Lecture
Fall Thesis Colloquium
22 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaColloquium for December-graduating thesis-based MA students.
Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor Talk
118 Graves HallMelisa (Misha) Cahnmann-Taylor is author of the newly-released book of poems, Imperfect Tense (Whitepoint Press, 2016). Winner of Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Prizes, a Leeway Poetry Grant, and a Fulbright award, she has co-authored two books, Teachers Act Up: Creating Multicultural Learning Communities Through Theatre and Arts- Based Research in Education. Professor of TESOL & World
Rebecca Lester: “‘Fat’ is Not a Feeling: Eating Disorders, Affective Practice, and Cultures of Scarcity”
257 ten Hoor HallDr. Rebecca Lester will be visiting UA from Wednesday, February 15 until Friday, February 17. Please be sure to mark your calendars for her lecture that will be on Thursday, February 16 from 3:30-5:00pm in 257 ten Hoor Hall. Attached is her working itinerary. Most of Friday is available for anyone interested in meeting with
Rebecca Lester Talk
ten Hoor 257On Thursday, February 16, Dr. Rebecca Lester will give a talk entitled "'Fat is Not a Feeling: Eating Disorders, Affective Practice and Cultures of Scarcity." The talk will be from 3:30-5:00 in ten Hoor 257. Dr. Lester is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Washington University in St. Louis, as well as a psychotherapist and
Dr. Rob Wallace: “Bird flu, Ebola, and Zika: When Evolution Meets Political Economy”
30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesOur economy is transforming planet Earth into planet Farm. Agribusiness’s impact extends to the deadliest of diseases. Ebola and Zika both recently re-emerged when logging, mining, and intensive agriculture opened up neotropical forests to their escape. There are other pathogens evolving more directly off megafarms. We can model such connections, but there are broader implications
Clarence C. Gravlee: “Sick of Race: How Racism Harms Health and Misleads Medicine.”
111 ten HoorClarence C. Gravlee, PhD, is an Associate Professor at the University of Florida and the immediate past editor of the flagship journal of Medical Anthropology, Medical Anthropology Quarterly. He is widely known for his research regarding social inequality in health, with a particular focus on the effects of racism. He is recipient of the Rudolph Virchow Award
Asian Studies Lecture
113 ten Hoor HallLink to flyer: 4985_001
Guest Lecture with Dr. John Kappelman
30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesOn Thursday, April 6th, Dr. John Kappelman will be giving a guest lecture entitled Solving a 3.2-Million-Year-Old Mystery: How Lucy Died? from 5:30-7pm in ten Hoor rm. 30. Dr. Kappelman's publication of high resolution CT scans of "Lucy," and his provocative interpretation of her death made big waves in the paleoanthropological community and beyond in 2016. We hope
Lee Berger Lecture
127 Biology , United StatesAdmission is free, but seating will be limited.
James R. Bindon Lecture Series
111 ten HoorDr. William R. Leonard, Abraham Harris Professor of Anthropology at Northwestern University, will be delivering a lecture on “Integrating Evolutionary and Biocultural Approaches to the Study of Human Diversity and Health.”