Lecture Series 2001-2002

 

Youngstown State University

Center for Working-Class Studies

 

Lecture Series 2001-2002

 

October 3, 2001, Gallery, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

Workers' Life Stories in a Changing American Economy: Deindustrialization from the Bottom Up and the Inside Out

Michael Frisch, Professor of History and American Studies, University of Buffalo, Past president, American Studies Association, Author of Portraits in Steel

Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program

 

October 30, 2001, Gallery, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

Housing Labor's Unrest: Economic Restructuring, Immigration, and the Social Production of Scale in the Midwest

Jeff Crump, Associate Professor, Housing Studies Program, University of Minnesota, Founding member, Minnesota Center for Labor and Working-Class Studies.

Co-sponsored by the Geography Department

 

February 14, 2002, Humphrey Room, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

"Machine Gun" and Soldiers' Blues: Jimi Hendrix, Vietnam, and Black Conscription

Kimberly L. Phillips, Associate Professor, History Department, College of William and Mary, Author of Alabama North: African-American Migrants, Community and Working-Class Activism in Cleveland, 1915-45.

Co-sponsored with Africana Studies Program

 

March 26, 2002, Gallery, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

Composition in an Age of Compassionate Conservatism

Steve Parks, Director, Institute for the Study of Literature, Literacy, and Culture, Temple University

Co-sponsored with the English Department

 

May 1, 2002, McDonough Museum of Art Lecture Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Documentation of Working-Class Life: Unseen America and Class in America

Esther Cohen, Creative Director, Bread and Roses: The Cultural Project of Health and Human Services Union1199/SEIU

Coordinator of the Unseen America Photographic Project

Louis Alvarez, Center for New America Media, producer of the PBS documentary, Class in America

Co-sponsored by the Labor Studies Program and Art Department

 

 

 

The Center for Working-Class Studies is a multidisciplinary teaching and research center devoted to the study of working-class life and culture. The CWCS is funded by Youngstown State University and a grant from the Ford Foundation.  For more information about the Lecture Series, Biennial Conference or CWCS, contact:  John Russo (330) 941-2976 or jbrusso@ysu.edu