Thursday 31 October 2019

Kim Scipes's delegation to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Kim Scipes, Professor of Sociology at Purdue University Northwest (PNW) in Westville, Indiana, USA, got his college dean, Elaine Carey, to co-sponsor and support a delegation to the “International Conference on Innovations in Social Sciences and the Humanities 2019” at Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on October 4-5, 2019. Co-sponsors, besides TDTU and PNW, included Universitat Leipzig (Germany), Warwick University (UK), University a Degli Studi di Trieste (Italy), and National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan).  Eventually, five PNW faculty presented papers, plus a Memorandum of Understanding for student and faculty exchanges was signed between TDTU and PNW.  Scipes presented a paper on “Innovations in Labor Studies:  Incorporating Global Perspectives,” served on the Scientific Committee of the Conference, and Chaired a session on “Innovations in Public Engagement for Social Sciences and Humanities.”

 Kim Scipes

Monday 30 September 2019

Adriana Leona Rosales-Mendoza (17 Sep 2019) presentation at the University of Waikato


Adriana Leona Rosales-Mendoza’s presentation: “Migratory Emotions: Men and Women of Yucatan and Chiapas, Mexico, Facing Male Migration to Quebec, Canada”, 17 September 2019, The University of Waikato: “Migratory Emotions: Men and Women of Yucatan and Chiapas, Mexico, Facing Male Migration to Quebec, Canada”, 17 September 2019, The University of Waikato


IDEA SEMINAR Series 2019 - 17 September 2019

DateTuesday 17 September 2019
Time1:10pm - 2pm
WhereI.1.01
PresenterAdriana Leona Rosales-Mendoza
ContactShefali Pawar
Contact emailshefali.pawar@waikato.ac.nz
Admission CostFree
MIGRATORY EMOTIONS: MEN AND WOMEN OF YUCATAN AND CHIAPAS, MÉXICO, FACING MALE MIGRATION TO QUEBEC, CANADA

Saturday 31 August 2019

Dr Jörg Nowak Interviewed by German public television channel ZDF


Dr Jörg Nowak
Interviewed by German public television channel ZDF, 2 August 2019
Call for an international climate strike


Streikforscher zu Klimademos-"Ökologische Fragen innerhalb der Gewerkschaften umstritten"

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Tuesday 30 April 2019

Jenny Chan interviewed by Daniel Denvir for The Dig (10 April 2019)


Jenny Chan interviewed by Daniel Denvir for The Dig (a podcast from Jacobin magazine), in “Chinese Class Conflict with Jenny Chan,” 10 April 2019 (total run time: 01:56:59).


The Dig

In the US, China is often viewed at best as a nefarious and enigmatic rival and at worst as a civilizational enemy. But these stories of national rivalry that permeate both major parties and the mainstream media function as a mystification, shrouding the global supply chain that connects capitalist exploitation from East to West. When we cut through the noise, a rather different picture emerges: China is home to a massive portion of the world's working-class, a class that is struggling against the combined forces of state and global capital for dignified lives. And these struggles, contrary to conventional wisdom, are deeply connected, rather than opposed to, worker struggles in the West. Dan interviews sociologist Jenny Chan on China's class conflict and labor movement.

Monday 1 April 2019

Andreas Bieler awarded the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies fellowship (2019-2020)


Andreas Bieler has been awarded a one-year fellowship with the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies, starting in August 2019.

Big congratulations!


Image of Andreas Bieler

Andreas Bieler

Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Social Sciences