anthropology
April 23, 2015
During spring break, Case Western Reserve University students and faculty traveled to Uganda to work with Ugandan colleagues in the social sciences and engineering on two global health projects. The project is part of an initiative linking Case Western Reserve students with biomedical engineering…
April 08, 2015
Katia Almeida, instructor of anthropology, and Lisa Nielson, SAGES and music lecturer, will present at the annual Wittke/Jackson Lecture on Friday, April 10, at 12:30 p.m. in DeGrace Hall, Room 312. Almeida and Nielson are the 2014 winners of the Carl F. Wittke Award for Excellence in…
April 02, 2015
The Anthropology Spotlight Lecture Series will feature Nathaniel Kendall-Taylor, vice president for research at FrameWorks Institute, on Monday, April 13, from 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial, Room 201. Kendall-Taylor will present on “Framing for Change: A Cultural-Cognitive Approach to…
February 23, 2015
The Department of Anthropology will celebrate National Anthropology Day on Thursday, Feb. 26, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial 201. This event is rescheduled from Thursday, Feb. 19, when the university was closed. The celebration will include pizza, raffles, prizes, and a screening of the…
February 13, 2015
The Moms Offering Moms Support Group will meet on Monday, Feb. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women in the Tinkham Veale University Center, Suite 248. The meeting will feature a discussion with Vanessa Hildebrand, assistant professor of anthropology, about…
February 03, 2015
Kelvin Smith Library will host presentations by the 2014 Freedman Fellows: Melvyn Goldstein, the John Reynolds Harkness Professor of Anthropology and co-director of the Center for Research on Tibet, and Justin Gallagher, assistant professor of economics. The fellows will discuss their research and…
October 29, 2014
It was a dark and chilling night in 2006 when Michele Hanks, a Case Western Reserve University anthropologist and SAGES Fellow, waited for a ghost to appear. She sat, knees to her chin, with a half-dozen people in the lightless upstairs room of the haunted Golden Fleece, a pub in York, England, on…
May 23, 2014
UNAIDS Science now selected a recent paper titled “Challenging the paradigm: Anthropological perspectives on HIV as a chronic disease” by Janet McGrath, associate professor of anthropology, and colleagues. The paper was selected for inclusion in the 4th issue of HIV this month, an online forum that…
May 08, 2014
Katia Almeida delights in how her students represent various majors and interests—medicine, business, engineering, the arts and more. Because, she believes, the study of anthropology is relevant and applicable, no matter the discipline. “It enables you to see the world from a different…
October 15, 2013
Cheryl Mattingly, professor at the University of Southern California, will present the 2013 Kassen Lecture, titled "Vulnerability, Virtue Ethics and the Anthropology of Suffering." The lecture will be held Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Mather Memorial Building 201. With the support of…