The Department of Sociology presents:

Frances Fox Piven

Thinking About Politics and Sociology in the 21st Century

The proposed format is that Fran will speak for a few minutes on the general topic, discuss some of the priorities shaping her intellectual and political work, and then conduct an open discussion. The conversation will emphasize student concerns and interests and discussion topics raised by students.

Piven will be on campus to give a talk on Thursday, March 6 on race and voting (for more info, go to http://newracialstudies.ucsb.edu/speakers). She has offered to do a more informal colloquium in Sociology on Friday March 7.

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Frances Fox Piven is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the co-author, with Richard A. Cloward, of Regulating the Poor, Poor People’s Movements, Why Americans Don’t Vote, The New Class War, and The Breaking of the American Social Compact (The New Press). She is the immediate past President of the American Sociological Association, and she is also the recipient of the Association's Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology

Friday, March 7, 2008

12:00 noon

Ellison Hall 2824