Hirschman Award Ceremony » 2008

Updated October 1, 2008

Albert O. Hirschman Prize Ceremony

Friday, October 3, 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

Opening reception

6:15 p.m.

Remarks by Ira Katznelson (Columbia University) and Joan Scott (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton), moderated by SSRC President Craig Calhoun

7:00 p.m.

Presentation of Hirschman Prize to the Tilly family, along with brief remarks by Laura Tilly.

Contention, Change, and Explanation: A Conference in Honor of Charles Tilly

Co-sponsored with Columbia University and hosted by SSRC President Craig Calhoun.

Saturday, October 4, All day

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Panel 1: Appreciating a Mentor

• Sun-Chul Kim (Barnard College): “Grudging Consent”
• Mona El-Ghobashy (Barnard College): “Chuck Tilly, Magnanimous Mentor”
• Ernesto Castañeda-Tinoco (Columbia University): “The Pedagogic Performances of Charles Tilly”
• Andreas Koller (New York University/SSRC): “Charles Tilly, Pragmatism and the Public Sphere”

11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Columbia University Memorial, Low Library

Alan Brinkley (Columbia University), Nicholas Dirks (Columbia University), Mirjam Kuenkler (Princeton University), Al Stepan (Columbia University), Harrison White (Columbia University), Ron Aminzade (University of Minnesota), Doug McAdam (Stanford University), Viviana Zelizer (Princeton University), Charlotte Cottier, and Chris Tilly (University of California, Los Angeles) will speak.

12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Lunch Break

2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

Panel 2: States, Social Change, and Historical Social Science

• Immanuel Wallerstein (Yale University): “What is Historical Social Science?”
• William Sewell (University of Chicago): “Early Tilly: The Vendee and Historical Social Science”
• John Merriman (Yale University): “The Origins of Modern Terrorism in Fin-de-Siecle Paris”
• Jack Goldstone (George Mason University): “From Structure to Agency: Personal and Theory Reflections on Historical Dynamics”

4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Panel 3: Contentious Politics I

• Sidney Tarrow (Cornell University): “Debating War, States, and Rights with Charles Tilly: A Contentious Conversation”
• Javier Auyero (University of Texas, Austin): “Patronage and Collective Action: A Recursive Relationship”
• Adam Ashforth (University of Michigan): “Relational Sociology Run Off the Rails, or How Chuck Tilly Helped me Think About Spiritual Insecurity in Post-Apartheid Soweto.”

6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Reception followed by informal dinner

Sunday, October 5, Half day

9:00 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.

Panel 4: Contentious Politics II

• Mike Hanagan (Vassar College): “Charles Tilly and Labor Protest”
• Wayne te Brake (SUNY Purchase): “The Contentious Politics of Religious Conflict and Coexistence”
• Barry Wellman (University of Toronto): “Chuck Tilly and the Internet: The Triple Revolution - Networks, Internet and Mobility”
• Chair: Richard Bensel (Cornell University)

11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

Panel 5: Explanation in Social Science and Everyday Life

• Harrison White (Columbia University): “Trust and Rule”
• Lynn Eden (Stanford University): “Beyond Explanation”
• Viviana Zelizer (Princeton University): “Chuck Tilly and Mozart”
• Roberto Franzosi (Emory University): “Tilly’s Pathbreaking and Enduring Legacy: Quantitative Narrative Analysis in Socio-Historical Research”

Ample time will be provided for audience comments during each session.