Department of Anthropology

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign




Anthropology 50th Anniversary Events

CELEBRATING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ILLINOIS ANTHROPOLOGY

Anniversary celebrations include events scheduled for Spring and Fall Semesters, 2009. Please contact the Department of Anthropology for more information.

Illinois Anthropology Alums Discussion Board

PREVIOUS EVENTS

I. INAUGURAL EVENT: EMERITI PROFESSORS REFLECT ON THE PRACTICE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AT ILLINOIS

Roundtable Discussion:

Thursday, March 5, 3-5:30, Geography Room 219, Davenport Hall

Co-Organizers: Kris Lehman and Alejandro Lugo

Chair: Kris Lehman

Participants: Ed Bruner, Clark Cunningham, Eugene Giles, Dave Grove (comments), Jacquetta Hill, Bruno Nettl, Norman Whitten, Tom Zuidema

II. CELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF ILLINOIS ANTHROPOLOGY

Central States Anthropological Society, Annual Meeting

Roundtable Discussion:

Saturday, April 4, 2009, Illini Union, Room 407, 3:30-6:00p.m.

Organizer and chair: Alejandro Lugo

Participants: Myra Bluebond-Langner (Rutgers University at Camden), Clark Erickson (University of Pennsylvania), Joanne Rappaport (Georgetown University), Arlene Torres (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Gary Urton (Harvard), Mary Weismantel (Northwestern University), Milford Wolpoff (University of Michigan at Ann Arbor)

III. ILLINOIS ANTHROPOLOGY AT 50

American Anthropological Association (pending acceptance)

Roundtable Discussion:

Day and Time TBA

Co-Organizers: Kris Lehman and Alejandro Lugo

Chair: Janet Dixon Keller

Participants:

H. Russell Bernard (University of Florida), Rosemary Joyce (University of California—Berkeley), Carol Stack (Berkeley), Daniel M. Neuman (UCLA), Brett Williams (American University), C. Richard King (Washington State University), Joanna Lambert (UW-Madison), Arlene Torres (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Penny Van Esterik (York University in Canda), Marta Zambrano (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), Diego Quiroga (Universidad San Francisco de Quito), James Stanlaw (Illinois State University)

IV. RECEPTIONS AND CELEBRATIONS

A. 50th Anniversary Party, October 8, 2009, 7pm I-Hotel cash bar and snacks

B. 50th Anniversary Party at the AAA Annual Meeting, December 5, 2009, Presidential Suite, time TBA (expected 9:30pm or after)