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)