Events
Fall 2026 Sociology Events
Lansdowne Lecture: Dr. Cecilia Manjivar
Thursday, October 29, 2026 - 5:30pm - ECS, Room 123
"Temporary Immigration Statuses and the Precarity of Life"
Cecilia Menjívar is Distinguished Professor of Sociology and holds the Dorothy L. Meier Chair in Social Equities at UCLA. She is the Director of the UCLA Center for the Study of International Migration. She served as Vice-President (2013-2016) and President (2020-2023) of the American Sociological Association. In 2021, she was named a Social Justice Hero by the Museum of Social Justice in Los Angeles.
Her research falls into two areas: effects of immigration laws and legal
statuses on various aspects of life among Central American immigrants in the United States, and gender-based violence in women’s lives in Central America.
This Sociology Lansdowne lecture will examine the expansion of temporary immigration statuses and their effects across spheres of immigrant life, with a focus on Salvadoran immigrants in the United States.
Spring 2026 Sociology Events
Lansdowne Lecture: Tilar J. Mazzeo
Tuesday, January 20th 2026 - 4 - 6PM - Elliot Building, Room 167
"Courage in Forgotten Spaces: Tales of Mutiny, Rescue, and Resistance Across Continents."
Additional information to follow
Sociology January Colloquium
Monday, January 26th 2026 - 12:30 - 1:45pm, CLE A208
The Sociology Colloquium Presents: A book launch of Dr. Midori Ogasawara's Colonial Surveillance
Pizza lunch provided. Books will be available for purchase at a discounted price
Fall 2025 Sociology Events
