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
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaGraduate student brown bag luncheon. Event Flyer
Spring Professionalization Workshop
ten Hoor 21Please mark your calendars for our two spring professionalization workshops, which will take place at 11AM on Monday, February 20 and 11AM on Monday, April 10. Each will be in room 21, and there will be pizza. The topic for the February meeting will be developing a teaching portfolio (including constructing sample syllabi). The April
Dr. Ashley Dumas Talk
ten Hoor 21Dr. Ashley Dumas, University of West Alabama, will present an original video documentary, Making Archaeology Public: Alabama, this Wednesday Feb 22 noon-1 pm, room 21 ten Hoor. Sponsored by the Society for American Archaeology, this is Alabama’s contribution to a video series, one for each state, celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the National Historic Preservation
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
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
21 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaGraduate student brown bag luncheon. Event Flyer
Anthropology Club Meeting
22 ten Hoor Hall TuscaloosaThis Friday the Anthro club will be having our monthly meeting at 5pm in ten Hoor room 22. We will be covering important topics, such as the social coming up (probably next Tuesday, but still finalizing it), the camping trip, and probably other things too. As usual, fellowship will follow.
Friday Anthropology Brown Bag Luncheon
Graduate student brown bag luncheon.