Mission Statement

The purpose of the Section on the History of Sociology is to provide a forum for sociologists and other scholars interested in the study of the historically specific processes shaping the development of sociology as a profession, an academic discipline, an organization, a community, and an intellectual endeavor.The Section serves its members as a structure (1) to disseminate information of professional interest, (2) to assist in the exchange of ideas and the search for research collaborators, (3) to obtain information about the location of archival materials, (4) to support efforts to expand such research resources and to preserve documents important to the history of sociology, and (5) to ensure that the scholarship of this group can be shared with the profession both through programming at regional and national meetings.

Section Officers, 2011-2012

Chair: George Ritzer, University of Maryland
Chair-Elect: Richard Swedberg, Cornell University
Past Chair: Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University
Secretary-Treasurer: Erik Schneiderhan, University of Toronto ('14)

Council:
Kevin B. Anderson, University of California - Santa Barbara ('12)
Matteo Bortolini, Universitá di Padova ('12)
Neil McLaughlin, McMaster University ('13)
Vera Zolberg, New School for Social Research ('13)
Marcel Fournier, Universite de Montreal ('14)
Jeffrey Olick, University of Virginia ('14)

Student Representatives:
Marcus Hunter, Northwestern University ('13)
Michael Bare, University of Chicago ('13)

Section Homepage

The URL of the homepage is: http://www.historyofsociology.org