PROF. SUSAN ECKSTEIN AWARDED EXPLORATORY SEMINAR GRANT
Professor Susan Eckstein has been awarded an exploratory Seminar Grant from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. The seminar will address ways that the understanding of immigrants and their cross-border impacts can be improved upon using a theoretically and historically grounded concept of generations.
BU T.V. FEATURES PROF. RUHA BENJAMIN ON POSTRACIALISM
Professor Ruha Benjamin was recently highlighted on BU T.V. show ‘On That Point’, an award-winning current events discussion program. To hear Professor Benjamin’s perspective on race in America and the significance of President Obama’s election click here.
PROF. CATI CONNELL TO GIVE KEY NOTE SPEECH AT BRANDEIS SEXUALITIES CONFERENCE
Assistant Professor Cati Connell has been elected to give the key note address at the Third Annual Brandeis Undergraduate Sexualities Research Conference today, April 7th, 2011. her speech is titled, ““InQueeries: The Possibilities and Limitations of Queer Theory in Sexualities Research”. More information on the event can be found at the following link: Sexualities Research […]
PROF. GREENFELD TO DELIVER LECTURE AT MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Professor Liah Greenfeld, quoted as one of the world’s foremost authority on nationalism, will deliver the annual Tom Nairn Lecture at RMIT University in Australia on March 16th. Professor Greenfeld is also the Director of the Institute for the Advancement of the Social Sciences here at Boston University. Please refer to the link below for […]
ASSISTANT PROFESOR JAPONICA BROWN-SARACINO WINS 2011 BOOK AWARD
Assistant Professor Japonica Brown-Saracino’s book, “A Neighborhood That Never Changes” has been awarded the 2011 Best Book Award from the Urban Affairs Association.
PROF.GO AWARDED GRANT FROM THE BU-WARWICK STRATEGIC FUND INITIATIVE
Professor Julian Go has been awarded a grant from the BU-Warwick Strategic Fund Initiative for an interdisciplinary project “Postcolonial Cosmopolitanism” that will include participants from BU and Warwick UK in Sociology, History, Literature, and Classical studies.
PROF. ASHLEY MEARS QUOTED FOR NEW YORK TIMES
Assistant Professor Ashley Mears was recently quoted in the January 21st edition of the New York Times, talking about the concerns of men in dealing with body images. and The article can be found by following the link below: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/23/fashion/weddings/23FIELD.html?_r=1
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR ASHLEY MEARS AWARDED JUNIOR FELLOWSHIP
Assistant Professor Ashley Mears has been awarded the distinguished Junior Fellowship from the Humanities Foundation for the academic year 2011/2012. She will receive leave for one semester to devote herself to her research.
PROF. PETER YEAGER TO BE INDUCTED AS PRESIDENT OF WHITE-COLLAR CRIME RESEARCH CONSORTIUM
Professor Peter Yeager will be inducted Nov. 18 as President of the White-Collar Crime Research Consortium, the research arm of the National White Collar Crime Center in VA. He was elected in 2008 as vice-president and president-elect of the organization, and will serve a term of two years. His induction will take place at the […]
PROFESSOR ASHLEY MEARS FEATURED IN FALL 2010 CAS NEWSLETTER
“Defining Beauty-Women Come in all Colors. Why Don’t Fashion Models?” is one of the latest featured articles in the fall 2010 CAS newsletter. Writer Corinne Steinbrenner features the recent studies by Assistant Professor Ashley Mears, an ethnographer with interests in popular culture and markets. Professor Mears dives into these and many other topics in her […]