SPSS - Schedule

SUMMER PROGRAM IN SOCIAL SCIENCE
Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton
August 30 - September 11, 2015

Noon – 5:00 Registration, Fuld Hall Common Room
7:00 – 9:00 Welcome Dinner, Professor Fassin’s Home, 2 Newlin Road

Monday, August 31
Discussant: Didier Fassin

8:30 Breakfast in White/Levy Room
9:00 Reception

9:00 Introduction - Didier Fassin

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Taniele Rui, Crack and Pacification in Brazil

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Tamer ElGindi, Income Inequality in Egypt

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Gnoudanfoly Amadou Soro, Microfinance in Côte d’Ivoire

5:00 Take-home dinner provided

Tuesday, September 1
Discussant: João Biehl

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Maria Gabriela Merlinsky, Environmental Conflicts in Argentina

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Jabbar Rahmani,Water Crisis in Iran

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Libertad Chavez-Rodriguez, Floods and Vulnerability in Mexico

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Ibrahim B. Mouliom Moungbakou, Corruption and Health in Cameroon

4:45 – 5:00 Pause

5:00 – 6:00 Lecture: João Biehl, Princeton University

6:00 Take-home dinner provided

Wednesday, September 2
Discussant: Didier Fassin

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Fernando Muñoz León, Antidiscrimination Law

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Vinícius Rodrigues Vieira, Trade Negotiations in the WTO

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Susana Durão, African Police in Portugal

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Elieth Eyebiyi, Border Smuggling in Nigeria

4:45 – 5:00 Pause

5:00 – 6:00 Lecture: Didier Fassin, Institute for Advanced Study

6:00 Take-home dinner provided

Thursday, September 3
Discussant: Michael Walzer

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Dalson Figueiredo, Clientelistic Connection in Brazil

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Laura B. Montes de Oca Barrera, Political Inequality in Mexico

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Omar Al-Dewachi, When Wounds Travel

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Ala Alazzeh, Politics and Knowledge in Arabic Translation

4:45 – 5:00 Pause

5:00 – 6:00 Lecture: Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study

6:00 Take-home dinner provided

Friday, September 4
Discussant: Joan W. Scott

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Sarah E. Duff, Age of Consent in South Africa

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Tania Pérez-Bustos, Embroidery and Technology in Colombia

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Oluwole Coker, Cityscapes and Character in Nigerian Fiction

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Rania Jawad, Translation Logics in Fields of Disparity and Power

4:45 – 5:00 Pause

5:00 – 6:00 Lecture: Joan W. Scott, Institute for Advanced Study

6:30 Dinner at Americana Diner (bus departs from Fuld Hall)

WEEK 2

Monday, September 7
Coordination: Didier Fassin

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in White/Levy Room

9:00 – 10:30 Elaborating common questions (1)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Elaborating common questions (2)

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 Group workshop (1)

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break

3:15 – 4:45 Group workshop (2)

5:00 Take-home dinner provided

Tuesday, September 8
Coordination: Didier Fassin

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Elaborating common questions (3)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Elaborating common questions (4)

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Lecture: Adriana Petryna, University of Pennsylvania

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 5:00 Writing and Funding Research Projects: Thomas Asher, Social Science Research Council

5:00 Take-home dinner provided

Wednesday, September 9
Coordination: Didier Fassin

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Advancing collective work (1)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Advancing collective work (2)

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Lecture: Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 5:00 Introduction to IAS Library and Computer Resources: Marcia Tucker and Jonathan Peele, Institute for Advanced Study

5:00 Take-home dinner provided

Thursday, September 10
Coordination: Denis Cogneau and Nancy L. Green

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Advancing collective work (3)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Advancing collective work (4)

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

1:30 – 3:00 Lecture: Nancy L. Green, École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales

3:00 – 3:15 Tea Break in Fuld Hall

3:15 – 4:45 Lecture: Denis Cogneau, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement

6:30 Dinner at Palace of Asia Indian Restaurant (bus departs from Fuld Hall)

Friday, September 11
Coordination: Didier Fassin

8:30 – 9:00 Breakfast in Simons Hall

9:00 – 10:30 Final Discussion (1)

10:30 – 10:45 Coffee Break

10:45 – 12:15 Final Discussion (2)

12:15 – 1:30 Lunch in Simons Hall

Program Concludes