Annual Sociological Association Conference in San Francisco

Two particular events of interest at the Annual Sociological Association Conference in San Francisco, August 14-17, are listed below.

1) Monday, 8/16/2004 from 7:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m
Public Address. Public Power in the Age of Empire
Arundhati Roy

2) Monday, 8/16/2004 from 8:30 a.m. - 10:10 a.m.
Public Intellectuals and Critical Events: The Case of India
Raka Ray - University of California, Berkeley (Presider)
Speakers:
Veena Das (Johns Hopkins University)
Dipankar Gupta (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Sujata Patel (University of Pune)
K. Sivaramakrishnan (University of Washington)

PANEL DESCRIPTION:
Indian intellectuals have long been engaged with critical events in the world. However the nature of that engagement is constantly contested. This panel will enter into discussions about the relationship between academics who intervene in ongoing crises and social movements whether they be ethnic/religious

All Events at: Hilton San Francisco & Renaissance Parc 55 Hotel: San Francisco, CA | August 14-17, 2004. Exact locations to be given later. For more information on the conference, please visit:

http://www.asanet.org/convention/2004/