Date:
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 (All day) to Friday, September 13, 2019 (All day)
Location:
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- Harvard Gazette: Symposium celebrates career of William Julius Wilson
September 11, 2019 | Knafel Center, 10 Garden St., Cambridge
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