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February 24–25, Research Team Short Seminar
The Shala Valley Project, Northern Albania: Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Isolation and Interaction
Chaired by Michael L. Galaty, Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Millsaps College
The Shala Valley Project is investigating culture change in the frontier zone of northern Albania as an example of a resilient socio-ecological system.
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March 10–11, Research Team Short Seminar
New Archaeological Research at Pueblo Bonito: Reopening National Geographic Society Excavations
Co-chaired by Patricia L. Crown, Distinguished Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico and W. H. Wills, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of New Mexico
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March 21–25, Advanced Seminar
The Difference Kinship Makes: Rethinking the Ideologies of Modernity
Co-chaired by Fenella Cannell, Reader in Social Anthropology, LSE, Department of Social Anthropology, London School of Economics and Political Science and Susan McKinnon, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Virginia
This seminar questioned the distinction between “kin-based” societies and those based on “modern” organization has been fundamental to ideas of contemporary humanity.
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May 2–6, Advanced Seminar
Rethinking Race and Science: Biology, Genes, and Culture
Chaired by John Hartigan, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin
Participants in this seminar will explore the constructive linkages between studies of human biological variation, social race, disease, and environment.
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May 15–21, Advanced Seminar
Indigenous Peoples and Salmon in the Northern Pacific
Co-chaired by Dr. James F. Brooks, President, School for Advanced Research and Dr. Benedict Colombi, Assistant Professor, American Indian Studies, University of Arizona
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June 6–11, Advanced Seminar
Katherine Dunham and the Anthropology of Dance: Theory, Experiment, and Social Engagement
Chaired by Dr. Elizabeth Chin, Professor, Department of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Occidental College, Los Angeles
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August 4–5, Short Seminar
Managing and Mismanaging Migration: Lessons from Guestworkers’ Experiences
Co-chaired by Diane Austin, Associate Research Professor, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona and David Griffith, Senior Scientist and Professor, Department of Anthropology and Institute for Coastal Science and Policy, East Carolina University
With over 132,000 guestworkers from a growing proliferation of supplier nations employed in the United States, and with a global debate surrounding legal and undocumented immigration, this seminar will contribute a timely interdisciplinary perspective on the issue of migration.
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September 26–30, Advanced Seminar
Reassembling the Collection: Indigenous Agency and Ethnographic Collections
Co-chaired by Sarah Byrne, Production Assistant, Institute of Historical Studies, University of London; Annie Clarke, Coordinator, Heritage Studies Program University of Sydney; Rodney Harrison, Lecturer, Department of History, The Open University; and Robin Torrence, Principal Research Scientist, Department of Anthropology, Australian Museum
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October 19–20, Research Team Short Seminar
Historical Ecology in the Pre-Columbian Caribbean
Chaired by Peter Siegel, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Montclair State University
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November 9–10, Research Team Short Seminar
Indigenous Socio-Economic Change, Health and Well-Being in the Amazon
Co-chaired by Flora Lu, Assistant Professor, Department of Latin American and Latino Studies, University of California, Santa Cruz and Mark Sorensen, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
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