Working towards Meaning Together: Jeffrey Alexander’s Legacy for Sociology
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In October 2024 The Yale Center for Cultural Sociology hosted the conference, “Working towards Meaning Together: Jeffrey Alexander’s Legacy for Sociology,” marking the retirement of CCS Founding Director Jeffrey Alexander.
The event was organized around a festschrift-in-the making, edited by Celso Villegas (Kenyon College) and Galen Watts (Waterloo University). Contributors to this book, along with other invited scholars, have all worked closely with Jeff, have made independent use of his ideas, or have been his most engaged critics. We welcomed a selected pool of invited scholars from around the world, friends, colleagues and students of Jeff spanning the length of his career.
As we celebrated Jeff’s legacy, we reflected on his influence and shared our gratitude for the many ways he generously supported and inspired us, both intellectually and personally.
This event was generously funded by the Center for Cultural Sociology and The Whitney and Betty MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies at Yale.