Session speakers include J.S. Holliday, Chair; Susan Lee Johnson, University of Wisconsin, Madison - From Big Oak Flat Road to Brokeback Mountain: What a Difference a Century Makes; Miroslava Chávez-García, UC Davis - Recovering the History of Spanish-Mexican Women in Nineteenth-century California. UC Berkeley's Bancroft Library presents a two-day symposium celebrating their 100 years of collecting rare and historic documents. Ancient Egypt, CA history, biotechnology, Mark Twain, and the environmental movement are a few of the topics discussed by three dozen scholars and activists. [events] [artshumanities] Credits: producers:UC Berkeley Educational Technology Services
One of the years most lively events, the student reading includes winners of the following prizes: Academy of American Poets, Cook, Rosenberg, and Yang, as well as students nominated by Berkeleys creative writing faculty, Lunch Poems volunteers, and representatives from student publications.
n this interview Dr. Dilek Cindoglu (Bilkent University, Ankara) discusses how political unrest in late 1970s Turkey lead her to the study of sociology, and how the gender inequalities she observed both at home and in the larger society lead her to do research focusing on gender issues. She also talks about the challenges and possibilities of doing research in the "margins" of sociology.
This is part of a series of interviews with the 22 members of the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association (ISA). The interviews can be found at the ISA website:
http://www.isa-sociology.org/journeys-through-sociology/