Sociologist Lemert speaks on global reaction to foreign injustices March 5, 2004
	KOKOMO, Ind.—Author and sociologist Charles Lemert, Ph.D., will speak on “Social Justice and Death in the New Global Worlds,” Wednesday, March 10, at IU Kokomo. The 2:30 p.m. presentation in Room 221 of the Kelley Student Center is open to the campus and public. A professor of sociology at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Lemert is considered an expert on culture, globalization, race and social theory. His Kokomo presentation will look at how globalization—communication, commerce and other human interaction happening on a worldwide scale—“brings everyone out of their local lives,” Lemert said. “Even people who never travel far and wide feel the effects—some good, some terrible—of global realities. “One of these is, sadly, the omnipresence of death—not just deaths due to terrorism and war, but those of the vast numbers of children suffering disease and malnutrition. If there is hope behind this evil, it might be that the stark realities of these terrible facts of globalization will instill a clearer sense of social justice.” Lemert is the author of some 20 books, including Muhammad Ali: Trickster in the Culture of Irony (Polity Press, 2003). The book examines how the former heavyweight champ’s public stances on such issues as war and religious freedom have inspired others to rethink their racial, political and spiritual attitudes. IU Kokomo’s Sociology Club, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences will sponsor Lemert’s presentation. For more information, call (765) 455-9417. Guests to campus who do not have an IU Kokomo parking pass are asked to park in the lower level of the parking garage, located on the south end of campus. Return to Current News Releases       Return to Archived News Releases		Program Contact: (765) 455-9417 Media Contact: Anne-Marie Damler OCM (765) 455-9468 adamler@iuk.edu Mary Ellen Stephenson OCM (765) 455-9414 mestephe@iuk.edu