Social Sciences Forum

Social Sciences Forum Antero Pietila, Journalist and Author  Thursday, October 13, 7 p.m.  University Center Ballroom  In Antero Pietila’s book Not in My Neighborhood, Baltimore is the setting for one of the most penetrating examinations of bigotry and residential segregation ever published in the United States. Pietila will discuss Baltimore’s history, from its early suburbanization in the …

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Social Sciences Forum Karl Alexander, research professor of sociology, Johns Hopkins University Wednesday, March 23, 4 p.m. Albin O. Kuhn Library Gallery  The Long Shadow: Family Background, Disadvantaged Urban Youth and the Transition to Adulthood tells the story of the Baltimore-based Beginning School Study Youth Panel (BSSYP), a probability sample of typical urban children who …

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Social Sciences Forum Rhonda Y. Williams, associate professor and founding director of the Social Justice Institute at Case Western Reserve University “‘Everybody Is So Hysterical and Panic Stricken…’: Grasping Black Power in the 20th Century” Thursday, April 28 Reception at 5 p.m. — Department of History, 5th floor, North Tower, Fine Arts Building Lecture at 6 p.m.
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