Events
Event ArchivesQueer Futurisms: Identity, Culture and Critique
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 at Hybrid event
James Madison College hosts the 2026 Stephen O. Murray Symposium, a daylong gathering of scholars and community members to explore the past, present and future of LGBTQ+ life and scholarship. This year’s theme, “Queer Futurisms: Identity, Culture, and Critique,” brings together scholars from across the U.S. and a nationally recognized drag artist for presentations spanning qualitative research, personal narrative and performance ethnography.
Immigration and Crime: Science Over Rhetoric
Thursday, April 16, 2026 6:00 PM at S105 Kedzie Hall
As this year's Dae Chang visiting Scholar, Charis E. Kubrin is a nationally recognized scholar in criminology and sociology and a leading voice on race, justice, and criminal justice reform.
Islands of Exclusion, Ecologies of Resistance: Colonial Environmental Regimes and Afro/Indigenous Resistance in Puerto Rico
Monday, April 20, 2026 10:30 AM at 457 Berkey and Zoom
MSU Sociology PhD student Angélica De Jesús will present her dissertation proposal "Islands of Exclusion, Ecologies of Resistance: Colonial Environmental Regimes and Afro/Indigenous Resistance in Puerto Rico."
Speed Networking Workshop
Friday, April 24, 2026 10:45 AM at 457 Berkey
As part of our speaker series, we will be hosting a Speed Networking Workshop on April 24 from 10:45 - 11:45 am in Berkey 457. Food will be provided.
Becoming Boundless: Indian Transnational Entrepreneurs in the Global Economy
Thursday, September 24, 2026 12:00 PM at Berkey Hall Conference Room 4F
Dr. Manashi Ray is a Professor of Sociology at West Virginia State University. Her work examines international migration, transnational networks, and social inequality through a gendered lens. Drawing on frameworks such as migrant capital, Pierre Bourdieu’s theory of capital, and life course perspectives, her research explores how globalization and technology shape migratory processes, transnational practices, and refugee experiences across South and East Asia. Her scholarship has been published in leading journals including Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies and Economic and Political Weekly. She received her PhD in Sociology from Michigan State University.