Department of Anthropology Dissertation Defense

"Jihad and Other Universalisms: Arab-Bosnian Encounters in the U.S. World Order"

presented by Darryl Li

Monday, September 10
Bowditch Room, Peabody Museum
4:15 p.m.

Archaeology Program Seminar Series

"Peopling the Last New Worlds: the First Colonisation of Sahul and the Americas"

a talk by Iain Davidson

Wednesday, September 12th
Putnam Lab, Peabody Museum
12:00 p.m.

East Asia Archaeology Seminar Series

“Salt Production during Late Shang and Western Zhou in North Shandong: A focus on social network and resource management”

a talk by WEI Qiaowei (Shandong University)

Friday, September 14th
Peabody Museum Rm. 14A
11:30 a.m.

Anthropology Day 2012

Speakers:
Jenny Carballo
Kerry Chance
Brian Stewart
Ajantha Subramanian
Kimberly Theidon
Jason Ur

Anthropology Day is an annual event highlighting the research and academic life of the Department of Anthropology.

All are welcome to attend.

Friday, September 14th
William James Hall 105
3:00 p.m.
Reception to Follow

More information

Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series

a talk by Kate Goldfarb (Harvard University)

Monday, September 17th
William James Hall 105
4:15 p.m.

The Harvard Film Archive, the Sensory Ethnography Lab and the Film Study Center

Film Screening: Double Tide
a film by Sharon Lockhart

Monday, September 17th
Harvard Film Archive
24 Quincy Street
7:00 p.m.

Filmmaker in Person.

Archaeology Program Seminar Series

"Peopling the Last New Worlds: the First Colonisation of Sahul and the Americas"

"Animal Management at Chalcolithic Marj Rabba (Lower
Galilee, Israel)"

a talk by Max Price

Wednesday, September 19th
Putnam Lab, Peabody Museum
12:00 p.m.

East Asia Archaeology Seminar Series

“Ritual and Technology in Chinese Ceremonial Weapons”

a talk by Ariel O’CONNOR (Harvard University)
and Rowan FLAD (Harvard University)

Wednesday, September 19th
Arthur M. Sackler Museum
3:30 p.m.

Sackler Museum Gallery Talk – More Information

East Asia Archaeology Seminar Series

“Arousing Images: The Poetry of Divination and the Divination of Poetry”

a talk by Ed SHAUGHNESSY (University of Chicago)

Thursday, September 20th
Geological Lecture Hall
6:00 p.m.

Sponsored and organized by the Peabody Museum

Archaeology Program Seminar Series

"Style, Identity, and Ceramics: The Archaeology of Early Villages in Central Tlaxcala, Mexico"

a talk by Jenny Carballo

Wednesday, September 26th
Putnam Lab, Peabody Museum
12:00 p.m.

The Department of Anthropology and the
Latin America Working Group present

"Beautiful Souls"

a discussion with author Eyal Press

Thursday, September 27th
William James Hall 105
11:30 a.m.

Social Anthropology Program Seminar Series

"Discourse and the no-thing-ness of culture"

a talk by Michael Silverstein

Thursday, September 27th
Haller Hall
4:15 p.m.