Five faculty members collaborate on an exhibition currently showing at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. Without Apology explores how Asian American identity has expressed itself through the last eight decades or so.
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In his latest book, sociology professor Oyman Basaran looks at the practice of circumcision in modern Turkey and explores how a traditional socioreligious ritual was increasingly coopted by the medical establishment.
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A group of Bowdoin professors will be offering a diverse slate of courses and programming this year focused on Asian American history, perspectives, and expressions.
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Bowdoin has appointed a cohort of four accomplished scholars to new endowed faculty professorships honoring distinguished Black graduates of the College. These new positions, which are fully funded by donors, will focus on the interdisciplinary study of race, racism, and racial justice and across themes of environmental justice and belonging, citizenship, and freedom.
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The 2020 Karofsky Prize winner, who specializes in the intersections of gender, sexuality, urbanism, and culture, wins the Sociology of Sexualities Early Career Award, issued by the American Sociological Association (ASA).
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Three Bowdoin graduates, all distinguished journalists, spoke to students recently, discussing their varied career paths and offering professional advice to anyone thinking of going in that direction.
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The Bowdoin College Board of Trustees granted tenure to four faculty members during meetings held off campus February 9–11, 2023.
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Karla Lainez ’24 included a variety of voices and stories that matter to her personally when putting together the latest student-curated book display celebrating BIPOC themes and texts.
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The proud liberal daughter of conservative parents, Mónica Guzmán talks to the Bowdoin community about how to have “fearlessly curious conversations” with people you do not agree with.
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Singer, composer, musician, producer, and curator Toshi Reagon has been appointed Bowdoin College’s next Joseph McKeen Visiting Fellow and will lead a yearlong inquiry into racial justice, climate justice, gender justice, and faith during the 2022–2023 academic year.
Read moreSociology allows students to develop a “vivid awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society" (C. Wright Mills), a sociological imagination.
Through examination of topics such as socio-economic class, race and ethnicity, family, gender, health and medicine, sexuality, education, media, immigration—in the US and across the world— students come to an appreciation of how the lives of individuals are deeply connected to larger social structures and histories.
Sociology Department Statement on Racism and Violence against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders
Racism and xenophobia directed at Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders have long histories in US society; those attacks have become more common, visible and recognized this past year. Many in our community have experienced or witnessed such acts, causing fear and uncertainty. The Sociology Department strongly condemns this racism and violence against Asians and Asian Americans and we stand with and ready to protect and defend our classmates, colleagues, friends, and family members. As sociologists, we know that gendered and classed racism has deep roots and many forms in American society. We remain deeply committed to working toward racial justice and inclusivity for all groups at Bowdoin, in the United States and beyond.
Sociology Department Statement on Black Lives Matter
We, as faculty and staff of the Sociology Department at Bowdoin College, condemn the white supremacy, institutionalized racism, and state-sanctioned violence responsible for the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Dion Johnson, Tony McDade, Rayshard Brooks, and countless other Black people.
This letter is especially directed to our current and former students engaging in these ongoing struggles for justice. We see you, and we support you in this call for action.