41066 - Methods and Methodological Innovations in Comparative Historical Sociology

Description

This session seeks to explore new methods, methodological approaches, and innovations that advance the field of comparative and historical sociology. Traditionally, comparative-historical sociology combines in-depth historical analysis with comparative methods to address fundamental questions about macro-sociological structures, processes, and outcomes across space and time. We invite paper submissions that push these established approaches in new directions. Papers may do this by focusing on innovations in research design, data collection, data analysis, or the use of new and/or unconventional sources in comparative-historical analysis. We encourage the submission of work—whether descriptive or causal—that explores new theoretical and methodological thinking on the nature of comparison, temporality, and history in sociological research. We welcome critical reflections on CHS methods, especially the analytical strategies, issues, and challenges of traditional, Millian comparison in historical sociology.

Sub Unit

• Section on Comparative-Historical Sociology / Methods and Methodological Innovations in Comparative Historical Sociology

Presider

• Jen Triplett, University of Colorado-Boulder

Individual Presentations

• Beyond Cleopatra’s Nose: Dialectical Analysis as Social Theory - Simeon J. Newman, University of Toronto

• Logics of History in Sociological Argument - Tad P. Skotnicki, University of North Carolina-Greensboro

• The Logic of Narrative Analysis in Comparative-Historical Sociology - James Mahoney, Northwestern University; Talia Rueschemeyer-Bailey, Northwestern University; Ana Vedovato, Northwestern University

• The Trés Longue Durée [The Very Long Duration] - David Willer, University of South Carolina; Pamela E. Emanuelson, North Dakota State University

Discussant

• Damon Mayrl, Colby College

Session Organizers

• Jen Triplett, University of Colorado-Boulder

• Salih O. Noor, University of Chicago