16:45

Gathering

17:00

Greetings

First Session
Chair: Prof. Motti Regev, Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and Communication,
and the M.A. Program in Cultural Studies, The Open University of Israel

Prof. Pertti Alasuutari, Academy Professor, University of Tampere, Finland
Cultural Sociology as Cultural Studies

17:45

Break

18:00

Second Session
Chair: Dr. Zeev Rosenhek, Head of the Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel

Dr. Tally Katz־Gerro, Dept. of Sociology, Haifa University
Religion, Religiosity and Cultural Stratification: International Evidence

Dr. Dafna Hirsch, Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and Communication,
and the M.A. Program in Cultural Studies, The Open University of Israel
The Gourmetization of Hummus and the Return of the Repressed Arab

Ms. Dana Kaplan, Dept. of Sociology, Political Science and Communication, The Open University of Israel, and Dept. of Sociology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
The Creation of a New Middle Class Culture: Sexual Lifestyle in Israel

Prof. Motti Regev: Concluding Remarks