Call for Papers: Association for Feminist Anthropology Sessions

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Joslyn O.

The Association for Feminist Anthropology welcomes sessions to be considered for inclusion in AFA’s programming for the 111th AAA Annual Meeting, to be held November 14-18, 2012 in San Francisco. The AAA meeting theme this year is “Borders,” so AFA particularly welcomes panels that take up “borders” from a feminist anthropological perspective. Various approaches to [...]

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Executive Session Proposal Deadline Extended.

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Executive Session proposals will be accepted through 5pm EDT on Friday, February 3, 2012. This year the AAA created a new online portal for executive session proposals.  For the first time, with few exceptions organizers and panelists must register for the meetings in order for the session to be considered.  We also are strongly encouraging, [...]

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Executive Session Submissions now accepted through January 31, 2012

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Joslyn O.

Submissions seeking Executive Session Status, only, for the 2012 Annual Meeting are now being accepted at aaa.confex.com\aaa\2012\portal.cgi Submitters must be current members and registered to attend the Annual Meeting in San Francisco November 14-18, 2012. AAA is only accepting submissions seeking Executive Program Status now, all other annual meeting submissions will begin on February 15, [...]

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2011 AAA Leadership Fellow

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Joslyn O.

 At the 110th AAA Annual Meeting, AAA recognized Dr. Heide Castañeda and Dr. Julienne Rutherford as the 2011 AAA Leadership Fellows.  Leadership Fellows gain a unique opportunity early in their careers to become strong leaders in the field of anthropology and within the Association. Fellows are mentored by members of the AAA Executive Board in association governance, [...]

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Science in Anthropology Session at AAA’s Annual Meeting

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Click the play button to listen to the Science in Anthropology: An Open Discussion session (3-0430) at AAA’s Annual Meeting. This invited roundtable session was sponsored by the Society for Anthropological Sciences, organized by Peter Peregrine (Lawrence U) and chaired by President Virginia Dominguez (U of Illinois). Roundtable presenters included Daniel A. Segal (Pitzer College), H Russell Bernard (U [...]

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Arab Spring Can Help Rethink Anthropology

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Amy

We’re pleased to share this blog post from special AN reporter Émilie Sarrazin. She reports here on a Saturday afternoon session “Revolution in the Middle-East and North Africa: Anthropological Perspectives.” Saturday afternoon, a four-hour session of the AAA Annual Meeting was devoted to the major uprisings that have taken place in 2010 and 2011 in many regions [...]

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#AAA2011 Photos up on Flickr

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Joslyn O.

Check out the photos from the AAA Annual Meeting on Anthropology News Flickr Page.

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President Dominguez To Give AAA Presidential Address Tonight

Posted on November 19, 2011 by Joslyn O.

 Join AAA President Virginia R. Dominguez for her AAA Presidential Address. The Address, titled “Comfort Zones and Their Dangers: Who Are We? Qui Sommes-Nous?”, will be given in the Palais de Congrès Room 516CD at 18:15.

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Discussing New Reproductive Technologies at Annual Meeting

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Amy

We’re pleased to share this blog post from special AN reporter Marianne Butler. She reports here on sessions about reproductive technology. Vignettes of foetuses being asked to serve as “expert witnesses” in determining when life begins, through the reproduction of the “socially dead” and the tracing of reproductional debris, to an elision of counting embryos and counting [...]

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Calling All Society for Psychological Anthropology Members

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Joslyn O.

The Society for Psychological Anthropology will be having their business meeting today. The meeting will be held at the Hyatt – Fourth Floor – Soprano B from 18:15 – 20:15.

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