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Elizabeth Bernstein: "Sex, Trafficking, and the Politics of Freedom"

Elizabeth Bernstein: "Sex, Trafficking, and the Politics of Freedom"

College of Arts and Humanities | The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Francis Scott Key Hall, 1102J Dean's Conference Room

The Women’s Studies Department hosts a presentation by Elizabeth Bernstein, finalist for the position as Associate Professor. Dr. Bernstein is currently Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Sociology at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (University of Chicago Press, 2007), which won the Distinguished Book award from both the Sex and Gender Section and the Sociology of Sexualities section of the American Sociological Association, in addition to the Norbert Elias Prize, awarded once every two years in an international competition for the best first book in the social sciences.

In 2010 alone, she published four essays on sexual commerce and anti-trafficking campaigns in juried journals and books. She is the co-editor of Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity (Routledge, 2005), and a co-author of the Final Report of the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution (1996). Her editorial experience includes service on the editorial boards of Social Compass and The Scholar and the Feminist, and a stint as managing editor of the Berkeley Journal of Sociology.

For additional information, contact:
Laura Nichols
Asst. Director and Academic Advisor
Women's Studies Department
2101T Woods Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301.405.6827    FAX: 301.314.9190

Add to Calendar 02/22/11 2:00 PM 02/22/11 3:30 PM America/New_York Elizabeth Bernstein: "Sex, Trafficking, and the Politics of Freedom"

The Women’s Studies Department hosts a presentation by Elizabeth Bernstein, finalist for the position as Associate Professor. Dr. Bernstein is currently Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies and Sociology at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of Temporarily Yours: Intimacy, Authenticity, and the Commerce of Sex (University of Chicago Press, 2007), which won the Distinguished Book award from both the Sex and Gender Section and the Sociology of Sexualities section of the American Sociological Association, in addition to the Norbert Elias Prize, awarded once every two years in an international competition for the best first book in the social sciences.

In 2010 alone, she published four essays on sexual commerce and anti-trafficking campaigns in juried journals and books. She is the co-editor of Regulating Sex: The Politics of Intimacy and Identity (Routledge, 2005), and a co-author of the Final Report of the San Francisco Task Force on Prostitution (1996). Her editorial experience includes service on the editorial boards of Social Compass and The Scholar and the Feminist, and a stint as managing editor of the Berkeley Journal of Sociology.

For additional information, contact:
Laura Nichols
Asst. Director and Academic Advisor
Women's Studies Department
2101T Woods Hall
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742
301.405.6827    FAX: 301.314.9190

 Francis Scott Key Hall