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• Ioan Davies annual lecture presents Professor Andrew Ross.

Lecture: "Precarious Livelihoods"
Date: October 1, 2009
Time: 4:30 to 7:00 p.m.
Location: TEL 001

Bio: Andrew Ross is Professor and Chair of the Department of Social
and Cultural Analysis at New York University. A regular contributor to
The Nation, Village Voice, and Artforum, he is the author of several
books, including Fast Boat to China--Lessons from Shanghai: Low Pay,
High Profile: The Global Push for Fair Labor; No-Collar: The Humane
Workplace and its Hidden Costs; and The Celebration Chronicles: Life,
Liberty and the Pursuit of Property Value in Disney's New Town. He has
also edited several books, including No Sweat: Fashion, Free Trade,
and the Rights of Garment Workers: Anti-Americanism; and The
University Against Itself: The NYU Strike and the Future of the
Academic Workplace. His most recent book is called Nice Work if You
Can Get It: Life and Labor in Precarious Times.

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