March 30 - April 27, 2001

Although it was once fashionable to treat race and ethnicity as communal ties destined to wither away under the rationalizing influence of industrialization or modernization, it is now obvious that racial and ethnic categories have become a deeply institutionalized feature of the advanced industrial landscape.

In this inaugural lecture series, speakers are asked to consider the future of racial and ethnic inequalities within this new postmodern reality, focusing on such issues as the rise of multiracial forms of identification, the emergence of "segmented" forms of assimilation and incorporation among second generation immigrants, and the changing structure of urban poverty and segregation.

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"The Vicious Circle and the Virtuous Circle"
3:00 pm - Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Mitchell Duneier
University of Wisconsin-Madison
and University of California-Santa Barbara

Professor Duneier is author of Sidewalk (winner of the 2000 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, Current Interest Category) and of Slim's Table: Race, Respectability, and Masculinity (winner of the C. Wright Mills Award, American Sociological Association)

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"Assimilation into What? The Second Generation in New York City"
3:00 pm - Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

Mary C. Waters
Harvard University

Professor Waters is author of Black Identities: West Indian Immigrant Dreams and American Realities (winner of the Center for the Study of Inequality Distinguished Book Award, 1999-2000).

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"What Kind of Race and Ethnicity Data Should We Be Collecting?"
3:00 pm - Kaufman Auditorium, Goldwin Smith Hall

David R. Harris
University of Michigan