Month: September 2011

Ties That Bind: Toxic Pollution, Urban Brownfields, and the Embodiment of Class and Gender in Post-Industrial Southeast Chicago. Dr. Christine Walley Chris Walley is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at MIT. She is currently completing a book Exit Zero: An Anthropologist’s Account of Family and… Continue Reading Monday, September 26th 3:30 pm, 303 International Center

CITIZENS AND SPORTSMEN: POLITICS AND SOCCER IN 20TH – CENTURY CHILE Dr. Brenda Elsey Fútbol, or soccer as it is called in the U.S., is the most popular sport in the world.  Brenda Elsey takes a fresh look at life in twentieth-century Chile by exploring… Continue Reading Thursday, September 22 4:00 pm, 303 International Center

Congratulations to Dr. Dionicio Nodín Valdés on his latest publication. Organized Agriculture and the Labor Movement is out in hardcover.

The Newberry Library Seminar on Women and Gender presents  Indian Women, Agrarian Villages, and Landscapes of Violence by Dr. Susan Sleeper-Smith, September 23, 3:00-5:00 at the Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton Street, Chicago. This paper examines the agrarian village world created by Indian women in… Continue Reading Dr. Susan Sleeper-Smith speaking at Newberry Seminar