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The Notestein Seminar Series
An integral part of the research and training program at OPR is the series of
weekly seminars, which provide a forum in which OPR staff, students, and
visiting scholars can become acquainted with current research projects. Students
who are writing theses are required to present a seminar in this series in order
to receive suggestions on their research and to obtain experience in making
public presentations. Demographers and social scientists from nearby
institutions are frequently invited to present their research findings in this
series.
In March 1983, the Frank W. Notestein Memorial Fund was established with the
purpose of bringing distinguished outside speakers to OPR on a more regular
basis. These lecturers usually spend several hours in informal discussion with
students (often over lunch) before giving a seminar. Beginning in 1993, OPR has
been holding joint seminars once each month with the labor economists and
development economists with the goal of creating intellectual bridges between
these two groups.
Fall 2008 Schedule
- September 16 (Tues) Noon
- Anne Pebley, School of Public Health, UCLA, “Social Interaction in Los Angeles Neighborhoods.”
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- September 23 (Tues) Noon
- Rafaela Dancygier, Dept. of Politics and WWS, Princeton University, "Fighting Neighbors of Fighting the State: Variation in Immigrant Conflict.”
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- September 30 (Tues) Noon
- Nancy Luke, Dept. of Sociology, Brown University, "Migrants’ Competing Commitments: Sexual Partners in Urban Africa and Remittances to the Rural Origin.”
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- October 7 (Tues) Noon
- Peter Ellison, Dept. of Anthropology, Harvard University, “Evolutionary Approaches to Understanding Human Fecundity.”
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- October 14 (Tues) Noon
- Angel Harris, Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University, "A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Class and Race Differences in Perceptions of Social Mobility and Academic Engagement.”
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- October 21 (Tues) Noon
- Diane Lauderdale, Dept. of Health Studies, University of Chicago, "Short Sleep is Bad for Health: How Strong is the Evidence?”
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- October 28 – Fall Break
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- November 4 (Tues) Noon
- Rebecca Casciano Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University, “’By Any Means Necessary’: The American Welfare State and Machine Politics in Newark's North Ward.”
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- November 11 (Tues) Noon
- Robert Willis, Retirement Research Center, University of Michigan, “Cognitive Economics and Human Capital.”
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- November 18 (Tues) Noon
- Ron Brookmeyer, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Biosecurity, Policy and Models: A Case Study in Anthrax.”
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- November 25 (Tues) Noon
- Jenny Higgins, OPR, Princeton, University, “Pleasure, Prophylaxis, and Procreation: A Qualitative Analysis of Pregnancy Ambivalence and Contraceptive Use.”
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- December 2 (Tues) Noon
- Sharon Bzostek, Dept. of Sociology, Princeton University, “Parental Ratings of Child Health in Survey Research.”
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- December 9 (Tues) Noon
- James Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, “The Remarkable Plasticity of Longevity.”
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Previous Seminars
We also maintain a list of seminars for previous terms:
 Spring 2008
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