Talking About Anthropology –
The
Montclair State University Anthropology Seminar Series


All seminars take place at 3:45 pm in Dickson Hall 114, the Anthropology Department Seminar Room unless otherwise noted.

Light refreshments are served

Next seminar: Thursday, September 18, 2008. Dickson Hall 114, the Anthropology Department Seminar Room. Dr. Richard W. Franke, Professor of Anthropology and Anthropology Department Chair at MSU. Ecovillage Ithaca – Laboratory for Sustainability?

All members of the University community are welcome. Do let us know in advance if you plan to bring a class so we can make proper room arrangements.

For more information: Contact Richard W. Franke, Anthropology Dept. Chair 973-655-4133

franker@mail.montclair.edu

Fall 2008: October and November Seminars Schedule --

Thursday October 16, 2008. 3:45 pm. Dickson Hall 114, the Anthropology Department Seminar Room. Assistant Professor Katherine McCaffrey. Anthropology Now: Launching a New Public Interest Anthropology Journal.
 
Cultural anthropology is positioned to offer a unique perspective on many current social issues. If this perspective were more available to the general public, it would enliven and enrich public debate. Wouldn’t students and teachers also benefit from readable, compelling anthropological insights into current events? This talk will discuss the founding and implications of starting a new, readable anthropology journal.

Thursday, November 13, 2008. 3:45 pm. Dickson Hall 114, the Anthropology Department Seminar Room. Undergraduate student research presentations: Jessica Taylor: Mexican National Culture: A Study of Indigenismo in Mexican Art and Anthropology and Katherine McGhee: Jalisco Farmworker Outmigration: Causes, Effects and Consequences.

Previous seminars:

April 24, 2008. Ken Brook. Higher Education, the Scholarship of Engagement, and Applied Anthropology.

March 27, 2008. Katherine McCaffrey and MSU students: Rebuilding New Orleans from the Grassroots: Reflections from MSU Alternative Spring Break 2008. 3:30 to 5:30 pm. in the University Hall Courtyard Lounge.

March 13, 2008. Elaine Gerber. What Can Blindness Teach Us about Race in America?

Feb 26, 2008 12 noon. Peter Siegel. What Do We Mean by an Archaeological Culture? The Concept of “Taíno” in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean.

November 15, 2007, 3:15 pm: New Patterns in a New Age: Gender, Globalization, and Networks in Rural Mexico. Frances Rothstein, Professor of Anthropology, MSU

October 18, 2007: Anthropology and Counter-Insurgency. Katherine McCaffrey, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, MSU

September 20, 2007: Consuming Interest: Water, Rum, and Coca Cola
June Nash, Distinguished Professor Emerita, Department of Anthropology,
City University of New York. Cohen Lounge.

 

 

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