The Madison Colloquium

THE MATHEMATICS COLLOQUIUM presents

Phase transitions are one of the most common phenomena, e.g., water and vapor in our daily life, or liquid crystal for a laptop. In the last few decades, extensive explorations have been made on stationary phase transitions, e.g. theory of renormalization group. In contrast, much less understanding is yet available for the dynamics, namely, the evolution of a system undergoing phase transitions...

Networking Off Madison Avenue

New York County, or Manhattan, accounts for 24% of ad agency receipts in the USA. Years ago the popular image had large agencies on Madison Avenue generating this business. But today there are over 1000 agencies in different clusters spread over different neighborhoods in the southern half of Manhattan. In clustering, advertising is known for the key role that networking plays in the operation ...

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FIAS Colloquium

Confirmation Colloquium

• Elaborate and build upon a growing body of sociological knowledge concerned with cultural resistance and oppositional cultures • Emphasise the significance of human agency in mediating progressive social change • Analyse the innovative ways in which subordinated minority social groups, in this case indigenous Australians, negotiate ‘bi-culturality’, that is, the interface between indigenous c...