Berch Berberoglu, Ph.D.
Phone: (775) 784-1855
Fax: (775) 784-1358
E-mail: berchb@unr.edu
Web page: http://www.unr.edu/cla/soc/berchb.htm
DEGREES AWARDED
Doctor of Philosophy, 1977, University of Oregon
Master of Arts, 1974, Central Michigan University
Bachelor of Science, 1972, Central Michigan University
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Globalization / International Political Economy
Social and Economic Development
Class Structure / Class Analysis
Class, Race, and Gender
Comparative-Historical Sociology
Political Sociology / The State
Social Movements and Social Change
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict
Third World Studies
The Middle East; Latin America; Eastern Europe
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993-2001 and 2007-
Foundation Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1995-98
Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988-present
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1982-88
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1977-82
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1975-77
Instructor, Department of Sociology, Oregon State University, 1975
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1974-77
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Central Michigan University, 1973-74
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1973
VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Summer 1996
Visiting Professor of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Summer 1997
Visiting Professor of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Summer 1998
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Summer 1999
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Summer 2000
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Summer 2005
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) Program, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Summer 2006
Visiting Professor of Sociology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, Summer 2007
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES AND AWARDS
Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993-2001 and 2007-present
Director, Graduate Program in Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993-present
Foundation Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1995-98
Tacey Award, American Association of University Professors, Assembly of State Conferences, 2001
Chair, College of Arts and Science Dean's Search Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996-97
Faculty Senate member, representing the College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 1994-97
Chair, Ethnic Studies Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1994-96
President, Nevada Faculty Alliance, Nevada State Conference of the AAUP, 1997-2001
President, Nevada Faculty Alliance, University of Nevada, Reno Chapter, 1995-97
Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity, College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada, Reno, Runner-up, 1994
Member of the International Activities Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1997-present
Member of the Campus Affairs Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996-98
Member of the Faculty Senate Apportionment Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996
Member of the Faculty Senate Nominations Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996
Member of the University Appeals Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1994-present
Member of a Special Advisory Committee Appointed by President Joe Crowley, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996-97
Member of the Advisory Board of the Nevada Supreme Court Task Force for the study of Racial and Economic Bias in the Justice System, 1995-99
Member of the Graduate School First Year Excellence-Diversity Fellowship Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996, 1997
Member of the Mousel-Feltner Award for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity Selection Committee, College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996
Chair of the Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Scholarship Award Committee, 1999-2001
Chair of the North Central Sociological Association Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, 1996-97
Member of National Committee F on Chapters, Conferences, Members, and Dues, American Association of University Professors, 1996-2001
Member of the Pacific Sociological Association Committee on Academic Freedom in Research and Teaching, 1995-97
Member of the State Executive Board, Nevada Faculty Alliance, 1995-present
Member of the UNR Chapter Executive Board, Nevada Faculty Alliance, 1995-2001
Member of the Editorial Board of "Faculty Alliance Matters," Newsletter of the UNR Chapter of the Nevada Faculty Alliance, 1995-1997
Member of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, ETA Chapter, University of Nevada, Reno, 1996-present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Center for Holocaust, Genocide, and Peace Studies, 1994-present
Member of the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Credit and Community Assistance, Reno, Nevada, 1993-99
Member of the Editorial Board of Critique: Journal for Critical Studies of the Middle East, 1994-2001
Evaluator of Grant Proposals for the National Endowment for the Humanities, 1995-present
Recipient of Curriculum Development Grant, College of Continuing Education, University of Nevada, Reno, 1994
Recipient of National Science Foundation Travel Grant to attend the XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, 1994
Distinguished Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association, 1993.
Member of the Academic Standards Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993-95
Member of the Articulation Task Force, University of Nevada, Reno, 1993-2001
Member of the Promotion and Tenure Committee, College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada, Reno, 1988-1991
Member of the Performing Arts Series, University of Nevada, Reno, 1987-88
Member of the Public Occasions Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1986-87
Organizer and Coordinator of UNR Documentary Film Festival, University of Nevada, Reno, 1984-present
Member of the Ethnic Studies Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1983-98
Director of the Video Library, Sociology Department, University of Nevada, Reno, 1982-present
Member of the Human Subjects Committee, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Graduate School, University of Nevada, Reno, 1982-83
Departmental Advisor to Foreign Students, University of Nevada, Reno, 1978-present
Member of the Graduate Program Review Committee, Graduate Council, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981-82
Member of the Interdisciplinary Programs Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1981-82
Member of the History and Social Theory Committee, University of Nevada, Reno, 1980-81
Member of International Studies and Student Exchange Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1979-80
Member of International Studies Development and Review Board, University of Nevada, Reno, 1978-79
Member of the Graduate Faculty, University of Nevada, Reno, 1978-present
Recipient of a research grant by the Research Advisory Board of the University of Nevada, Reno, 1978
Teaching Fellowship Award, University of Oregon, 1974-77
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation Fellowship, Lisbon, Portugal 1973-74
Teaching Fellowship Award, Central Michigan University, 1973-74
Graduate Scholarship Award, State University of New York at Binghamton, 1973
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
International Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
Pacific Sociological Association
Western Social Science Association
American Association of University Professors
Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars
PUBLICATIONS
Books: (Authored)
Turkey in Crisis (London: Zed Press, 1982).
The Internationalization of Capital (New York: Praeger, 1987).
Political Sociology: A Comparative/Historical Approach (New York: General Hall, 1990).
The Legacy of Empire: Economic Decline and Class Polarization in the United States (New York: Praeger, 1992).
The Political Economy of Development: Development Theory and the Prospects for Change in the Third World (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1992).
An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: A Critical Perspective (New York: General Hall, 1993).
Class Structure and Social Transformation (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1994).
L'eredita dell'impero: Declino economico e polarizzazione di classe negli Stati Uniti (Milano: Vangelista Editori Snc., 1995). [The Italian translation of The Legacy of Empire (New York: Praeger, 1992), see above].
An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Social Theory, Second Edition (New York: General Hall, 1998).
Turmoil in the Middle East: Imperialism, War, and Political Instability (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1999).
H Tovpkia oe kpion (Thessaloniki: Kyriakides, 2000). [The Greek translation of Turkey in Crisis (London: Zed Press, 1982), see above].
Political Sociology: A Comparative/Historical Approach. Second Edition (New York: General Hall, 2001).
Globalization of Capital and the Nation-State (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2003).
Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict: Class, State, and Nation in the Age of Globalization (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2004).
An Introduction to Classical and Contemporary Social Theory: A Critical Perspective, Third Edition (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2005).
The State and Revolution in the Twentieth Century: Major Social Transformations of Our Time (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2007).
Books: (Edited)
India: National Liberation and Class Struggles (Meerut: Sarup & Sons, 1986).
Power and Stability in the Middle East (London: Zed Books, 1989).
Critical Perspectives in Sociology: A Reader (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1991).
Class, State, and Development in India (Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1992).
The Labor Process and Control of Labor: The Changing Nature of Work Relations in the Late 20th Century (New York: Praeger, 1993).
Critical Perspectives in Sociology: A Reader, Second Edition (Dubuque, Iowa: Kendall/Hunt, 1993).
The National Question: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Self-Determination in the 20th Century (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995).
Labor and Capital in the Age of Globalization: The Labor Process and the Changing Nature of Work in the Global Economy (Boulder: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2002).
Globalization and Change: The Transformation of Global Capitalism (Lanham, Md: Lexington Books, 2005).
Books: (in preparation)
Class and Class Conflict in the Age of Globalization (Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, Forthcoming in 2008). [Authored]
Globalization, the State, and the Rise of Nationalism: Neoliberalism, Islamic Politics, and Nationalist Response in Contemporary Turkey (Istanbul: Istanbul Bilgi University Press, Forthcoming in 2008). [Edited]
ARTICLES
"The Essence of Inequality: A Critical Analysis of Classical and Contemporary Theories of Stratification and Inequality," Social Praxis, Vol. 4, Nos. 1-2 (1976-77).
"The Transition From Feudalism to Capitalism: Another Look at the Sweezy-Dobb Debate," Revista Mexicana de Sociologia, Vol. 39, No. 4 (1977).
"The Political Economy of Historical and Contemporary Structures of Underdevelopment in Latin America," The Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1978).
"The Meaning of Underdevelopment: A Critique of Mainstream Theories of Development and Underdevelopment," International Studies, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1978).
"The Origin of the Kemalist Movement in Turkey: An Analytical Approach," International Review of History and Political Science, Vol. 15, No. 2 (1978).
"Transnational Production and the Worldwide Contradictions of Advanced Capitalism," Social Praxis, Vol. 5, No. 3-4 (1978).
"Towards a Theory of State Capitalist Development in the Third World," International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 9, No. 1 (1979).
"The Postwar Reintegration of Turkey into the World Economy, 1950-1960," Journal of Asian and African Studies, Vol. 14, No. 4 (1979).
"The Logic of International Capitalist Expansion: Hobson, Kautsky, Luxemburg, and Lenin and the Theory of Modern Imperialism," Development and Socio-Economic Progress, Vol. 3, No. 3 (1979).
"State Capitalism and National Industrialization in Turkey," Development and Change, Vol. 11, No.1 (1980).
"Pre-Capitalist Modes of Production: Their Origins, Contradictions, and Transformation," Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol. 19, Nos. 1-2 (1980).
"The Origins and Development of Neo-Colonialism in Turkey," Development and Socio-Economic Progress, Vol. 4, No. 4 (1980).
"The Nature and Contradictions of State Capitalism in the Third World," Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 28, No. 2 (1980).
"Turkey: The Crisis of the Neo-Colonial System," Race & Class, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1980).
"The Capitalist State: Its 'Relative Autonomy' Re-examined," New Political Science, No. 7 (Fall 1981).
Review of James F. Petras, Class, State, and Power in the Third World (Montclair: Allanheld, Osmun, 1981), in Journal of Contemporary Asia (Fall 1982).
Review of William Hale, The Political and Economic Development of Modern Turkey (London: Croom Helm, 1981), in Third World Quarterly (Spring 1983).
"The Class Nature of the State in Peripheral Social Formations," Journal of Contemporary Asia (Spring 1983).
"Industrialization, Employment, and Class Formation in the Periphery," Economic Forum (Spring 1983).
"The Nature and Contradictions of U.S. Transnational Expansion Abroad Since World War II," Research in Political Economy, Vol. 7 (1984).
Review of M. N. Uca, Workers' Participation and Self Management in Turkey (The Hague: Institute of Social Studies, 1984), in the International Journal of Middle East Studies (1984).
Review of Albert Szymanski, The Capitalist State and the Politics of Class (New York: Winthrop, 1978) and James Petras, Class, State and Power in the Third World (Montclair: Allanheld, Osmun, 1981), in States and Societies (1984).
"The Controversy Over Imperialism and Capitalist Industrialization in the Periphery," Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1985).
Review of Peter Limqueco and Bruce McFarlane (eds.), Neo-Marxist Theories of Development (London: Croom Helm and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983), in Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 15, No. 1 (1985).
"The Eighteenth Brumaire and the Controversy Over the Theory of the State," Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2 (July-Sept. 1985).
"The Class Nature of the State in Peru: 1968-75," International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 16, No. 2 (Autumn 1986).
"The Soviet Union and China: A Comparative Analysis of Their Stages of Economic Development," International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 17, No. 2 (1987).
"The Role of the State in the World Political Economy," State and Society (Fall 1987).
"The Contradictions of Export-Oriented Development in the Third World," Social and Economic Studies (Fall 1987)
"Labor, Capital, and the State: Economic Crisis and Class Conflict in the United States in the 1970's and 1980's," Humanity and Society, Vol. 12, No. 1 (1988).
"The Internationalization of Capital and Its Impact on Labor on a World Scale," International Review of Modern Sociology (1991).
"Nationalism and Ethnic Rivalry in the Early Twentieth Century," Nature, Society, and Thought, Vol. 4, No. 3 (1991).
"The Political Economy of the Gulf War: The United States, Germany, and Japan and Interimperialist Rivalry for Control of Oil in the Middle East," Humanity and Society, Vol. 17, No. 1 (1993).
"Iran, Iraq, and Interimperialist Rivalry for Control of Oil in the Middle East," Critique, No. 3 (Fall 1993).
"Class, Race, and Gender: The Triangle of Oppression," Race, Sex, and Class, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Fall 1994).
"The Impact of Globalization on Traditional Settlements in the Periphery," Traditional Dwellings and Settlements Review (Fall 1994).
"The Persistence of Class and the Continuing Relevance of Class Analysis in Contemporary Capitalist Society," Sociological Inquiry (Fall 1995).
"Imperialism and Class Struggle in the Late 20th Century," Humanity and Society, Vol. 20, No. 2 (May, 1996).
"Nationalism, Class Conflict and Social Transformation in the Twentieth Century," International Review of Modern Sociology (Fall 1996).
"Colonialism, Imperialism, and Globalization," Quarterly Review of Historical Studies, Vol. 35, Nos. 3-4 (1996).
"On the Necessity of a Class Analysis Approach in Middle East Studies," Development and Socio-Economic Progress, Vol. 21, No. 2 (1997).
"War and Peace in Divided Cities and Divided Countries: Focus on Cyprus and Lebanon in the Middle East Peace Process," Development and Socio-Economic Progress, Vol. 21, No-3-4 (1997).
"Economic Decline, Political Reaction, and the Rise of Right-Wing Ultra-Nationalist Movements," Humanity and Society, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1998).
"The Armenian Genocide Remembered," Center News (Fall 1998). [Review of Vahakn N. Dadrian, The History of the Armenian Genocide (Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1995)].
"Unemployment, Low Wages, and Income Inequality: The Triangle of Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa," Development and Socio-Economic Progress, Vol. 23, No. 75 (January-June, 1999).
Revised version of the above article was published as a chapter in Wassim Shahin and Ghassan Dibeh (eds.), Earnings Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2000).
Review of Szonja Szelenyi, Equality by Design: The Grand Experiment in Destratification in Socialist Hungary (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1998), reviewed in Contemporary Sociology (March 2000).
"Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict, and Class Struggle: A Critical Analysis of Mainstream and Marxist Theories of Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict," Critical Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 3 (2000).
"The Impact of Globalization on Eastern Europe in the Post-Cold War Era," European Studies, Vol. XLVI, No. 2 (2001).
"Globalization, Class Conflict, and Social Transformation in the Third World," Development and Socio-Economic Progress (2001).
"Nationalism and National Movements in the Age of Globalization," World Ethno-National Studies, No. 3 (2001).
"The Class Nature of Religion and Religious Movements: A Critical Analysis of the Iranian Revolution of 1979," Humanity and Society (2002).
"Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in Eastern Europe," Journal of Philosophy and Law, No. 2 (2002).
"The Impact of Globalization on Eastern Europe in the Post-Cold War Era," in Andrei Marga, Nicolae Paun, and Ladislau Gyemant (eds.), Paradigme ale Integrarii (Paradigm of Integration) (Cluj-Napoca, Romania: Editura Fundatiei Pentru Studii Europene, 2002) [Reprint of the article published in European Studies, Vol. XLVI, No. 2 (2001)]. This article was also reprinted in Grigore Vasilescu (ed.), The World Bank Policies in the Republic of Moldova (Chisinau, Moldova: Institute of Political Studies and International Relations, 2002).
"Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in the Middle East: Focus on Turkish-Armenian Relations in the Ottoman Empire," Turkish and Ottoman Studies, Vol. II (2002).
"The Impact of Globalization on Countries Integrated into the World Economy," Conference Proceedings, Annual Conference of the State Engineering University of Armenia (November 2002).
"Transnational Capital and the Impact of Privatization and Market-oriented Reforms in East European Agriculture: Focus on Romania in Transition, 1989-2000," International Review of Sociology, Vol. 13, No. 2 (2003).
"The Political Economy of East European Agriculture: Privatization and Problems of Transition to Market Economy in Romania," in Proceedings of the First International Manas University Conference in Economics, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University Publication No. 61, Conference Series 6 (September 2004).
"The Globalization of Capital and Transnational Corporations," in Proceedings of the International Symposium "Present-Day Worldwide Civilization: New Threats and Global Challenges (Yerevan, Armenia: National Academy of Sciences, November 2004).
"Globalization of Capital and the Imperial State: Global Capitalism in Crisis," in B. Berberoglu (ed.) Globalization and Change: The Transformation of Global Capitalism (Lenham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2005).
"Globalization and the Contradictions of Development in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union: Prospects for Post-Soviet Development in the Age of Globalization," Canadian Journal of Development Studies, Vol. 26, No. 4 (2005).
"Class, State, and Revolution: The Class Nature of the State and Revolution," Nature, Society and Thought, Vol. 18, No. 4 (October 2006).
"The Centrality of Class in Contemporary Capitalist Society,"International Review of Modern Sociology, Vol. 33, No. 1 (Spring 2007).
"Special Issue on Globalization," Guest Editor, "Introduction," International Review of Modern Sociology (Fall 2007).
"Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict in the Age of Globalization: Postwar Global Comparisons," in Encyclopedia of Nations and Nationalisms (ABC-CLIO, forthcoming in 2008).
"The Globalization of U.S. Capital and Its Impact on the U.S. Economy and Society," in Beverly Crawford and Michelle Bertho (eds.), The Impact of Globalization on the United States (Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, forthcoming in 2008).
PAPERS PRESENTED AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
International Sociological Association, IXth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden, August 13-19, 1978.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, April 4-7, 1979.
Conference of Social Economists, Annual Meeting, Leeds, United Kingdom, July 13-16, 1979.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 9-13, 1980.
Midwest Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minn., April 8-11, 1981.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 21-24, 1982.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 3-6, 1982.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, September 6-10, 1982.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, New York City, December 28-30, 1982.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 27-30, 1983.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, August 31-September 4, 1983.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, December 28-30, 1983.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, December 28-30, 1984.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, New York City, December 28-30, 1985.
Southern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, April 9-12, 1987.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, August 19-21, 1987.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, December 27-30, 1987.
Southern Sociological Society, Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, March 12-14, 1988.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 6-9, 1988.
Labor Heritage Foundation, 10th Annual Great Labor Arts Exchange, Washington, D.C., June 26-28, 1988.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 21-23, 1988.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, August 24-28, 1988.
Middle East Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Beverly Hills, California, November 2-5, 1988.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, New York City, December 28-30, 1988.
Labor Heritage Foundation, 11th Annual Great Labor Arts Exchange, Washington, D.C., June 25-27, 1989.
Eotvos Lorand University, Third International African Studies Conference, Budapest, Hungary, Aug.27-Sept.4, 1989.
Hong Kong Educational Research Association, Sixth International Conference on Educational Research, Kowloon, Hong Kong, November 11-12, 1989.
Middle East Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November 15-18, 1989.
Southern Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, March 23-26, 1990.
International Sociological Association, XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July 9-13, 1990.
Hong Kong Educational Research Association, Seventh International Conference on Educational Research, Hong Kong, November 17-19, 1990.
International Political Science Association, XVth World Congress, Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 21-25, 1991.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 23-27, 1991.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 2-5, 1992.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 20-24, 1992.
Allied Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California, January 5-7, 1993.
International Institute of Sociology, World Congress, the Sorbonne, Paris, France, June 21-25, 1993.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, August 10-13, 1993.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, August 13-17, 1993.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, April 14-17, 1994.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April 20-23, 1994.
Law and Society Association, Annual Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona, June 16-19, 1994.
International Sociological Association, XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 18-23, 1994.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, California, August 5-9, 1994.
International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments, International Conference, Tunis, Tunisia, December 17-21, 1994.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, April 6-9, 1995.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meeting, Oakland, California, April 26-29, 1995.
University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, May 8, 1995. Lecture on nationalism and ethnic conflict.
International Conference on Ethnicity and Multiethnicity, Brigham Young University-Hawaii Campus, Lai'e, Hawaii, May 10-13, 1995.
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Pacific Division, Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, June 19-22, 1995.
International Institute of Sociology, XXXII World Congress, Tireste, Italy, July 3-6, 1995.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., August 19-23, 1995.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, March 21-24, 1996.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meetings, Reno, Nevada, April 17-20, 1996.
Interim Conference of the International Sociological Association, Adelaide, Australia, April 20-22, 1996.
Sixth International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Adelaide, Australia, April 22-26, 1996.
Eleventh Pacific History Association Conference, University of Hawaii, Hilo, July 10-13, 1996.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meetings, New York City, August 15-17, 1996.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, New York City, August 18-21, 1996.
International Conference of the European Association for the Advancement of Social Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus, March 18-23, 1997.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, San Diego, California, April 17-20, 1997.
American Association of University Professors, 83rd Annual Meeting, Berkeley, California, June 12-15, 1997.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 8-13, 1997.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meetings, Denver, Colorado, April 15-18, 1998.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, April 16-19, 1998.
American Association of University Professors, 84th Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., June 11-14, 1998.
International Society of Political Psychology, Annual Meetings, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 12-15, 1998.
International Sociological Association, World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, July 26-August 1, 1998.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, August 20-25, 1998.
International Conference on Earnings Inequality, Unemployment, and Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon, November 5-7, 1998.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Portland, Oregon, April 15-18, 1999.
American Association of University Professors, 85th Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., June 11-13, 1999.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Chicago, August 6-10, 1999.
Association of Third World Studies, Annual Meeting, San Jose, Costa Rica, November 18-20, 1999.
Hawaii Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, February 4-5, 2000.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, March 23-26, 2000.
American Association of University Professors, 86th Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 8-11, 2000.
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 10-12, 2000.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 12-16, 2000.
Association for Economic and Social Analysis, Fourth International Gala Conference, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, September 21-24, 2000.
Sociological Associations of South-East Europe, International Conference, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 27-28, 2000.
Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, International Conference, Cairo, Egypt, November 6-8, 2000.
African Political Science Association, Annual Meetings, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, November 8-9, 2000.
International Sociological Association, Interim Conference of RC 47, University of Rome "La Sapienza" Rome, Italy, February 26-27, 2001.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meetings, Reno, Nevada, April 18-21, 2001.
Rocky Mountain Psychological Association, Annual Meetings, Reno, Nevada, April 20-22, 2001.
International Institute of Sociology, World Congress, Krakow, Poland, July 11-16, 2001.
Association for the Sociology of Religion, Annual Meetings, Anaheim California, August 17-19, 2001.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Anaheim, California, August 18-21, 2001.
International Symposium on Agriculture of the Third Millennium, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 24-26, 2001.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, April 18-21, 2002.
North Central Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Windsor, Ontario, Canada, April 19-21, 2002.
International Sociological Association, XVth World Congress of Sociology, Brisbne, Australia, July 7-13, 2002.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Chicago, Illinois, August 16-19, 2002.
Annual Conference of the State Engineering University of Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, November 1, 2002.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Pasadena, California, April 3-6, 2003.
Western Social Science Association, Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, April 9-12, 2003.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Atlanta, Georgia, August 16-19, 2003.
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, Nevada, February 9-11, 2004.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, April 15-18, 2004.
International Sociological Association, Interim Conference, Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility, Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 7-9, 2004.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, San Francisco, California, August 14-17, 2004.
First International Manas University Conference in Economics, Kyrgyz-Turkish Manas University, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 23-24, 2004.
North American Labor History Conference, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, October 21-23, 2004.
International Symposium on Present-Day Worldwide Civilization: New Threats and Global Challenges, National Academy of Sciences, Yerevan, Armenia, November 24-25, 2004.
Pacific Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Portland, Oregon, April 7-10, 2005.
Fourth Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June 13-16, 2005.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 12-16, 2005.
Fourth Transdisciplinary Forum Magdeburg (Transforma 4) Conference on Revolutions: Concepts, Discourses, and Practices of Revolutionary Action in Our Time, Magdeburg, Germany, July 7-9, 2006.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 11-14, 2006.
Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) Conference on Globalization, Nationalism, and Ethnic Conflicts in the Balkans and Its Regional Context, Belgrade, Serbia, September 28-30, 2006.
Institute of European Studies, University of California, Berkeley Conference on Globalization Comes Home: How Globalization is Transforming the West, Berkeley, California, February 1-3, 2007.
International Law and Trade Conference, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 10-12, 2007.
American Sociological Association, Annual Meeting, New York City, August 11-14, 2007.
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INVITED LECTURES ABROAD
Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR, Institute of Ethnography, Yerevan, Armenia, USSR, August 24-September 2, 1990.
Academy of Sciences of the People's Republic of China, Institute of Educational Research, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China, November 20-22, 1990.
International Political Science Association, International Forum on Democracy and Social Tensions in the Third World, Madras, India, Jan. 27-Feb. 1, 1992.
University of Rome "La Sapienza," Department of Political Economy, Rome, Italy, October 23-28, 1993.
Mohamed V. University, Sociology and Political Economy, Rabat, Morocco, December 14-17, 1994.
Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Armenia, International Forum on Problems of Genocide, Yerevan, Armenia, April 20-25, 1995.
International Forum on the world situation at the end of the 20th century, Rome, Italy, July 1-2, 1995.
Haigazian University College, International Lecture Series, Beirut, Lebanon, October 16, 1996.
University of Cyprus, Department and Social and Political Sciences, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 18, 1996.
The American University in Cairo, Department of Sociology, Cairo, Egypt, March 16-17, 1997.
Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 3-August 7, 1997.
Institute of Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, July 3-August 12, 1998.
American University of Beirut, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Beirut, Lebanon, November 9, 1998.
Lebanese American University, School of Business, Byblos, Lebanon, November 5-7, 1998.
Universidad Privada de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Santa Cruz, Bolivia, March 12, 1999.
American College of Thessaloniki, Social Science Division, Thessaloniki, Greece, May 3, 1999.
Hellenic Center for European Studies (EKEM), Lecture Series, Athens, Greece, May 7, 1999.
Center for Asia Minor Studies, Athens, Greece, May 7, 1999.
University of Victoria, Department of Sociology, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 3-26, 1999.
University of Alaska at Anchorage, Department of Sociology, Anchorage, Alaska, May 8, 2000.
University of Victoria, Department of Sociology, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, July 5-29, 2000.
Babes-Bolyai University, Department of Sociology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 18-19, 2000.
Sofia University, Department of Sociology, Sofia, Bulgaria, October 28, 2000.
University of Cairo, Department of Political Science, Cairo, Egypt, November 8, 2000.
University of Rome "La Sapienza," Department of Political Economy, Rome, Italy, February 28, 2001.
University of Tokyo, Department of Economics, Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2001.
Compilation and Translation Bureau of the CPC, Foreign Affairs Office, Beijing, China, May 11, 2001.
Central Party School of the CPC, Beijing, China, May 14, 2001.
Renmin (People's) University, Beijing, China, May 14, 2001.
Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China, May 15, 2001.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute of Sociology, May 15, 2001.
Beijing University, Beijing, China, May 16, 2001.
Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Institute for the Study of Nationalities, Beijing, China, May 16, 2001.
Institute of Political Studies and International Relations, State University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, October 23, 2001.
Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 25, 2001.
Faculty of Law, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 29, 2001.
Armenian National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Ethnography, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, May 8, 2002.
Faculty of European Studies, Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania, October 22, 2002.
Institute of Political Studies and International Relations, State University of Moldova, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova, October 25, 2002.
State Engineering University of Armenia, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, November 1, 2002.
Caucasus Research Resource Center - Armenia, Eurasia Foundation, Yerevan State University, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia, October 24, 2003.
Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, University of Neuchatel, Neuchatel, Switzerland, May 7, 2004.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland, May 11, 2004.
East-West Center and the Department of Sociology, American University - Central Asia, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, September 24, 2004.
Faculty of International Relations, Almaty State University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, September 27, 2004.
Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, September 30, 2004.
International Relations Program, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, March 16, 2006.
Area of Social and Global Studies, Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Quito, Ecuador, March 16-17, 2006.
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Quito, Ecuador, March 17, 2006.
School of International Studies, Universidad de Especialidades Espiritu Santo, Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 20, 2006.
Faculty of Economics, University of Guayaquil, Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 20-21, 2006.
Fundacion Ecuador, World Trade Center, Guayaquil, Ecuador, March 21, 2006
Institute of Sociology, Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Linz, Austria, June 8, 2006.
Institute of Sociology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, June 9, 2006.
Institute of International Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, June 22, 2006.
Institute of Sociology, Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, June 28, 2006.
Department of Political Science and International Relations, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey, January 11, 2007.
Department of Sociology, Koc University, Istanbul, Turkey, January 12, 2007.
Department of Sociology, Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, January 18, 2007.
Department of Social and Political Sciences, Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 9, 2007.
Center for Global Studies, Faculty of Economic and Administrative Sciences, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 11, 2007.
Department of International Relations, Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey, May 14, 2007.
Department of History, Yeditepe University, Istanbul Turkey, October 15, 2007.
Department of Sociology, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey, October 16, 2007.
Department of Sociology, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2007.
Department of Political Science, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey, October 24, 2007.
Center for Global Studies and the Department of Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, November 16, 2007.
REFERENCES
Professor James T. Richardson, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
Professor Johnson W. Makoba, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Reno
Professor Mary White-Stewart, Director, Women's Studies Program, University of Nevada, Reno
Professor Joseph N. Crowley, Former President, University of Nevada, Reno
Professor Larry T. Reynolds, Emeritus, Department of Sociology, Central Michigan University
Professor Martin Orr, Chair, Department of Sociology, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho
Professor Judy Aulette, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Professor Walda Katz-Fishman, Department of Sociology, Howard University, Washington, D.C.
Professor James F. Petras, Emeritus, Department of Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton
Professor Benton Johnson, Emeritus, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon
Additional references provided upon request.
Last updated: March 1, 2008