Department Seminar Series 2011
Semester 2
| 15 August - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Stephen Castles, Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney |
| Title: | “Towards a ‘Global Index on Migration, Development and Human Rights’ - A Latin American Initiative” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26 map |
| 29 August - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Fran Collyer, Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney |
| Title: | “Disciplines and their Specialities: Theoretical Considerations” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 19 September - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Tony Bennett, Research Professor in Social and Cultural Theory, and Research Director Centre for Cultural Research, University of Western Sydney |
| Title: | Culture, Choice, Necessity – Bourdieu and Working-class Culture |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 24 October - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Annette Falahey, Lecturer Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney |
| Title: | “Frocked Up: Making Sense of She Embodiment” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 7 November - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Jennifer Wilkinson, Senior Lecturer Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney |
| Title: | "Sex and Solidarity: Friends With Real Benefits" |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
Semester 1
| 21 March - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Sami Coll, Visiting Research Fellow The City University of New York, USA |
| Title: | “Watching Consumers: Towards a New Form of ‘Biopower’? The Case of Loyalty Cards” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 4 April - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Peter Rogers, Lecturer Department of Sociology, Macquarie University |
| Title: | “From Crisis to Resilience: Strategic Approaches to Integrated Emergency Management” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 2 May - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Harriet Westcott, PhD Candidate Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney |
| Title: | “Friends in the Imagination: Staying in Touch with Friends After Migration” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 30 May - *12 - 2pm | |
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| Speaker: | Dr Martin French, Post-doctoral Fellow Department of Sociology, Queen’s University, Canada |
| Title: | “From Surveillance Medicine to Virtual Medicine” |
| Venue: | Room 148 RC Mills, A26map |
| 14 June - 2 - 4pm | |
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| Speaker: | Professor Erik Olin Wright, Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin and President-Elect, American Sociological Association |
| Title: | “Envisioning Real Utopias” |
| Venue: | Education Lecture Room 424, A35map |