Lecture Series 2007-2008

Youngstown State University

Center for Working-Class Studies

 

Lecture Series 2007-2008

 

September 19, 2007, Youngstown Historical Center/Steel Museum, 7:00 pm

   Remembering Black Monday, 1977-2007: A Roundtable Discussion

   Staughton Lynd, Attorney: Gerald Dickey, USW; Rev. Edward Wisheimer, Ecumenical Coalition; William Farragher, Youngstown Sheet and Tube

   Co-sponsored by the Youngstown Historical Center, Mahoning Valley Historical Society Young Leaders' Advisory Board, YSU Center for

   Applied History, and the Office of Social Action/Diocese of Youngstown

 

October 30, 2007, Kilcawley Center, Presidential Suite, 7:30 pm

   Geographies of Hope and Despair for Atlanta's Latino, African American, and White Day Laborers

   Terry Easton, Marion Brittain Fellow, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007 Winner, Best Dissertation in Working-Class Studies

   Co-sponsored with the YSU American Studies Program

 

February 26, 2008, Kilcawley Center, Gallery, 7:30 pm

   Spinning Rebellion: The Attica Prison Uprising, the Media, and the (Mis)Shaping of Working-Class Politics in Post-19702 U.S.

   Heather Thompson, Soros Justice Fellow, History Professor, University of North Carolina

   Co-sponsored by YSU Journalism Program and History Department

 

March 20, 2008, Kilcawley Center, Ohio Room, 7:30 pm

   The China Labor Conundrum: Engage or Sanctions?

   Katie Quan, Director, Henning Center for International Labor Relations, University of California at Berkeley

   Co-sponsored by the YSU Labor Studies Program, Williamson College of Business Administration

 

April 10, 2008, Kilcawley Center, Presidential Suite, 7:30 pm

   Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture

   Aaron Fox, Associate Professor of Music, and Director, Center for Ethnomusicology, Columbia University

   Co-sponsored by the YSU Music 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.