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Every year, our department strives to continue its legacy of excellence in the field of Sociology through outstanding scholarly research, teaching, and public engagement. Our faculty are internationally and nationally prominent; we have a history of leadership in professional organizations. Our faculty and graduate students are engaged in exciting, socially meaningful research; many of them have been featured in the media this year.
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- Congratulations to our 2024 Award Winners!Please join us in congratulating Drs. Ingrid Semaan and Ryan Talbert, winners of 2024 awards in recognition of excellence in mentorship and teaching.Posted on April 8, 2024
- Sociology Graduate Course Schedule: Fall 2024Please see this news post for a list of all Sociology Graduate courses being offered this semester.Posted on March 8, 2024
- Mangala Subramaniam, ’01 (Ph.D.): VCU Senior Vice Provost for Faculty AffairsMangala Subramaniam, '01 (Ph.D. ), has been named Senior Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs in the Virginia Commonwealth University Office of the Provost.Posted on February 9, 2024
Upcoming Events
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Apr
22
Dr. Borut Rončević: Social Sciences in Post-Socialist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe 11:00am
Dr. Borut Rončević: Social Sciences in Post-Socialist Transformations in Central and Eastern Europe
Monday, April 22nd, 2024
11:00 AM
Manchester Hall
While social sciences show continued interest in their impact on the real world, there is virtually no research on their impact on one of the major recent transformations, namely the post-socialist one in Central and Eastern Europe. Aiming to fill this void, we set the conceptual and analytical framework for research on the topic. We suggest Cultural Political Economy (CPE) as the starting point, with a view to focus on how social sciences (re)crate social, political and economic imaginaries and thus formulate a particular conception of society. CPE provides us with the tools to explore evolutionary mechanisms and selectivities that produce hegemonic discourses. We then present results of preliminary empirical exploration, which revealed two key dimensions shaping the impact of social sciences – status of profession and transformative power – and on this basis develop four ideal types of social sciences’ role in societal transformations: activators, voyeurs, fellow travellers and marginals. We conclude with four temporal phases with respect to the challenges faced and topics covered – the nascent phase, the reflective phase, the reorientation phase, and new crises and challenges – and two modes of social sciences that are changing over time: social sciences as crisis sciences and social sciences as reflexive sciences.
Dr. Rončević is currently Dean and professor of sociology at the School of Advanced Social Studies in Nova Gorica (Slovenia). He is also professor at the Faculty of Information Studies in Novo mesto (Slovenia). He holds Jean Monnet Chair and is heading Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence “Strategic Observatory for Europe 2030” and is the Fellow of Regional Studies Association.
His main research interest is at the intersection of sociology of development and economic sociology, with a particular focus on innovations and technologies in regional development, sustainable development and the European Union Studies. Throughout his career he has been very active in academic institution building and committed to raising young scholars. He was a visitng scholar at academic institutions in the USA, United Kingdom, Germany, Ireland, Russia, Denmark, Norway, Lebanon, and Croatia.
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Apr
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Earth Café 2024 3:30pm
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May
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Sociology Award Ceremony 2:00pm
Sociology Award Ceremony
Wednesday, May 1st, 2024
02:00 PM - 04:00 PM
Manchester Hall
The department leadership will highlight work performed by undergraduate and graduate students and winners of this year’s awards will be named.
Light refreshments will be served.
Please notify us of any dietary restrictions or needed accommodations when you submit your RSVP.