Monday
October 16th at 2pm Student Service Building, Rooms B & C, 1200 W. Harrison
A reception sponsored by the African American Studies Progam and the Institute for Research in Race and Public Policy will follow the talk.
Mitchell Duneier of the Univesity of Wisconsin, and author of Sidewalk and Slim's Table will be among the respondents to Anderson's lecture.
Elijah Anderson is the Charles and William L. Day Professor of the Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, and director of the Philadephia Ethnography Project. He lives in Philadephia with his family.
Dr. Anderson
will facilitate four training seminars on field work methods during his
stay. The first will be held Monday morning, October 16th, and three more
Tuesday October 17th. The seminars
will be open to graduate students and faculty by registration only. Topics
for the seminars are being selected. Suggestions are welcome. Register for the seminars
by contacting Julie Reich at the Clark Center, 312-996-8590, kbc@uic.edu.
Seminars will be limited to approximately 20 participants to ensure productive
interaction.