Conway-Bascom Professor of Sociology
Director, Wisconsin Russia Project (https://russiaproject.wisc.edu/)
University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce a forthcoming seminar: Love during Wartime: Perspectives of Women in Three Ukrainian Cities Under Russia’s Full-scale Invasion, by Prof. Theodore P. Gerber.
Abstract:
As demographic research on how armed conflict affects fertility has grown, a newer literature on how war affects intimate partnerships has emerged. Most studies on this topic have analyzed post-conflict survey data from high-fertility contexts to address two themes: age at marriage and intimate partner violence. We study how armed conflict affects intimate relationships more broadly based on qualitative data collected while war is underway. We conducted 22 semi-structured, in-depth virtual interviews with women of childbearing age in Ukraine’s two largest cities, Kyiv and Kharkiv, in spring 2023, and three virtual focus groups with similar women in the same two cities and Odesa in December 2023. Both data collections took place more than one year into Russia’s ongoing full-scale invasion, which has produced widespread destruction and death, driven over 7,000,000 refugees (mainly women and children) from the country, displaced millions of others internally, and shattered Ukraine’s economy. We asked informants how the full-scale war has affected their own partnerships, those of their friends, relatives, and acquaintances, as well as perceived rates of divorce and the pace and patterns of new partnerships formed. Our informants recounted diverse experiences and perspectives on others’ that illuminate variable ways that war affects relationships while it is still underway. In their accounts, some relationships are weakened by strain and physical separation, while others are strengthened as couples come together to face war-related crises. Some observe that the war intensified relationship dynamics that were muted before Russia’s full-scale attack. Informants also point to acceleration of new relationships, especially with soldiers: rapid progression to marriage, reflecting a desire to “live for today.” Thus, war-related uncertainties can lead young people to accelerate rather than delay key life course events. Finally, the interviews highlight how the war has both heightened and undermined traditional gender norms and power dynamics within relationships.
The format of the seminar is face-to-face only. Due to the venue’s capacity restriction, participants’ places will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
• SUNY Distinguished Professor
• Director, Center for China Studies
• Department of Sociology, SUNY Buffalo State University
Date: 13 May 2024
Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Hong Kong Time)
Venue: Room 422, Sino Building, CUHK
Format: On-site participation only
Language: English
Organizers: Department of Sociology, CUHK
Health Cluster, Center for Population Research (CPR), CUHK
For more details about the seminar, please refer to the attached poster. If you are interested in joining the seminar, please register at https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/webform/view.php?id=13686887.
Due to the venue’s capacity restriction, participants’ places will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
For any enquiries, please contact us at (852) 39436271 or sociology@cuhk.edu.hk.
We are pleased to announce a forthcoming seminar titled “Publishing a local study for a global audience: Challenges and Strategies” featuring Prof. Wes Xiaodong LIN, Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick. This seminar is organized by Hong Kong Sociological Association (HKSA).
Seminar: Publishing a local study for a global audience: Challenges and Strategies
Speaker: Prof. Wes Xiaodong LIN,
• Associate Professor in Global Sustainable Development at the University of Warwick;
• Editor-in-Chief of the Sociological Review
Date: 10 May 2024
Time: 4:00 pm (Hong Kong Time)
Venue: ZOOM (Link can be found on the attached poster)
Language: English
Organizers: Hong Kong Sociological Association
For more details about the seminar, please refer to the attached poster.
The Centre for Chinese Family Studies (CCFS) and the Faculty of Social Science, CUHK are to host a virtual seminar via Zoom on 25 April (Thursday). We welcome you all to register and participate. Please find the detailed information as follows:
Topic: (Not) Return to Work: A Comparative Study of Chinese Stay-at-home Mothers in Shanghai, Singapore, and New York
Speaker: Dr. Felicia F. Tian, Professor, School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University
Time: 9:30am-11:00am, 25 April 2024 (Thursday, HK Time)
Venue: Zoom (ZOOM Link will be sent to registered audience after finished the e-registration.)
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=2286350
You can also refer to the poster attached to find more information about the seminar.
If you have any questions about the seminar, feel free to contact us (ccfs@cuhk.edu.hk).
The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce a forthcoming seminar titled “金融化、金融资本主义与金融社会学 (Financialization, Financial Capitalism, and Financial Sociology )” featuring Professor YANG Dian. The seminar is scheduled to take place on Friday, 12 April 2024, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (Hong Kong Time).
Speaker: Professor YANG Dian
• Deputy Director and Research Fellow of the Institute of Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
• Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at the School of Sociology and Anthropology, University of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (UCASS)
• An expert receiving special government allowances from the State Council of China
Date: 12 April 2024 (Friday)
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 n.n. (Hong Kong Time)
Venue: Room 422, Sino Building, CUHK
Format: On-site participation only
Language: Mandarin
Organizer: China Engagement Office, Department of Sociology, CUHK
For more details about the seminar, please refer to the attached poster. Due to the venue’s capacity restriction, audience places will be reserved on a first-come-first-served basis.
For any enquiries, please contact us at (852) 3943 6271 or sociology@cuhk.edu.hk. Thank you.
The Centre for Chinese Family Studies (CCFS) and Department of Sociology, CUHK are to host a virtual seminar via Zoom on 27 March (Wednesday). We welcome you all to register and participate. Please find the detailed information as follows:
Topic: The Transformation of Modern Mother-Daughter Relationship and the Rising Bilateral Family Institution in Contemporary China
Speaker: Dr. Yingchun Ji, Professor, School of Sociology and Political Science, Shanghai University
Time: 9:30am-11:00am, 27 March 2024 (Wednesday, HK Time)
Venue: Zoom (ZOOM Link will be sent to registered audience after finished the e-registration.)
Registration: https://cloud.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk/mycuform/view.php?id=2249418
You can also refer to the poster attached to find more information about the seminar.
If you have any questions about the seminar, feel free to contact us (ccfs@cuhk.edu.hk).