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Edward A Tiryakian, Professor Emeritus
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Edward A Tiryakian
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Short Description of Research
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Professor Emeritus
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339 Soc-Psych |
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919-660-5632 |
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by appointment |
Theory,
History of Sociology/Social Thought,
Religion
Globalization
National Identity
Sociology of Disasters
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| I received my B.A. summa cum laude from Princeton University and my Ph.D. in Sociology from Harvard University. Prior to my appointment at Duke I taught at both Princeton and Harvard. At Duke I have served as departmental chair and as Director of International Studies (1989-91), in which capacity I was instrumental in internationalizing the university. I served as the Distinguished
Leader of the Fulbright New Century Scholars Program, 2002-2003. The focus of the program was for a multidisciplinary team of 30, two-thirds from overseas, to study comparatively severe ethnic conflicts and peace processes.
I have served as past president of the American Society for the Study of Religion (1981-84) and of the International Association of French-Speaking Sociologists (1988-1992).I have twice been chair of the Theory Section of the American Sociological Association and am 2005-06 Chair of the ASA History of Sociology section. I have had visiting appointments at Laval University (Quebec), the Institut d'Etudes Politiques (Paris), and the Free University of Berlin. In recent years I have given seminars on European Unity,Sociology of Disasters, History of Social Thought (SOC 138), Sociology of Religion (SOC 151), Modern Nationalist Movements (SOC 179) and cultural and political aspects of Globalization (SOC 222). I have in recent years either attended international conferences and congresses and/or lectured in France, Italy,Lebanon, Israel,Korea,Australia and China.
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Selected Publications/Recent
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- The Meshing of Civilizations: Soft Power and the Renewal of the Civilization of Modernity,
in Modernity at the Beginning of the 21st Century, edited by Volker Schmidt (Accepted, December, 2007), Cambridge Scholars Publishers (Newcastle, UK) [abs].
- "Sociological Theory, Constructal Theory and Globalization: Some Considerations",
in Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics, edited by Adrian Bejan and G.W. Merkx (Summer, 2007),
pp. 147-60, Springer [abs].
- "Sociological Theory, Constructal Theory and Globalization: Some Considerations",
in Constructal Theory of Social Dynamics, edited by Adrian Bejan and G.W. Merkx (Accepted, Summer, 2007), Springer.
- "Have Sociological Passport, Will Travel",
in Sociologists in a Global Age: Biographical Persepctives, edited by Mathieu Deflem (Spring, 2007),
pp. 239-63, Ashgate [author's comments].
- Wilson Carey McWilliams, The Active Society Revisited, edited by Andrew Abbott,
American Journal of Sociology, vol. 112 no. 6 (Spring, 2007),
pp. 1927-1930, University of Chicago Press [abs].
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Course Descriptions
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Sociology
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