Department Head of Sociology, Manisha Desai, recently participated in “Taking a Perspective of ‘Land, Caste, Class & Gender’ to the Global Audience” to remember Dr. Gail Omvedt (1941-2021).  

Check out Professor of Sociology and Asian and Asian American Studies, Bandana Purkaystha, in the upcoming series “Analyzing Gender: Global Encounters” on September 6th &13th at 5:00pm.  

Professor Manisha Desai moderated the webinar “A Global Treaty to End Violence Against Women: Why Now?” on July 28, 2021. The webinar discussed the origins and process that led to the draft of a global treaty to end violence against women, the inadequacy of the current conventions, and the current advocacy and mobilization to bring […]

Heather Battaly (Philosophy, UConn) David G. Embrick (Sociology and Africana Studies, UConn) Charles Mahoney (English and Comparative Literary and Cultural Studies, UConn) February 10, 2021, 1:15–2:30pm An online webinar. Event registration is required for attendance. Heather Battaly is a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Connecticut. She specializes in epistemology, ethics, and virtue theory. She is […]