Spring 2019 Colloquium Series schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all colloquia take place 4:15-6:15 pm in rm. C415A at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Refreshments follow in the Brockway Room (rm. 6402). for more information visit:  gc.cuny.edu/anthropology

FEBRUARY
2.1 DAME CAROLINE HUMPHREY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
REVOLUTIONARY CIRCLES: SHADOWY IDENTITIES & THE CONSPIRATORIAL METHOD
*a special event celebrating the retirement of KATHERINE VERDERY
2.8 JANET ROITMAN THE NEW SCHOOL
AFRICA RISING? CLASS OR FINANCE
2.15 DOUG ROGERS YALE UNIVERSITY
WAS THE MICROBE A PROLETARIAN? ENERGY, LIFE & LABOR IN THE COLD WAR
2.22 ANNA BOOZER BARUCH COLLEGE
THE DIRT ON RUBBISH: WHAT DISCARD TELLS US ABOUT DAILY LIFE IN ROMAN EGYPT

MARCH
3.1 MARIA LUISA MENDONCA CPCP, THE GRAD CENTER
TRANSNATIONAL “MIGRATION” OF FINANCIAL CAPITAL & LAND SPECULATION IN THE U.S. AND BRAZIL
3.8 JESSE RIBOT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
CRISIS DOES NOT FALL FROM THE SKY: SAHELIAN EMIGRATION IN THE ANTHROPOCENE
3.22 MAMYRAH PROSPER IRADAC, THE GRADAUTE CENTER
QUEER AFTERSHOCKS IN OCCUPIED HAITI: CONSTRUCTING A NEW “HOMOSEXUAL” SUBJECTIVITY
3.29 SAMEENA MULLA MARQUETTE
“HE HAS MANY NEEDS”: ADDICTION, PHARMACEUTICALS & DEFINING THE SEX OFFENDER IN SENTENCING

APRIL
4.5 MISCHA SUTER UNIVERSITY OF BASEL
MONEY BETWEEN VIOLENCE & FRAGILITY:
HISTORY & ANTHROPOLOGY OF A POLITICAL EPISTEMICS, 1870-1923
4.12 THE WORK OF INEQUALITY: PAPERS IN HONOR OF MICHAEL BLIM
with NANDINI SIKAND LAFAYETTE, AHILAN KADIRGAMAR UNIVERSITY of JAFFNA, and RODOLFO HERNANDEZ BENEMÉRITA UNIVERSIDAD AUTONÓOMA de PUEBLA

MAY
5.10 PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY PROGRAM COLLOQ:
SPEAKER TBA