4th Annual

UCSD Culture Conference:

Crisis, Emergency, Global Processes

Friday, May 9, 2008

The Great Hall, University of California, San Diego

10:00 am (registration) – 4:30 pm, with reception to follow

 
Please join us for the Fourth Annual UCSD Culture Conference: Crisis, Emergency, Global Processes.This event brings together scholars who share an interest in culture for a full day of talks, discussion, and networking.This year’s conference will feature two full-length paper presentations and a panel of distinguished sociologists. Lunch will be provided.
 
RSVP REQUIRED
RSVP to Lisa Nunn (lnunn@ucsd.edu) by April 1, 2008 
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Craig Calhoun

Craig Calhoun, Social Science Research Council and New York University
“Humanitarian Emergencies” as a Social Category

Ann Swidler

Ann Swidler, University of California, Berkeley
Cultural and Institutional Responses to the AIDS Epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa

 

PANELISTS

Ann Hironaka

Ann Hironaka, University of California, Irvine
Wars and Military Interventions

'Peter Levin

Peter Levin, Barnard College
Market Crises

David Pellow, University of California, San Diego
Environmental Movements, Justice, and Crises

Laura Steve

Kwai Ng

Photos by Jonathan Stern

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PARKING

Parking permits are available by request. 
Please indicate if you need a parking permit and include your mailing address when you RSVP.
 
If you have questions, please email Lisa Nunn (lnunn@ucsd.edu).
 
CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS
Amy Binder, Mary Blair-Loy, John H. Evans, Andrew Lakoff, Kwai Ng, and Lisa Nunn

 

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