Workshops (2002-2005)

Frontiers in Development Sociology Theory and Practice
April 23, 2005

The fourth annual workshop focused on the interaction between development sociology and development practice as a follow-up to the conference, "Development Challenges for the 21st Century" held by the Department of Development Sociology at Cornell University on October 1-2, 2004.

Public Sociology
November 1, 2003

The third annual workshop was part of a semester-long process to investigate how sociology might be more responsive to society's needs. The examination of this issue began on October 3, 2003, with Michael Burawoy's Polson Memorial Lecture, "Public Sociologies in a Global Context".

Security/Insecurity
November 2, 2002

The second annual workshop was held on November 2, 2002, and examined the relationship between development and security/insecurity. The event consisted of a campus-wide lecture and panel discussion on Friday, November 1. Benjamin Barber, author of Strong Democracy, Jihad vs McWorld, and more than a dozen other books, presented the Polson Memorial Lecture, "Globalizing Markets? Globalizing Terror? or Globalizing Democracy?" A panel of distinguished Cornell faculty members discussed Professor Barber's ideas following his presentation.