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1) IUN fall anthro course information
2) Welcome back party at Bob Mucci's house in Chicago
3) Anthro tutor needed
4) jobs
5) various events, including the Leakeys at the Field Museum.
6) interesting websites
7) anthro club
1) IUN fall anthro course information
The North American Indians course is filled in all the crosslisted numbers, it has exceeded the size of the room and no larger room has become available yet.
There is room in the other two upper level anthro courses:
Walking with the Great Apes, a study of the apes as seen thru the work of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and others. It is a natural science credit and can be taken at 5:30 MW at either the 200 or 400 lever (the later requires a research paper.)
And at the same time on T-Th we have the history and theory of cultural anthropology course, with a connected one hour ethnographic film section; the course has 3 names and 3 numbers, but the basic number is ANTH E200. Those pursuing the sociology BA with the anthropology/ethnography option probably want to take it as Soc S441 so it counts as the theory requirement for the BA.
Other courses of interest to Sociology/anthro BA students include S230, S250 (both required) and S254 which can fulfill the methods requirement.
REGISTRATION INFO:
I (Bob Mucci) still do not have an office due to the water damage to Lindenwood 231, but I will be relocating to Sycamore 212 in the next few days and will stay there for a month or so. I will be at IUN for registration on Mon, Wed, Thursday August 25, 27, 28 for student advising; look for me in Lindenwood 214. Otherwise you can call me at home or email me for advising, reply to this newsletter or call me at 773-929-0456; during business hours try calling the department first to locate me, 219-980-6607.
2) Welcome back party at Bob Mucci's house in Chicago
I will be hosting a picnic/party/open house on Saturday September 6, 2003, for present and former students, faculty, and staff of the IUN department of Sociology and Anthropology. Families are most welcome, no pets please. Requests were split for an afternoon picnic or an evening party, so given the small size of my house and back yard, I decided to have an extended open house gathering that covers both time periods. I'll be cooking corn, chicken, and sausages starting around 2 pm and going late into the night. Guests can bring side dishes, snacks, drinks; BYOB only if you are 21 and have a designated driver. The address is 935 west Altgeld Street, Chicago 60614; it is less than two blocks NW of the corner of Fullerton, Halsted, and Lincoln (where the Biograph Theater is) and one mile west of Lincoln Park Zoo. From Indiana, take I-90 or I-94 into Chicago, go 3 miles past downtown and the Sears Tower, and exit Fullerton Ave eastbound; go a couple of miles and you will come to Sheffield Ave, a traffic light with the el tracks and station visible only a 100 feet ahead -- turn left at that light (before you go under the tracks), go a block north along Sheffield, and turn right at the stop sign - which is Altgeld. It is just after you go under the tracks on Altgeld, a row house with a red brick front porch. Residential parking goes into effect at 6 pm on some local streets, but I have a stack of one evening temporary stickers; do NOT park in the lot across the street, they tow nightly. Best bet for on street parking is a block or two to the north and west. For a detailed map, type in the address in Mapquest.com or MSN or any web map service. My phone is 773-929-0456. This should be a great opportunity to see those who we haven't seen in years as well as those who we haven't seen all summer.
3) Anthro tutor needed
Any IUN student interesting in tutoring ANTH A105 Human Origins should contact me ASAP.
4) jobs
This just came in last week, although it may be filled, and starts in 2 days:
"We are currently looking for someone to teach an introductory cultural
anthropology course this fall. With budget cuts at ISU our adjunct
monies came thru very late and were cut back substantially.
The course is Anth 202, Multiple Lifeways, a general education class
taught TTh 11:00-12:15. It is likely to have between 25-30 students.
Classes start August 27th.
Adjunct pay is $2000 plus $500 travel. Please pass this information on
to anyone you think might be interested.
thank you.
Russ Stafford
Anthropology Program Chair
Department of Geography, Geology & Anthropology
Indiana State University
Terre Haute, IN 47809
phone: 812.237.3889/fax: 812.237.3996
web site: http://isu.indstate.edu/stafford/
Possible opening for physical anthropology adjunct at IUN; Monday nites in Portage starting Sept 8; please reply to this newsletter.
More anthro jobs now listed at the CAPA site:
http://www.erickamenchen.net/capa/resources.htm
5) various events
On Friday October 10 and Saturday Oct 11, the Field Museum has a Centennial Tribute to Louis Leakey; the scientific presentations are Saturday from 9 to 4 and include about 20 well known paleoanthropologists (not clear if there are simultaneous talks in different rooms).
Their website is: http://leakeyfoundation.org/
I was so impressed with the list of speakers that I am including it here at the end. The deal is this: teachers and students get in on Saturday for $35 to hear the talks. Supporters pay an extra $200 (two hundred) and they get events on Friday too: tours of the museum, a round table discussion with scientists, and at 6:30 p.m:
* Centennial Weekend Feature Presentation
"Discovering Our Earliest Ancestors"
Meave and Louise Leakey
and at 8 p.m.
* Chairmen's Reception
Join The Field Museum Founders' Council and the Leakey Foundation Fellows for a private reception with the Leakeys and other scientists in historic Stanley Field Hall. Hosted by Gordon Getty and Marshall Field.
(It looks like for $250 you don't even get dinner on Friday)
But if you want dinner with the Leakeys, that is available too, on Saturday at prices ranging from $350 up to a $25,000 table:
Cocktail Reception, Dinner and Presentation
The Casino. 195 East Delaware Place
Featuring Richard Leakey, Paleoanthropologist, Conservationist and Statesman.
Honoring Jean M. Auel, Author of The Clan of the Cave Bear and the Earth's Children series
Gilbert M. Grosvenor, Chairman of the Board, National Geographic Society
This is out of my price range, but I hope lots of people can afford these events so the work can go on. I'll be paying the $35 for the Saturday talks only, and I hope to see many of you there; here is the list of speakers on Sat:
Juan-Luis Arsuaga, Paleoanthropologist, Spain
Bob Martin, Comparative Primatologist, USA
Berhane Asfaw, Paleoanthropologist, Ethiopia
Sally McBrearty, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Ofer Bar-Yosef, Prehistoric Archaeologist, USA
Svante Pääbo, Evolutionary Geneticist, Germany
Frank Brown, Geologist, USA
Richard Potts, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Michel Brunet, Paleoanthropologist, France
Yoel Rak, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Ronald Clarke, Paleoanthropologist, South Africa
Sileshi Semaw, Archeologist, Ethiopia
Jean Clottes, Prehistorian and Rock Art Specialist, France
Fred H. Smith, Human Paleontologist, USA
Glenn C. Conroy, Paleoanthropologist and Anatomist, USA Chris Stringer, Paleoanthropologist, United Kingdom
John Fleagle, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Ian Tattersall, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Biruté Mary Galdikas, Primatologist and Conservationist, USA Phillip V. Tobias, Paleontologist and Human Biologist, South Africa
Kristen Hawkes, Anthropologist and Evolutionary Ecologist, USA
Nicholas Toth and Kathy Schick, Paleolithic Archaeologists, USA
Andrew Hill, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Russ Tuttle, Evolutionary Anthropologist, USA
F. Clarke Howell, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Carel van Schaik, Primatologist, USA
Jay Kelley, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Alan Walker, Paleontologist, USA
Richard Klein, Paleoanthropologist, USA
Richard Wrangham, Biological Anthropologist, USA
David Lordkipanidze, Paleoanthropologist, Republic of Georgia
(It seems to me, unfortunately, that this is the same weekend as the forensic anthro BAARFA meetings at Loyola U in Chicago; rats.)
From: Joshua J. Wells, Anthropology Section Chair
Indiana Academy of Science
RE: Call for Papers, Deadline is August 29th
Greetings, Anthropologists of Indiana,
The Indiana Academy of Science is preparing for our Fall annual
meeting, to be held on Friday, October 17 at Anderson University,
Anderson, Indiana. All interested parties are encouraged to submit
abstracts for presentations by Friday, August 29.
Since 1885, the IAS has promoted scientific research and the diffusion
of knowledge within Indiana; the Anthropology Section of the IAS is a
great place for anthropologists from all subdisciplines to present the
results of their research to an interested audience that is excited to
hear about findings from Indiana, other states, and other nations. Along
with academic and professional researchers, students, both graduate and
undergraduate, are strongly encouraged to participate in the meetings.
The dues for IAS membership currently stand at $30 for a regular
member and $10 for a student member. You do not have to be an IAS member
to submit your abstract, and may pay your dues at the meeting if
necessary. Use the following web-links to submit your abstract, join the IAS, or
otherwise register your interest.
*IAS Homepage: http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org
*2003 Fall Meeting Information:
http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/meetings.html
*Abstract Submission:
http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/form2003.asp
*Membership Information:
http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/membership.html
Please, feel free to pass this announcement on to others, and to
contact me with any questions. I look forward to seeing you in October!
Sincerely,
Joshua J. Wells
Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology
Indiana University
423 North Fess Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47408
email: jowells@indiana.edu
tel: 812-855-9544
6) From Bridgette Murray: an archaeology site, but about the Taung Child:
http://archaeology.about.com/cs/justforfun/a/taungair.htm
7) IUN anthro club
no one from the club has contacted me yet about when the first meeting will be (other than a request from Angelina to "tape me up" at the Welcome Back Days on campus); we have a speaker to reschedule from last fall, a new faculty member to meet, and several students have to tell us about their dig experiences over the summer.
--
Bob Mucci
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Anthropology
Indiana University Northwest
3400 Broadway, Gary IN 46408
219-980-6607
RMucci@uic.edu
"Education not slogans is our motto"