This year’s Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (Philadelphia, February 24-27) features an exciting miniconference on Children of Immigrants. Organized by Donald J. Hernandez (Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center), the miniconference consists of five sessions held throughout the day on Saturday, February 26th. Topics include:
- Identity and integration
- Parental work
- Socioeconomic Status
- Daily lives of children
- Public programs and health
- Transforming lives in the 21st century
The last session of the miniconference will feature a screening of the acclaimed documentary, "Abused- The Postville Raid" directed by Luis Argueta and co-produced by Vivian Rivas. This documentary critically explores immigration policy through its focus on most brutal, expensive, and one of the largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids in the history of the United States. The film’s director, Luis Argueta will be in attendance, and a question and answer session will follow the film. For more information on the film, visit http://www.abusedthepostvilleraid.com/.
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (Philadelphia, February 24-27) showcases an important and exciting miniconference on China, organized by Zai Liang, SUNY Albany. The miniconference features four sessions scattered throughout Friday, February 25th, with panels covering some of the most important issues affecting the Chinese society and the world today:
- International migration from China
- Perspectives from migrant destination and origin communities
- Education and inequalities in China
- Rural-urban divide
- Culture and rituals
- Property rights
- Green technologies
- Workers and migrants
Among the many participants in the four sessions are:
- Xiaoxin Zeng, University of Southern California
- Weihua An, Harvard University
- Liza Steele, Princeton University
- Shanyang Zhao, Temple University
- Ningzi Li, Cornell University
This year’s program for the Eastern Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting spotlights an groundbreaking miniconference on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer issues, organized by Reese Kelly, SUNY Albany. The LGBTQ miniconference features five sessions scheduled throughout Saturday, February 26th, with topics ranging from:
- Challenging normativities
- Sexual body politics and visibility
- Trans/gender identities, communities, and politics
- Queer marginalities
- Queer intersectional analyses
Of the five sessions, three are invited panels including special presentations by:
- Chrys Ingraham, Purchase College, SUNY
- Laura Essig, Middlebury College
- Suzanna Walters, Indiana University at Bloomington
- Lisa Jean Moore, Purchase College, SUNY
- Siobhan Brooks-King, Temple University
- Paisley Currah, Brooklyn College, CUNY
- Jyoti Puri, Simmons College
- Jessie Daniels, Hunter College
The 2011 Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society features an exciting miniconference on transnationalism, organized by Jyoti Puri, Simmons College, and Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut. The miniconference features three sessions throughout Friday, February 25th, highlighting:
- Thinking transnationalism
- Gender and sexuality
- Conversations and conceptual directions
- Challenging boundaries
- Practices and governance
The three panels include special presentations by many scholars including:
- Nazli Kibria, Boston University
- Nancy A. Naples, University of Connecticut
- Mary Osirim, Bryn Mawr College
- Celine-Marie Pascale, American University
- Millie Thayer, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
This year’s Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society (Philadelphia, February 24-27) includes an exciting mini-conference on Military Sociology. Organized by Ryan Kelty (Washington College), the mini-conference consists of five sessions held throughout the day on Saturday, February 26th. Topics include:
- Diversity and the U.S. Military – race, religion, and civilian contractor integration.
- Military and the Big Picture – on the intersection of politics, media, and the military
- Mobilization and Military Structure – causes and consequences of modern military mobilization (micro and macro analyses).
- Military Control and Regulation – from Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, to an exploration of military systems of control being duplicated in college
- Military Culture and Identities – sexual identities, marriage, mothering, and education.
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