Lecture
ALLELE Lecture by Prosanta Chakrabarty: Making Evolution Accessible to Everyone
Northlawn Auditorium (Room 1000)The Alabama Lecture Series on Life's Evolution (ALLELE) presents a lecture by Prosanta Chakrabarty of Louisiana State University. It is entitled, "Making Evolution Accessible to Everyone" All ALLELE lectures are free and open to the public.
Dr. François Dengah lecture
347 ten Hoor HallDr. François Dengah will be giving a lecture entitled, “'Finding that Balance': The Role of Cultural Dissonance and Complexity on Health Outcomes."
Dr. Josefa Salmón Lecture
241 B.B. Comer HallJosefa 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
Dr. Cecilia Tomori presents “Breastfeeding and sleep: putting the puzzle (back) together”
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaJoin 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.
Lecture by Courtney Helfrecht
117 ten Hoor Hall , United StatesJoin 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.
Imaginary Spaces, Dark Tourism, and Writing about Difficult Topics for a General Audience: A Conversation with Ruth Ellen Gruber
205 Gorgas LibraryStructured 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
Beyond Virtually Jewish: New Realities and Real Imaginary Spaces – A lecture by Ruth Ellen Gruber
215 Lloyd HallRuth 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.”
ALLELE Lecture by Gabriela Mangano: A Different Look at Microevolution
Northlawn Auditorium (Room 1000)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.
William Dressler selected to give the UA Last Lecture on Culture
Northlawn Auditorium (Room 1000)The Graduate School is pleased to announce that Dr. William Dressler has been selected as the 2019 Last Lecture speaker. Dr. Dressler will give a presentation titled "Culture: A User's Guide". A reception will follow the lecture. This event is free and open to the public.
Anthropology Club Meeting -Lecture from Dr. Galbraith and Art Walk!
Government PlazaThe Anthropology Club will have a special meeting Friday on site at Government Plaza where Dr. Marysia Galbraith will be setting up for the Druid City Arts Festival. She is going to give us a lecture at 3:30 PM on the anthropology of art, and members will then have the option to attend fellowship and