Past Events
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
The Phenomenon of Human Trafficking: A Talk by Sompop Jantraka
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Sompop Jantraka is the founder and director of the Development and Education Program for Daughters and Communities (DEPDC), a non-profit organization in Thailand working to combat and prevent the trafficking of women and children into the sex industry and other exploitative labor situations.
WHEN DISGUST GETS IN THE WAY OF PROSECUTING HATE: A CASE OF MURDER IN AUSTRALIA
Colloquium by Gail Mason
- Gail Mason, Ph.D.
University of Sydney School of Law
November 10, 2004
TOUGH GUISE: VIOLENCE, MEDIA AND THE CRISIS IN MASCULINITY
Jackson Katz
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In this multi-media presentation, Jackson Katz, one of America's leading anti-sexist male activists, uses clips from his award-winning film, Tough Guise, to illustrate how mainstream media images help to promote violent masculinity as a cultural norm. Utilizing examples from popular culture, ranging from Howard Stern to Stone Cold Steve Austin, from Good Will Hunting to Boyz 'N the Hood, from Garth Brooks to hip hop styles, Katz will enlighten and provoke students (both men and women) to evaluate their own participation in the culture of contemporary masculinity.
April 24, 2001
SOCIOLOGY OF MENTAL ILLNESS
A Colloquium by Marian Cohen
- Marian Cohen is Professor of Sociology and chair of the Department of Sociology at Framingham State University
November 15, 1999
Reception for Advisory Board Members
October 6, 1999
TALCOTT PARSONS' ANALYSIS OF NAZI GERMANY
A Colloquium by Uta Gerhardt
- Uta Gerhardt is Professor of Sociology at Heidelberg University. As a visiting research associate at Harvard University's Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, she is presently working in Harvard's archives on Parsons' unpublished papers in order to constuct his intellectual biography. Professor Gerhardt has published 16 books and more than 120 articles in professional journals in both English and German.
September 29, 1999
A PANEL DICUSSION ON SCHOOL SHOOTINGS
Panelists: James Fraser, Scott Harshbarger, Maureen Kelleher, Jack Levin, Glenn Pierce, Gordana Rabrenovic
May 17, 1999
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