A World of Ideas to Change the World
Welcome to the University of Ottawa's Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Sociology observes and analyzes how human societies emerge, evolve and operate; in the process, it tries to understand and explain the factors and phenomena that shape them. Anthropology, on the other hand, examines simple and complex societies from a variety of social, cultural and physical perspectives.
News
- Elke Winter's book "Us, Them, and Others: Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies" has won her the John Porter Tradition of Excellence Book Award from the Canadian Sociological Association. Congratulations!
- Article in the Ottawa Citizen by Kathleen Rodgers and Willow Scobie entitled "Intentions of anti-mask bill must be revealed".
- Conference on managing diversity in Canada held by the International Council for Canadian Studies (ICCS). Click here to see abstracts of sessions.
Upcoming events
Recent Publications
- Just published: "French Liberalism in the 19th Century" edited by Robert Leroux and David M. Hart (May 2012)
- Just published: "The Shape of Sociology for the 21st Century: Tradition and Renewal", editors Devorah Kalekin-Fishman and Ann Denis, Sage London, 2012. (April 2012)
- Just published: special issue of the journal Social Identities (vol. 18, no 4, 2012) entitled "Indigeneity in Oceania Today: A Conceptual Tool, a Battle Cry and an Experience" co-edited by Natacha Gagné. (April 2012)
- Just published: "La victoire de l'éphémère" by Victor Da Rosa, Jean Lapointe and Nathan Young (Feb. 2012)
- Interview with José Lopez for the journal "Research Perspectives" on nanotechnology (see page 16).
- Cultural Anthropology by Liam Kilmurray, Fourth Canadian Edition (Jan. 2012)
- Just published: "The Shaman's Mirror" by Hope MacLean, University of Texas Press. (Jan. 2012)
- Scott Simon guest editor of a special section on indigenous peoples, Marxism and Late Capitalism "Journal of Marxism and Interdisciplinary Inquiry". (Dec. 2011)
- Article in "International Review of Social Research, (1 2011): 167-181" entiled The Challenge of Anthropogenic Climate Change for the Social Sciences, by Raymond Murphy. (Nov. 2011)
- Us, Them, and Others: Pluralism and National Identity in Diverse Societies - Elke Winter - (Oct. 2011)
- Just published: "Minorités de langue officielle du Canada" by Louise Bouchard et Martin Desmeules
- Congratulations to Nathan Young who was awarded the 2011 K.D. Srivastava Prize for Excellence in Scholarly Publishing (Book of the Year from UBC Press) for his book entitled "The Aquaculture Controversy in Canada: Activism, policy, and contested science" (co-authored with Ralph Matthews).
- Just published: number 32-2 of Anthropologie et sociétés: "Représentations et pratiques sociales de l'économie" co edited by Jorge Pantaleon, Vincent Mirza and Bernard Bernier
Student's Corner
- Student exchange agreements with l'Université de la Polynésie française, l'Université Victor Segalen Bordeaux 2 & l'Université Laval
- Student exchanges - International Internships - CO-OP Programs in Anthropology & Sociology
- Information booklet for the MA and Ph.D. programs, 2011-2012
- New Masters program in Anthropology!
- New Master's and PhD Programs in English
