Boston University Sociology Department

What will it be like to be part of the aging population in 2050? What impact will this have on our society?

Arts & Sciences Distinguished Professor of Sociology Deborah Carr will answer these questions during the 2025 Gitner Family Lecture, "The Golden Years? Growing Old in the 21st Century," on September 26, from 3 to 4:30 pm, in CDS 1750.

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https://www.bu.edu/sociology/2024/11/21/announcement-temporary-pause-to-our-graduate-admissions-2025-2026/

Announcement: Temporary pause to our graduate admissions (2025-2026) | Sociology Announcement: Temporary pause to our graduate admissions (2025-2026) By: Matthew Dineen November 21, 2024 For 2025-2026, the Sociology department is undergoing a temporary pause in our graduate admissions. We fully expect to resume our regular admissions cycle in 2026-2027. As the statement on BU Gr...

The 119th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) starts this week! This year’s ASA will be in Montreal from August 9th to the 13th. It provides the opportunity for professionals involved in the scientific study of society to share knowledge and new directions in research and practice.

BU Sociology faculty and graduate students will be represented throughout the 600 programmatic sessions that provide a scholarly outlet for more than 3,000 research papers, over 4,500 presenters, and 5,000 attendees. Here’s where you can find us:

https://www.bu.edu/sociology/2024/08/07/bu-sociology-at-asa-2024/

We invited Boston University College of Arts & Sciences 2014 alumnus and Boston University School of Law lecturer Sean Ahern to give our department’s commencement address last Sunday. You can read his full speech to our 2024 Sociology graduates on our website: https://www.bu.edu/sociology/2024/05/23/sean-ahern-cas-14-returns-to-give-bu-sociologys-2024-commencement-address/

It’s been another busy semester for BU Sociology! Here are some of the highlights of recent good news from our amazing faculty, graduate and undergraduate students, and recent alums: tinyurl.com/BUsociologySpring2024News

Congrats to Meghann Lucy on receiving an Honorable Mention for the 2024 Best Graduate Student Paper competition of the American Sociological Society's Mental Health section - https://www.bu.edu/ciss/community/honors-and-awards/ Boston University Sociology Department

Ana Villarreal (Boston University College of Arts & Sciences Boston University Sociology Department ) was celebrated on 3/1 at the Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute for her new book release! https://cisneros.columbian.gwu.edu/cisneros-institute-celebrates-dr-villareals-groundbreaking-research

Sociology major Sofia Marin (CGS’22, CAS’24) represented our department in BU Today talking with a Psychology student about how their majors differ from each other. https://www.bu.edu/sociology/2024/03/26/bu-today-feature-whats-the-difference-between-the-majors/

Psychology vs. Sociology: What’s the Difference Between the Majors? - https://www.bu.edu/ciss/2024/03/25/psychology-vs-sociology-whats-the-difference-between-the-majors/ Boston University Sociology Department Boston University College of Arts & Sciences College of General Studies, Boston University

Today at 5:30!!!

https://tinyurl.com/2024MorrisLecture

This Thursday, March 28th, we are hosting our annual Albert Morris Lecture with Dr. Karida L. Brown, Professor of Sociology at Emory University, on Battle for the Black Mind. It will be held from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Leventhal Center Auditorium, 233 Bay State Road. More info here: https://tinyurl.com/2024MorrisLecture

This Thursday, March 28th, we are hosting our annual Albert Morris Lecture with Dr. Karida L. Brown, Professor of Sociology at Emory University, on Battle for the Black Mind. It will be held from 5:30-7:00 pm at the Leventhal Center Auditorium, 233 Bay State Road. More info here: https://tinyurl.com/2024MorrisLecture

Join us for an afternoon with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore talking about her new book Touching the Art.

"A mixture of memoir, biography, criticism, and social history, Touching the Art is q***r icon and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s interrogation of the possibilities of artistic striving, the limits of the middle-class mindset, the legacy of familial abandonment, and what art can and cannot do” (Soft Skull Press).

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore is the author of The Freezer Door, a New York Times Editors’ Choice, one of Oprah Magazine’s Best LGBTQ Books of 2020, and a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. She’s the author of three novels and three nonfiction titles, and the editor of six nonfiction anthologies, most recently Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Q***r Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis.

There will be an opportunity to both purchase the book and have it signed by her immediately after the discussion.

*Masks are required at this event. They will also be available at the door.*

Sponsored by the BU Arts Initiative; College of Arts & Sciences Dean's Office; College of Fine Arts Dean's Office; Department of Sociology; LGBTQIA+ Center for Faculty & Staff; School of Visual Arts; and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program

Location:
Howard Thurman Center, Room 104, 808 Commonwealth Ave.

Link:
https://forms.gle/XkGr2x3ietDwiz3v7

CISS Mourns the Loss of Sociology Professor John Stone - https://www.bu.edu/ciss/2023/10/20/ciss-mourns-the-loss-of-sociology-professor-john-stone/ Boston University Sociology Department Boston University College of Arts & Sciences