Our next conference is scheduled for June 6-9, 2018 and will be hosted by Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice at Stony Brook University. Click here for the Call for Papers.
Our next conference is scheduled for June 6-9, 2018 and will be hosted by Center for the Study of Inequality and Social Justice at Stony Brook University. Click here for the Call for Papers.
Please join us in congratulating Jack Metztgar, past-President of the WCSA, for receiving the WCSA Lifetime Achievement Award as well as all the other award recipients for their rich contributions to the field of working-class studies. Awards were distributed at Friday night’s banquet held during the How Class Works conference.
Letter from the President
I just returned from the How Class Works conference at Stony Brook. First I’d like to thank Mike Zweig and his team for the great job he did. This was Mike’s last event before he retires and we want to wish him all the best in the future. Be sure to view the images from the conference posted on our website.
I wanted to write my last message as president to update you on developments and to try to keep the momentum from the conference going.
This next year will be a really exciting one of the WCSA and I hope you will become as involved as you can in building the field.
In comradeship,
Tim Strangleman
President of the WCSA
The last day of the conference began with a plenary on class and the African American experience and continued with panels on film, literature and photography, gentrification and urban environmental justice, and a roundtable on cross-class marriage as well as many other topics. Of particular interest was the session introducing the transition of the Center for Study of Working-Class Life to the Center for Study of Class, Inequality, and Social Justice. Special thanks to SUNY Stony Brook and Michael Zweig for hosting another successful conference!
Another full day of panels from exploring the intersections with race, class, health, and environmental justice and the relationship between deindustrialization and memory to a roundtable on media and the working class in the 2016 election and the role of class on college campuses. The WCSA Membership Meeting was well attended, drawing several new members, and officers reported the past year’s progress as well as future goals. Nominations were also taken for the upcoming elections.
Last night’s Meet & Greet was a success and enjoyed by new and returning WCSA members! An open mic followed with poetry and song.
The final program for the 2016 How Class Works Conference is now available. All are invited to attend this year’s WCSA Graduate Student and New Participant Meet and Greet, hosted by Michele Fazio, Jackie Gabriel, and Colby King, on Wednesday, June 8 from 6:30 -7:30 pm at the Hilton Garden Inn, Shirley Kenny Room located on the SUNY-Stony Brook campus. An open mic and spoken word welcoming event follows from 7:30 – 9:30 pm.
We hope to see you there!