Ben, I am delighted to get this message and you can certainly count on me to be on board with these plans! I'll be there on Wednesday. -Debbie Deborah Reed-Danahay, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Associate Professor of Anthropology College of Liberal Arts University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX 76019 817/272-3291 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Ben Agger [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:52 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Center for Theory rises from the ashes! Let's reinvigorate the Center for Theory! I'm proposing a meeting on Wednesday, February 26th, at noon in University Hall 213. If you can't come, we'll send you a summary of the meeting. In the meantime, feel free to send me/us ideas about what you want on our emerging agenda. 1. For myself, I'd like to have some discussion about launching a speakers series, bringing in national and international people. 2. I 'd like the Center for Theory to play a more active role in graduate-student recruitment (so that we faculty have students with whom to work and so that our courses 'make'!) 3. We already have a Web page (www.uta.edu/center-for-theory/ <http://www.uta.edu/center-for-theory/> ) and we could use someone to update and improve this. 4. At the risk of utopianism that may be unjustified in these times, I'd really like to start a conversation about converting the Center for Theory into an academic home. Also, please send me the names and e-mail addresses of faculty and grad students who may not know about this group because they are new to UTA so that I can include them on the Center's listserv and thus invite them to this meeting. And please inform interested parties about this meeting and bring them along. Best, Ben Agger