Department of Anthropology at the University of Florida

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Archived Items

Mar 31 - "Diving the Maya Underworld of the Yucatan" lecture by Guillermo de Anda Alanis at 4:00pm in Dauer 219.

Apr 5 - Annual Armadillo Roast at Noon, for more info visit this site.

Feb 22 - Jeff Hoelle will present "The Expansion of Cattle Ranching in the Western Amazon: Everyone's a Steakholder" at 4pm in Dauer 215.

Jan 29 - Professor Ruth Behar (U of Michigan) will present "Searching for Jewish Cuba:  Perils and Pleasures of Diasporic Ethnography" at 4pm in Ustler Hall.

Jan 11 - Ken Sassaman will present at weekly department colloquium at 4pm in Dauer 215

Dec. 4 - Medical Anthropology Search Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., 1350 Turlington

Nov 30 - Lecture by Dr. Peter Stahl, Binghamton University, 3pm.

Nov 16 - "PreColumbian Agriculture on the Guianas Coast" Lecture by Dr. Stephen Rostain, 4pm in Rinker 110.

Nov. 13 - Medical Anthropology Search Committee meeting, 3:00 p.m., 1350 Turlington

Nov 9 - "Modeling Human Ecodynamics and Crop-Based Communities in Mid-Holocene Northern Peru" Lecture by Dr. Tom D. Dillehay, Vanderbilt University, Room TUR L005 at 4pm.

Oct 23 - Medical anthropology journal reading club weekly meeting at 11:45am in Turlington B357

Oct 19 - Doctoral student Matt Watson will discuss his research at 4pm in Dauer 215 at 4pm.

Oct 16 - Medical anthropology journal reading club weekly meeting at 11:45am in Turlington B357

Oct 13 - Annual Potlatch event for Department of Anthropology at Dr. Gerald Murray's home.

Oct 2 - Medical anthropology journal club, 11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m., Turlington B375.

Oct 2 - "Haitian Voodoo (Vodun): The structure and logic of an Afro-Caribbean religion," Lecture by Dr. Gerald Murray, 5:30 p.m., CSE E221.

Oct 9 - Medical Anthropology Journal Club, 11:45 a.m. - 12:35 p.m., Turlington B375.

Sept 27 - "Isotope Studies and the Origins and Spread of Agriculture in Latin America" Lecture by Dr. Robert H. Tykot, McCarty B 2102, 3pm.

Sept 26 - Karega Munene will discuss his archaeological work in Africa at 4pm in Grinter 476.

August 23rd - Fall classes begin

August 22nd - Grad TO/TA/RA orientation 4:00 - 5:30pm in Daur 219

July 2nd - Summer B classes begin

Wed April 11 - Department Meeting in 219 Dauer at 3pm

Fri April 6 - Colloquium presentation by graduate student Jamie Waggoner on his research into prehistoric Georgia in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm.

April 1-3 - Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa: A Series of Symposia, 219 Dauer Hall - Program

Sat March 31 - Postcolonial Archaeologies in Africa Graduate Student Presentations (Sponsored by FASA) Ustler 200, 8:30am-12:30pm - Program

Friday March 30 - Double Colloquium presentation by grad students Erica Roberts and Edward W. Tennant in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm.

Mar 27 - April 1 - American Association of Physical Anthropology meetings in Philadelphia

March 27 -31- Society for Applied Anthropology meetings in Tampa, Fl.

Tues March 27 - Lambda Alpha and FASA social, Flint 50 6-8pm

Saturday March 3rd - 2007 Armadillo Roast! This year's event will take place at Dr. Peter Schmidt's house once again, and starts at noon. T-Shirts will be available.

Friday March 2nd - Double Colloquium presentation by grad students Ava Lasseter and Lauren Fordyce in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm.

Thursday March 1st - Dr. Sarah M. Nelson (University of Denver) will speak at 7:00pm in the Women's Studies Great Atrium on "Flutes, Wine and Cosmology: Shamanism in the Chinese Neolithic."

Friday Feb 23 - Double Colloquium presentation by grad students Drew Kitchen and Symma Finn in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm. Drew will speak on the "Utility of DNA viruses for studying human host history" and Symma will speak on "Real Time Anthropological Assessment of Race & Genetics."

Feb 19-24 - American Academy of Forensic Sciences Meetings in San Antonio, TX

Fri Feb 16 - David Garcia will present on his research in Dauer 215, 4pm

Wed Feb 14 - Department Meeting in Dauer 219, 3pm

Fri Feb 9 - Tria Marie Ellison will speak on "Weeden Island Cult
Ware: Observations and Discussion on the Contextual Value of Tropes" in Dauer 215, 4pm

Friday Feb 2 - Dr. John Moore will speak on
"The Sand Creek Massacre Claim: Four Fields and Four Billion Dollars" in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm

Friday Jan 19 - Panel discussion on "Anthropology and the Peace Corps" in Dauer 215

Wed Jan 17 - Department Meeting in Dauer 219

Friday Jan 12 - Graduate student Mike Kay will present on "The Archaeology of Sitio Drago, Bocas del Toro, Panama" at 4pm in Dauer 215

Wed Jan 10 - Subfield Meetings for faculty

Wednesday November 29th
Department Meeting in Dauer Hall 219

November 17th
Colloquium - Prof. CK Shih will speak about his research in China in Dauer 215 at 4pm

November 16-19
African Studies Association Meetings in San Francisco, CA

November 15-19
American Anthropology Association Meetings in San Jose, CA

Tuesday Nov. 14th 7pm
Perúvian archaeologist Régulo Franco Jordán will speak on "La Señora de Cao" in the Keene Faculty Center (Dauer Hall)

November 8-12
Southeastern Archaeology Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas

Friday November 3rd
Colloquium - Jean Dennison will speka about her research in Dauer Hall 215 at 4pm

Friday October 27th
Colloquium - MA Student Yang Jiao will speak about his research in West China in Dauer Hall 215

Wed October 25th
Department Meetings - Dauer Hall 219

Saturday October 21st
Potlatch! For directions click here

Friday October 20th
Colloquium - Antonio de la Pena will speak in Turlington B357

Friday October 13th
Colloquium - Dr. Tony Oliver-Smith will talk about Anthropology and Disaster Studies in Dauer Hall 215