Professor Catherine Connell to Host Graduate Methods Workshop at University of Texas at Austin
Professor Cati Connell has been invited to give a graduate methods workshop on qualitative interviewing at University of Texas as Austin on October 15th, 2013. More details to follow.
Professor Ashley Mears at the University of Amsterdam
Professor Ashley Mears is on leave in Fall 2013 and is traveling to Amsterdam as a Visiting Faculty Fellow at the University of Amsterdam in the Amsterdam Resarch Center for Gender and Sexuality program. She is working on a book manuscript on elite consumption and gender among the global jet set.
Professor Alya Guseva to Lead Luncheon Discussion at Center for Study of Europe
On Tuesday, September 17th, the Center for the Study of Europe will welcome Professor Alya Guseva. In a discussion titled “Plastic Money: The Construction of Markets for Credit Cards in Eight Post-communist Countries,” Professor Guseva will discuss her forthcoming book, co-authored with Akos Rona-Tas from the University of California, San Diego. While her book covers […]
Professor Benjamin’s People’s Science in South Africa
Professor Ruha Benjamin was invited to South Africa by the University of Pretoria’s Institute for Cellular and Molecular Medicine to speak about her book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier on Sept 13th, and to participate in a Wellcome Trust sponsored workshop on “Genomics research on indigenous populations: exploring the concept […]
Professor Ashley Mears to Present in the Discoveries Lecture Series: Pricing Looks, Pricing Gender
Next Tuesday, April 30th, the Discoveries Lecture Series will feature Professor Ashley Mears, who will present “Pricing Looks, Pricing Gender: How Women Earn More Than Men in a Few Rare Fields.” Tuesday, April 30th at 7PM The Florence & Chafetz Hillel House at Boston University 213 Bay State Road, 4th Floor Boston, MA Registration for […]
Professor Stephen Kalberg Receives Teaching and Research Fellowship from the Fulbright Commission
Professor Stephen Kalberg received from the Fulbright Commission a Teaching / Research Fellowship for the Spring Semester, 2014. He will teach at the American University of Armenia in Yerevan, Armenia from January until June. His research will compare the political culture of Armenia’s “hybrid” government to the political cultures of several Western European nations.
Ruha Benjamin blogs for Huffington Post about Science and Citizenship
Drawing on research reported in her forthcoming book, People’s Science: Bodies and Rights on the Stem Cell Frontier, she wonders whether “we are overdue for a Second Enlightenment in which the idealized insularity of science gives way to a more socially robust relationship between scientists and publics.” Read the full article here.
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino speaks at Brandeis University
Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino gave the colloquium talk at Brandeis University’s Department of Sociology on February 28th, 2013 at 3:30 PM. Her talk is titled “Pride of Place:Queer Female Identities and Communities in Four Small U.S. Cities.” February 28th, 2013, Pearlman Lounge – 3:30-4:50 PM Brandeis University Pearlman Building, MS 071, Waltham, Massachusetts 02453 For more information, please […]
Professor Ashley Mears Comments on Fashion Week
National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered” took note of this year’s New York Fashion Week with a story noting the dominance of white models on the runways. In the February 15 story, they included note of Ashley Mears’s book Pricing Beauty and incorporated a comment from Professor Mears. Listen to the full story on their […]
Professor Ruha Benjamin discusses significance of Mount Rushmore in video for BU Professor Voices
In a video for BU’s Professor Voices, Professor Ruha Benjamin discusses “the history of Mount Rushmore, her interpretation of what it represents, and whose face she would put on it.” See the full video at the BU Professor Voices website.