On May 9th, the University of Arizona will hold a conference in Honor of Regents' Professor Jane H. Hill. The conference: titled I [Heart] Jane Hill is about Language, Ideology, & Seminotics and will have several presenters from her past and current students.

The Conference will be held in the Haury Anthropology Building (Northeast corner of South Campus Drive and Park Avenue on Saturday, May 9th, from 8:30 to 5:30.

Then a dinner in honor of Professor Hill will be held at Case Vicente (375 S. Stone Ave). The cost of the dinner is $55 for faculty and $35 for students. Please RSVP to Maisa Taha at mct@email.arizona.edu by May 5th to reserve your space.

Conference Program

ANTHROPOLOGY DEPARTMENT
Lecture Series

4:00 pm
Wednesday
April 29, 2009

Haury 216

Patrick J. Wrinn, PhD Candidate
Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona
 

“Ice Age ‘Archipelagos’ of Northern Asia: New Siberian Data and Implications for Human Migrations, Extinctions and Behavior in the Late Pleistocene”

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Abstract: The Late Pleistocene archaeological record of Northern Asia is important for understanding the development of human adaptations to harsh environments.  While North American researchers have been mostly concerned with events in Northern Asia at the end of the Pleistocene, such as megafaunal extinctions and human migrations...

Congratulations to Thomas E. Sheridan, Ph.D. who received the 2009 Gold Award from the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS) Past Presidents' Book Award for his book Landscapes of Fraud.

Landscapes of Fraud explores how the penetration of the evolving capitalist world-system created and destroyed communities in the Upper Santa Cruz Valley of Arizona from the late 1600s to the 1970s.  Sheridan melded history, anthropology, and critical geography to create a penetrating view of greed and power and their lasting effect on those left powerless.

You can obtain a copy of Sheridan's book through the University of Arizona Press at this LINK.

The ABS award is presented yearly at the annual meeting of the Associate of Borderland S...

The Anthropology Department's Administrative Associate, Catherine Lehman, is to be honored at the Employee Recognition Luncheon on Thursday, April 23rd for her exemplary performance. She will receive a plaque and a $250 cash award. Catherine receives this award because she contributes to and promotes respect for others; contributes to the success of the department and individuals; fills in when short-staffed; integrates information to promote efficiency; performs additional duties beyond requirements; and, volunteers for special projects.

Congratulations to Catherine and thank you so much for all you do.

The Riecker Awards Committee received several research proposals and were able to fund many of them. Congratulations to the following individuals:

Micah Boyer
E Chen-chun
Amy Clark
Antonio Da Silva
Katherine Dungan
Deanna Grimstead
Fumie Iizuka
Katie MacFarland
Tiinna Manne
Matthew Pailes
William Reitze
Marijke Stoll
Angela Storey
Kenichiro Tsukamoto

Best wishes to Sarah Raskin who was selected as a participant in this year's Summer Institute for Research Design (SIRD) in Cultural Anthropology.

SIRD is supported by the National Science Foundation and the institute brings together area experts and Ph.D. students for three weeks of intensive study on issues in research design. The goal of the Institute is to provide students with a meaningful experience that will advance science in cultural anthropology. The primary objectives of the Institute are:

• To provide Ph.D. students in cultural anthropology with a basic understanding of the link between theory and scientific methodology in cultural anthropology.
• To improve each student's ability to develop and write a scientifically well conceived research proposal.
• To provide students with basic scientific research knowled...
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Congratulations are in order for Tiina Manne and Britt Starkovich who were awarded a Haury Graduate Fellowship and Haury Graduate Award, respectively.

Tiina Manne was awarded the Haury Graduate Fellowship for her dissertation titled: Rendering new understandings of Upper Paleolithic dietary diversification and subsistence intensification in southwestern Iberia. Tiina will receive $15,000 plus tuition for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Britt Starkovich will receive a Haury Graduate Award for her dissertation titled: Subsistence Change in the Middle to Upper Paleolithic in Southern Greece:  Klissoura Cave 1 and its Context within the Mediterranean Basis. Britt will receive $5,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year.

Back in December 2008 and January 2009, the exhibit of photographs through the microscope that Rachel Freer (ASM) and Dr. David Killick (Professor of Anthropology) co-organized at the Arizona State Museum, and to which many of the IGERT Fellows contributed, is now available through the ASM web page as a 16-minute podcast; the direct link is:

http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/podcasts/ep033_beyond_naked_eye.shtml

Dr. Killick improvised the voice-over for an Art class that was touring the Museum, and was unable to discuss all images individually; therefore, apologies to those whose work is not discussed in the podcast.  The intended audience is local K-12 art and science classes. Therefore, this is part of IGERT outreach.

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DEADLINE - SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Third Annual Photo Contest

Department of Anthropology
University of Arizona

Deadline for Submissions
Monday, September 14, 2009

Theme: Anthropology in Action

Capture Anthropology in Action while you’re away this summer, working in the field, conducting research, or kicking back.

The Department of Anthropology’s annual Photo Contest purpose is to obtain photos that may be used on our website and for other promotional purposes. Digital media are preferred but we will accept slides and prints (with the negative).

All Anthropology faculty, staff, students, and friends are eligible to participate. Pick up your Official Forms from the Main Office. You will need 1) Submission and Photo Release Form and 2) Model Release Form.
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Congratulations to Wendy Vogt who received notification that she was chosen to receive a P.E.O. Scholar Award. Wendy will receive $15,000 for the 2009-2010 academic year. Last year Karin Friederic received the same award and Susan Mentzer and Deanne Grimstead received the award this year.

P.E.O. (Philanthropic Educational Organization), one of the pioneer societies for women, was founded on January 21, 1869, by seven students at Iowa Wesleyan College in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Originally a small campus friendship society, P.E.O. soon blossomed to include women off campus. Today, P.E.O. has grown from that tiny membership of seven to almost a quarter of a million members in chapters in the United States and Canada. The P.E.O. Sisterhood is passionate about its mission: promoting educational opportunities for women. The sisterhood proudly makes a difference i...