Upcoming Events
Tuesday, February 26, 2019 - 3:00pm
East Duke 204B
Stefanie Graeter is a cultural anthropologist interested in ethnographic questions of embodiment, materiality, knowledge, and the political with a geographic focus on Peru and the Americas. Her work draws upon diverse scholarly fields, especially environmental and medical anthropology, science and... Read More »
Friday, March 22, 2019 - 4:00pm
Biddle 104
David Samuels is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Music at New York University. A linguistic anthropologist, folklorist, and ethnomusicologist, he has published extensively on the confluence of affective symbols in the context of vernacular modernities. His book, "Putting a Song... Read More »
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 4:30pm
Rubenstein Library Carpenter Conference Room 249
The world faces numerous urgent issues that demand solutions. These include war, financial crisis, global warming, environmental degradation, poverty, and social inequality. The UNESCO calls upon cities around the world to make "culture" and "creativity" a driving force to confront these challenges... Read More »
Monday, April 8, 2019 - 4:30pm
Friedl 225
Professor Maartje van Gelder of the History Department at the University of Amsterdam will present a lecture, "Rioting in Venice: The Arsenal Workers' Protest of 1569," which is part of a larger project to underscore that even Renaissance Venice, known for its stability and internal tranquility,... Read More »