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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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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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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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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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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.”