Child pornography on the Internet and contemporary slavery will be among the topics of a lecture series beginning Tuesday, Feb. 1, at the University of California, Davis.
The series and a related workshop are titled "Disordering 'Globalization': New Constructions of Deviance in States and Markets."
* Sociologist Kevin Bales of the University of Surrey will speak on "Disposable People: Contemporary Slavery in the Global Economy." 4:10 p.m., Feb. 1.
* Historian Philip Jenkins of Pennsylvania State University will speak on "The Wildest Frontier: The Electronic Market in Child Pornography." 4:10 p.m., Feb. 8.
* Julie Graham, a professor of economic geography at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, will speak on "Toward a Positive Language of Economic Deviance." 4:10 p.m., Feb. 15.
* Anthropologist Aihwa Ong of UC Berkeley will speak on "Diasporic Politics and Human Rights in the Age of State Crisis." Noon, Feb. 17.
The daylong workshop, beginning at 8:30 a.m. on Feb. 18, will feature James Richard, an expert in transnational crime and money laundering, and sociologist David Smith of UC Irvine.
All events will be held in the Andrews Conference Room of the Social Sciences and Humanities Building. They are sponsored by the Institute of Governmental Affairs, the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, and the Center for History, Society and Culture.
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Julia Ann Easley, General news (emphasis: business, K-12 outreach, education, law, government and student affairs), 530-752-8248, jaeasley@ucdavis.edu