Two relevant sessions will be held at the Social Science History
Association meetings in Chicago in late November 1998. these were
organized by Nikolai Rozov.
Macrohistorical Dynamics: Theory and Method
Friday, Nov. 20, 8-10am
Macrohistorical Dynamics: Longue Duree, World Systems and Modern
Globalization Sunday, Nov. 22, 10:45 am -12:45 pm
Best wishes,
-- Tom Sugrue and Rick Valelly Co-Chairs 1998 SSHA Program Committee
Macrohistorical Dynamics: Theory and Method
Chair: Arthur Stinchcombe (Northwestern University) Discussant: Daniel Chirot (University of Washington)
1) Randall Collins (University of Pennsylavania). Logics of Prediction in Social-Historical Theorizing.
2) Nikolai S. Rozov (Novosibisrk State University, Russia). The Method of Theoretical History.
3) Charles Ragin (Northwestern University). The Comparative Method in Social Sciences (?)
4) Andrey Korotayev (Oriental Institute, Moscow, Russia). Driving Forces of Social Evolution: A Reconsideration.
Macrohistorical Dynamics: Longue Duree, World-Systems and Modern Globalization.
Chair: Thomas Hall (Depauw University) Discussant: Randall Collins (University of Pennsylavania)
1) Arthur Stinchcombe (Northwestern University). Big Structures and Long Duree.
2) Andre Gunder Frank (University of Toronto, Canada). ReORIENT World [System] History
3) Daniel Chirot (University of Washington). Warfare and Other Market Signals: Estimating How Well Societies Work
4) Wolf Schaefer (State University of New York at Stony Brook). Global Civilization and Local Cultures - From World to Global History
5) Richard Moore (Independent observer and writer, Wexford, Ireland). Globalization: A World-System Revolution