#  William Julius Wilson Retirement Symposium 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 11 - September 13, 2019** 

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 **Harvard University, Cambridge, MA**  



 

 



 

- Harvard Gazette: [Symposium celebrates career of William Julius Wilson](https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2019/09/symposium-celebrates-career-of-william-julius-wilson/)

##  September 11, 2019 | *Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge*

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####  6pm-8pm | *Welcome & Reception*

- 6:00pm | Welcome Remarks | Henry Louis Gates, Jr. , Harvard University
- 6:15pm | Keynote Address | Cornel West, Harvard University

 *Reception will follow keynote address.*

##  September 12, 2019 | *Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge*

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####  7:45am – 8:30am | *Registration*


####  8:30am – 9:15am | *Opening remarks by Harvard University President Lawrence Bacow,* *Edgerley Family Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Claudine Gay, & Harvard University Dean of the Social Sciences Lawrence D. Bobo*


####  9:15am–10:45am | *Panel 1*


####  *Race Relations/Inequality in Historical and Contemporary Perspectives*

- Chair, Mary Waters, Harvard University
- Jennifer Hochschild, Harvard University
- Glenn Loury, Brown University
- Orlando Patterson, Harvard University
- Thomas Sugrue, New York University
- Loic Wacquant, University of California, Berkley

####  11:00am–12:30pm | *Panel 2*


####  *The Continued Significance of Race, Class, and Culture*

- Chair, Michèle Lamont, Harvard University
- Elijah Anderson, Yale University
- Lawrence Bobo, Harvard University
- Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University
- Alford Young, University of Michigan

####  12:30pm-1:30pm | *Lunch Break*


####  1:30pm–3:00pm | *Panel 3*


####  *Place Matters: The Abiding Influence of Neighborhoods on Life Chances*

- Chair, Sandra Smith, University of California, Berkeley
- Raj Chetty, Harvard University
- Paul Jargowsky, Rutgers University-Camden
- Robert Sampson, Harvard University
- Patrick Sharkey, Princeton University

####  3:15pm-4:45pm | *Panel 4*


####  *The Economy, Work, and Welfare*

- Chair, Jason Beckfield, Harvard University
- Sheldon Danziger, Russell Sage Foundation
- Kathryn Edin, Princeton University
- David Ellwood, Harvard University
- Lawrence Katz, Harvard University

##  September 13, 2019 | *Gutman Conference Center, 6 Appian Way, Cambridge*

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####  8:30am-8:45am | *Opening Remarks by Dean of the Harvard Kennedy School, Douglas Elmendorf*


####  8:45am-10:15am | *Panel 5*


####  *Political Framing, Public Policy, and Political Coalitions*

- Chair, Tommie Shelby, Harvard University
- Michael Dawson, University of Chicago
- Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
- Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
- Margaret Weir, Brown University

####  10:30am–12:00pm| *Panel 6*


####  *Xs and Os: Mass Incarceration, Community Reentry, and Economic Opportunity*

- Phillip Atiba Goff, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- Khalil Muhammad, Harvard University
- Bruce Western, Columbia University

####  12:15pm-1:00pm | *Reflections and Wrap-up*

- William Julius Wilson – reflections on his career and the event

 ***Event organizers (Harvard University):** The Office of the President, Faculty of Arts and Sciences/Division of Social Science, Harvard Kennedy School of Government, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Department of African & African American Studies, Department of Sociology, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Graduate School of Education Office of Development and Alumni Relations*



 

 



 

 

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