Fall 2009 Colloquium Series

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The UHM Department of Anthropology is celebrating its 75th anniversary by devoting its Fall 2009 colloquium series to a series of special colloquia featuring presentations by faculty, students, and alumni/ae that highlight areas of strength developed in the department. Each will be held Thursday at 3:00 PM in Crawford Hall 105 unless otherwise noted. Receptions will follow.

September 3 - Medical Anthropology

Jonathan D. Baker, Lecturer, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Ashley Vaughan, PhD student, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Eirik Saethre, Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM (organizer)

September 17 - Physical Anthropology

Christopher Norton, Assistant Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Dan Brown, Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UH-Hilo
Adam Lauer, PhD student, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Michael Pietrusewsky, Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM (organizer)

October 1 - Pacific Cultural Anthropology

Ben Finney, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Ty P. Kāwika Tengan, Associate Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Patricia Fifita, PhD Student, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Geoffrey White, Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM (organizer)
Cosponsored with the Center for Pacific Islands Studies

October 15 - "How My University of Hawai‘i Education Shaped the Rise of Public Anthropology"

Robert Borofsky, Professor of Anthropology, Hawai‘i Pacific University & Director of the Center for a Public Anthropology

October 22 - Applied Anthropology

Alice Dewey, Professor Emeritus, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Joe Genz, Cultural Surveys Hawai‘i, Inc
Jill McGrath Jones, Health and Humanitarian Aid Program Mgr.
Jeremy Spoon, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Portland State University & Research Associate, The Mountain Institute (organizer)

October 24 - Day-long Symposium and Banquet/Dinner

(Symposium: Art Auditorium; Banquet/Dinner: Waikiki Aquarium - see website for details)

November 5 - "The State of Hawaiian Ethnography Today: What’s Not Getting Covered"

Charles Langlas, Associate Professor, Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikōlani, College of Hawaiian Language, UH-Hilo

November 19 - "Museums, Anthropology and the Work of Culture in Contemporary Vietnam"

Margaret B. Bodemer, PhD Candidate, Dept of Anthropology, UHM
Cosponsored with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies

December 10 - Ecological Anthropology

Leslie Sponsel, Professor, Dept of Anthropology, UHM

For further information, please contact Anthropology at anthprog@hawaii.edu

page last updated September 7, 2009