Konferanse: Frihet og sosiologi
torsdag 3. april 2014 kl. 09:00 på Universitetet i Oslo, Eilert Sundts hus (SV), Auditorium 7
FREEDOM AND SOCIOLOGY
Conference April 3rd, 2014
Social scientists frequently address questions that are important for our understanding of freedom. However, the link between central sociological debates and freedom is rarely made explicit. This conference focuses on three central themes in sociological research: class/stratification, gender and ethnicity, and encourages an international debate on how these issues relate to freedom in our current societies.
PROGRAM
Lars Svendsen (UiB): On Freedom
Donald Treiman (UCLA): Social Inequality, Social Mobility, and Freedom
Maria Charles (UCSB): Sex Segregation as Freedom of Expression? Occupational Aspirations in Cultures of Affluence
Richard Alba (CUNY): Ethno-Racial Division and the Transition to Diversity in Western Societies
Comments and debate: Tak Wing Chan (University of Oxford), Grete Brochmann, Gunn Elisabeth Birkelund, Anne-Lise Ellingsæter, Helene Aarseth, Gunnar Aakvaag (University of Oslo) and Anders Vassenden (IRIS).
Chairs: Kjetil A. van Der Wel (HiOA), Beret Bråten (Fafo), Arnfinn H. Midtbøen (Institute for Social Research)
Place: Aud. 7, Eilert Sundts hus, University of Oslo
Time: 9:00-17:00. Registration from 8:30.
Full program and registration at www.sosiologforeningen.no
SPONSORS: CORE – Center for Research on Equality, Fritt Ord, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, UiO, DISCRIM