Events Calendar
Monday, June 7
Faculty from the University of Texas and the University of Cape Town are beginning a collaboration on the drivers of the past, present, and future of work in South Africa. In this panel, leading South African economists set the stage for this project to generate much-needed responses to the many economic, legal, and political crises exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/07/60814/Tuesday, June 8
Participants reflect and share their work on transforming the caring crisis that has been shaping up over the decades, and heightened by COVID-19.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/08/60810/Wednesday, June 9
The movement of peoples across the globe for work, livelihoods, trade, and cultural exchange has been a constant in human history. This panel explores comparative forms of labor migration across several geographies—South Asia, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Panelists will think critically through the cultural designation of low-waged migrant laborers as the “heroes” of the contemporary global South and their role in the global economy
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/09/60811/Thursday, June 10
The predominance of informal forms of work and means of making a living across the global South requires a critical intervention into current debates around the future of work. This moderated conversation foregrounds the complexities and challenges for people laboring in the informal sector in the South Asian and Latin American contexts.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/10/60812/Friday, June 11
Focusing on the non-economic and public benefits of the arts and humanities on campuses and in the community, we raise questions about the future of this work.
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/11/60829/Wednesday, June 16
Virtual
On June 16, 2021 from 12:00-1:15 pm CST, The Center for Women in Law will host a discussion with Eve Rodsky, the author of Fair Play: A Game-Changing Solution for When You Have Too Much to Do (and More Life to Live).
The pandemic has underscored the need for balanced workloads in the home. In her New York Times bestselling book, Rodsky uses her Harvard Law School training and years of organizational management experience to create
For more information visit https://law.utexas.edu/calendar/2021/06/16/60785/