Lecture Series 2008-2009

Youngstown State University

Center for Working-Class Studies

 

Lecture Series 2008-2009

 

September 23, 2008, Kilcawley Center, Presidential Suite, 7:30 pm

   The State of American Workers

   Steve Greenhouse, The New York Times, author of The Big Squeeze:  Tough Times for American Workers  

   Co-sponsored by the YSU Journalism Program and Labor Studies Program

 

October 14, 2008, Kilcawley Center, Gallery, 7:30 pm

   Understanding Work:  Two Perspectives on Workers' Lives

   Alessandro Portelli, Professor of Literature, University of Rome, La Sapenza

   Tim Strangleman, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent (UK)

 

October 14, 2008, McKay Auditorium, 4:00 pm

   Teacher Workshop:  Learning about Work:  Hands-on Strategies for the Classroom

   Alessandro Portelli, Professor of Literature, University of Rome, La Sapenza

   Tim Strangleman, Professor of Sociology, University of Kent (UK)

   Sherry Linkon, Co-Director/CWCS, Youngstown State University

   Donna DeBlasion, Professor of History, Youngstown State University

   Martha Pallante, Professor of History, Youngstown State University

   Co-sponsored by YSU/Beeghly College of Education, YSU/College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, YSU/History Department Center for Applies History and the Ohio Humanities Council

    

February 10, 2009, Kilcawley Center, Ohio Room, 7:30 pm

   Assignment Youngstown:  A Panel Discussion on 2008 Election Reporting on the Working Class and Youngstown

   Jonathan Kaufman, The Wall Street Journal 

   Connie Schultz, The Plain Dealer

   Marilyn Geewax, NPR

   Moderator:  Todd Franko, The Vindicator

   Co-sponsored by YSU/Journalism Program and The Vindicator

  Reception prior to presentations sponsored by The New York Times

 

March 26, 2009, McKay Auditorium, 7:30 pm

   New Approaches to Journalism and Reporting on the Working Class

   Craig Duff, Chief Video Journalist and Director of Multimedia at Time.com

   Co-sponsored by YSU/Journalism Program

 

March 26-27, 2009, Computer Lab/Fedor Hall

   New Approaches to Journalism and Reporting on the Working Class:  A Multimedia Workshop for Professional and Student Journalists

   Craig Duff, Chief Video Journalist and Director of Multimedia at Time.com

   Alyssa Lenhoff, YSU/Journalism Program

   Co-sponsored by YSU/Journalism Program

 

April 16, 2009, Kilcawley Center, Gallery, 7:30 pm

   Three Working-Class Poets

   William Boggs, Slippery Rock University, Greatest Hits (Pudding House Publications, 2003)

   Nancy Krygowski, Co-Director, Gist Street Reading Series, Velocity (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2007)

   Naton Leslie, Siena College, Emma Saves Her Life (Turning Point Press, 2007)

   Co-sponsored by YSU/Poetry Center and YSU/English 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.