Sociology Department Calendar
2012-2013
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"), and hit enter.
- June 2012
- July 2012
- August 2012
- September 2012
- October 2012
- November 2012
- December 2012
- January 2013
- February 2013
- March 2013
- April 2013
- May 2013
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3 Labor Day—No classes Office closed |
4 Classes begin Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 Meeting for new grad students in 413 McGuinn at 5 pm |
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6 Departmental Welcome Luncheon 12-2, McGuinn 521 |
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12 Last date for graduate students to drop/add online Last date for undergraduate students to drop/add or to declare a course pass/fail online Last date for all students who plan to graduate in December 2012 to verify their diploma names online |
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15 Mass at Fenway Park for the Sesquicentennial Year celebration. (This will substitute for the Mass of the Holy Spirit originally scheduled for September 13.) |
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18 Departmental Seminar Juliet Schor, Emilie Dubois, Luka Carfagna: Mapping the New Economy |
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25 Undergraduate Studies meeting 12N in 415 McGuinn GSAS training session for PhD application process 5th floor lounge |
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| 1 Last date for undergraduates only to drop a course or to declare a course pass/fail in the Associate Deans' offices |
2 Departmental Seminar Daniel Levine: Religion, Violence, and Rights in Latin America |
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4 Department meeting 12 noon 12 noon in McGuinn 415 |
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8 Columbus Day—No classes Office closed |
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18 Faculty meeting on advising 415 McGuinn |
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29 Postponed due to weather: Distinguished Visiting Scholar public lecture Avery Gordon: The remains of a prison |
30 Postponed due to weather: DVSS seminar Avery Gordon |
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8 Graduate/CASU registration period for spring 2013 begins |
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12 Undergraduate peer advising 6-8 pm in 413 McGuinn |
13 Departmental Seminar Kelly Joyce Undergraduate peer advising 7-9 pm in 415 McGuinn |
14 Undergraduate peer advising 7-9 pm in 415 McGuinn |
15 Undergraduate peer advising 7-9 pm in 415 McGuinn |
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21 Thanksgiving Holidays - no classes |
22 Thanksgiving Holidays - no classes Office closed |
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26 Last date for official withdrawal from a course or from the University |
27 Departmental Seminar Ashley Mears: High-End Ethnic: The Circulation and Reproduction of Cultural Schemas in Fashion |
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29 Undergraduate Studies Meeting 12N in McGuinn 415 |
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3 Last date for master's and doctoral candidates to submit signed and approved copies of theses and dissertations for December 2012 graduation |
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6 Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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11 Study days—No classes for undergraduate day students only |
12 Study days—No classes for undergraduate day students only |
13 Term Examinations—Posted grades (non-Law) available online |
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17 Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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21 Martin Luther King Day—No classes Office closed |
22 Departmental Seminar Kimberley Hoang: Technologies of Embodiment 12-1:30 McGuinn 334 |
23 Last date for graduate students to drop/add online Last date for undergraduate students to drop/add or to declare a course pass/fail online Last date for all students who plan to graduate in May 2013 to verify their diploma names online |
24 Undergrad Studies Committee 12N in 415 McGuinn |
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30 GSAS and University Libraries Panel: Publishing Strategies for Graduate Students 4:30-6:30 Gasson 100 |
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5 Departmental Seminar: Lisa Stevens 12-1:30 McGuinn 334 |
6 Graduate Research Sharing Symposium 10:30-1:30 McGuinn 334 |
7 Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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12 Undergrad Studies Committee 12N in 415 McGuinn |
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15 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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19 Departmental Seminar: Max Boykoff 12-1:30 McGuinn 334 |
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26 Selection of dissertation fellowship and teaching award nominees 12-1:20 McGuinn 413 |
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11 Michael Messner presents: Four Decades after Title IX: Sport, Kids, Gender and Families 7pm Location TBA |
12 Departmental Seminar: Michael Messner 12-1:30 McGuinn 521 |
13 DVSS Lecture Avery Gordon: The remains of a prison: fugitive knowledge on the wings of red arrows |
14 DVSS Seminar Avery Gordon: work: a view from the utopian margins 12 noon |
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19 Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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26 Departmental Seminar: Thomas Medvetz 12-1:30 McGuinn 521 |
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28 Easter Weekend—No classes |
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| 1 Last day to submit papers for the John D. Donovan Award and the Lynda Lytle Holmstrom Award No classes except for those beginning at 4:00 p.m. and later |
2 Last date for master's and doctoral candidates to submit signed and approved copies of theses and dissertations for May 2013 graduation Department meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
3 Sociology "Career Day" 5pm McGuinn 334 |
4 Selection of Alper award winner 12-1:30 McGuinn 413 External Review for Department Self Study |
5 External Review for Department Self Study |
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9 Departmental Seminar: Smitha Radhakrishnan 12-1:30 10 Stone Ave. |
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11 Undergraduate registration period for fall 2013 begins |
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15 Patriot's Day—No classes Office closed |
16 Undergrad Studies Committee 12N in 415 McGuinn Last date for official withdrawal from a course or from the University Selection of Summer Research Fellowship recipients 12-1:20 McGuinn 413 |
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23 Departmental Seminar: Patricia Clough 12-1:30 McGuinn 521 |
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30 Review of first and second year grad 12-1:20 McGuinn 413 |
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| 1 Last date for all students who plan to graduate in August 2013 to verify their diploma names online |
2 Last day of classes for undergraduates |
3 Honors Thesis Celebration 9:30-12 McElroy Commons 237 Conference Room Publishing Workship with Joya Misra 12-2 10 Stone Ave Study days—No classes for undergraduate day students only |
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6 Study days—No classes for undergraduate day students only Faculty only meeting 12-5 McGuinn 5th floor lounge |
7 Department (Graduate Student) Teaching Workshop 10-3:30 McGuinn 413 Term Examinations—Posted grades (non-Law) available online |
8 Term Examinations—Posted grades (non-Law) available online |
9 Term Examinations—Posted grades (non-Law) available online |
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