Tuesday, April 17 - The Pop Center welcomes Eric Klinenberg, Professor of Sociology, Public Policy, and Media, Culture, and Communications at New York University. Dr. Klinenberg will conduct a special lecture, “Going Solo: The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone,” also the name of his newly released book.
Dr. Klinenberg will discuss the dramatic rise of solo living and the seismic impact it's having on our culture, business, and politics. Conventional wisdom tells us that living by oneself leads to loneliness and isolation, but, as Klinenberg will show, most solo dwellers are deeply engaged in social and civic life. In fact, compared with their married counterparts, they are more likely to eat out and exercise, go to art and music classes, attend public events and lectures, and volunteer. It is now more common for an American adult to live alone than in a nuclear family, and Klinenberg analyzes the challenges and opportunities for singletons at different stages of life: young professionals who pay higher rent for the freedom and privacy of their own apartments; singles in their thirties and forties who refuse to compromise their career or lifestyle for an unsatisfying partner; divorced men and women who no longer believe that marriage is a reliable source of happiness or stability; and the elderly, most of whom prefer living by themselves to living with friends or their children.
The talk is open to everyone on April 17 from 4:30-6:00 PM at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies, 9 Bow Street, in Cambridge, and is co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology at Harvard. A book signing reception will immediately follow the talk.
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Monday, April 2 - The Pop Center is pleased to co-sponsor this year's Harvard Canada Seminar featuring David Butler-Jones, MD, LL.D., Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada.
Dr. Butler-Jones will present "Living Forward, Understanding Backward: Transforming Public Health in the 21st Century" from 4:00 - 6:00 PM in the Bowie Vernon Room (K262) at CGIS Knafel, 2nd floor, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge.
As Canada's first Chief Public Health Officer, Dr. Butler-Jones provides leadership on the government's efforts to protect and promote the health and safety of Canadians. He has worked in many parts of Canada in both public health and clinical medicine, as well as consulting in a number of other countries. He is a professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, and is an associate clinical professor at the University of Saskatchewan. He has also been involved as a researcher in a broad range of public health issues. From 1995 to 2002, Dr. Butler-Jones was chief medical health officer for the Province of Saskatchewan and executive director of the population health and primary health services branches for the province.
The Harvard Canada Seminar is an annual event offered through the Harvard Canada Program at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs.
