The São Paulo Advanced School of Social Sciences was held from 23rd to 29th March 2018, at the University of São Paulo. It was organized by the Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP, Brazil) and the Maria Sibylla Merian Centre in Humanities and Social Sciences Conviviality in Unequal Societies, funded by São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP).

Organized around the theme Dynamics of Contemporary Democratic Society, the Advanced School of Social Sciences offered a concentrated, high-level discussion on different dimensions of contemporary democratic societies with a multidisciplinary approach.

Further information: https://cebrap.org.br/spass/

PROGRAM

THE DYNAMICS OF CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES

Module I : SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND POLITICAL CONTESTATION

August 28th, Monday

1^ST. Session: 10:00-12:30. The different faces of political confrontation in contemporary societies: principles and recurrent patterns

LECTURE: David Snow, University of California, Irvine (to be confirmed)

2^a. Session: 14:00-16:00. Social Movements, history and sociology

LECTURE:   Angela Alonso, CEBRAP/USP

3^a. Session: 16:30 – 18:00: Studying political confrontation in comparative perspective: approaches and empirical findings

ROUND TABLE: David Snow University of California, Irvine (to be confirmed), Breno Bringel, IESP-UERJ and Andres Sandoval, University of Bath

Module II. GLOBALIZATION AND INEQUALITIES

August 29th, Tuesday

1^a. Session: 10:00-12:30. Globalization and inequalities: what we have learned from Latin America experience

LECTURE: Otaviano Canuto, The World Bank

2^a. Session: 14:00-16:00. Democracy and inequalities: theory and empirical findings of the project “Trajectories of Inequalities”

LECTURE: Marta Arretche, Universidade de São Paulo, Center for Metropolitan Studies (CEM)-CEBRAP

3^a. Session -16:30-18hs: Challenges to continued inequality reduction

ROUND TABLE: Otaviano Canuto, The World Bank and Ricardo Paes de Barros, INSPER

August 30th, Wednesday

Wednesday

Module III. CONVILIALITY, LAW AND DEMOCRACY IN A GLOBALIZED WORLD

1^a. Session: 10:00-12:. Conviviality, differences and legal pluralism

LECTURE: Sergio Costa, Freie Universität Berlin

2^a. Session 14:00-16:00 – What critique for which theory: heritage and present challenges for a critical theoretical perspective

LECTURE: Marcos Nobre, State University of Campinas (UNICAMP)-CEBRAP

16:30-18hs: Presentation of selected papers of School’s participants.

August 31st, Thursday

1^st session: 10:00- 12:00. ROUND TABLE: Politics of culture in contemporary democracies

2^a. Session: 14:00-16:00. Presentation of selected papers of School’s participants.

3^a. Session: 16:30 -18hs. Presentation of selected papers of School’s participants.

Module IV. RELIGION AND PUBLIC SPHERE

September 1st, Friday

1^ST. Ssession:10:00-12:00. Religious diversity in a secular state

LECTURE: José Casanova, Georgetown University

2^nd. Session 14:00-16:00. Religion, pluralism and public sphere in Brazil

LECTURE: Paula Montero, University of São Paulo and CEBRAP

September 4th, Monday

3^a. Session: 10:00 – 12:00. Religion, secularity and politics

ROUND TABLE: José Casanova, Georgetown University and Ronaldo Almeida, CEBRAP/UNICAMP.

Module IV. DILEMMAS OF CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACIES

1^st. session: 14:00-16:00 – Dilemmas of contemporary democracies, diagnosis and perspectives

LECTURE: Christopher Achen, Princeton University

16:30-18hs: Presentation of selected papers of School’s participants

September 5th, Wednesday

2^a. Session: 10:00 – 12:00. Democracy and systems of government: what do we know, Fernando Limongi, University of São Paulo/CEBRAP

3^rd. Session : 14:00-16:00 -ROUND TABLE: Democracy and democratic controls

Cristopher Achen, Princeton University, Marcus André Melo, Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPe) and Oscar Vilhena Vieira, Getulio Vargas Foundation –São Paulo

16:30: Closing session