Events

Sep 15

Climate Change and Health Team-Building Event

Friday, September 15, 2023 12:00 PM at 115 International Center

Sociology Assistant Professor Dr. Jennifer Carrera will take part in a Climate Change and Health Team Building event on Sept. 15.

Sep 22

All the Voices of the Mekong

Friday, September 22, 2023 3:00 PM at James Madison College library

Dr. Amanda Flaim (Sociology and James Madison College) is featured in a showcase on the Mekong Culture WELL project, a $1 million research project supported by the Henry Luce Foundation's Initiative on Southeast Asia, or LuceSEA. The project showcase will include student and faculty works. A reception will be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 22 in the third floor library at James Madison College in Case Hall.

Sep 29

Dr. Zakia Salime (Rutgers) Lecture: "Decolonizing the Race Debate in North Africa: Questions of Ethics"

Friday, September 29, 2023 3:00 PM at 303 International Center

Fri. Sept. 29, 3pm, 303 International Center: Zakia Salime (Rutgers), “Decolonizing the Race Debate in North Africa: Questions of Ethics”

Oct 12

Aging and the social brain: The role of social networks in dementia

Thursday, October 12, 2023 3:00 PM at Zoom

Dr. Brea L. Perry, Allen D. and Polly S. Grimshaw Professor of Sociology at Indiana University Bloomington, will be presenting a guest lecture.

Oct 30

Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory

Monday, October 30, 2023 4:00 PM at Room 305 International Center

MSU Sociology is pleased to cosponsor Jennifer M. Gomez, PhD, as she presents the Cultural Betrayal Trauma Theory as part of the GenCen Colloquia Series.

Nov 10

Dr. Sunera Thobani (University of British Columbia) Lecture -“Contesting Islam, Constructing Race and Sexuality: The Inordinate Desire of the West”

Friday, November 10, 2023 3:30 PM at 303 International Center (and via Zoom)

Dr. Sunera Thobani (University of British Columbia) will deliver a lecture titled “Contesting Islam, Constructing Race and Sexuality: The Inordinate Desire of the West” at 3:30p in 303 International Center (and via Zoom) on Friday November 10th

Nov 17

Equal Partners? How Dual-Professional Couples Make Career, Relationship, and Family Decisions

Friday, November 17, 2023 12:00 PM at Zoom

Jaclyn S. Wong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of South Carolina. She received her PhD in Sociology with a graduate certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies from the University of Chicago.