PEWS

Thursday April 14, 2005
6:00 pm Campus Center	Plenary Dinner for Conference Participants
8:00 - 9:30 Campus Center Room 101	Plenary Session Immanuel Wallerstein, Sociology, Yale University & Fernand Braudel Center SUNY-Binghamton
Friday April 15, 2005 Gordon Hall 302
8:00 - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:30 - 9:30 am	Plenary Session Saskia Sassen, Ralph Lewis Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, and Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
9:45 - 11:45 am	Neoliberalism & Power *Chair: Joya Misra, Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst*
11:45 - 12:45 pm	Lunch (Gordon Hall Atrium)
12:45 - 2:45 pm	Empire, Imperial Discourses, and Global Hegemonies *Chair: Nerissa Balce,* Comparative Literature, University of Massachusetts at Amherst**
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 - 5:00 pm	The Politics of Global Institutions *Chair: Dan Clawson, Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst*
5:00 - 8:00 pm	Dinner Break
8:00 - 9:30 pm	Plenary Session Enrique Dussel Ambrosini, Philosophy, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
Saturday April 16, 2005 Gordon Hall 302
8:00 - 8:30 am	Continental Breakfast
8:00 - 9:30 pm	Plenary Session Anibal Quijano, Sociology, SUNY-Binghamton & FLACSO, Peru
9:45 - 11:45 am	Historical capitalism in crisis? Contending scenarios for change today Chair: Randall Stokes, Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst
11:45 - 12:45 pm	Lunch (Gordon Hall Atrium)
12:45 - 2:45 pm	State, Nation, Region: Cartographies of Power and Contestation *Chair: Srirupa Roy, Political Science, University of Massachusetts at Amherst*
2:45 - 3:00 pm	Break
3:00 - 5:00 pm	A New Wave of Antisystemic Movements? *Chair: Millie Thayer, Sociology, University of Massachusetts*
5:00 - 8:00 pm	Dinner Break
8:00 - 9:30 pm	Homage to Gloria Anzaldua : New World Theater Performance, Readings, Testimonials
Saturday April 17, 2005 Gordon Hall 302
8:30 - 9:00 am	Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 11:00 am	Race, Coloniality, Social Movements, and the World-System *Chair: John Bracey, Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts*
11:00 - 12:30 am	Closing Session *Chair, Agustin Lao-Montes, Sociology, University of Massachusetts at Amherst* Amrita Basu, Political Science and Women’s Studies, Amherst College and Director, Five College Women Studies Center Catherine Walsh, Latin American Cultural Studies, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador.