The ambition of the Dean’s Symposia on Social Science Innovations is to increase the level of deeply intellectual colloquy, exchange, and connection across the diverse units that constitute the division of social science; to reinforce our sense of common purpose in serving the academic mission of Harvard University; and to showcase our engagement with critical issues and problems facing society. We anticipate hosting one symposium per semester and posting the videos on this site shortly thereafter.
Inequality in America Initiative Annual Symposium 2023
hosted by
Lawrence Bobo, Dean of Social Science
featuring
Peter Francis Harvey, sociologist, IAI Postdoctoral Fellow
“Everyone Thinks They’re Special”: How Schools Teach Children Their Social Station
Jessica Katzenstein, anthropologist, IAI Postdoctoral Fellow
Laundering Militarization: Professionalism and the Apolitics of Police Common Sense
with discussants
Jennifer Hochschild
H.L. Jayne Professor of Government; Professor of African and African American Studies
Sandra Susan Smith
Director of the Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy; Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Professor of Criminal Justice, HKS; Professor of Sociology, FAS; Carol K. Pforzheimer Professor, Radcliffe