Anthropology Speaker’s Series Fall 2011 – (6 speakers)
Starting with a light lunch, all three Monday talks are in Peterson 119 from 12:30-2:30. The two Wednesday talks are in Social Studies of Medicine at 3647 Peel Street, room 101 from 4-6. For queries please contact Prof. Hyde at sandra [dot] hyde [at] mcgill [dot] ca.
MON. SEPT 19
Apropos of Nothing: Semblance and Self in Slovene Society
Gretchen Bakke, Research Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carlton University, Ottawa, and Lecturer in the Faculty of Arts, McGill.
WED. OCT. 12
Making Longevity: Linking Technology, Policy and Ethics in an Aging Society [Co-sponsored with Social Studies of Medicine]
Sharon Kaufman, Professor of Medical Anthropology (in Residence) in the Institute for Health & Aging, Departments of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UC San Francisco
MON. OCT. 31
Theorizing the Colonial City (TENTATIVE DATE, TBA) [Co-sponsored with Indian Ocean World Center, McGill]
Katrina Gulliver, Research Fellow, Excellence Initiative, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Munich
WED. NOV 9
Bearing Witness to Atrocity: Theological Sources of a New Secular Morality [Co-sponsored with Social Studies of Medicine, Political Science and the Centre for Human Rights, McGill]
Samuel Moyn, Professor of History, Columbia University
MON. NOV 14
Les Poulets Grippes: Avian Flu and Suburban Riots in France in 2005
Frédéric Keck, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, CNRS, Paris IV
MON. NOV 21
The Vernacularization of Indigenous Rights in Africa: Comparative Aspects from Botswana and Cameroon
Michaela Pelican, Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Zurich
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Speaker's Series Winter 2011
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Speaker's Series Winter 2011