Schedule

Session 1: 8.45 a.m. – 9.45 a.m.

Andrew Abbott (University of Chicago) – The Social Sciences at Chicago: Departments, Committees, and Chicago Schools

Session 2: 9.45 a.m. – 10.45 a.m.

Leah Gordon (Brandeis University) –
Committee on Education, Training, and Research in Race Relations, 1947–1956

Coffee Break: 10.45 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Session 3: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

Philippe Fontaine (École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay) – Committee on the Behavioral Sciences, 1949–1955

Lunch: 12 p.m. – 1.30 p.m.

Session 4: 1.30 p.m. – 2.30 p.m.

Jeff Pooley (Muhlenberg College) – Committee on Communication, 1942–1945, 1947–1960

Session 5: 2.30 p.m. – 3.30 p.m.

Bijan Warner (independent scholar) –
Dialogical History and the History of a Dialogue: Three Visions of The Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations at the University of Chicago

Coffee Break: 3.30 p.m. – 3.45 p.m.

Session 6: 3.45 p.m. – 5 p.m.

Jean-Baptiste Fleury (Sorbonne Université) – Comment

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General Discussion

Dinner: 6 p.m.