2006-2007
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.
- June 2006
- July 2006
- August 2006
- September 2006
- October 2006
- November 2006
- December 2006
- January 2007
- February 2007
- March 2007
- April 2007
- May 2007
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| 2 | 3 4th of July Holiday Office Closed |
4 4th of July Holiday Office Closed |
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| 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 Last day for all students who plan to graduate in August 2006 to confirm online. |
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| 1 Meeting with new grad students at 1:15 in the 5th floor lounge of McGuinn. |
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| 3 | 4 Labor Day, No Classes Office Closed |
5 Classes begin |
6 URF applications due to Chair |
7 Department Welcome Luncheon Noon, McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge |
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| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 1) 5 pm Frances Fox Piven will present Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America. 2) 4 pm GSAS New Student Welcome reception. 3) Last day to drop/add online 4) URF applications due to Dean |
14 Piven seminar (closed) |
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| 17 | 18 | 19 Department Meeting |
20 David Karp discusses Is It Me Or My Meds? at 7:30 pm in Devlin 101 as part of the Writers Among Us series. |
21 | 22 1) Department Seminar: David Karp will present "Is it Me or My Meds: Living With Anti-Depressants" Noon, McGuinn 5th Floor Lounge 2) Faculty deadline to submit TAME (Teaching, Advising and Mentoring Expense Grant) applications to Chair |
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| 24 Beginning of Year Welcome Party 3-6 pm |
25 | 26 Department Seminar: Sarah Babb presents “The Banks and the Beltway: Three Decades of Washington Politics and Multilateral Development Institutions” Noon, McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge |
27 | 28 | 29 1) Sabbatical applications due to Chair 2) REG (Research Expense Grant) applications due to Chair 3) Parents' Weekend |
30 Parents' Weekend |
October 2006 |
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| 1 Parents' Weekend |
2 Last day to drop course (undergrads only) in Associate Deans' offices |
3 Wine and cheese to welcome part time and visiting faculty 4 pm 3rd floor lounge |
4 | 5 | 6 Technology outages this weekend |
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| 8 | 9 Columbus Day, No Classes Office Closed |
10 Department Seminar: John Williamson presents “Recent Social Security Reforms in China” Noon, McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge |
11 | 12 Football game tonight. Admin offices close at 3 p.m. Parking/driving will be difficult. No faculty will be permitted on campus after 3 pm without a special football parking permit. |
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| 15 | 16 | 17 12-1:00 Higgens 345. Discussion of grad student/advisor relationship; faculty, staff, post-docs, grad students, and undergrads involved in research are welcome. |
18 | 19 1) Deadline to RSVP (to rcrprog@bc.edu for grad student workshop on oral presentations 10/25 2) Professors and Pastries at Gasson 100 3:30-5: Living Ethically and Contributing Socially |
20 Technology outages this weekend |
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| 22 | 23 | 24 Department Seminar: Jackie Orr presents “Daddy Does Cybernetics: Diary of a Mental Patient” Noon, McGuinn third floor lounge |
25 1) Professors and Pastries at 3:30-5:00 at Gasson 100: Studying, Working, and Living Abroad 2) Workshop for grad students on oral presentations, 6-8:30 pm at Murray Room at Yawkey Center. (RSVP required.) |
26 Undergrad Studies meets from 12-1:15 in McGuinn 415 |
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| 1 | 2 Grad Studies Meeting 12-1:15 in McGuinn 415 |
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| 5 | 6 | 7 Lecture Committee Meeting 12-1:15 |
8 | 9 1) Faculty and Staff Health Fair 10-3 Yawkey Center 4th floor 2) Graduate registration begins |
10 1) Faculty applications for RIG (Research Incentive Grant) due to Chair 2) Undergrad registration begins |
11 Home game with Duke at 7 pm |
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15 | 16 A&S faculty meeting with Bert Garza 4:30-6 in McGuinn 121 |
17 A&S faculty meeting with Bert Garza 3-4:30 in McGuinn 121 |
18 Home game with Maryland, time TBA |
| 19 | 20 | 21 Department Seminar: Juliet Schor presents “The Social Death of Stuff: Accumulation and Discard in the Global Economy” Noon, McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge |
22 Thanksgiving Break No Classes |
23 Thanksgiving Break No Classes Office Closed |
24 Thanksgiving Break No Classes Office Closed |
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| 26 | 27 Last day for withdrawal from a course or the university |
28 1) Staff GSAS meeting 10-12 2) Workshop on use of technology in teaching 12-1:20 (McGuinn 415) (Both department meeting and grad studies meeting have been cancelled) |
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| 1 Last date for students who graduate in December 06 to confirm online. MA and PhD candidates turn in signed and approved copies of these and dissertations for Dec 06 graduation |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 Department Seminar: Ted Gaiser and Jared Del Rosso present “ethnography@penisanity.com: Qualitative Methods Online" Noon, McGuinn 3rd Floor Lounge |
6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Study Day |
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11 Study Day |
12 Final Exams |
13 Final Exams |
14 Final Exams |
15 Final Exams Department Holiday Party, 2pm McGuinn 5th Floor Lounge |
16 Final Exams |
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18 Final Exams |
19 Final Exams |
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| 24 | 25 Christmas Break Office Closed |
26 Christmas Break Office Closed |
27 Christmas Break Office Closed |
28 Christmas Break Office Closed |
29 Christmas Break Office Closed |
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| 1 New Year's Day Office Closed |
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| 14 | 15 Martin Luther King, Jr. B-Day Office Closed |
16 Classes begin Drop/Add Period Begins Departmental meeting 12-1:15 |
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| 21 | 22 | 23 Department Seminar Stephen Pfohl presents Feedback, Fear, and Fascination: Cybernetic Social Control and Global Capitalist Power. |
24 Drop/Add Period Ends Last day for students graduating in May to confirm online |
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| 28 | 29 | 30 Undergrad Studies Meeting 12 noon, 415 McGuinn |
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| 1 Public Sociology meeting 12:00 Higgins 263 |
2 Faculty deadline for submitting TAM (Teaching, Advising, and Mentoring) grant application |
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| 4 | 5 | 6 Department Seminar Darcy Leach presents The Way is the Goal: Ideology and Practice in the German Autonomous Movement. |
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| 11 | 12 | 13 Departmental Meeting 12-1:15 |
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| 18 | 19 | 20 Department Seminar Nazli Kibria presents Migration and Muslim Identities in the Bangladesh Diaspora. |
21 | 22 Advisory Committee Meeting, noon-1:15, McGuinn 415 |
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| 1 Grad Studies meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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| 4 | 5 Spring Break |
6 Spring Break |
7 Spring Break |
8 Spring Break |
9 Spring Break |
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| 11 | 12 | 13 Department Seminar David Swartz presents The Political Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu. |
14 | 15 Last date for undergrads to drop a 6th course in their Associate Dean's office |
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| 25 | 26 | 27 Department Seminar Zine Magubane presents Movies, Madonna, and Malawi: Africa and the New Cult of Celebrity". |
28 | 29 Dept Meeting 12-1:15 NAWCHE Speaker Series: Marya Hornbacher 7 pm, Higgins 300 |
30 REG (Research Expense Grant) applications due to Chair | 31 |
April 2007 |
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| 1 | 2 MA & PH.D students turn in signed & approved copies of theses and dissertations for May 07 graduation |
3 | 4 | 5 Holy Thursday No Classes |
6 Good Friday No Classes Office Closed |
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| 8 | 9 Easter Monday No Classes |
10 Department Seminar Charles Morris presents Hard Evidence: The Vexations of Lincoln's Queer Corpus. |
11 Graduate Registration begins |
12 Grad Studies meeting 12 noon McGuinn 415 Undergrad Registration begins |
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| 15 | 16 Patriot's Day No Classes Office Closed |
17 Department Meeting 12-1:15 |
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| 22 | 23 Post-tenure seminar led by Paul Gray: Doing Well and Good The Logic of Capitalism Revisited 4-5:30 3rd floor McGuinn |
24 Last day for official withdrawal from a course or the university Department Seminar Shawn McGuffey presents African-Americans and Racial Appraisals: Gender, Sexuality, and Intra-racial Rape. |
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| 1 Grad Studies meeting (if needed) 12 noon McGuinn 415 |
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5 Study Day |
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8 Final Exams |
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| 20 | 21 Commencement |
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| 27 | 28 Memorial Day Office Closed |
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