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News & Events FEATURED Sociology Commencement 2024 Lecturer Positions Article from PhD student Emily Ruppel, published in Critical Sociology Rating Dependency: Faculty Marion Fourcade’s Examination of Individuality and Society’s Future Ph.D student Anna Palmer received an "Honorable Mention," from NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Faculty Spotlight Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz Associate Professor Race and Ethnicity, Sociology of Knowledge and Culture, Latinx Politics and Identity, Political Sociology, Ethnographic and Qualitative Methods Continue Ann Swidler Professor of the Graduate School Culture, religion, theory, institutionalization, African responses to HIV/AIDS; social ecologies of religion in Africa; chieftaincy, congregational religion and capacities for collective action Continue Dylan John Riley Professor Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology and Social Theory Continue In Memoriam Albert Einstein (1941) EMERITUS PROFESSOR Prof. Einstein served graduate students as a model of prudence in remaining unfashionably true to the grand… Continue Faculty Publishing Civic Hopes and Political Realities For many Americans, participation in community organizations lays the groundwork for future political engagement. But how does this traditional model of civic life relate to the experie... Civic Hopes and Political Realities For many Americans, participation in community organizations lays the groundwork for future political engagement. But how does this traditional model of civic life relate to the experiences of today’s immigrants? Do community organizations help immigrants gain political influence in their neighborhoods and cities? Civic Hopes and Political Realities shows that while immigrant organizations play an important role in the lives of members, their impact is often compromised by political marginalization and a severe lack of resources. The volume brings t... Continue [homepage] colloquium Departmental Colloquium Series Jaeeun Kim, "Repertoires of Redemption: Migration, Asylum, and Religion in the Era of Involuntary Immobility" Monday, April 22nd, 2024 at 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Blumer Room - 402 Social Sciences Building & Via Zoom Abstract: When the Trump Administration made Christian refugees an exception to its so-called Muslim Ban,” pundits wondered if this policy would require the government to assess who are real Christians. This kind of quandary is not new. The controversies over the Christian conversion of Muslim migrants from Iran, Afghanistan, or Syria have generated a similar debate in Europe. These controversies pose a set of intriguing questions. Does the state have the right or capacity to establish an individual’s religious identity? What types of actors are involved in refugee-making and with what motives? What kinds of practical challenges, legal intricacies, and moral dilemmas do they face, and how do they make sense of and respond to these? The lecture explores these questions by drawing on long-term, transnational, multi-sited ethnographic research on the migration trajectories, legalization strategies, and religious conversion careers of ethnic Korean migrants from China to the United States, focusing especially on those who apply for refugee status as Christians. It examines how migration governance, transnational religion, and politics of human rights and humanitarianism are navigated and negotiated on the ground with their full complexity and contradictions. Full Colloquium List UC Berkeley Sociology Department 410 Social Sciences Building Berkeley CA 94720-1980 Tel: (510) 642-4766 © Copyright 2019 UC Regents. Footer Menus Graduate Program Undergraduate Program Login UC Berkeley Homepage Accessibility Nondiscrimination...