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.
ET with Dr. Dimitri M. Bondarenko
113 ten Hoor HallDr. Dimitri M. Bondarenko will be presenting a talk entitled The Past is always Present: The Role of Historic Memory in Shaping the Relations between African Americans and Contemporary African Migrants in the USA on April 4th, in rm. 113 ten Hoor from 4pm-5pm. Event Flyer
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
Talk by Dr. John Kappelman
30 ten Hoor 350 Marrs Spring Rd, Tuscaloosa, AL, United StatesProfessor John Kappelman (University of Texas at Austin) will present his recent hypothesis about how Lucy, the most famous fossil on the planet, met her demise 3.2 million years ago. The fossil was discovered over 40 years ago; until now, her cause of death was listed as “undetermined.” Dr. Kappelman and his team conducted high
DeJarnette Barbecue
Moundville Archeaological ParkPlease mark Saturday, April 8th on your calendar for the annual DeJarnette Barbecue at Moundville. As usual, the event will be held at the Nelson B. Jones Conference Building on the river bank at Moundville Archaeological Park, with food served at 1:00 pm. (PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF TIME TO EAT!!!!) You'll get another invitation