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Speakers

  • George Ritzer

    George Ritzer
    Keynote Speaker

    Thursday, August 16th
    4:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.

    Title: "Landscapes of Consumption:
    Pigeon Forge, Tennessee and Beyond"

    George Ritzer is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland. He is one of sociology's most prolific writers and well-known social theorist. His book, The McDonalization of Society, has become a classic statement on the routinization of contemporary life and is one of the best selling books in the history of the sociology profession. Two related books soon followed: Expressing America and Enchanting a Disenchanted World. Collectively, these books reflect Ritzer's theoretical views about a world that is dominated increasingly by consumption, decreasingly by production. Among his most recent honors, in 2000 Ritzer received the American Sociological Association teaching award. During the 2001 spring semester he holds the Fulbright Chair of Sociology at York University in Toronto. Most recently, he was named Distinguished University Professor by the University of Maryland, the highest academic title given by the university.

  • Robert Putnam

    Robert Putnam
    Plenary Speaker

    Friday, August 17th
    10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

    Robert D. Putnam (PhD, Yale University) is the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy and Director, The Saguaro Seminar. He has served as chairman of Harvard's Department of Government, Director of the Center for International Affairs, and Dean of the John F. Kennedy School of Government. He is author or co-author of Making Democracy Work: Civic Traditions in Modern Italy (1993); Double-Edged Diplomacy: International Bargaining and Domestic Politics (1993); Hanging Together: The Seven-Power Summits (1984); Bureaucrats and Politicians in Western Democracies (1981); Comparative Study of Political Elites (1976); and Beliefs of Politicians (1973). He has taught at the University of Michigan and served on the staff of the National Security Council. His current research on American democracy appears in his new book, Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community.