Curtis, Bruce - Sociology

Submitted by root on Thu, 2010/06/24 - 4:52pm
Personal Information
First Name: 
Bruce
Last Name: 
Curtis
Department / Program: 
OTHER
Other: 
Sociology and Anthropology, History and IPE
University Affiliation: 
Carleton University
Phone: 
6135202600
Extension: 
2596
Email Address: 
bruce_curtis@carleton.ca
Area of Research
Discipline: 
Sociology
Subject: 
Education
Geographical Region: 
Great Britain
North America
Time Period: 
18th and 19th Century
Specific Area of Research: 
State formation, statistics, education politics, politics schooling and insurrection in colonial canada, historical sociology of music
Academics
PHD Program: 
Sociology
PHD University: 
University of Toronto
PHD Date: 
1980
Major Publications: 
Ruling by Schooling Quebec: Conquest to Liberal Governmentality. An Historical Sociology (Toronto: University of Toronto Press) The Politics of Population (2001) True Government by Choice Men (1992) Building the Educational State (1998) articles
Membership in Academic Societies: 
FRHistS, ISCHE, CSA, CHA, CHEA, IHAF
Courses Taught: 
Political Sociology (State Formation); Contemporary Social Theory (The Body in Social Theory); Classical Social Theory (Marx’s Capital); Recurring Debates in Social Thought (The MA_student primer course); The PhD Seminar. Undergraduate: The Social Construction of Time; Information Systems and Social Power; Contemporary Theoretical Sociology; The Development of Sociological and Anthropological Thought; Advanced Qualitative Methods (focus on historical sociology). Georg Simmel and After.