Tuesday, September 27, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Dr. Francis Cody, University of Toronto
Title: "Between the Law and the Street: Political Publicity in Tamil News Media"
Biological Sciences Building, Room 302
Co-Sponsored by the South Asian Studies Program
To see flyer, visit: http://southasia.rutgers.edu/events-mainmenu
Wednesday, October 19, 2016, 2:15 p.m.
Dr. Rachel Jacobs, George Washington University
Title: "Lemur diversity: past, present, and future"
Hickman Hall, Room 138
pdf click here for flyer (210 KB)
Thursday, October 20, 2016, 4:00 p.m.
Dr. Ellen Rubinstein, Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers SAS Department of Anthropology
Title: "'This is Something I have to do, right?' Defining Moral Caregiving for Mental Illness in Japan"
Hickman Hall, Room 210
pdf click here for flyer (148 KB)
Friday, October 28, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Charles Janson, University of Montana
Title: "Mental Maps and primate social ecology: what we know an dwhy it matters"
Ruth Adams Building 001
pdf click here for flyer (1.21 MB)
Wednesday, November 2, 2016, 4:30 p.m.
Dr. Ursula Rao, University of Liepzig
Title: "Biometric Bodies, or how to make fingerprinting technology work in India"
Meeting Room C., Douglass Campus Center
Co-sponsored by the South Asian Studies Program
pdf click here for flyer (552 KB)
Thursday, November 10, 2016, 3:15 p.m.
Dr. Robin Bernstein, University of Colorado, Boulder
Title: "From Mother to Baby: Shaping the Pathway to Healthy Growth"
Douglass Lounge, Douglass Campus Center
Day of Revolutionary Thinking
pdf click here for flyer (211 KB)
Thursday, November 10, 2016, 1:10 p.m.
Dr. Matt Sponheimer, University of Colorado, Boulder
Title: "Reconstructing the Ecology of Ancient Humans Using the Chemistry of Fossil Teeth and Bones"
Scott Hall, Rm 123
Day of Revolutionary Thinking
pdf click here for flyer (172 KB)
Friday, November 18, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Mary Blair, Assistant Director of Research & Strategy, American Museum of Natural History, NY
Title: "Primate Conservation Case Studies from Vietnam"
Ruth Adams Building - 001
Sponsored by the Rutgers University for Primate Conservation Club
pdf click here for flyer (836 KB)
Monday, November 21, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Dr. David Watts, Anthropology Department, Yale University
Title: "The Chimpanzees of Ngogo: Behavioral Ecology, Demography, and Life Histories"
BIO Building, Room 302 (Douglass Campus)
Sponsored by the Center for Human Evolutionary Studies (CHES)
pdf click here for flyer (6.00 MB)
Thursday, December 1, 2016, 5:30 p.m.
Dr. Kathleen Riley, Rutgers University NB Anthropology Department
Title: "Learning to Talk While Eating: Food-and-Language Socialization in France and the Marquesas"
Ruth Adams Building, Third Floor Atrium
Sponsored by The Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA)
pdf click here for flyer (1.29 MB)
Tuesday, December 6, 2016, 2:00 p.m.
Dr. Sarah Muir, Barnard College
Title: "The Color of Money: Everyday Arbitrage and the Expectation of Loss in Argentina"
Ruth Adams Building, Rm 207
Co-sponsored by CLAS
pdf click here for flyer (164 KB)
Friday, December 9, 2016, 3:00 p.m.
Dr. Michael Balter
Title: "Zero Tolerance for Sexual Misconduct: How to Make it Happen"
Ruth Adams Building, Rm 001
Sponsored by The Anthropology Graduate Student Association (AGSA)
Michael Balter is a science writer, formerly with Science and now working mainly for Scientific American and The Verge (Vox Media). He taught science journalism for many years at NYU and Boston U. He will discuss his journalistic investigations of two cases involving allegations of sexual misconduct in the scientific community, one at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History and one at the American Museum of Natural History.
