THE PROGRAM:
IAAS Lunchtime Lecture Series
2006-2007
The Committee on Inner Asian and Altaic Studies sponsors a monthly lunchtime lecture series. You may bring your own lunch to the Seminar Room; the Cafeteria is located in the CGIS North Building. Snacks will be provided. Unless otherwise noted, the room opens at 12:30, presentation at 1:00 pm. Additional details will be announced as talks are scheduled. For more information, please contact IAAS at iaas@fas.harvard.edu
Wednesday, October 4, 2006, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Michael Drompp
J. J. McComb Professor of History, Rhodes College
"Re-'reading' the Bugut Monument: Mythology, Representation and State Formation in Medieval Inner Asia"
Seminar Room S250, 2nd floor, 1730 Cambridge Street
The Joseph Fletcher Memorial Lecture
Thursday, October 26, 2006, 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Françoise Aubin
Research Director Emeritus at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)
"Reflections on the Fletcher Legacy"
Tsai Audiorium, Room S010, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
The lecture will be followed by an Informal Reception in the Public Gathering Room (S030) on the Concourse Level, to which all are invited.
This lecture is sponsored by The Joseph F. Fletcher Jr. Fund for Inner Asian Studies.
The Joseph Fletcher Memorial Lecture site
Thursday, November 9, 2006, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Manduhai Buyandelgeriyn
Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
"Raised Corpses: Transformation in the Constituency of the Shamanic Spirits after Socialism in Mongolia"
Seminar Room S050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Friday, February 16, 2007, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Theodore Levin
Professor, Department of Music, Dartmouth College
"Musical Exchange and Musical Boundaries: Along the Silk Road, Then and Now "
The Music Building, Room 2
Wednesday, February 28, 2007 , 12:30-1:30 p.m.
Paula Newberg
International Consultant and Former Special Advisor to the United Nations
"The Clash Between Ideology and Geography: Revisiting the Borders of Afghanistan's Wars "
Tsai Auditorium, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Wednesday, March 21, 2007, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Uradyn Bulag
Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Hunter College, CUNY
"Collaborative Nationalism: The Dialectics of Friendship and Autonomy in China "
Seminar Room S050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 1:00-2:00 p.m.
Thomas Allsen
Professor Emeritus, Department of History, College of New Jersey
"Alcohol in the Political Culture of Inner Asia "
Seminar Room S050, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
Richard N. Frye Fund Lecture
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Peter Golden
Professor of History, Rutgers University
"Basmils and Qipchaqs: Some Unexplored Elements in the Shaping of the Peoples of Medieval Eurasia"
Tsai Audiorium, Room S010, Concourse Level, 1730 Cambridge Street
The lecture will be followed by an Informal Reception, to which all are invited.
For the IAAS Lecture Series of past years:
2005–2006 Lecture Series
2004–2005 Lecture Series
2003–2004 Lecture Series
2002–2003 Lecture Series
2001–2002 Lecture Series
2000–2001 Lecture Series
1999–2000 Lecture Series
1998–1999 Lecture Series
Foliate Jun-Ware Flower Pot (1279–1368)
THE PEOPLE:
EVENTS:
The Joseph Fletcher Memorial Lecture
The Richard N. Frye Fund Lecture