Social scientists from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore have come together for The Tri-Co Social Sciences Colloquium.
The new colloquium series debuts at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, at Haverford College Hall, room 107, with "Welcome to One Percent: Aspirational Taste in Colombia," a talk by Bryn Mawr College Associate Professor of Anthropology Sussanna Firoatta.
"The colloquium aims to provide a space in which innovative and inspiring research is presented by and to social scientists of the Tri-Co," says Assistant Professor of Political Science Aytuğ Şaşmaz, who is on the Bryn Mawr steering committee for the series along with Assistant Professor of Computer Science Adam Poliak and Assistant Professor of Sociology Nora Taplin-Kaguru. "In the first three talks, professors from each one of the three colleges present their research at one of the other colleges. The year will be concluded by an outside speaker, renowned political scientist Kathleen Thelen, presenting at Friends Center in Philadelphia, a space frequently used for Tri-Co events."
The series continues with:
"Expired and Unfree: How Anti-Blackness Shapes Life After Work"
Swarthmore College Assistant Professor of Sociology Edlin Veras
Thursday, Dec. 14, 5-6:30 p.m.
Bryn Mawr College, Dalton Hall, Room 300
"Black Queer and Feminist Challenges to Cultural Nationalism"
Haverford College Assistant Professor of Africana Studies Kevin Quin
Thursday, Feb. 15, 5-6:30 p.m.
Swarthmore College TBD
"American Retail Capitalism and the Rise of the Amazon Economy"
Kathleen Thelen, Ford Professor of Political Science, MIT
Tuesday, April 16, 6:30-9 p.m.
Friends Center, 1501 Cherry St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tri-Co Social Science Colloquium is supported by the Mellon Foundation. Additional funding is provided by Aydelotte Foundation (SC), Black Studies Program (SC), Center for Social Sciences (BMC), Department of Anthropology (HC), Department of Political Science (BMC), Department of Political Science (HC), Department of Political Science (SC), Department of Sociology (HC), Department of Sociology and Anthropology (SC) and Provost’s Office (BMC). Members of the inaugural steering committee are Ruodi Duan (HC), Daniel Laurison (SC), Adam Poliak (BMC), Aytuğ Şaşmaz (BMC) and Nora Taplin-Kaguru (BMC).