03/11/2016
Spring Lecture Stuff:
All events are on Fridays at 1-3pm in Brooks Hall 2nd Floor Conference Room unless otherwise noted
March 18, 1pm
Sociocultural Workshop with visiting scholar-in-residence
Olatz González-Abrisketa, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
"Men and Balls: Enactions and Recognition through the Basque Sport of Pelota"
March 21, 6pm
Evening film screening and discussion with filmmaker Olatz González-Abrisketa of the documentary film
PELOTA II (90 min.)
Co-directed by Jørgen Leth & Olatz González-Abrisketa
Location: Open Grounds Corner Studio, in The Corner Building, 1400 University Ave.
March 25
Program in Linguistics and Anthropology Department Lecture
Anne Charity Hudley, Associate Professor of Education, English, Linguistics, and Africana Studies and
William and Mary Professor of Community Studies at the College of William and Mary
"There Must Be a Better Way to Respond": Linguistic Ideology in STEM Contexts"
April 1
Anthropology Department Lecture
Kim Tallbear, Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta
"Disrupting Life/Not Life: A Feminist-Indigenous Reading of Cryopreservation, Interspecies Relations and the New Materialisms"
Co-sponsored by the Office of the Vice President and Chief Officer for Diversity and Equity;
the Native American Student Union; the Institute for Practical Ethics and Public Life; the Bioethics Program;
and the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, School of Engineering and Applied Science
April 8
Anthropology Department Lecture
Neil Carrier, Departmental Lecturer in African Studies and Anthropology, University of Oxford
"Under the Influence: Drugs, Agency and Anthropology"
Co-sponsored by the Center for Global Health and the Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies
Location: TBA
April 15
Linguistic Anthropology Seminar
Peter Ochs, Edgar Bronfman Professor of Modern Judaic Studies, University of Virginia
"Ethnolinguistic Studies in Religion and Conflict"
April 28, 7pm
Linguistic Anthropology Seminar
Alan Rumsey, Professor of Anthropology, Australian National University
"Child Language Socialization, Intersubjectivity and the Sociocultural Order in the New Guinea Highlands and Beyond"
April 29
Anthropology Department Lecture
Francesca Merlan, Professor of Anthropology, Australian National University
"Dynamics of Difference: The Recognition Problem in Indigenous-Nonindigenous Relations in Australia"
Sponsored by the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures
Please also note the following dates:
March 18, 4pm
Virginia Festival of the Book event
Charles Thompson, Professor of Cultural Anthropology and Documentary Studies at Duke University
and Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Associate Professor of Sociology and Director of Global Studies at the College of William & Mary
"Borderline Stories: People, Identity, Belonging"
Thompson shares his journey along the 1,969 mile long U.S./Mexico divide, offering stories of the people and towns on both sides, and Bickham Mendez examines the significance of such borders, in the context of social movements and cultural identities.
http://vabook.org/program/borderline-stories-people-identity-belonging/
Location: CitySpace, 100 5th Street NE
March 19, 4pm
Virginia Festival of the Book event
"Radiant Light: Songs and Stories from Native America"
Karenne Wood and Mary Youngblood present poems and music honoring the earth and American Indian worldviews
http://vabook.org/program/radiant-light-songs-and-stories-from-native-america/
Location: The Haven, 112 W. Market St.
March 20, 1pm
Virginia Festival of the Book event
"All Who Go Do Not Return"
Shulem Deen shares his story of growing up a member of the Skverers, one of the most insular Hasidic sects in the United States, exploring outside that world, and eventually leaving. Moderated by Ira Bashkow
http://vabook.org/program/all-who-go-do-not-return-shulem-deen/
Location: Jefferson Madison Regional Library, 201 E. Market St.
Authors Charlie Thompson (Border Odyssey) and Jennifer Bickham Mendez (Border Politics) share their research on the lives of peoples on both sides of the American/Mexican border.
