#  Changing Middle Classes: Comparative and Global Perspectives (Weatherhead Center) 

 



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 **September 21 - September 22, 2018** 

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 **Harvard University | CGIS South Building | Belfer Case Study Room (S020)**  



 

 



 

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    Sort    Sort    Sort    ***The Weatherhead Research Cluster on***  
**Comparative Inequality and Inclusion**  
*invites you to their upcoming conference*

 “[Changing Middle Classes:  
Comparative and Global Perspectives](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.us7.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D64bec49fe139cc8120016eff9-26id-3De5ab1b822e-26e-3Ded242450e9&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=yEBNuQkacXhGVoFsoY4KMo17tMizA_DjUhOEpr82Hag&m=O7QLR1GunBdaJIUsHDzZSfoR-irZ_CgMpON-zONfjfg&s=sHGu_KLAmcefm43RRTDTOj7q4ZZUEa9Jhs_LCsmYgVY&e=)”###    
September 21–22, 2018 

 Our cluster’s goal is to gain a more fine-grained understanding of the many complex processes that feed both inequality and inclusion. We consider in particular how to reduce recognition gaps in advanced industrial societies.

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###  SCHEDULE 

 [**Friday, September 21**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.us7.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D64bec49fe139cc8120016eff9-26id-3D87d008179f-26e-3Ded242450e9&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=yEBNuQkacXhGVoFsoY4KMo17tMizA_DjUhOEpr82Hag&m=O7QLR1GunBdaJIUsHDzZSfoR-irZ_CgMpON-zONfjfg&s=SWGKo3MwxlUV6h-y_reW1d3FLevFS3zIxTkj3H42Sms&e=)

- **Session I**—Middle Class Formation: State Capacity, Expertise, and Labor Markets in the Global South
- **Session II**—Spatial Segregation, Homophily, and Social and Symbolic Boundaries
- **Session III**—Class Consolidation: Identity, Distinction, and Cultural Practices
- **Keynote**—The Geopolitics of Inequality: The Remaking of Elites and Middle Classes  
    **Mike Savage**, *Martin White Professor of Sociology, London School of Economics*
 
 [**Saturday, September 22**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.us7.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D64bec49fe139cc8120016eff9-26id-3Dcc8db0091f-26e-3Ded242450e9&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=yEBNuQkacXhGVoFsoY4KMo17tMizA_DjUhOEpr82Hag&m=O7QLR1GunBdaJIUsHDzZSfoR-irZ_CgMpON-zONfjfg&s=oWau34Cwk0NZ8UMpDxi5fTdaef5nsN5EOAmA1jmo0js&e=)

- **Session IV**—Class Trajectories and Mobility
- **Session V**—Politics and Social Movements
- **Concluding Session**—What We Have Learned
 
 [**Full Conference Agenda**](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__harvard.us7.list-2Dmanage.com_track_click-3Fu-3D64bec49fe139cc8120016eff9-26id-3D763077794e-26e-3Ded242450e9&d=DwMFaQ&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=yEBNuQkacXhGVoFsoY4KMo17tMizA_DjUhOEpr82Hag&m=O7QLR1GunBdaJIUsHDzZSfoR-irZ_CgMpON-zONfjfg&s=oIbIYhTLVS4tzkTf69ibbaLNLXJvPZvvjkYof90u4lQ&e=) **| PDF: 37KB**

###  LOCATION 

 Harvard University  
CGIS South Building  
1730 Cambridge Street  
Belfer Case Study Room (S020)  
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 **Organizer: Michèle Lamont**  
*Director, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs; Chair, Weatherhead Research Cluster on Comparative Inequality and Inclusion. Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Harvard University.*

 



















  



 











  



 





  



 

 





 

 



 

 

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