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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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Winter 2013 Series

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Friday, January 18th


James Daria
Masters Student, University of Oregon Anthropology
2012 McFee Award Winner
Talk time & location:Condon 204, 4pm
Talk title:“A Celebration of Resistance: The Popular Guelaguetza and the Oaxacan Conflict.”
Link for information on the speaker: http://pages.uoregon.edu/anthro/people/graduates/#daria

Friday, February 8th

Kristin Yarris
Talk time & location:Condon 204, 4pm
Talk title:“Quiero ir y no quiero ir” (I want to go and I don’t want to go): Nicaraguan Children’s Ambivalent Experiences of Mother Migration and Transnational Family Life
Link for information on the speaker:

Friday, February 15th


Kevin Turley
Doctoral Candidate, University of Oregon Anthropology
2012 Cressman Award Winner
Talk time & location: Condon 204, 4pm
Talk title: “Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Tibial Shape and Presentation among Catarrhine Taxa.”
Link for information on the speaker: http://pages.uoregon.edu/anthro/people/graduates/#turley

Friday, March 1st

Kenneth Maes
Assistant Professor, Oregon State University
Talk time & location: Condon 204, 4pm
Talk title: Heroes of HIV: volunteer AIDS caregivers, food insecurity, and mental health in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Link for information on the speaker: http://oregonstate.edu/cla/anthropology/maes

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Spring 2013 Series

TBA

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Past Speakers

2012

Dr. Stephen Dueppen, University of Oregon
Samantha King, University of Oregon
Iván Sandoval-Cervantes, University of Oregon
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

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