KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

EVIATAR ZERUBAVEL PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

ROBIN WAGNER-PACIFICI PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT SWARTHMORE COLLEGE

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EVIATAR ZERUBAVEL PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY

 

Professor Zerubavel's areas of interest are cognitive sociology and the sociology of time. His publications include Patterns of Time in Hospital Life: A Sociological Perspective (University of Chicago Press, 1979); Hidden Rhythms: Schedules and Calendars in Social Life (University of Chicago Press, 1981. Paperback -- University of California Press, 1985. Japanese -- 1984. Italian -- 1985); The Seven-Day Circle: The History and Meaning of the Week (Free Press, 1985. Paperback -- University of Chicago Press, 1989); The Fine Line: Making Distinctions in Everyday Life (Free Press, 1991. Paperback -- University of Chicago Press, 1993); Terra Cognita: The Mental Discovery of America (Rutgers University Press, 1992. Transaction -- 2003); Social Mindscapes: An Invitation to Cognitive Sociology (Harvard University Press, 1997. Paperback -- 1999. Norwegian -- 2000); The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books (Harvard University Press, 1999); and Time Maps: Collective Memory and the Social Shape of the Past (University of Chicago Press, 2003). Building on his earlier work on the sociology of attention, he is currently working on a book project titled The Elephant in the Room: Steps to a Sociology of Silence and Denial, for which he has been awarded a 2003 Guggenheim Fellowship. Professor Zerubavel has served from 1992 to 2001 as Director of the Rutgers sociology Graduate Program. In 2000-01 he also served as Chair of the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association. He teaches graduate courses in cognitive sociology, time and memory, and sociological theory.