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Studying in Boston means that the entire Boston and New England area becomes a resource and a research site. Consortium arrangements with Tufts University, Boston College, and Brandeis University (the Inter-University Consortium) enable graduate students to share library facilities and to take courses for credit in these schools. The Graduate Consortium in Women’s Studies (http://web.mit.edu/gcws/index.html) at MIT links BU with eight other area schools to advance work in Women’s and Gender studies.
Within the University, students often work with research centers and institutes such as the Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs, African Studies Center, Institute for Economic Development, American and New England Studies Program, Center for Law and Health Sciences, School of Public Health, School of Social Work, Elie Wiesel Center for Judaic Studies (http://www.bu.edu/judaicstudies/), Center for International Relations, and the Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer Range Future (http://www.bu.edu/pardee/).Empire, Colonialism, and Postcolonialism Network
Since its founding in the late nineteenth century, the discipline of sociology has been linked to empire in complex ways. But the sociological study of empire and its correlates (imperialism and colonialism) has only just begun. While world-systems and dependency theory has long examined empire, a range of new sociological scholarship has begun to reconsider empire, imperialism, colonialism, and their legacies. Sociological theorists have revealed classical sociology’s imperial unconscious; sociologists inspired by postcolonial theory have begun to consider how the study of colonialism might redirect sociology’s core assumptions; and as Adams, Clemens and Orloff have noted (in Remaking Modernity) the study of empire has merged with studies of race, gender, class, and power to form historical sociology’s “third wave.”
These pages are devoted to bringing together this new sociological scholarship. The goal is to offer a virtual network of sociologists and students who incorporate empire, colonialism, and/or postcolonial theory into their research. You can find information on these scholars and their work, links to their pages and publications, and related reading lists, syllabi, and links. Notices of new publications, scholarly meetings or events, calls for papers, and other relevant information will be updated.
Social Science and Religion Nework (SSRN)
he Social Science and Religion Network at Boston University connects the wide array of students and faculty engaged in the task of understanding the beliefs and practices, organizations and movements that constitute the complex and diverse social and cultural reality of 21st century religion.
In today's world, one can scarcely argue that understanding religion's role in society is irrelevant. Understanding the cultural reality, social context, and political consequences of religion requires the work of scholars across the social sciences - sociology and history, anthropology, American studies, political science, international relations, public health, and religious studies. It also requires research across societies and traditions, looking for the common social forces and the divergent historical paths that animate religious communities around the world. Boston University is home to faculty, students, and research centers that facilitate just such cross-disciplinary and cross-tradition scholarly work. The Social Science and Religion Network brings these diverse interests into productive conversation to enhance the work of the whole.
Linking faculty and students from the departments of Sociology, Anthropology, Religion (Division of Religious and Theological Studies), International Relations, History, Women's Studies, and beyond, the Network enhances existing discipline-based degree programs by facilitating interdisciplinary cooperation for doctoral study. Students in the Network are fulfilling the regular Ph.D. requirements in their home departments, while the Network provides additional intellectual support for their work. Network-related graduate courses are identified each semester and advertised to students. In addition, students are encouraged to draw on faculty from across the Network for area examinations and dissertation committees.
Faculty and students in the Network also convene as a "Working Group" for monthly discussions of research in progress and are informed about events of interest throughout the University and the greater Boston scholarly community. The Social Science and Religion Network at Boston University provides a rich context in which to explore the social presence and significance of religious ideas, institutions, and practices in today's world.
For more information, contact Prof. Nancy Ammerman (nta@bu.edu).
LINKS
Social Science and Religion Network
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GRS)
BU International Students and Scholars Office (ISSO)
American Sociological Association
PUBLICATIONS
Sociology Graduate Student Handbook (2009)
Department of Sociology Catalogue
FORMS
