5th ISA Forum of Sociology (6-11 July 2025)

Sociology has a rich and complex history in Latin American, one of the first regions of the world in which the discipline was introduced in higher education. This session includes proposals that offer new perspectives on a variety of topics, such as: the role of institutions and transnational funding; the history of textbooks and handbooks; the role of informal and formal network of scholars; the social biography of key actors in shaping the field; the effects of the Cultural Cold War in the discipline; the neoliberal regimes of knowledge and its consequences for sociology. Papers might also discuss methodological issues, such as the strategies to conduct archival work, the logic and design of comparative research, and the use of interviews and oral history.