Seminar: Professor Johan Heilbron, "Toward a Sociology of the Human Sciences in France"
Professor Johan Heilbron, Centre de Sociologie Européenne (CSE), Paris and Erasmus University, Rotterdam
"Toward a sociology of the human sciences in France."
Date: Thursday 14th May,
Time: 16.30
Room: Sociology Seminar Room (G315)
Johan Heilbron is a historical sociologist at the Centre de Sociologie Européenne (CSE) in Paris, and the Erasmus University in Rotterdam. Among his research interests are the sociology of the social sciences, economic sociology, and the sociology of culture and transnational cultural exchange.
Publications include The Rise of Social Theory (1995), The Rise of the Social Sciences and the Formation of Modernity (co-edited, paperback 2001), Pour une histoire des sciences sociales (co-edited, 2004), and (co)edited thematic journal issues in French about 'Translations'(2002),'The international circulation of ideas' (2002), 'Finance' (2003), 'National traditions in the social sciences' (2008) and 'The martial arts'(in preparation).