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Dr. François Dengah lecture
Dr. François Dengah lecture
Dr. François Dengah will be giving a lecture entitled, “'Finding that Balance': The Role of Cultural Dissonance and Complexity on Health Outcomes."
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MMBAC Meeting – Larry Monocello presenting
MMBAC Meeting – Larry Monocello presenting
Please join us for this semester’s first meeting of Medicine, Mind, Biology and Culture (MMBAC) on January 30, 2019 at noon in TH 21. Larry Monocello will be presenting, "'Things that can be helped”: White American and South Korean perspectives on bodily self-control and self-maintenance in men." Abstract: Body image disturbance and eating disorders are increasing in
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Dr. Josefa Salmón Lecture
Dr. Josefa Salmón Lecture
Josefa Salmón, a leading figure in Bolivian Studies, is coming to UA on February 4th at 4:00 p.m. in B.B. Comer 241 to give a talk about the need to redefine intellectual identities in Latin America, so that they include Indigenous knowledge as well. Her talk is inspired by a series of interviews and an anthology
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Anthropology Club movie night
Anthropology Club movie night
The Anthropology Club will be having a movie night this Friday at 4 PM in room 22 ten Hoor, where we will be showing The Breadwinner (Link to movie trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUk5UvBGge0). This will be followed by Fellowship and discussion about the film at Heat Pizza.
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Dr. Cecilia Tomori presents “Breastfeeding and sleep: putting the puzzle (back) together”
Dr. Cecilia Tomori presents “Breastfeeding and sleep: putting the puzzle (back) together”
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Cecilia Tamori, who talks about the link between breastfeeding and sleep. This event is free and open to the public.
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Alabama Archaeological Society Tuscaloosa Chapter Meeting – Pierce Wright talk on ethnogenesis
Alabama Archaeological Society Tuscaloosa Chapter Meeting – Pierce Wright talk on ethnogenesis
Pierce Wright will be giving a talk entitled, "Exploring Choctaw Ethnogenesis at the Chickasawhay Creek Sites" with discussion and fellowship following. This event is free and open to the public.
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Lecture by Courtney Helfrecht
Lecture by Courtney Helfrecht
Join us for a lecture by Courtney Helfrecht entitled "DHEAS Patterning across Childhood in Three Sub-Saharan Populations." This event is free and open to the public.
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Anthropology Club Book and Bake Sale
Anthropology Club Book and Bake Sale
Come check out our annual book and bake sale just inside the main entrance of ten Hoor Hall! There will be goodies for both your brain and stomach!
FABBL by Cayla Colclasure
FABBL by Cayla Colclasure
Join us for our Friday Afternoon Brown Bag Luncheon (FABBL), where Cayla Colclasure will discuss the impact of Spanish colonization and the Catholic mission system upon indigenous foodways on St. Catherines Island, GA. The basic structure of a FABBL is as follows: we eat and socialize for fifteen minutes, the speaker gives a 20-30 minute presentation,
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Anthropology Club Game Night
Anthropology Club Game Night
There will be an anthropology club meeting this Friday at 4 PM in room 22. We will be having a game night followed by Fellowship at Heat Pizza Bar around 6. Bring your games and a competitive spirit!
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Imaginary Spaces, Dark Tourism, and Writing about Difficult Topics for a General Audience: A Conversation with Ruth Ellen Gruber
Imaginary Spaces, Dark Tourism, and Writing about Difficult Topics for a General Audience: A Conversation with Ruth Ellen Gruber
Structured as a conversation, Dr. Marysia Galbraith (New College and Department of Anthropology) asks Ruth about her work on “Virtually Jewish” heritage in Europe, “Wild West” theme parks, tourism at sites of terror, Holocaust, and slavery, and the practice of writing for traditional print media as well as digital venues like her website “Jewish Heritage
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Beyond Virtually Jewish: New Realities and Real Imaginary Spaces – A lecture by Ruth Ellen Gruber
Beyond Virtually Jewish: New Realities and Real Imaginary Spaces – A lecture by Ruth Ellen Gruber
Ruth discusses new forms of Jewishness, Jewish practice, and religious and cultural expression. She describes how she coined the term “Virtually Jewish” to describe non-Jewish involvement, embrace, appropriation and engagement with Jews and Jewish culture — and what that means in today’s changing conditions. She discusses new realities and new authenticities; new definitions of “Jewish.”
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FABBL
FABBL
Join us for our Friday Afternoon Brown Bag Luncheon (FABBL). The basic structure of a FABBL is as follows: we eat and socialize for fifteen minutes, the speaker gives a 20-30 minute presentation, and we close with roughly 10 minutes of audience questions. FABBLs end around 1:00 PM. These meetings give graduate students the opportunity to