, Yale University
Lynette Spillman, CCS Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame
Shai Dromi, CCS Faculty Fellow, Harvard University
Thomas DeGloma, CCS Faculty Fellow, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Ron Jacobs, CCS Faculty Fellow, State University of New York at Albany
Eric Malczewski, CCS Faculty Fellow, Center for Public Administration and Policy at the School of Public and International Affairs at Virginia Tech
Respondent: Philip Smith, CCS Director, Yale University

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:15

Session III - Ritual in Theory… and in Application

Chair: Kamile Grusauskaite, Institute for Media Studies, KU Leuven
Romulo Lelis, CCS Postdoctoral Fellow
Against Revelation: Hubert and Mauss’ Shaping of Durkheim’s Late Sociology of Religion
Willa Sachs, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
“People’s Courts” and Alternative Visions of Legality: The Role of Mock Trials in Social Movement Mobilization
Nathan Wiltshire, Fox International Fellow, MacMillan Center, Yale University
Cultivation of identification, solidarity, and empathy through interaction rituals
Respondent: Ron Jacobs, CCS Faculty Fellow, State University of New York at Albany

2:15 - 2:30 Coffee Break
2:30 - 3:25

Session IV  - Getting Love Right

Chair: Sena Sahin, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Jessie Dong, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
How does Mythic Love Endure in Modernity? Exploring Romantic Love’s Cultural Structure and Structure of Feeling
Zikun Liu, CCS Visiting Graduate Student, Tsinghua University
Fan Conflicts in Cyberspace: Unpacking the 227 Incident in Contemporary Chinese Fandom Culture
Respondent: Thomas DeGloma, CCS Faculty Fellow, Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York

3:25 - 3:45 Coffee Break
3:45 - 5:05

Session V - Protest, Politics and the Public Sphere

Chair: Jessie Dong, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Johan Gøtzsche-Astrup, CCS Postdoctoral Fellow
The Meaning of Protesting in the Public
Vanessa Bittner, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Antagonistic Audiences: Mocking, Slander & Vilification in the Making of Negative Icons
Shivani Choudhary, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Performance by the Yogic Prime Minister in a Hindu Nation: the case of India
Respondent: Eleanor Townsley, CCS Faculty Fellow, Mount Holyoke College

5:05 - 6:30 Reception
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 2023
8:30 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15

Session VI - The Cultural Sociology of Violence and its Legacies

Chair:  Jiwon Yun, Sociology Graduate Student, Yale University
Sena Sahin, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
From Heroism to Victimhood: Deep Story of Sèvres and ‘Enemies’ of the Turkish Nation
Pedro Moisés, CCS Visiting Graduate Student, University of São Paulo
Tales of Massacre: interpreting the ideology of a manifesto
Sara de Andrade Silva, CCS Visiting Graduate Student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Language Choice - A Cultural Sociological Phenomenon?
Respondent: Nicolás Rudas, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University

10:15 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:35

Session VII - CCS Reflections via Zoom

Chair: Tracy Adams, CCS Research Affiliate
Ron Eyerman, CCS Director Emeritus, Yale University
Isaac Reed, CCS Faculty Fellow, University of Virginia
Anna Lund, CCS Faculty Fellow, Stockholm University
Maria Luengo, CCS Faculty Fellow, Carlos III University of Madrid
Respondent: Marcus Morgan, CCS Faculty Fellow, University of Bristol, UK

11:35 - 12:45 Lunch
12:45 - 1:45

Session VIII - CCS Reflections - The View from Afar

Chair: Philip Smith, CCS Director, Yale University
Lisa McCormick, CCS Faculty Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Dick Houtman, CCS Visiting Faculty Fellow, University of Leuven
Fuyuki Kurasawa, CCS Faculty Fellow, York University
Respondent: Jeffrey Alexander, CCS Director, Yale University

1:45 - 2:00 Coffee Break
2:00 - 3:15

Session IX - The Cultural Sociology of Arts and Popular Culture

Chair: Vanessa Bittner, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Lisa McCormick, CCS Faculty Fellow, University of Edinburgh
Musical Instruments as Iconic Objects: The Case of Stradivarius Violins and Cellos
Marcel Knöchelmann, CCS Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University
Mediated Morality? Cultural Intermediation and the Civil Sphere
Muhammad Amasha, Sociology Graduate Student, Yale University
Lyrics as a Window to Local Cultures: Exploring Egyptian Mahraganat Music
Respondent: Adam Valen Levinson, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University

3:15 - 3:30 Coffee Break
3:30 - 4:40

Session X  - Science Under Fire

Chair: Shivani Choudhary, CCS Junior Fellow, Yale University
Dick Houtman, CCS Visiting Faculty Fellow, University of Leuven
The Specter of Scientism: What’s Wrong with Post-Truth Discourse?
Federico Brandmayr, CCS Visiting Fellow, Postdoctoral Associate, MacMillan Center, Yale University
A Philosopher Against the ‘Sanitary Dictatorship’: Giorgio Agamben and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Respondent: Shai Dromi, CCS Faculty Fellow, Harvard University

4:40 - 4:55 Closing Remarks: Philip Smith, CCS Director, Yale University
6:00 - 10:00 Banquet for conference participants - Zinc Restaurant