Upcoming Events

Register to join us on Tuesday, September 17, 2024 for a lecture by Jacob Faber, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Service in New York University's Robert F. Wagner School of Public Service, with a joint appointment in NYU's Sociology Department. Professor Faber's talk will focus on the role of inequality across lending institutions in racial discrimination in mortgage lending.

In this Matrix on Point panel, UC Berkeley experts will discuss the recent surge in warfare in Ukraine, Gaza, and other regions. The panel will feature Michaela Mattes, Associate Professor of Political Science; Andrew W. Reddie, Associate Research Professor at UC Berkeley's Goldman School of Public Policy; and Daniel Sargent, Associate Professor of History and Public Policy at UC Berkeley. Moderated by Vinod Aggarwal.

Presented by the Berkeley Center for the Study of Religion, Dr. Bradley Onishi  joins us for the Berkeley Lecture on Religious Tolerance, titled, “Project 2025, Christian Nationalism, and November Elections.” Dr. Onishi s a member of the faculty of the University of San Francisco and co-host of the podcast, “Straight White American Jesus”

Register to join us on October 9 for an Authors Meet Critics panel on "Partisan Nation: The Dangerous New Logic of American Politics in a Nationalized Era," by UC Berkeley Professors Paul Pierson and Eric Schickler. The authors will be joined in conversation by Stanford University's Francis Fukuyama and Didi Kuo. Mark Danner will moderate.

Can predictive algorithms serve the public interest? Join us on Oct. 10 for a talk by Anne Washington, Assistant Professor of Data Policy at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development.

As the nation braces for a decisive election, this conversation — featuring scholars Arlie Hochschild, Jenny Reardon, and Lisa Pruitt — seeks to illuminate the frequently overlooked yet politically potent voices emanating from America's rural heartlands and small towns. Moderated by Cihan Tuğal.

This Matrix on Point panel will examine the shifting demographic and political forces that are redefining the traditional bases of the Democratic and Republican parties and their efforts to build new electoral coalitions. The panel will include scholars Ian Haney López, David Hollinger, and Cecilia Hyunjung Mo, and will be moderated by G. Cristina Mora.

Register to join us on November 6 for a talk by Marion Fourcade, Professor of Sociology and Director of Social Science Matrix, celebrating the publication of her book, "The Ordinal Society," co-authored with Kieran Healy. This event is co-sponsored by the Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative (BESI).

Please join us on November 13 at 12pm for an Authors Meet Critics panel on "Authoritarian Absorption: The Transnational Remaking of Epidemic Politics in China," by Yan Long, Assistant Professor in the UC Berkeley Department of Sociology. Professor Long will be joined in conversation by Professors Matthew Kohrman and Rachel E. Stern.

Register to join us on December 3 for an Authors Meet Critics panel on "Sin Padres, Ni Papeles: Unaccompanied Migrant Youth Coming of Age in the United States," by Stephanie Canizales, Assistant Professor of Sociology at UC Berkeley and Faculty Director of the Berkeley Interdisciplinary Migration Initiative. Professor Canizales will be joined in conversation by Kristina Lovato, Assistant Professor of Social Welfare, and Caitlin Patler, Associate Professor of Public Policy. Sarah Song, Professor at Berkeley Law, will moderate.