Spring Colloquium Series 2023
Mon, Apr 10, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
About this talk:
A legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, Brazil is home to the largest number of African descendants outside Africa and the greatest number of domestic workers in the world. Drawing on ten years of interviews and ethnographic research, the author examines the lives of marginalized informal…
Location
Friend Center
Speaker
Dr. Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman
Affiliation
Associate Professor of Sociology and Interim Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Recruitment, Retention, and Engagement at the University of South Florida
Presentation
"Second-Class Daughters: Informal Adoptions as Modern Slavery in Brazil"
Spring Colloquium Series 2023
Mon, Apr 17, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:15 pm
About this talk:
The City is a violent project. And metropolises that have thrived the most have spilled the most blood in turf wars over power, resources, and territory. Gangs, long stigmatized as the destructive force in urban development, have in fact played a vital role in shaping the very streets we walk on…
Location
Friend Center, Room 101
Speaker
Andrew Papachristos
Affiliation
Northwestern University
Presentation
"Dead Line: How Street Gangs Built the Great American City"