University of Cincinnati s Department of Sociology Announces Fall Colloquium Schedule

The Department of Sociology at UC’s McMicken College of Arts and Sciences has announced a list of guest speakers for its 2014 fall colloquium. Speakers from across the nation will address a wide range of issues, including feminism in evangelical Christianity, the enduring effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill and many others.

All talks are held from 3 p.m. until 4:15 p.m. at the Taft Research Center, Edwards 1 on UC’s main campus, unless otherwise noted.

• "Putting On the Uniform: Choice, Obligation, and Collective Identity in Men's Work Dress"
  Sept. 5, Erynn Masi de Casanova, University of Cincinnati, Department of Sociology

• "Hip Hop in Latin America"
  Sept. 10, 3:00-5:00 PM, Tanya Saunders, The Ohio State University, Department of African American and African Studies
  Held in conjunction with UC's Hispanic Heritage Month and Taft Research Center

• “Bodies of Christ: Women, Sexual Pleasure, and (What Looks Like) Feminism in Evangelical Christianity”
  Sept. 12, 1:30 PM - Kelsy Burke, St. Norbert College, Sociology Department          
  Held in conjunction with the Taft Research Center and the Department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

• “The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Enduring Health Effects and Youth Empowerment Efforts along the U.S. Gulf Coast”
  Sept. 26, Lori Peek, Colorado State University, Department of Sociology
  Held in conjunction with the Department of Geology

• "Call to Home: Musings on Writing Across Time, Space, and Lives"
  Oct. 24, Taft Departmental Public Lecture: Carol Stack, University of California, Berkeley, Graduate School of Education

• Inaugural Symposium of The Cincinnati Project
  Nov. 14, 9:30 AM – 1:30 PM, Japonica Brown-Saracino, Boston University, Department of Sociology
  Held in conjunction with the Kunz Center for Social Research

• Save the date, speaker TBA.
  Dec. 5

For more information, contact Program Coordinator

Sarah Strouse

, or visit

the Department of Sociology’s website

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