Lecture Series 2006-2007

Youngstown State University

Center for Working-Class Studies

 

Lecture Series 2006-2007

 

November 14, 2006, Presidential Suites, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Accountability Efforts in U.S. Schools:  Examining the Impact Across Racial, Class and Linguistic Groups

   Carlos Diaz, Professor, Curriculum and Instruction, Florida Atlantic University

   Co-sponsored by the Beeghly College of Education

 

February 14, 2007, Presidential Suites, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Woman and Work in Modern China

   Tong Xin, Director, Center for Chinese Workers,

   Professor, Sociology Department, University of Peking

   Co-sponsored by the Sociology and Anthropology Department and Labor Studies Program

 

March 1 - May 4, 2007, Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor

   Working Ohio/Working Youngstown:  A Photographic and Poster Exhibition

   Steven Cagan, Photographer, and the Center for Working-Class Studies

  

March 22, 2007, Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor, 7:00 p.m.

   Working Ohio/Working Youngstown:  Reception and Gallery Talk

   Steven Cagan, Photographer, and Alyssa Lenhoff, Director, Journalism Program, YSU

   Co-sponsored by the Journalism Program

 

April 16, 2007, Ohio Room, Kilcawley Center, 7:30 p.m.

   Laughing Matters:  Entertainment Television's Mockery of the Working Class

   Pepi Leistyna, Professor, Applied Linguistics, University of Massachusetts (Boston)

   Co-sponsored by the American Studies Program

 

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.