Thursday, October 16,
5:00 – 6:30 PM
Buchanan Tower 1112
Aryan Karimi
UBC Department of Sociology
Science and technology Studies
Centre for Migration Studies
Why Can’t We Test Our Sociological
Theories? The Case of Assimilation
Theory
A discussion of current work developing a
methodological critique of central theories of
sociology, focused on the sociology of migration.
Dr. Karimi combines critical analysis of
methodological and conceptual developments
in the study of human migration, race, and
sexuality/gender with empirical research on
immigrants/refugees from the Middle East,
North and Sub-Saharan Africa, and Europe.
