Brandeis University
Department of Sociology

Colloquia Series 2002-2003

Free and Open to All!

Wednesday, April 9, 11:00-12:00 noon
Schwartz Auditorium

Chuck Collins

"Economic Apartheid in America: Growing Inequality and Why it Matters"

Collins is the Director of United for a Fair Economy, an independent, nonprofit organization founded in 1994. He recently co-authored with William H. Gates Sr. (the Microsoft billionaire's father) the book Wealth and Our Commonwealth : Why America Should Tax Accumulated Fortunes discussing the controversial estate tax.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund.

Monday, April 14, 11:00am - Noon
Pearlman Lounge

Jennifer Lawson and Andrew Bundy

"Building a Violence-Free World...Efforts to End Domestic Violence"

Jennifer Lawson, Director of Education and Training at Casa Myrna Vasquez and Andrew Bundy, Member of Board of Directors at Casa Myrna Vasquez.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund.

Thursday, April 3, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge

Annette Lareau

"The Power of Class, the Limits of Race, in the Transmission of Advantage: An Ethnographic Account"

Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple University, Professor Lareau recently published an article in American Sociological Review on her ethnographic study of child rearing, "Invisible Inequality: Social Class and Childrearing in Black Families and White Families," (American Sociological Review, 67:5 October 2002). Her book on the same project, Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life was published in 2003 by University of California Press. The issue of race and class differences and similarities is at the heart of her work.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund.

Thursday, March 20, 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Sherman Function Hall (opposite The Stein)

Patricia Hill Collins

"It All Depends on Where You Stand: Black Nationalist Feminism, or Black Feminist Nationalism"
Update: Topic will be her forthcoming book.

Charles Phelps Taft Professor at the University of Cincinatti and chair of the African American Studies department, Professor Collins is the author of the prize winning book Black Feminist Thought and author of Fighting Words. She has a B.A. and Ph.D. ('84) from Brandeis University's Sociology department, and is a highly respected scholar in the field.

Small Reception following talk.

Co-sponsored by:
   Brandeis Department of Sociology
   The Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund
   The Heller School of Social Policy and Management
   The Women's Studies Research Center
   African and Afro-American Studies Department, and
   the Dean of Arts and Sciences

Thursday, March 13, 2:00 p.m.
Pearlman Lounge

Eric Klinenberg

Assistant Professor at NYU, Professor Klinenberg has written the highly acclaimed book Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago, published by Chicago University Press in 2002. At NYU he teaches Urban Sociology, Theory, Media Relations, and Race/Ethnic Relations.
Several chapters from Heat Wave are available through Library Reserves. Ask Librarian for Sociology Colloquia Readings.

Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the Martin Weiner Distinguished Lecturers Fund.