A World of Ideas to Change the World
Welcome to the University of Ottawa's Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Sociology observes and analyzes how human societies emerge, evolve and operate; in the process, it tries to understand and explain the factors and phenomena that shape them. Anthropology, on the other hand, examines simple and complex societies from a variety of social, cultural and physical perspectives.
News
- Conference on managing diversity in Canada held by the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS). Click here to see abstracts of sessions.
André Tremblay has been elected President of the Association canadienne des sociologues et anthropologues de langue française (ACSALF) for 2011-2012 and 2012-2013.
Ann Denis has been elected President of the Canadian Research Institute for the Advancement of Women-Institut canadien de recherche sur les femmes (CRIAW-ICREF) for 2011-12.
Upcoming events
- Mar. 12: Dibenindizowin: Freedoms and Indigenous Peoples, John Borrows
- Mar. 13: La citoyenneté pluraliste est-elle réellement une entrave à l'égalité des sexes? De Susan Okin (Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?) au débat québécois sur la laïcité, Danielle Juteau, Professeure de sociologie, Université de Montréal (event in French only)
- Mar. 14: Réflexions sur les inégalités sociales en Inde et l'émergence des classes moyennes, Karine Bates, Département d'anthropologie de l'Université de Montréal (event in French only)
- Mar. 15: "Roots, vines and movement in Highland New Guinea", Almut Schneider, Anthropologie, Université de Heidelberg, Allemagne
- Mar. 16: "Ryukyu and Taiwan on the East Asian Seas", Dr. Man-houng LIN, Academia Sinica, Institut de l 'Histoire contemporaine
- Mar. 19: Mon futur est expiré : Du «bon réfugié» au «citoyen d'expiation» en Italie, Francesca Meloni, Département d'anthropologie et de psychiatrie sociale et culturelle, Université McGill (event in French only)
Recent Publications
- Interview with José Lopez for the journal "Research Perspectives" on nanotechnology (see page 16).
- Cultural Anthropology by Liam Kilmurray, Fourth Canadian Edition (Jan. 2012)
- Just published: "The Shaman's Mirror" by Hope MacLean, University of Texas Press. (Jan. 2012)
- Scott Simon guest editor of a special section on indigenous peoples, Marxism and Late Capitalism "Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry". (Dec. 2011)
- Article in "International Review of Social Research, (1 2011): 167-181" entiled The Challenge of Anthropogenic Climate Change for the Social Sciences, by Raymond Murphy. (Nov. 2011)
- Us, Them, and Others: Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies - Elke Winter - (Oct. 2011)
- Just published: "Minorités de langue officielle du Canada" by Louise Bouchard et Martin Desmeules
- Just published: Political Economy and Liberalism in France. The Contributions of Frédéric Bastiat, by Robert Leroux
- Congratulations to Nathan Young who was awarded the 2011 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing (Book of the Year from UBC Press) for his book entitled "The Aquaculture Controversy in Canada: Activism, policy, and contested science" (co-authored with Ralph Matthews).
- Just published: number 32-2 of Anthropologie et sociétés: "Représentations et pratiques sociales de l'économie" co edited by Jorge Pantaleon, Vincent Mirza and Bernard Bernier
- Conference at the Forum Social Kaohsiung at Taiwan entitled "Negotiating Power: Elections and the Constitution of Indigenous Taiwan, by Scott Simon.
- Article in "American Ethnologist" entiled Negotiating Power: Elections and the Constitution of Indigenous Taiwan by Scott Simon.
- Just published: Visages de la souveraineté en Océanie, codirected by Natacha Gagné, anthropology professor in our department.
- Just published: "Solidarities Beyond Borders. Transnationalizing Women's Movements" codirected by Dominique Masson at UBC Press.
Student's Corner
- Student exchange agreements with l'Université de la Polynésie française, l'Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 & l'Université Laval
- Student exchanges - International Internships - CO-OP Programs in Anthropology & Sociology
- Information booklet for the MA and Ph.D. programs, 2011-2012
- New Masters program in Anthropology!
- New Master's and PhD Programs in English
