Social Science

Jonathan Benthall of the Times Literary Supplement reviews Punir: Une Passion Contemporaine (Seuil, 2017), by Didier Fassin, James D. Wolfensohn Professor in the School of Social Science. The work, he writes, "testifies admirably to the power of...

Anver Emon, Member (2014–15) in the School of Social Science, has been named to the Royal Society of Canada's College of New Scholars, Artists, and Scientists.

Kristen Ghodsee, former Member in the School of Social Science and President of the Association of Members of the Institute for Advanced Study, writes in the New York Times about how women under communism enjoyed more sexual pleasure because they...

‘The human rights lawyers play the most important role in civil society,’’ says Teng Biao, a former Visitor (2016–17) in the School of Social Science and a rights lawyer who left China in 2014. ‘‘Whenever there is a blogger or a church leader or a...

My cousin became a convicted felon in his teens. I tried to make sure he got a second chance. What went wrong?

Consider the visible surface of Los Angeles. Underpasses, bridges, alleyways, delivery trucks, service entrances, corner stores, mailboxes...

Caroline Walker Bynum, Professor Emerita in the School of Historical Studies, has been elected to the British Academy as a Corresponding Fellow. Other elected Members include Gary Gerstle, Member (1990–91) in the School of Social Science; Kenneth...

Current enthusiasm towards Israel is largely driven by the defence sector, business groups, and policy think-tanks. One of the dominant arguments is that India can benefit a lot in areas such as defense, agriculture, trade, technology-driven...

In his fall books preview, constituted by works he classifies as studies of “surveillance society and its discontents,” Scott McLemme of Inside Higher Ed includes Writing the World of Policing: The Difference Ethnography Makes (University of Chicago...

Some forms of obfuscation generate genuine but misleading signals—much as you would protect the contents of one vehicle by sending it out accompanied by several other identical vehicles, or defend a particular plane by filling the sky with other...

Ann McGrath, Member (2013–14) in the School of Social Science, has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). McGrath was recognized for significant service to the social sciences as an academic and researcher in the field of Indigenous...