Colloquia

The Department of Sociology hosts weekly colloquia, in which speakers from a variety of distinguished institutions address a wide range of compelling topics. The colloquium occurs every Thursday, at 12:30pm, in Parkes Hall room 222. Please note the change of location; Parkes Hall is located across Chicago Ave from the Sociology Department, adjacent to Alice Millar Chapel. All those interested are always welcome.
For more information, please call (847) 491-3244.

Faculty Coordinator: Chas Camic (Spring 2008)
Gary Fine (Fall 2007and Winter 2008)
Staff Coordinator: Claire Micklin

Spring Quarter 2008 Colloquium Schedule
Date	Speaker
April 3rd	John Diamond Graduate School of Education, Harvard University "Race, Opportunity, and School Achievement in an Affluent Suburb"
April 10th	Ivan Ermakoff Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Enacting State Persecution"
April 17th	Melissa Harris-Lacewell Departments of Politics and African-American Studies, Princeton University "Sister Citizen: The Politics of the Strong Black Woman "
April 24th	Edward Telles Department of Sociology, UCLA
May 1st	David Garland Department of Sociology and School of Law, New York University "Peculiar Institution: The Forms and Functions of American Capital Punishment"
May 8th	Liora Sion Department of Sociology, Hebrew University and Northwestern University "Imagined Masculinity: Body, Sexuality and Family Among Israeli Military Reserve"
May 15th	Howard Becker Emeritus, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University '"The Jazz Repertoire "
May 22nd	Gay Seidman Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison "Citizens, Markets and Transnational Labor Campaigns: Will Consumer Pressure and Independent Monitors Get Rid of Sweatshops?"
May 29th	Adam Ashforth Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Northwestern University "Four Enigmas of HIV/AIDS in Africa"

Winter Quarter 2008 Colloquium Schedule
Date	Speaker
January 17th	Allen Shelton Department of Sociology, Buffalo State University "Assembling Mary Pullen for Cry"
January 28th	Anthony Chen Department of Sociology, University of Michigan "Laboratories of Democracy? The Politics of State Fair Employment Practices Legislation"
January 29th	Michael Rosenfeld Department of Sociology, Stanford University "Young Adulthood as a Factor in Social Change"
January 31st	Andres Villarreal Departments of Sociology and Latin American Studies, University of Texas at Austin "Economic Globalization and Social Inequality in Mexico"
February 7th	Nicole Marwell Department of Sociology, Columbia University "Bargaining for Brooklyn: Community Organizations in the Entrepreneurial City"
February 14th	Daniel Chambliss Department of Sociology, Hamilton College "Conceptual and Methodological Challenges in Studying a Liberal Arts College"
February 21st	David Cunningham Department of Sociology, Brandeis University '"The Durability of Collective Memory: Reconciling the 'Greensboro Massacre' "
February 28th	Nancy Folbre Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts "The Care Sector: An Interdisciplinary Research Proposal"
March 6th	Michele Lamont Department of Sociology, Harvard University "Cream Rising: Understanding Excellence in the Social Sciences and Humanities"