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SUMMER SESSION I

COMPARISON AS RESEARCH METHOD IN SOCIOLOGY AND APPROACH OF TEACHING EUROPEAN SOCIETIES

PROGRAM

6-20 September, 2009

Beregove - Kyiv, Ukraine

 

September 6

Sunday

 

 

Arrival of Participants

 

13.00-15.00

Lunch

 

18.00-20.00

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 7

Monday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

9.45-11.00

Opening session

O.Kutsenko, A.Gorbachyk, S.Babenko

Mutual introduction, participants’ expectations and project goals

11.00-11.15

Coffee-break

 

11.15-13.15

Social History and European Modernity in Comparison.

Lecture I. by Pal Tamas followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Social History and European Modernity in Comparison.

Lecture II by Pal Tamas followed by Q&A discussion

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

 

Program of participants’ presentations Finalizing

Nadiia Penkova "Modern Sociological Theories: Plural Visions of Contemporary Society".

Tetyana Nikitina “International Compatibility and Validation of Measurement Instruments”

Discussants: Olena Muradyan, Natalia Tarapatova

Moderator: Svitlana Babenko

19.00

Welcome dinner

 

 

 

 

September 8

Tuesday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Comparison as a Method for Theory Testing and Empirical Validation

Lecture I by  Andrii Gorbachyk followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Social History and European Modernity in Comparison: how to teach?

Colloquium by Pal Tamas

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Social History and European Modernity in Comparison.

Lecture III by Pal Tamas followed by Q&A discussion

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Maria Ilina "Comparing Social Relations of Non-Profit Organizations in Europe"

Anna Shirokanova "Awareness of the Otherness: Teaching Sociology in the Post-Communist Context"

Discussants: Svitlana Plohova, Svitlana Salnikova

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 9

Wednesday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Comparison as a Method for Theory Testing and Empirical Validation

Lecture II by  Andriy Gorbachyk followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Towards a new generation of sociological handbooks on European society? The aim and key ideas of such a handbook. Draft title: Sociology of Wide Europe

Joint discussion I. leaded by Olga Kutsenko  and Clair Wallace

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Irina Sitnova “Theoretical analysis of the institutional changes in Russia

Olena  Kulpinova " Communication analysis methods in wider European research

Tatiana Prots “National Media Audiences in Comparison"

Discussants: Svitlana  Salnikova, Polina Starigina

Moderator:

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Olga Maksumovych “Sociology of Law” as the necessary component of set of disciplines in professional study of Participants in the specialty “Science of Law”

Taras Tsymbal “Historicizing Ukrainian Sociology: Agenda for Advancement in Teaching

Discussants: Oleksiy Borovskiy, Olga Kuzmuk

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 10

Thursday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Comparison as a Method for Theory Testing and Empirical Validation

Lecture III by  Andriy Gorbachyk followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Cross-National and Cross-Cultural Comparison as a Method for Theory Testing and Empirical Validation

Colloquium by  Andriy Gorbachyk

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

European Visions

Lecture I by Claire Wallace  followed by Q&A discussion

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Polina Starigina "Comparative researches in sociology course for Participants of law faculty of Mary state university"

Svitlana  Salnikova “Organization of the comparative research: questions of the methodological validity”

Discussants: Artiom  Maister,  Olena  Kulpinova

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 11

Friday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Sources of Divisions in Europe

Lecture II by  by Claire Wallace followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Sources of Cohesion in Europe

Lecture III by Claire Wallace followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Irina Marcova "Cross-national comparison as method of studying generational order"

Olena Muradyan “Well-being in a Changing World: Fields of Study from Using ESS as Data Resource”

Svitlana Plokhova “Socio-cultural Processes in Contemporary Europe: Comparative Research”

 

Discussants: Dmitry Myronovyich, Olena Kharchenko

Moderator:

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Readings for Sociological Curriculum: European Visions and Divisions

Joint discussion

 leaded  by Svitlana Babenko

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 12

Saturday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

9.30-14.00

Ethnic Diversity and Challenges to Integration in European Context

Study-tour to Bakhchisaray

14.00-15.00

Lunch

 

16.00-18.00

Ethnic diversity and challenges to integration in European context

Joint discussion after the study-tour leaded by  S.Babenko

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 13

Sunday

 

 

free time

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

14.00-15.00

Lunch

 

19.00

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 14

Monday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Social Stratification in Comparative Perspective: Theories, Concepts, Measurement, Models

Lecture I by  Harry Ganzeboom  followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

ISSP and ESS as Comparative Data Resources

Lecture II by  Harry Ganzeboom  followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

European Visions and Divisions: challenges for study and teaching

Colloquium by Claire Wallace

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Olga Kuzmuk “The middle class in social structure of society: Ukrainian and European context”

Olena Kharchenko “Gender stereotypes as a key of the wide Europe understanding”

Discussants:  Zaruhi Hayrapetyan, Olga Maksumovych

Moderator: Olena Kharchenko

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 15

Tuesday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Comparative Field Studies in The Social Sciences: Challenges and Responses

Lecture I by Nikolai Genov  followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Comparative Field Studies in The Social Sciences: Challenges and Responses

Lecture II by Nikolai Genov  followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Social Stratification And Social Mobility In Communist And Post-Communist Societies

Lecture III by  Harry Ganzeboom  followed by Q&A discussion

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Artiom Maister "Opportunities of using the comparative method in scientific approach of social stratification"

Rasa Balockaite "Sociological Imagination in Post Soviet States: Between Mimesis and Social Criticism”

Discussants: Evgeni Treschenkov, Nadiia Penkova

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 16

Wednesday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

Comparative Field Studies in The Social Sciences: Challenges and Responses

Lecture III by Nikolai Genov  followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

ISSP and ESS as Comparative Data Resources for Research and Teaching Social Stratification

Colloquium by Harry Ganzeboom  

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

How to Teach Comparative Research on Europe: Skill-Based Teaching & Learning

Presentation of groups:

Tatiana Nikitina's Group

Nataliya Tarapatova's Group 

Zara Hayrapetyan's Group

Participants’ lead presentations, discussions and groups work 

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Olena Reshetnyak " Religious Relations of Wide Europe in Comparative perspective"

Dmitry Myronovyich “Sociology of religion in comparative trend”

Viorica Olaru-Cemirtan “Oral History in Comparative Research”

Discussants: Irina Sitnova, Irina Marcova

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 17

Thursday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

European history as comparative history

Lecture I by Heinz-Gerhard Haupt followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Questioning of comparative history

Lecture II by Heinz-Gerhard Haupt followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

Comparative Field Studies in The Social Sciences: Challenges and Responses

How to teach the debatable issues

Colloquium by Nikolai Genov  

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Participants’ presentations, discussions and groups work

Evgeni Treschenkov “Sociology of European Neighborhood Policy: from Wider Europe to Eastern Partnership”

Zaruhi Hayrapetyan "Armenian Everyday Life in transformation: Ethnicity, Europeization and Russianization"

Oleksiy Borovskyi “Political behavior and local influences: common factors and differences of electoral processes in the CEE countries”.

Discussants: Olena Reshetnyak, Rasa Balockaite

Moderator:

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 18

Friday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

10.00-11.30

The Transformation. The footprint: the fall of state socialism and the move to markets and pluralism.

Lecture I by David Lane followed by Q&A discussion

11.30-11.45

Coffee-break

 

11.45-13.00

Post-socialism. Adaptation to the world system.

Lecture II by David Lane followed by Q&A discussion

13.00-14.00

Lunch

 

15.00-16.30

History of consumption as European history

Lecture III by Heinz-Gerhard Haupt followed by Q&A discussion

16.30-17.00

Coffee-break

 

17.00-18.30

Handbook "Sociology of Wide Europe"

Joint Discussion II leaded by O.Kutsenko and S. Babenko

18.30

Dinner

 

 

 

 

September 19

Saturday

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

9.30-15.00

Between Social History and Sociology: Dynamics of Concept of Europe in Multi-Cultural Space

Study-tour to Sevastopol and Chersonese

15.00-16.00

Lunch

 

16.00-17.30

Between Social History and Sociology: Dynamics of Concept of Europe in Multi-Cultural Space. How to Teach Comparative Research on Europe: Skill-Based Teaching & Learning

Round-table discussion on the concept of Europe: reflections on the study-tour. Joint discussion III. leaded by O.Kutsenko  and S.Babenko aimed at developing the draft of the outline of the textbook and participants’ inputs

17.45-18.30

Closing session

Discussion of the Summer session feedback and outcomes, prospects and schedule of the further project activities Leaded by O.Kutsenko, A.Gorbachyk, S.Babenko

19.00

Farewell dinner

 

 

 

 

September 20

Sunday

 

 

Departure of Participants

 

8.00-9.00

Breakfast

 

13.00-14.30

Lunch