Department News and Archived Events
SOAN 373 Ethnographic Research Methods
Tuesday, May 15, 3:00-4:30 p.m. in Holland Hall Room 403.
The students from the SOAN 373 class will be presenting their papers. Please click here for papers being presented, as well as authors names.
Celebration Event
Monday, May 7, 3:30 p.m. in Holland Hall Room 307.
The department will be honoring Sociology/Anthropology majors who: are being initiated into Alpha Kappa Delta, Lambda Alpha and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies, are recipients of Fulbright scholarships, have completed a successful distinction project, are winners in the Gimse photo competition.
Talk by Nathan Brown
April - Date to be announced.
Nathan Brown is a professor at George Washington University. He is also a senior researcher at Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His talk will be about Egypt after Mubarak. Nathan's talk is part of this year's theme of 'Transformations'. Nathan's resume can be seen at: http://carnegieendowment.org/experts/index.cfm?fa=expert_view&expert_id=238 More details to follow.
Lecture: Peace and Conflict Around the World: Some Theses on the Current Situation
Monday, April 16, 7:00p.m. in the Viking Theater
by Professor Johan Galtung.
Johan Galtung will be discussing peace and conflict in relation to recent political and economic changes in several areas of the world. After an overview of five major trends - the US empire falling, the West in general de-developing, the state system yielding to a region system (except for the biggest states), the "Rest" developing, China recreating the world of +500 +1500 - some details will be given about the states mentioned. These will include: US inability to handle it's crisis, Norway caught between the roles of victim and perpetrator, a possible solution for Central Asia, a possible solution for the Middle East, Brazil and the United States of Latin America, and the possible decline and fall of the communist dynasty in China.
Prof. Galtung will also be giving a workshop during the day.
These events are sponsored by: the Kloeck-Jensen Endowment for Peace and Justice, the Transformations Theme Year, and the departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Norwegian, Political Science and Religion.
Information about Johan can be found at: http://www.transcend.org/galtung/
For an archived video of Mr. Galtung's lecture, click here.
Lecture: Homies and Hermanos: God, Gangs, and the Drug War in Central America
Thursday, March 29, 7:00p.m. in the Viking Theater
by Bob Brenneman
Why would a gun-wielding, tattoo-bearing "homie" trade in la vida loca for a Bible and the buttoned-down lifestyle of an evangelical hermano (brother in Christ)? To answer this question, Robert Brenneman interviewed sixty-three former gang members from the "Northern Triangle" of Central America--Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras--most of whom left their gang for evangelicalism. Brenneman will share stories from his new book on gang conversions (Homies and Hermanos: God and Gangs in Central America, Oxford 2012) before concluding with a discussion of the spiral of drug-trafficking and violence ravaging the region today.
Click here for Bob Brenneman's web site.
For an archived video of Mr. Brenneman's lecture, click here.
Sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology and the Kloeck-Jenson Endowment for Peace & Justice.
Social Science Conference
Friday and Saturday, February 17-18
Please click on this link for more information: http://www.stolaf.edu/events/socialscience/New Arrival
Prof. Susi Keefe proudly announced the arrival of her daughter Safi Jeanne on January 27. Mother and baby are doing well. Click here ot view a photo of Safi.Lecture: The New Political Imagination in Istanbul, Jerusalem, and Amman
Monday, November 7th, 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. in Holland Hall 501
by Professor Khaldoun Samman, Macalester College https://sites.google.com/a/macalester.edu/khaldoun-samman/
The lecture is in keeping with this year's theme of 'Transformations". There will be a conversation following the lecture.
Panel: Sustainable Agriculture as a Human Right
Monday, November 7th, commencing at 4:30 p.m. in the Viking Theater
Panelists are:
Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin - agriprenueur, founder of Rural Enterprise Center
Lavarice Guadin - human rights and agricultural activist from Haiti
Below is an outline of the panel:
Introduction of Lavarice Guadin, What If? Foundation and their joint efforts in Haiti
Introduction of panel concept, and Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin
A conversation about Sustainable Agriculture as a Human Right
Retirement Ceremony for Prof. Mike Leming
A Powerpoint presentation of Prof. Leming's retirement ceremony is now available! Click here to view it.
Retirement Ceremony for Prof. Mike Leming
Wednesday, October 26th, 3;15-5:00 p.m., outside of Holland Hall.
Reception in the Sun Room, Buntrock Commons (following the tree planting ceremony)
All are invited to celebrate Prof. Mike Leming's years of service and retirement from the Sociology and Anthropology department. The tree planting service will commence at 3:15 p.m. almost straight west of the NW corner of Holland Hall, with a reception to follow.
Visit by Prof. Cawo Abdi
Wednesday, October 19th, 3:30-4:30 - Regents Hall 410
Public lecture on Conflict and Gender in the Horn of Africa: A Gendered Perspective on the Conflict in the Horn of Africa.
Professor Cawo Abdi (Sociology Dept., University of Minnesota) will discuss the gendered consequences of the militarization of the Horn of Africa, and policy recommendations for solutions to these conflicts and to advance the struggle against sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination. To read Prof. Abdi's paper, please click here.
More information regarding Professor Abdi can be found on her web site at: http://www.soc.umn.edu/people/abdi_c.html.
This event is open to the public.
Annual Pizza Party
Monday, September 26th, 5:00 p.m.- 6:30 p.m.- Holland Hall 307
All Sociology and Anthropology majors are invited to attend the pizza party and socialize with the departments faculty and staff, as well as each other.
9500 Liberty - Film Screening
Thursday, September 15th - 7pm - Tomson Hall 280
Presente has invited Eric Byler, nationally renowned political activist and filmmaker, to present his documentary 9500 Liberty. The documentary is about a law passed in a Virginia county that required police officers to question anyone who looked to be an undocumented immigrant. Many members of the community felt targeted due to the color of their skin, and the controversy caused a division in the county. Moreover, no one predicted the economic implications the law would have for Prince William County, Virginia.
This event is open to the public.
Sponsored by: Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Political-Science, Romance Languages and Hispanic Studies, and the Kloeck-Jenson Endowment for Peace and Justice.
