UofT ranked 16th in US News & World Report global university rankings (and 5th in social sciences & public health) ….

So enthusiastic about today's class on comparison, in justice institutions in Europe, at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social Here are 2 quotes from readings -- compared and twinned ! One by Rossi in LRB on twin studies, and the other by Foucault on psyc expert reports from 1955 & 1974.

How to select two cases or events on justice institutions in Europe? What do we do when we compare ? This week in our course on justice institutions in Europe at Munk School @uoft.bsky.social ! And … two readings. One on twin pairs, and the other on two expert opinions in penal cases!

Après l’agression du rabbin d’Orléans, le choc et l’émotion : « Je continuerai à marcher avec fierté » ➡️ https://l.leparisien.fr/ceoo

And next week, in our course on justice institutions in Europe … Witnesses, Publics, Victims, Events ...! We are covering a lot of ground!

Today (20 March), at Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism at UofT! Eitan D. Hersh, on “The Impact of the Israel-Hamas War on College Students.” www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/eitan...

Just a few hours left to submit for social science history conference. Deadline is today! (Conference in Chicago, this November!)

very enthusiastic about class next week ! On measurement, in our course on justice institutions in Europe..!

פורים שמח !

Survey of 2000 students in French high school and middle school: 16% of students do not want a Jewish friend. 21% report seeing students hide their Jewish background or religion in school. www.leparisien.fr/societe/au-c...

«Les juifs se trouvent, encore une fois, au cœur de la crise de la République et de ses valeurs universelles. Ils n’ont pas voulu occuper ce rôle, mais force est de constater qu’au travers de la question juive se joue à nouveau l’avenir moral et politique de notre société. » t.co/34qK5Zhwyk

U of T ranked 21st in the world based on its reputation for teaching and research @uoft.bsky.social www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-ran...

#VendrediLecture 🏦💰 Plongez-vous dans le dernier numéro de la Revue d'histoire des sciences humaines @edisorbonne.bsky.social, dirigé par Antonin Cohen et Ron Levi sur le thème "Financements et agencements disciplinaires". ⬇️ Accessible en ligne ⬇️ www.ehess.fr/fr/revue/fin...

Hooray ! Thrilled to have this out in the world, w/ Revue d’histoire des sciences humaines! Coedited by Antonin Cohen & myself, on Funding & Disciplinary Arrangements. Brilliant papers, and we introduce with an essay on academic fields, funding, & turbulent times. journals.openedition.org/rhsh/9627

Our next talk at the Lab for the Global Study of Antisemitism @uoft.bsky.social : Chad Alan Goldberg, on “Antisemitism and American Exceptionalism: Rethinking the Place of the Postwar Era in US History”. 4 March, information here! www.jewishstudies.utoronto.ca/events/chad-...

Politics nowadays are pushing society toward confrontation rather than cooperation. On March 14, @ronlevi.bsky.social & I are thrilled to host @bernardharcourt.bsky.social for a keynote lecture on working together in these conflictual times. Register & join us: munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/cooper...

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Just superb. And you need to get to John Lanchester's sentence: "There’s what you can count, and what sense you can make of what you count, and the lessons to be learned from that are not always what they seem." Perfect.

I should probably have a first post...so here's what I'm working on today Revising/updating my working paper with @matthewakraft.bsky.social on the rise and fall of teaching profession: www.edworkingpapers.com/ai22-679 New teacher licenses still down (by ~100k relative to 2006) in Title II data

I’d like to be only here. I’m happier here. It’s better. But the other place has lots of news agencies & non-North Am commentators, including where I follow events & news closely. I’ve dabbled w/ being active there in other languages, & set my location to another place. Anyone else feeling this?

“When Donald Trump said, “I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody, and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” he was cultivating not healthy loyalty but rather destructive defiance …”

Took some time out to read this today. A brilliant and timeless sociological reminder about sociology. Howie Becker, reflecting on a class taught by Everett Hughes (in What About Mozart? What About Murder?: Reasoning From Cases).

removing headlines from news articles is the funniest thing elon has done so far. crafting an experience where the user is perpetually scrolling through 25 consecutive uncontextualized pictures of donald trump and timothee chalamet and then reading something vaguely antisemitic

Want to know the most infuriating reaction to this ? Here it is: “I don't think it's time to review everything. History is history.” (Quebec Conservative MP Gérard Deltell). Idea: Let’s instead engage with, learn, and act on our collective past. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Yup. And the autocracy problem is connected with exclusion and potential for violence. As we’ve worked on, America First incited and leveraged a volatile exclusionary populism, that is focused on distrust of others, & connected with criminal arrests. www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/o...

"Canada suffers from a lack of historical memory, not too much." Absolutely right. Rota stepped down, now time for Government of Canada to step up.

This is superb; Conversation with Alexander Paseau. With thanks to Brian Leiter’s blog for pointing to something I’d never have otherwise read. Full text: tverums.lv/blogs/news/s...

say what now ??? www.lapoliticaonline.com/amp/269721-f...

I research and teach on the sociology of atrocities, including collective memory, legacies, and events of mass violence over time. A far better response here would be to call for deeper recognition, engagement, and collective learning. This isn't it. nationalpost.com/news/politic...

This is absolutely awesome. “The two empty frames is actually a representation of the concept. So more important than the absence of money is that I’ve taken the money.”

$78 is a whole lot of bagels

9pm Turkish coffee still the best. Even without foam.

even though we seem to know, I still find myself wondering who shot J.R.

Back for another research trip in Bakersfield!

in big news today, I finished copying and pasting all the reviewer comments for an R&R into the right places of the paper.

One of my all-time favorite sociologists passed away yesterday. May you rest in peace, Howard Becker. #Sociology

very sad sign but also the most awesome sign . #torontoneighbourhood

“sorry, I’m still in in this one footnote, it’s been about an hour.” Me, today. Sorry coauthor.

every once in a while, it's best to just take a few minutes and go back to read Howie Becker. "Scholarly worlds embody a deep ambivalence, mirrored in the opposing attitudes of get-it-out versus take-your-time." Yup. And sometimes that ambivalence is within the same person, too.

This is awesome. Molokhia, the soup of my childhood, & eaten exactly as below, is now … part of a description for how to drink arak at the LCBO website here in Ontario (over in Canada) ! Best part: molokhia isn’t included on the label itself! So someone wrote it for the website? That’s super.

I sometimes try to say what binds my interests. Now I read a stunning account in Rogues, of Patrick Radden Keefe‘s “abiding preoccupations” of “crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial.” Just wow.

Endtimes.

Job! Assistant Professor tenure track position, focusing on the sociological study of science and technology. Position is downtown campus (aka St. George). Apply and join us here in Sociology at University of Toronto @uoft.bsky.social !

Super week in archives, focusing on policing and everyday ideas of legality and justice between 1950s-1960s in France, at both Mémorial de la Shoah and Archives de la Préfecture de police. Huge thanks to archivists at both for help and access.

research trips still mean letters home. A little retro but meaningful to do!

More from Queen Mary University of London

A real honour to be IHSS visiting fellow this week at Queen Mary University London. And just came across the Jewish Novo Cemetery on the QMUL campus, of the Spanish and Portuguese community of London. Having grown up through the Spanish and Portuguese in Montreal, incredible to see this here today.

Very cool jobs — up to three faculty appointments at McGill Law School … https://t.co/fwrKrGmRpj

It was the morning before camp. Fantastic weeks ahead, and with some Margaret Atwood in her back pocket!