Department Colloquium Series

The Association of Anthropology Graduate Students (AAGS) runs a colloquium series that meets on Fridays during the academic year. The series brings in speakers from anthropology and beyond and includes a mix of speakers from outside the department (either from UO or from other universities), departmental graduate students, and departmental faculty.
2012-2013 Colloquium Series Organizers: AAGS Organizing Committee and Faculty Advisor Dr. Nelson Ting.

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Spring 2013 Series

. Friday, May 24 Dr. Angela Kozce (Central European University & Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Wake Forest University) Talk time & location:Condon 204, 4pm Talk title:“Romani (Gypsy) Women and Activism: Challenges and Opportunities” Link for information on the speaker: http://www.ceu.hu/profiles/research-fellow/angela_kocze Additional info: http://pages.uoregon.edu/anthro/wp-content/uploads/kocze_flyer.pdf

Friday, May 31 Graduate students Theresa Gildner and Noah Simons 2013 McFee Award Winners Talk time & location:Condon 204, 4pm Theresa Gildner talk title:“Effect of sleep quality and duration on cognitive function among older adults from five middle income countries: Results from the Study on global AGEing and adult health”

Noah Simons talk title: “Genetic diversity of North American captive-born gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla)”

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Past Speakers

2013

Dr. Zhuowei Tang, Jilin University (China)
Dr. Kenneth Maes, Oregon State University
Kevin Turley, University of Oregon
Dr. Kristin Yarris, University of Oregon (International Studies and Women’s & Gender Studies)
James Daria, University of Oregon
Anthropology Department Panel: Female Power, Strategies, and Myth Busting: From Bonobos to Humans (with Dr. Diane Baxter and graduate students Klaree Boose and Anna Sloan)

2012

Anthropology Department Panel: Food, Health, and Society (with Dr. Stephen Dueppen and graduate students Samantha King and Iván Sandoval-Cervantes, & moderator Dr. Lynn Stephen)
James Daria, University of Oregon
Dr. Claudia Holguin Mendoza, University of Oregon
Dr. Thom McDade, Northwestern University
Dr. Terence D. Capellini, Stanford University
Dr. Donald L. Brenneis, University of California Santa Cruz
Christina O’Bryan, University of Oregon
Angela Montague, University of Oregon
Lucas Erickson, University of Oregon
Dr. Missy Cheyney, Oregon State University
Dr. Mark Auslander, Central Washington University
Dr. Robert Thompson, Oregon State University
Dr. Aletta Biersack, University of Oregon
Dr. Timothy McMahon, University of Oregon CoDaC
Dr. Nelson Ting, University of Oregon
Dr. Patrick O’Grady, Museum of Natural and Cultural History

2011

Erica Squires, University of Oregon
Dr. Karen Rosenberg, University of Delaware
Dr. Stephen Dueppen, University of Oregon
Dr. Gary Crawford, University of Toronto Mississauga
Dr. Aliya Saperstein, University of Oregon
Dr. Lamia Karim, University of Oregon
Dr. Brian Kemp, Washington State University
Dr. Li Liu, Stanford University
Julia Ridgeway-Diaz, University of Oregon

2010

Dr. Katerina Harvati, University of Tübingen, Germany
Gennie Thi Nguyen, University of Oregon
Dr. Daphne Gallagher, University of Oregon