The “African and Black Diaspora Studies Research Seminar” is a monthly, interdisciplinary meeting to examine the theoretical premises of African and Black diaspora studies. The seminar consists of collective reading, commenting and discussing articles, book chapters and other manuscripts written by the participants and/or by key scholars in African and Black diaspora studies. Some seminar meetings will feature guest scholars from universities in Finland and abroad.
Participants of the seminar are researchers and PhD students from different Finnish universities and research institutes.
Timetable: The first seminar meeting will be at the University of Tampere on September 21 (Thursday), from 12:00 to 14:00. The seminar meetings are arranged once a month in Tampere or Helsinki. Those who would like to join the seminar (after the first meeting in September 2017), please contact the seminar assistant Liban Sheikh (sheikh.liban.b@student.uta.fi) and send us the following information:
The “African and Black Diaspora Studies Research Seminar” is a monthly, interdisciplinary meeting to examine the theoretical premises of African and Black diaspora studies. The seminar consists of collective reading, commenting and discussing articles, book chapters and other manuscripts written by the participants and/or by key scholars in African and Black diaspora studies. Some seminar meetings will feature guest scholars from universities in Finland and abroad.
Participants of the seminar are researchers and PhD students from different Finnish universities and research institutes.
Timetable: The first seminar meeting will be at the University of Tampere on September 21 (Thursday), from 12:00 to 14:00. The seminar meetings are arranged once a month in Tampere or Helsinki. Those who would like to join the seminar (after the first meeting in September 2017), please contact the seminar assistant Liban Sheikh (sheikh.liban.b@student.uta.fi) and send us the following information:
The “African and Black Diaspora Studies Research Seminar” is a monthly, interdisciplinary meeting to examine the theoretical premises of African and Black diaspora studies. The seminar consists of collective reading, commenting and discussing articles, book chapters and other manuscripts written by the participants and/or by key scholars in African and Black diaspora studies. Some seminar meetings will feature guest scholars from universities in Finland and abroad.
Participants of the seminar are researchers and PhD students from different Finnish universities and research institutes.
Timetable: The first seminar meeting will be at the University of Tampere on September 21 (Thursday), from 12:00 to 14:00. The seminar meetings are arranged once a month in Tampere or Helsinki. Those who would like to join the seminar (after the first meeting in September 2017), please contact the seminar assistant Liban Sheikh (sheikh.liban.b@student.uta.fi) and send us the following information:
The course introduces the latest methodological developments related to causal inference in the social sciences. The course begins with the basics of the formal theory of causal reasoning (by Judea Pearl) and its philosophical foundations. We will then explore more specific issues and methodologies, such as the concept of social mechanism, how to construct a good causal variable, quasi-experimental designs, field and laboratory experiments in the social sciences, and case-based process tracing. The course format is a reading seminar with recent methodological research articles as course material. In addition, each student will make a short presentation on an empirical research article related to the methodological topic in question. Default example articles are provided by the teacher, but students can also make suggestions based on their interests (such as their thesis topic).
Course outline:
Target audience: masters and PhD students in the social sciences and philosophy students interested in philosophy of science. Maximum number of participants: 12.
The purpose of this course is to provide a review of the currently discussed topics in the philosophy of the social sciences. The lectures are given by researchers in the field. The course is methodologically oriented and the lectures combine exposition of philosophical argumentation with ample use of concrete case studies.
Course outline:
Level:
PhD-students and advanced students of social sciences
Participants write short (2-3 page) essays on five topics which they see as most relevant for their studies. The writing assignments are also based on the provided background material.
The “African and Black Diaspora Studies Research Seminar” is a monthly, interdisciplinary meeting to examine the theoretical premises of African and Black diaspora studies. The seminar consists of collective reading, commenting and discussing articles, book chapters and other manuscripts written by the participants and/or by key scholars in African and Black diaspora studies. Some seminar meetings will feature guest scholars from universities in Finland and abroad.
Participants of the seminar are researchers and PhD students from different Finnish universities and research institutes.
Timetable: The first seminar meeting will be at the University of Tampere on September 21 (Thursday), from 12:00 to 14:00. The seminar meetings are arranged once a month in Tampere or Helsinki. Those who would like to join the seminar (after the first meeting in September 2017), please contact the seminar assistant Liban Sheikh (sheikh.liban.b@student.uta.fi) and send us the following information:
The course introduces the latest methodological developments related to causal inference in the social sciences. The course begins with the basics of the formal theory of causal reasoning (by Judea Pearl) and its philosophical foundations. We will then explore more specific issues and methodologies, such as the concept of social mechanism, how to construct a good causal variable, quasi-experimental designs, field and laboratory experiments in the social sciences, and case-based process tracing. The course format is a reading seminar with recent methodological research articles as course material. In addition, each student will make a short presentation on an empirical research article related to the methodological topic in question. Default example articles are provided by the teacher, but students can also make suggestions based on their interests (such as their thesis topic).
Course outline:
Target audience: masters and PhD students in the social sciences and philosophy students interested in philosophy of science. Maximum number of participants: 12.
The purpose of this course is to provide a review of the currently discussed topics in the philosophy of the social sciences. The lectures are given by researchers in the field. The course is methodologically oriented and the lectures combine exposition of philosophical argumentation with ample use of concrete case studies.
Course outline:
Level:
PhD-students and advanced students of social sciences
Participants write short (2-3 page) essays on five topics which they see as most relevant for their studies. The writing assignments are also based on the provided background material.