Andrew Abbott
Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago
January 14, 2009 at 6:30 PM, The Bard Graduate Center,
410 West 58th Street
The Library Lecture is designed to showcase the many ways in which the history of books is part of the cultural history of the material world. Presented in conjunction with a recently-designed course on Bibliographical Information in the Digital Age, the Library Lecture each year offer students, faculty and the BGC community a new perspective on the centrality of books, libraries and research tools for the advancement of learning..
Andrew Abbott is Gustavus F. and Ann M. Swift Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and also Senior Fellow in the Computation Institute at the Argonne National Laboratory. He is the author of five monographs, including most recently Chaos of Disciplines (2001), Time Matters (2001) and Methods of Discovery (2004). His published articles have studied "Occupations and Professions," "Theory and Methods for Sequences and Other Historical Data," "Social Theory," "Critique of Social Science Methods" and "Sociology as a Discipline/ Higher Education." Asked to head a University of Chicago panel on the future of its library, he has made the use and future of research libraries his lastest area of research. Abbott is a past President of the Social Science History Association and the current Editor of the American Journal of Sociology. He has directed 25 doctoral students and has 10 in progress.
RSVP of attendance is required to, academic-events@bgc.bard.edu.
