Anthropology

Come celebrate spring over good conversation and delicious drinks at the last AnthroCafe of the year! Bring your ideas, discoveries, questions, and news. Friends are always welcome! -The Anthropology Department

Please join the departments of Anthropology and Political Science for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.

The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.

Anthropology | MBH 219 | 3:30-4:15 pm

Political Science | MBH 216 | 4:45-5:30 pm

On the second day of the symposium, Mexican director Michelle Garza Cervera will answer questions (in English) about her acclaimed debut film Huesera: The Bone Woman (2022). This will be followed by a conversation in Spanish between Michelle and Rita Segato, offering a broader dialogue on gender-based abuse and violence against women in Latin America. The conversation between Michelle and Rita will be translated into English for the audience.

Cookies and drinks will be provided.

Presented in Spanish with real-time translation to English

The symposium will kickoff with a keynote presentation by Argentine anthropologist Rita Segato, followed by an open discussion with students, faculty, and community members. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided in Sunderland Lobby beginning at 4:00 PM.

Wrap up a very long winter with warm drinks, bright conversation, and a celebration of all things Anthropology at our spring AnthroCafe. Bring your ideas, questions, and news to share. Anthro-curious friends are always welcome!

-The Anthropology Department

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Security and Global Affairs presents “Resilient Democratization: Social and Political Change in Iran and Beyond” with Norma Claire Moruzzi.

The Rohatyn Center for Global Affairs program on Global Health and Medicine presents “Assembling Networks of Care in Global Maternal Health; Technologies, Tasks, and Traditional Birth Attendants” with Prof. Margaret MacDonald.

Students in ANTH 211 and PSCI 214 will present their research projects on environmental anthro and environmental politics in a poster session.

Alexa Duchesneau will give the second talk in the annual Anthro & Friends Winter Speaker Series, titled “Simians and the Story of Us: What Biological Anthropology Brings to STEM.” In an increasingly divided world, Biological Anthropology and Primatology are a bridge between divided academic disciplines: the social sciences and the hard sciences. The combination of observational studies and hypothesis testing places these fields in the unique position of being truly interdisciplinary.