640
Sociocultural Evolution in the Long Run

Monday, 11 July 2016: 16:00-17:30
Location: Hörsaal 21 (Juridicum)
WG02 Historical and Comparative Sociology (host committee)

Language: English

This session calls for papers that address issues related to the scientific study of sociocultural evolution. The session is open to various theoretical frameworks, perspectives and methodologies. Papers relevant to the long-term study of world history, the spatial bounding of interaction networks, the causes of the emergence of complexity and hierarchy, the evolution of sociocultural institutions, the roles of conflict and cooperation in development, and the study of settlement systems and empires are also welcome. Historians, archaeologists, ethnographers, political scientists, geographers, economists, linguists and computational social scientists are welcome.
Session Organizers:
Andrey KOROTAYEV, russian academy of sciences, Russia and Hiroko INOUE, university of california-riverside, USA
Chair:
Christopher CHASE-DUNN, University of California-Riverside, USA
Posters:
640.1
Cultural Evolution and Kondratieff Waves
Anton GRININ, Volgograd Social Research Center, Russia; Leonid GRININ, National Recearch University Higher School of Economics, Russia
640.2
Evolution of Global Political Protest Patterns in the Long Run: Arab Spring As a Trigger of a Global Phase Transition?
Andrey KOROTAYEV, russian academy of sciences, Russia
640.3
Cultural Evolution in the Long Run and Forthcoming Technological Revolution
Leonid GRININ, National Recearch University Higher School of Economics, Russia; Anton GRININ, Volgograd Social Research Center, Russia
640.4
Long-Term Civilizing Processes within Multi-State-Civilizations. a First Step Towards an Evolutionary Sociological Approach of International Relations.
Dieter REICHER, University of Graz, Austria
640.5
The Role of Objects and Technology in Stabilizing and Reproducing Early Hunters and Gatherers Societies.
Federico FANTECHI, University of Florence, Italy
640.6
How the Sexual Revolution Hasn't Occured in Japan
Maki HIRAYAMA, Meiji University, Japan
640.7
Images of Past and Present in Modern Russian Society
Andrey ANDREEV, Institute of sociology, Russia
640.8
Sociocultural Evolution: The Case of Modernity. the Discourse on Modernity from the Perspective of a Theory of Long-Term Social Change
Heinz-Jürgen NIEDENZU, University of Innsbruck, Austria
640.9
Global Affairs Embedded in Historical Sociology
Petra SUCHOVSKA, Charles University, Czech Republic
640.10
Contested Identities at a Global Hub: The Western Identity and the Legitimate Spectrum of the OECD Activation Policy Repertoire
Gal ZOHAR, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
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