Lecture Series 2004-2005

Youngstown State University

Center for Working-Class Studies

 

Lecture Series 2004-2005

 

 

July 1, 2004, Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, noon

   Homeland:  Middle America after 9/11

   Dale Maharidge, Professor, Columbia University and 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner

  Co-sponsored by the Journalism Program

 

September 18, 2004, Chestnut Room, Kilcawley Center, 8:00 p.m.

   Intensive Care:  A Play

   Jeanne Bryner, nurse and award-winning poet

   Co-sponsored by the Nursing Department

 

October 12, 2004, Jones Room, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Working-Class Conservatism:  From Hard Hats to NASCAR Dads

   Jefferson Cowie, Professor, Cornell University, 2000 Taft Labor History Award winner

   Co-sponsored by the History Department

 

November 16, 2004, Presidential Suite, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Clash of Globalizations?:  The Politics of International Labor Rights

   Thomas Greven, Professor, Political Science, Free University of Berlin

   Co-sponsored by the Political Science Department

 

February 8, 2005, Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   The African-American Freedom Struggle:  Shifting Visions and Strategies

   Joe W. Trotter, Professor and Chair, History Department, Carnegie Mellon University

   Co-sponsored by the Africana Studies Program

 

May 3, 2005, Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Understanding the Other:  Class and Journalism in America

   Brent Cunningham, Managing Editor, Columbia Journalism Review

   Co-sponsored by the English Department

 

May 18-21, 2005, Kilcawley Center

   New Working-Class Studies:  Past, Present and Future

   Biennial Conference and the CWCS 10th Anniversary

 

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.