There are no new conferences being planned by the UB SGSA at this time. Please feel free to address any questions to the current UB SGSA e-board. A link to each of their addresses can be found on the home page of this site.

Previous Conferences

Imaginations, Negotiations, Boundaries: 2001

This year's conference goes down in the books as the fourth successful conference organized by UB Sociology graduate students.

Continuing to attract high-quality speakers, this year's keynote address was delivered by Steven Seidman.

Also featured this year was a roundtable session devoted exclusively to undergraduate papers. Students from UB and Buffalo State College took advantage of this opportunity to present their own original work in a friendly, collegial environment. The undergraduate presenters responded with great enthusiasm to both the roundtable session and the conference more generally.

Navigating Social Spaces: 2000

Despite less-than stellar publicity, this year's "Navigating Social Spaces" conference has been praised widely as our most successful yet. The paper sessions were of uniformly high quality, featuring papers from New York University, Syracuse University, Rutgers University, and some special guests from SUNY - College at Geneseo.

This year's keynote speaker, Elijah Anderson, spoke eloquently on his new book, "Code of the Streets." In his talk, he highlighted the distinctions that inner-city Philadelphia residents make between "decent" and "street" cultures, and the general distrust they have for law enforcement, thus creating the need for a new set of self-regulatory norms. Although the talk occurred much later than originally planned, turnout was excellent and enthusastic.

The post-conference meal at Pearl Street Grill and Brewing Company was well-attended, and provided excellent closure to a long, but fulfilling day.

See the Navigating Social Spaces call for papers.

Changing Social Practice: Reconnecting Scholarship and Community Action: 1999

This year's conference, Changing Social Practiceis on the books as another success. Professors Lynda Schneekloth (Department of Architecture) and Joseph Gardella (Department of Chemistry) spoke at our thematic plenary session on the connections between academic research and community action. Students participating in this year's conference came from UB, Syracuse University, and Cornell University.

See the Changing Social Practice page for the program and call for papers.

Conflict and Community: 1998

Our first conference, Conflict and Community was a resounding success. Terry Williams, author of such important works as The Cocaine Kids and Crackhouse provided the keynote address. Students from UB, Oberlin College, and SUNY-Albany presented papers at sessions throughout the day.

For examples of 1998's conference materials, check out the following:

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