Social Justice and Social Policy

Contact Myrna Fox, Computer Science Administrator for tickets.

“Reimagining (Bio)Medicalization, Pharmaceuticals and Genetics – Old Critiques and New Engagements ” is a medical sociology book written by Susan Bell and Anne Figert. Brandeis’ own Prof. Peter Conrad wrote the preface, while Prof. Sara Shostak contributed a chapter. For more information on the book, check the link.

If you would like to pre-register for this class, please email Lauren Jordahl (ljordahl@brandeis.edu), the PAX Administrator, your name and your sage ID – she can sign up on your behalf. Otherwise, the class is available for enrollment when registration opens on January 8.

 

Professor David Cunningham, Chair of the SOC department, was recently featured on BrandeisNOW for his research on the influence of KKK on Southern voters in the 1960s. For more information, read the full article.

http://www.brandeis.edu/now/2014/december/cunningham-kkk-impact.html

Want $10,000 to implement a peace project anywhere in the world? One (or more) Brandeisians will get the opportunity to do so through the Davis Projects for Peace, and that could be you!

We are pleased to announce that we are accepting proposals for the 2015 Davis Projects for Peace grant.  All Brandeis undergraduate students are eligible to apply for this $10,000 grant. 

The deadline to apply is January 15, 2015.  Interested students must contact Professor Fellman prior to December 12 to discuss their proposal.

The Davis Projects for Peace initiative encourages students to design grassroots projects for peace that they themselves will implement anywhere in the world during the summer of 2015.

For more details, please visit: http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/peace/awards/davis.html

 

The deadline for the Karpf and Hahn Award application is October 29th. Though primarily intended for undergraduates, graduate students may apply and have been awarded in the past. It is a great opportunity to implement a peace project, attend a peace-related conference or develop art work on something you care about. Prizes range from $300 to $3500.

For more information, please look at the application:
http://www.brandeis.edu/programs/peace/pdfs/Karpf%20_Hahn%20Peace%20Award%20application.pdf

If you’re interested in applying, you should set up a time to talk to Professor Fellman about your idea ASAP.

For additional questions, please contact Lauren Jordahl at ljordahl@brandeis.edu

Adam Hochschild, an award-winning journalist and the author of King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africs, To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-18, and other books, will be coming to Brandeis this October 13th from 3:30 to 5:00 in the afternoon in the Rapaporte Treasure Hall.

Hochschild spent most of his career writing about human rights and social justice, and is currently a lecturer at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. This October, he will be delivering a public lecture about the public debate in Great Britain over the outbreak of World War I.

To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 will be available for purchase and signing.