2001-2002 Ethnohistory Workshop SeriesView our SpeakersTrends in Social Thought: 2001Prospectus2001 may finally put to rest such infelicitous academic phrases as "late twentieth-century Marxism," "the old 'new social history'," and "late capitalism." Quite possibly, scholars are also almost ready to put aside the cryptic label "post-structuralism" in favor of more self-descriptive terms. This year's ethnohistory workshop is designed as an open inquiry: what is the current shape of critical theory? We will be asking prominent scholars in a range of disciplines what are the theoretical frames most relevant to their current work. What has changed in the space of a generation, and what is still "to be done"? Fall 2001September 20, 2001: Lynn Hunt, Department of History, University of California, Los Angeles October 11, 2001: Sherry Ortner, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University November 8, 2001: Claudio Lomnitz, Departments of Anthropology and History, University of Chicago December 6, 2001: Gayatri Spivak, Visiting Lecturer in Women's Studies, University of Pennsylvania Spring 2002January 24, 2002: Webb Keane, Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor February 28, 2002: John D. Kelly, Department of Anthropology, University of Chicago March 28, 2002: Joan Dayan, Department of English, University of Pennsylvania April 11, 2002: Craig Calhoun, President, Social Science Research Council |