Sociology Department Calendar
2011-2012
The monthly calendars below display departmental information in combination with pertinent university information (registration deadlines and office holidays, for instance). Links to other calendars are provided at the bottom of this page.
Note that things like academic deadlines, holidays, and various fellowship deadlines are included on this calendar; to search for one of them, type F+Ctrl, type the term you're looking for (for instance "fellowship" or "holiday"Disrupting the Poverty Cycle: Emerging Practices to Achieve Economic Mobility), and hit enter.
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- September 2011
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- November 2011
- December 2011
- January 2012
- February 2012
- March 2012
- April 2012
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5 Labor Day—No classes Office closed |
6 Classes begin Department meeting 12-1:15 McGuinn 415 |
7 Faculty Convocation |
8 Sociology Inaugural Lunch, 12-1:30 |
9 URF applications due in Gasson 109. |
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13 Gustavo Morello job talk 12 noon 415 McGuinn Teaching Seminar Luncheon: The Apprenticeship in College Teaching CFLC O'Neill 2nd Floor, 12-1pm |
14 Last date for students to drop/add or to declare a course pass/fail online |
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21 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: Classroom Management CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor, 12-1pm |
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| 25 Department party at Julie’s house - 3 pm |
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27 Undergraduate Committee Meeting, 12:00 in McGuinn 415 |
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29 Departmental Seminar: Margaret Morganroth Gullette discusses “Ageism: the New Ageism in America” |
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3 Last date for undergraduates only to drop a course or to declare a course pass/fail in the Associate Deans' offices |
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6 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: Teaching Portfolios CFLC O'Neill 2nd Floor, 12-1pm |
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10 Columbus Day—No classes Office closed |
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13 Departmental Seminar: Jared Del Rosso discusses "Torture and the Liberal Ideology of Cruelty: Culture and Knowledge in American Political Discourse of Waterboarding" |
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18 Department meeting 12-1:15 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: Teaching Observations CFLC O'Neill 2nd Floor, 12-1pm |
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20 Amy Finnegan dissertation defense 12:15 pm - 2:30 pm 5th floor lounge |
21 Practicing Plenitude Symposium 9-5 in McGuinn 5th floor lounge |
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25 Departmental Seminar: Lisa Dodson et al. discuss "Disrupting the Poverty Cycle: Emerging Practices to Achieve Economic Mobility" |
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2 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: Grading Fairly CFLC O'Neill 2nd Floor, 12-1pm |
3 Kimberly Hoang job talk McGuinn 415, 12-1:30pm |
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8 Departmental Seminar: Gretchen Sisson discusses "Finding a Way to Offer Something More: Reframing Teen Pregnancy Prevention" |
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10 Department meeting 12-1:15 McGuinn 415 |
11 Undergraduate registration period for spring 2012 begins |
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17 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: Designing/Redesigning Your Syllabus CFLC O'Neill 2nd Floor, 12-1pm |
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22 Departmental Seminar: Speaker TBA |
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| 1 Kristen Hopewell job talk, 12-1:30pm Last date for master's and doctoral candidates to submit signed and approved copies of theses and dissertations for December 2011 graduation |
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12 Study days—No classes for undergraduate day students only |
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14 Term Examinations—Posted grades available online Sociology Department Holiday Dessert Potluck 3pm, 410 McGuinn |
15 Department meeting cancelled Term Examinations—Posted grades available online |
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16 Martin Luther King Day—No classes Office closed |
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20 Jared Del Rosso defends dissertation The Reality of Torture: Congress and the Construction of a Political Fact McGuinn 415 2:15 |
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24 Departmental Seminar: Anthony Farley, "Prison Abolition" |
25 Last date for undergraduate students to drop/add or to declare a course pass/fail online |
26 Grad Studies meeting 12-1:15 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: "Welcome Back!" in CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor, 12-1 |
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| 1 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: "Using Technology In Your Teaching" in CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor, 12-1 |
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6 Children and Conflict in a Changing World, 7pm Gasson 100 |
7 Departmental Seminar: Sharlene Hesse-Biber, "Waiting for Cancer to Come: Genetic Testing and Women's Medical Decision Making" |
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14 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: "Getting the Most Out of Your Teaching Evaluations" in CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor, 12-1 |
15 Last date for undergraduates only to drop a course or to declare a course pass/fail in the Associate Deans' offices "Are You Good At It?" -- a session with a representative from the BC Career Center. 5pm, McGuinn 521 Registration required (contact Prof. Malec) |
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| 19 Deadline for BCTalks Lecture Series applications. Apply here. |
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21 Departmental Seminar: Danielle Egan |
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27 Dissertation Fellowship applications due |
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13 Departmental Seminar: Sara Damaske |
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16 Deadline for applying to the CHRIJ Summer 2012 Internship. Send resume & 1 page statement of interest to humanrights@bc.edu |
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20 Departmental Studies meeting 12-1:30, McGuinn 415 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: "Working with Students with Learning Disabilities and ADHD" in CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor, 12-1 |
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22 Career Day for sociology undergrads 5:30-6:30 McElroy 237 |
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27 Departmental Seminar: Josée Johnston |
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29 Deadline for submitting 2012 CHRIJ Summer Research Grant Applications. Department meeting |
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10 Departmental Seminar: Rebecca Tiger, “On the Sociology of Addictions” |
11 Undergraduate registration period for fall 2012 begins |
12 Teaching Seminar Luncheon: "Teaching and Learning Styles" in CFLC O'Neill 2nd floor 12-1 Department meeting |
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16 Patriot's Day—No classes Office closed |
17 Undergraduate Studies meeting 12-1:30, McGuinn 415 Last date for official withdrawal from a course or from the university |
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24 Departmental Seminar: Rachel Sherman |
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