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ArgumentDo we still live in class societies? Is the classical approach to social inequalities, political divisions and lifestyles still relevant?Do we still live inside class societies? Is the classical approach to social inequalities, political cleavages or lifestyles still relevant?This conference, organized over two full days at the initiative of the Center for Studies in Social Change (OSC), calls into question the current concept of &#8220;class&#8221; in the contemporary social sciences. It will bring together specialists from a wide range of thematics, theoretical and methodological backgrounds. With a broad international lens, the conference will draw on the comparison of various national contexts (including United States, United Kingdom, India, Brazil, Argentina).Throughout the contributions, we will examine the explanatory power of the different existing theoretical models and their renewal, in contexts that are often disconnected from the European and North-American framework in which these theories were initiated and developed in the 19th and 20th centuries. Attention will be paid both to the generating mechanisms of class relations and their inclusion in various domains of social life: politics, lifestyles, and geography, especially within urban areas and large metropolises. The conference will focus specifically on the relationships between changes in the wealth distribution (the soar in high-income, the increased importance of heritage) and contemporary transformations of class boundaries and class relations. Emphasis will also be placed on the articulation between the division of society into classes and social mobility trajectories. Two cross-cutting questions will be central to these inquiries: what sort of theories of social class are relevant for the 21st century? How can micro (ethnographic, qualitative) and macro-social (quantitative, structural) approaches be used in a complementary way?The format of the conference (about fifteen speakers) will allow time for open discussion between the speakers and all conference participants. Papers will be presented in English.Papers will be presented in English.Scientific CoordinationPhilippe Coulangeon&#160;and&#160;Marco Oberti.Website:&#160;http://www.sciencespo.fr/osc/en/content/inequalities-and-social-classPlease register:&#160;bernard.corminboeuf@sciencespo.frProgrammeThursday 29 June 201709:00 - 09:30 Welcome coffee09:30 - 10:00 Introduction by Philippe COULANGEON and Marco OBERTIAre social classes still relevant (for analysing social change)?10:00 - 10:45 Geoffrey WODTKE, Assistant Professor, Toronto University, Canada Classes in the 21st Century: Death, Decomposition, or Resurrection?10:45 - 11:30 Daniel OESCH, Professeur associ&#233;, Universit&#233; de Lausanne, Suisse The new tripolar space and class voting in Western Europe11:30 - 12:15 Louis CHAUVEL, Professeur de sociologie, Universit&#233; du Luxembourg, &#171; Repatrimonialisation &#187;: the new role of wealth in the definition of social class systems12:15 - 14:15 LunchSocial mobility14:15 - 15:00 Carlos Antonio COSTA RIBEIRO, Professeur de sociologie, Universit&#233; d'Etat de Rio de Janeiro, (UERJ), Br&#233;sil Class mobility in Brazil: 1973 to 201415:00 - 15:45 Pedro LOPEZ-ROLDAN, Associate Professor, Universit&#233; autonome de Barcelone (UAB), Espagne, Sandra Isabel FACHELLI OLIVA, Universit&#233; autonome de Barcelone (UAB), Espagne, Stratification and social mobility compared : Argentina and Spain15:45 - 16:30 Louis-Andr&#233; VALLET, Directeur de recherche CNRS, Sciences Po OSC, Intergenerational mobility and social fluidity in France over birth cohorts and across age: the role of education16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break&#160;17:00 - 17:45 Yasmine SIBLOT, Professeure des universit&#233;s en sociologie, Universit&#233; Paris 8, Marie CARTIER, Ma&#238;tre de conf&#233;rences, Universit&#233; de Nantes, The France of the &#171; Little-Middles &#187; :exploring the fragile frontier between the working and middles19:30 Dinner Le Procope (limited to Speakers)Friday 30 June 201709:00 - 09:30 Welcome CoffeeSocial classes and lifestyles09:30 - 10:15 Agn&#232;S VAN ZANTEN, Directrice de recherche CNRS, Sciences Po OSC, Ylva BERGSTR&#214;M, Associate Professor, Universit&#233; d&#8217;Uppsala, Sweden, Mikael PALME, Senior Lecturer, Universit&#233; d'Uppsala, Sweden, The educational practices of upper-class families in France and Sweden10:15 - 11:00 Johannes HJELLBREKKE, Professor, University of Bergen, Norway Social class and social capital11:00 - 11:30 Coffee breakSocial classes in India and China11:30 - 12:15 Matthieu FERRY, Ma&#238;tre de conf&#233;rences, ENS Cachan, Jules NAUDET, Charg&#233; de recherche CNRS, Centre d'&#201;tudes de l'Inde et de l'Asie du Sud, &#201;cole des hautes &#233;tudes en sciences sociales (CEIAS, EHESS), Olivier ROUEFF, Charg&#233; de recherche CNRS, Universit&#233; Paris 8In search of the Indian social space. A multidimensional portrait of social stratification in India12:15 - 13:00 &#160;Jean-Louis ROCCA, Professeur, Sciences Po, CERI, Production and reproduction of social classes in market capitalist China13:00 - 14:30 Lunch&#160;Social classes in big metropolis: Paris and London14:30 - 15:15 Edmond PRETECEILLE, Directeur de recherche &#233;m&#233;rite CNRS, Sciences Po OSC, The urban dimension of social class transformations in the Paris metropolis15:15 - 16:00 Mike SAVAGE, Professor, London School of Economics and Political Science,&#160;Social class and inequality in contemporary London16:00 - 16:30 Closing addressScientific and Organization CommitteePhilippe COULANGEON, directeur de recherche au CNRS, Sciences Po OSCMarco OBERTI, professeur des universit&#233;s, directeur de l&#8217;OSCBernard CORMINBOEUF, ing&#233;nieur de recherche CNRS, charg&#233; de la communication de l&#8217;OSCMarie FERRAZZINI, secr&#233;taire g&#233;n&#233;rale de l&#8217;OSCSylvie LESUR, assistante de direction de l&#8217;OSCRegistration required: bernard.corminboeuf@sciencespo.fr