28 October 2017
Series of Lectures: Talks on Historical Sociology
Department of Historical Sociology, Faculty of Humanities, CU cordially invites you to a series of lectures by Prof. Dennis Smith (Loughborough University, UK) - Talks on Historical Sociology:
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30.10. "Surrealism, Shock and the Civilizing Process", 14:00, room 5022
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31.10. "Globalization and the British Empire" 17:00, room 2083
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1.11. "Norbert Elias and The Court Society", 14:00, room 6022
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6.11. "Do Capitalism and Democracy Need Each Other?", 14:00, room 2071
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7.11. "Brexit and the EU", 17:00, room 5023
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8. 11. "Historical Sociology and the bigger picture", 17:00, room 5023
The lectures take place in Jinonice (U Kříže 8, Prague 5).
Prof. Dennis Smith is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Loughborough University, UK. He studied modern history as an undergraduate (at Cambridge University), sociology at master's level (LSE) and completed his doctorate at Leicester University. He had written several books, edited Sociological Review and Current Sociology, and is the author of The Rise of Historical Sociology (Polity).
Prof. Dennis Smith's new book entitled Civilized Rebels. An Inside Story of the West's Retreat from Global Power will be published by Routledge in 2018.
