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2011-2012 Colloquia Series
Events are free and open to members of campus, and sponsored by the Department of Sociology (co-sponsors are noted).
Recent Talks
Thursday, April 26
3:30-5:00Schneider G-3
Professor Donald W. Light Rutgers, UDMNJ-SOM
"Medicalization and the Epidemic of Side Effects from Prescription
Drugs: The Risk Proliferation Syndrome"
Sponsored by: Department of Sociology, Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund, and Heller School of Social Policy and Management
Thursday, March 29th
3:30-5:00
Mandel Reading Room-3rd Floor
Professor Sarah Sobieraj, Tufts University
"Covered: Activists, Journalists, and News in a Shifting Media Landscape"
Sponsored by Department of Sociology and Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
Thursday, March 1st
3:30-5:00
Intercultural Center- Second Floor Multipurpose Room in Swig (NOT HP accessible)
Professor Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College, Senior Research Fellow
"The Bog and the Beast: Museums, the Nation, and the World"
Sponsored by: Department of Sociology and Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
Thursday, February 16
3:30-5:00 Mandel Reading Room (3rd Floor)
Professor Sabrina McCormick, Science and Technology Fellow, AAAS
"No Family History: Environmental Links to Breast Cancer"
Sponsored by: Department of Sociology and Martin Weiner Distinguished
Lecturers Fund, Environmental Studies Program, and Health: Science,
Society, and Policy Program
Thursday, December 1st
12-12:50 Mandel Reading Room (3rd Floor)
Professor Tom Shapiro
"Big Dreams in Lean Times: How Families Navigate Mobility and Reproduce Inequality"
Thursday, November 17th
3:30-5:00 Pearlman Lounge
Professor Rene Almeling
"Sex Cells : Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm"
Thursday, October 27th
3:30-5:00 Pearlman Lounge
Professor Michele Lamont
Thursday, October 6th
3:30-5:00 Pearlman Lounge
Professor Shamus Khan
"Privilege: The Making of an Adolescent Elite"