Dean's Workshop
For 2005-2006 a workshop on Prison and Social Transformation has been established with support from the Harpur College Dean [Binghamton University]. The workshop, coordinated by Michael Hames-Garcia, Gladys Jimenez, Kelvin Santiago, Michael West and William Martin, aims to advance discussions and research on social justice, historical transformations of prison systems, and the global carceral system. It features regular presentations by faculty, students, and guest lecturers. Among recent and forthcoming events are:
March 1st, 4-6pm [new date and time!], Kelvin Santiago, Binghamton University, " 'Bloody Legislations' and the Work of Race Making in the Spanish Atlantic: Differentiated Spaces of General(ized) Confinement in Spain and Puerto Rico, 1750-1840," Fernand Braudel Center, AA330.
February 24, Noon: John Eason, University of Chicago: ""Development by Arrest:? Building a Theoretical Framework for Prison Growth in Rural America," Fernand Braudel Center, AA330.
February 10th 2006, Noon: Peter Linebaugh, public lecture: "Magna Carta: Commoning, Constitution, and Crime." in the Fernand Braudel Center, AA330. Organized by the Dean's Workshop on Prisons and Social Transformations, Harpur College, Binghamton University; co-sponsors Africana Department, Fernand Braudel Center, History Department, Sociology Department.
May 4, 4-6pm: Sasha Abramsky, speaking on his book Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to The White House, Fernand Braudel Center, 4pm.
Dec 2, 2005, Noon: Max Kenner, Director, and Daniel Karpowitz, Director of Policy and Academics, Bard Prison Initiative: "The Bard Prison Initiative: Lessons From 5 Years of College within a Maximum Security Prison," Fernand Braudel Center, Academic A 330.
11/9/05, Zeynep Gonen, Binghamton University, "Penalty and Social Control in the late Ottoman Empire," 4:30 pm, Fernand Braudel Center, Academic A 330
11/16/05, Sinan Gulhan, Binghamton University, 4:30 pm, Fernand Braudel Center, Academic A 330.
10/26/05, Mecke Nagel, SUNY-Cortland, +�G�+�African Women and Criminal In/Justice,+�G�-� 5 pm, Fernand Braudel Center, Academic A 330