Department of Anthropology Events
Archaeology Brown Bag Series
The Umm an-Nar coastal site of HD1,
Sultanate of Oman: 2020 Excavations and Analyses
by J. Mark Kenoyer, Professor
UW-Madison, Department of Anthropology
Friday, February 21st, 2020 12:00-1:00p
Social Sciences 5230
Migration and Population Change at Cahokia in the Context of Climate Change and Ecological Disasters
by Sissel Schroeder, Professor
UW-Madison, Department of Anthropology
Friday, February 28th, 2020 12:00-1:00p
Social Sciences 5230
Anthropology Colloquium
Stuck in the Mud: The Embeddedness of Exploitation in U.S. Farm Labor
by Jose Villagran, Lecturer
UW-Madison, Chican@ and Latin@ Studies
Monday, February 24th, 2020 3:30p
Social Sciences 8417
From Passing to Becoming: Cochlear Implants and Auditory Verbal Therapy in India
by Michele Friedner
Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago
Monday, March 2nd, 2020 3:15p
Social Sciences 8417
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Event Calendar
- March
- March 24SUGAR MACHINE: Medical Technologies & Plantation Legacies in the Caribbean Diabetes Epidemic"Presented by Amy Moran-Thomas, Associate Professor of Anthropology at MIT12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- April
- April 17CSEAS Friday Forum Lecture Series/Archaeology Brownbag Series"Community Engagements and Partnerships in Archaeological Fieldwork in the Philippines: Prehistoric Heritage to Recent History," by Laura Lee Junker12:00 PM, 206 Ingraham Hall
- April 28Conference on Migration: Latin America and the U.S.: New Steps, Old RoutesKeynote Address: “The Latino Threat: Constructing Immigrants, Latinos and the Nation”5:15 PM, Pyle Center