The Cachan History of Social Science Group
7th ANR Workshop
'Cross-disciplinary research ventures in postwar American social science'

Research programme

   

The Cachan History of Social Science Group
7th ANR Workshop
'Cross-disciplinary research ventures in postwar American social science'

Programme

9:30-10:30am
Guy Ortolano (New York University)
Modernization Theory and the British Industrial Revolution

10:40-11:40pm
Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College)
The Border-Dwelling Importer: James W. Carey and the Geography of Relative Field Prestige

11:40-12:00
Coffee/tea break

12:00-1:00pm
Eric Hounshell (UCLA & University of Konstanz)
Theories of Action and their Interdisciplinary Research Programs: Paul F. Lazarsfeld and Talcott Parsons

1:00pm-2:30pm
Lunch

2:30pm-3:30
Jamie Cohen-Cole (George Washington University)
The Politics of Psycholinguisitics

3:40-4:40
Daniel Bessner (Cornell University)
Organizing Complexity: The Hopeful Dreams and Harsh Realities of Interdisciplinary Collaboration at the Rand Corporation, 1947–1960

List of participants