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The University of Bordeaux (IdEx)
The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) The Research Centers
Centre Émile Durkheim (Sciences Po Bordeaux) Les Afriques dans le monde (Sciences Po Bordeaux) PRINTEMPS (University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin)
W HY & HOW TO DO
COMPARATIVE STUDIES ?
T HE PRACTICE AND RESEARCH DESIGNS OF COMPARISON IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES
B IARRITZ
(Domaine de Françon)
J UNE 10 –14 2013
Scientific Committee:
Magali della SUDDA, Mathias DELORI, Antoine ROGER, Cécile VIGOUR,
Julie VOLDOIRE (Centre Émile Durkheim / Sciences Po Bordeaux) Céline THIRIOT (Les Afriques dans le monde / Sciences Po Bordeaux) Laure DE VERDALLE (Printemps / UVSQ)
Site:
http://sites.google.com/site/summerschoolcomparison2
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M ONDAY , 10 JUNE
14.00 Welcome & Arrival at the Domaine de Françon (Biarritz)
17.00 -18.30 OPENING LECTURE
PATRICK HASSENTEUFEL (UNIVERSITY OF VERSAILLES-SAINT-QUENTIN, FRANCE)
18.30 -19.15 INTRODUCTION TO THE SUMMER SCHOOL
T UESDAY , 11 JUNE
9.00 - 11.15 HISTORICIZING COMPARISONS
STEFANO BARTOLINI (EUI FLORENCE, ITALY) NANCY GREEN (EHESS, FRANCE)
11.15 -11.45 Coffee/tea break 11.45 -13.00 WORKSHOPS 13.00 -14.30 Lunch
14.30 -16.00 THE POLITICS OF COMPARING
JEAN-CLAUDE BARBIER (PARIS I – SORBONNE
UNIVERSITY, FRANCE) 16.00 -16.30 Coffee/tea break 16.30 -18.30 WORKSHOPS
W EDNESDAY , 12 JUNE
9.00 -11.15 THE SOURCES OF COMPARISONS
GENEVIÈVE SELLIER (BORDEAUX III UNIVERSITY) 11.15 -11.45 Coffee/tea break
11.45 -13.00 WORKSHOPS 13.00 -14.30 Lunch
15.00 Guided Tour of Biarritz 19.00 Reception and Dinner
21.00 CINEMA & COMPARISON
T HURSDAY , 13 JUNE
9.00 -11.15 BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN QUALITATIVE & QUANTITATIVE COMPARATIVE METHODS
WENDY OLSEN (MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY, UK)**
VIVIANE LE HAY (SCIENCES PO BORDEAUX) 11.15 -11.45 Coffee/tea break
11.45 -13.00 WORKSHOPS 13.00 -14.30 Lunch
14.30 -16.00 PROXIMITY & DISTANCE BETWEEN CASES JULIE POLLARD (LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY,
SWITZERLAND) 16.00 -16.30 Coffee/tea break 16.30 -18.30 WORKSHOPS
F RIDAY , 14 JUNE
9.00 -10.30 COMPARISON & WRITING
EMILIE COURTIN (LSE, UK), BLEUWENN LECHAUX (RENNES UNIVERSITY), ELISE ROULLAUD (LYON
UNIVERSITY) & MARIANNE WOOLLVEN (ENS LYON, FRANCE)
10.30 -10.45 Coffee/tea break
10.45 – 12.15 ROUND-TABLE: HOW TO SET UP COMPARATIVE PROJECTS IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT?
ANDY SMITH (SCIENCES PO BORDEAUX)
& ANOTHER RESEARCHER
12.15 -12.45 CONCLUSIONS OF THE SUMMER SCHOOL 12.45 -14.15 Lunch
14.15 -15.45 CLOSING LECTURE
MICHELE LAMONT (HARVARD UNIVERSITY, USA)**
16.00 End of the Summer School
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SUMMER SCHOOL PRESENTATION
This summer school departs from a paradox. Whereas an increasing number of scholars take comparison as a key dimension of their research design – a trend stimulated by several factors such as European integration, globalization, and the demands of international institutions such as the European Union, the OECD, and the World Bank -, only a few number of training programs really take up the challenge of helping individual researchers to build comparisons.
In order to fill this gap, we propose to bring together comparatists from various disciplines of the social sciences.
Indeed, we assume that the questions and difficulties they encounter overcome disciplinary borders. Besides, we hope that an interdisciplinary setting will encourage the participants to compare and confront their analytical and methodological approaches. Particular interest will be devoted to the various forms of comparison: between nations, regions or political entities, between social groups and historical periods.
Each session will be divided into two parts. First, a senior researcher will give a lecture on the topic. This lecture will be followed by a debate with the (junior) participants.
Second, we will organize small-group workshops so that each participant has the opportunity to present his/her research and the corresponding (comparative) methodology.
Here again, each presentation will be followed by a discussion with the audience and the senior researchers.
