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Special Lecture
Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Dual Cities? Comparison with Paris

Edmond Préteceille

Sciences Po, Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, Sciences Po-CNRS
November 5, 2008
1:00 PM-3:00 PM

BUR 214Sociologist Edmond Préteceille is Professor at Sciences Po, Director of Research at the Observatoire Sociologique du Changement, Sciences Po-CNRS, and Director of research of CNRS. His principal areas of interest have been urban planning, urban policies and politics, and urban inequalities, social structures, and segregation.

He has investigated these interests through comparative research: between the Paris metropolis and US cities (New York particularly), between large European cities, and between Paris and the two main Brazilian cities, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. He is the author of numerous books and articles on these topics, and is currently in residence at Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. focus on the poor, which characterize many Brazilian studies of segregation. The first part of the presentation will present the results for socioeconomic segregation, comparing Rio and São Paulo with Paris. The second part will discuss ethno-racial segregation and its interaction with socioeconomic segregation in Rio and São Paulo.
Lecture FlyerOffsite LinkThe Center for European Studies, LLILAS, the Department of Sociology, the Population Research Center, and the European Union Center of Excellence
Brown Bag Seminar
What do we know about the Health of Black Immigrants in the U.S.? Comparisons with Native-born Blacks

Irma T. Elo
Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania
November 7, 2008
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

BUR 214Curriculum VitaeOffsite Link
Brown Bag Seminar
Applying Multilevel Discrete-time Hazard Analysis to Extended Program Evaluations: the Impact of an Afterschool Program on Juvinile Crime

Pete Goldschmidt
UCLA National Center for Research
November 14, 2008
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

BUR 214Pete Goldschmidt's home pageOffsite Link
Brown Bag Seminar
Is Racial Discrimination an Equal Opportunity Health Risk? Racial Discrimination, Social Class and Health Status Among Black and White Adults

Jenifer Bratter
Department of Sociology, Rice University
November 21, 2008
12:00 PM-1:00 PM

BUR 214Curriculum VitaeOffsite Link

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