Plenary Sessions
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Plenary Session 1 (Presidential Session):
Crossroads in Contemporary Sociology
Chair: Björn Wittrock
Speakers:
Tigran Sargsyan, Prime Minister of Armenia; Aram Simonyan, Rector of YSU;
Armen Ashotyan, Minister of Science and Education; Michel Wieviorka, President of the ISA
Plenary Session 2:
Societies at the Crossroads: Interpreting Change
Chair: Björn Wittrock
Speakers: Craig Calhoun, Huang Ping, Michel Wieviorka
Plenary Session 3:
The Dynamics of (Unresolved) Global Crisis: Thirty Years Later.
In Honour of Immanuel Wallerstein
Chair: Craig Calhoun
Speaker: Immanuel Wallerstein
Commentator: Georgi Derlugian
Plenary Session 4:
Cultures, States and Civilizations
Chair: Lyudmila Harutyunyan
Speakers: Edward Tiryakian, Margaret S. Archer
Plenary Session 5:
Network Science and Modern Sociology
Chair: Peter Hedström
Speakers: Balazs Vedres, Ferenc Jordan
Plenary Session 6:
The Global Crisis II: Possible Futures.
Chair: Craig Calhoun
and Georgi Derlugian
Speakers: Vadim Volkov, Dan Chirot, Manuel Montes, Jomo K.S.
Plenary Session 7:
Diasporas and Imaginations of the Homeland
Chair: Shalini Randeria
Speakers: Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Seteney Shami, Ewa Morawska
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