2009-2010 Anthropology Colloquium Series

Friday, October 16, 2009, 3:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Susan Stonich, Professor, University of California, Santa Barbara, will be speaking on "Confronting Contradictions between Development and Conservation in a Time of Climate Change: the Mesoamerican Reef System." Susan is a UK alum (Ph.D. Anthropology, 1986).

Friday, November 20, 2009, 4:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Caroline B. Brettell, University Distinguished Professor, Southern Methodist University, will be speaking on her recent work on citizenship and civic engagement among Asian Indians in Dallas. Her talk title is "Modes of Immigrant Citizenship and Civic Engagement."

Friday, February 19, 2010, 3:00 p.m.
Young Library Auditorium

Susan J. Rasmussen, Professor, University of Houston, will be speaking on the anthropology of the body. Her talk title is, "Re-Sculpting Body Politics in Anthropology: Insights from the Tuareg Cultural Aesthetic of Female Fatness."