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March 2017
Visiting Lecturer: Dr. Glenn H. Shepard, Jr.
Dr. Glenn H. Shepard, Jr., Museu Paranese Emilio Goeldi, Belem do Para, Brazil, 3pm, 1208 Turlington Hall, “Close Encounters: The Dilemmas of Contact for Isolated Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon”
Find out more »Visiting Lecturer: Dr. Glenn H. Shepard, Jr.
Dr. Glenn H. Shepard, Jr., Museu Paranese Emilio Goeldi, Belem do Para, Brazil, 3pm, 1208 Turlington Hall, “Close Encounters: The Dilemmas of Contact for Isolated Indigenous Peoples of the Amazon”
Find out more »Visiting Lecturer: Marcelo Salazar
Marcelo Salazar, Instituto Socioambiental, ISA, Brazil, 2-3:30 pm, 376 Grinter Hall, “Red Alert for the Xingu River”
Find out more »Visiting Lecturer: Marcelo Salazar
Marcelo Salazar, Instituto Socioambiental, ISA, Brazil, 2-3:30 pm, 376 Grinter Hall, “Red Alert for the Xingu River”
Find out more »2017 Hyatt and Cici Brown Lecture in Archaeology
SHIFTING CONTOURS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN COLONIAL CONTEXTS Professor Michael S. Nassaney Department of Anthropology Western Michigan University Narratives about the past are never divorced from the social contexts in which they are created. Colonial contexts have been especially subject to political influence when they involve descendant communities, directly or tangentially. Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph, an 18th century mission-garrison-trading post complex in southwest Michigan, illustrates recent changes in our understanding of colonial relations. Tuesday, March 21, 2017 4:30 pm…
Find out more »2017 Hyatt and Cici Brown Lecture in Archaeology
SHIFTING CONTOURS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN COLONIAL CONTEXTS Professor Michael S. Nassaney Department of Anthropology Western Michigan University Narratives about the past are never divorced from the social contexts in which they are created. Colonial contexts have been especially subject to political influence when they involve descendant communities, directly or tangentially. Archaeology at Fort St. Joseph, an 18th century mission-garrison-trading post complex in southwest Michigan, illustrates recent changes in our understanding of colonial relations. Tuesday, March 21, 2017 4:30 pm…
Find out more »Visiting Lecturer: Michael S. Nassaney
Professor Michael S. Nassaney, Western Michigan University, 4:30 pm, 100 Smathers, “Shifting Contours of Archaeological Knowledge in Colonial Contexts”, reception to follow
Find out more »Visiting Lecturer: Michael S. Nassaney
Professor Michael S. Nassaney, Western Michigan University, 4:30 pm, 100 Smathers, “Shifting Contours of Archaeological Knowledge in Colonial Contexts”, reception to follow
Find out more »October 2017
Talk by Dr. Diego Quiroga
Galapagos conservation, conflicts and challenges By Dr. Diego Quiroga October 25th, 2017 at 4:00 pm- 5:00 pm Anthropology Conference Room, Turlington Hall 1208 In this presentation, I will examine the different mechanisms that have been developed to conserve the fragile and unique ecosystems of the Galapagos, including the Galapagos Marine Reserve and the Terrestrial areas. I will look at the way in which these mechanisms have been successful or not. Special emphasis will be placed on the way in which…
Find out more »December 2017
Primatology Researchers Speak on Mountain Gorilla Conservation
Primatology researchers to speak on mountain gorillas and their conservation To celebrate the exhibit “Bob Campbell’s Photographs of Dian Fossey’s Karisoke Research Center, 1968-1972”, the UF Smathers Libraries are pleased to host two leading primatologists to discuss their work with the mountain gorillas of East Africa. Tara Stoinski of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund and David Watts of Yale University will lecture on their current and past conservation and research efforts on Wednesday afternoon, December 6th (12:00-3:00 pm) in UF’s…
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