Carcerality, Law, and Punishment Workshop

The Carcerality, Law, and Punishment (CLP) Workshop is co-convened by members of the sociology departments at Columbia University and New York University, with participation from other units at each respective school.  

The aim of this workshop is to bring together scholars and centers that do resonant work on the criminal legal system for a deeper and more focused dialogue on new directions in the field. We also intend for this workshop series to be an opportunity to foster inter-unit and cross-university conversation and collaboration.  

This semester the workshop meets from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and will be held at both NYU and Columbia.

The workshop is supported by the generous sponsorship of the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) at Columbia University.  

Please email faculty organizer David Knight at [email protected] if you are interested in the workshop or have further questions.

Spring 2025 Schedule


February 5: Faith Deckard (UCLA)
‘A good client gets arrested a lot’: Constructing and maintaining profitable subjects through marking and surveillance
(Location: NYU Sociology Dept, 383 Lafayette Street, Rm. C05 Basement Level)


February 19: Alia Nahra (Columbia) and Jacob Hood (NYU)
TBD
(Location: Columbia Sociology Dept, Knox Hall, 606 W 122nd St, Rm. 509) 


March 5: Brett Story (Toronto)
Chapter and film screenings of The Prison in Twelve Landscapes and UNION
(Location: NYU Sociology Dept, 383 Lafayette Street, Rm. C05 Basement Level)


March 12: Paige Sweet (Michigan)
TBD
(Location: NYU Sociology Dept, 383 Lafayette Street, Rm. C05 Basement Level)


April 2: Matthew Clair (Stanford)
TBD
(Location: NYU Sociology Dept, 383 Lafayette Street, Rm. C05 Basement Level)


April 17: Laurence Ralph (Princeton)
Sito: An American Teenager and the City that Failed Him  
(Location: Columbia Sociology Dept, Knox Hall, 606 W 122nd St, Rm. 509)


April 30: Julian Go (Chicago)
Policing Empires: Militarization, Race, and the Imperial Boomerang in Britain and the US
(Location: Columbia Sociology Dept, Knox Hall, 606 W 122nd St, Rm. 509)