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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
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Anthropology Club trip to the Moundville Knap-In and meeting
Anthropology Club trip to the Moundville Knap-In and meeting
The Anthropology Club will be going to the Moundville Archaeological Park to visit the museum and check out the flint knapping (stone tool making) event that the park is holding. The anthropology club will cover any costs, and we can arrange carpools and use the van for transportation. Moundville is a 30 minute drive from
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Cayla Colclasure’s Master’s Defense
Cayla Colclasure’s Master’s Defense
Cayla Colclasure is defending her thesis, "Examining Change, Persistence, and Variation in the Role of Invertebrate Fauna in Mission-era Guale Foodways on St. Catherines Island, GA." This is a great opportunity to check out the impressive work being done by one of our own graduate students.
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ALLELE Lecture by Gabriela Mangano: A Different Look at Microevolution
ALLELE Lecture by Gabriela Mangano: A Different Look at Microevolution
The Alabama Lecture Series on Life's Evolution (ALLELE) presents a lecture by Gabriela Mangano of the University of Saskatchewan. It is entitled, "A Different Look at Microevolution: A Perspective from the Trace-Fossil Record." All ALLELE lectures are free and open to the public.
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Anthropology Club Spring Camping Trip
The anthropology Club will be camping at Tannehill State Park. Tannehill is about 45 minutes from campus, and is the site of a historic ironworks. More information about the site can be found on their website: http://www.tannehill.org/index.html The camping trip will be $5/person to cover the cost of reservations. This, along with your signed release
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