“Apes to Man” on TV; undergrad research; Archaeology in Indiana

1) IUN items:

    A) COAS undergraduate research conference

    B) Anthropology adjunct Kathy Forgey noted “on-line”

2) on TV and Internet:

    A) “Apes to Man”, new TV documentary

    B) Indiana Archaeology page and events

    C) Archaeology & digs in the IU system

    D) Medical Anthropology

3) Conferences

    A) Historical Archaeology

    B) AIDS and Culture

    C) Traditional Medicine

4) Jobs in anthropology - from minimum wage to $97,000/year.

    Cultural anthro/Native americans

    Smokers’ study in Chicago

Coming in next issue: IUN Anthropology/Sociology “Fall courses and advising”

1) at IUN:

1A) College of Arts and Sciences

Second Annual Student & Faculty Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS—EXTENDED DEADLINE

On November 17-18, 2005, the College of Arts and Sciences will be hosting its

second annual scholarly research conference showcasing research and creative

activity by students and alumni, emeritus, and full-time and part-time faculty.

 Students and faculty are invited to submit an abstract of up to 250 words on a

topic of their choice for papers, posters, or artistic presentations.

Pre-organized panels will be considered. Faculty may nominate students to

present outstanding scholarship/creative work only after reaching agreement with

the student. Student papers must be overseen by a faculty liaison who will

provide appropriate mentoring. Formal presentations may not exceed 15-20 minutes.

Abstracts should contain the following information:

full name and title of the presenter,

title of presentation,

department affiliation,

name of faculty sponsor if applicable,

phone number,

email address, equipment or supply requests,

agreement to read paper in 15 to 20 minutes,

and a definitive abstract of between 200 and 250 words.

The EXTENDED deadline for submitting abstracts is AUGUST 19TH . Please submit

abstracts to Dr. Robin Hass Birky, Department of English, Hawthorn 429 or to

rohass@iun.edu.

1B) Field Museum Research page; if you click on “Kathleen Forgey”, you can see

that our IUN adjunct is featured:

http://www.fieldmuseum.org/research_collections/pritzker_lab/pritzker/people/people_frame.html

2) on TV and Internet:

2A) On TV Cable “Ape to Man”:

there is an interesting two hour program Sunday August 7 at 8 pm CDT/EST on the

History Channel about human evolution and the theories and errors:

http://www.historychannel.com/apetoman/

the website itself has lots of interesting stuff and activities.

I see a rerun listed at 4 pm Sat Aug 13; there are probably more.

2B) The Indiana Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology has put

together a nice page to announce that September is Indiana Archaeology Month; it

has lots of August and September events, and lots of links and information about

archaeology in general.

http://www.in.gov/dnr/historic/archeomonth.html

2C) IU Homepages did a nice job of showcasing summer archaeology at IUB, IPFW

and IUPUI.

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/mounds.shtml

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/moundsimages.shtml

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/research.shtml

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/IPFWimages.shtml

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/archIUPUI.shtml

http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/072205/text/IUPUIimages.shtml

from Staffan Peterson

2D) Medical Anthropology:

http://www.uic.edu/classes/osci/osci590/indexmedicalanthropology.htm

3) Conferences:

3A) Historical Archaeology of the American Experience

Midwest Historical Archaeology Conference

To Be Held At Western Michigan University, September 23-25, 2005 Features of Sat

Aug 24: 9:15 Keynote Speaker: James Garman (Salve Regina University) The

Historical Archaeology of the American Experience 10:00 Mark Groover (Ball State

University) The Archaeology of Farmsteads 11:00 David Bush (Heidelberg College)

The Archaeology of Military Life 11:45 Fred Smith (Western Michigan University)

The Archaeology of Alcohol and Drinking 1:30 Jane Baxter (Depaul University) The

Archaeology of Childhood and Adolescence 2:15 Deborah Rotman (Purdue University)

The Archaeology of Gender 3:15 Paul Mullins (Indian University-Purdue University

at Indianapolis) The Archaeology of Consumption info at:

http://www.wmich.edu/anthropology/archy_conf.html

3B) Explorations in the Cultural History of AIDS

AIDS in Culture is an annual conference organized by Enkidu Magazine in Mexico

City in cooperation with CENSIDA (the national Mexican AIDS-organization),

CONAPRED (the national Mexican Anti-Discrimination Council) and ADETEA (the

Association of Anthropology Students at the Autonomous University of the State

of Mexico in Toluca). In 2005 the conference will be held in Puerto Vallarta on

the Mexican Pacific Coast, December 9-12. AIDS in Culture seeks to examine

issues relating to AIDS in culture across a wide range of perspectives. The

conference aims to promote innovative multidisciplinary and multicultural

exchange and dialogue and bring together people working in all relevant

disciplines, including activists, professionals and academics. For information,

see http://www.enkidumagazine.com/art/2004/030804/E_024_030804.htm Deadline:

September 15

3C) FIRST WORLDWIDE SUMMIT ON HEALTH AND INTEGRAL MEDICINE

XVII International Congress of Traditional Medicine

Second Biennial World Federation of Traditional Medicine

April 8-12, 2006, Mexico City

It is of vital importance for us to offer the information to the interested

societies in order to inform them of the different activities which will take

place during the Summit. That is why, we request that you to give us your e-mail

address so we can send you the Summit information. Please, include the name of

the person to whom the information must be addressed.

We also want to invite the businesses that produce and distribute natural and

wholesome products or related to acupuncture, biomagnetism, kelacion and

vegetarianism to participate in the World Expo on Health and Integral Medicine,

the biggest one of its kind, it will be more than 500 stands, the most complete

and well-stocked at an International level, which will be carried out during the

Summit. So, we request that you give us your e-mail address so as to send you

the corresponding information. Please, include the name of the person to whom

the information must be addressed.

For further information, please visit our web site:

http://www.cumbremundialdesaludymedicinaintegral.com.mx

If you have any questions, doubts or comments, please send them to the following

e-mail:

registro@grupoplus.com.mx

info@cumbre2006.com

JOBS:

Cultural Anthropologist for the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs; who says

Cultural Anthro does not pay well? This position is in the $75-$100,000 range:

http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?JobID=32598054

Attention Smokers!: Paid participants needed for interesting

behavioral research study at the University of Illinois at Chicago's Department

of Psychology

The study examines the effects of smoking and drinking on task performance.

For receive more information call Jon at 312-213-6944 or click on link below:

http://131.193.130.84/cgi-bin/smoking.pl

AND: Looking for a Few Good Women or Men to Volunteer for Research

We are looking for a few healthy, low-risk people, ages 18-50 who want to help

evaluate the safety of a promising new vaccine designed to prevent HIV

infection. You CANNOT catch HIV from this vaccine.

Participation involves a detailed health screening with laboratory work-up to

determine eligibility for study. If you qualify, you will receive three

vaccinations over a six-month period. You will be seen approximately weekly for

the first two months of the study; there are 15 scheduled visits during the 60

week period following the first vaccination. Laboratory work will be done at all

visits.

You will be compensated for each study visit.

Call for more information or to schedule a screening appointment today!

UIC campus phone: 3-5897 Toll free: 1-800-575-5758 Email: lboksa1@uic.edu

Project WISH (the clinic conducting this study) is located at 840 S. Wood, Room

B39 (basement), Chicago, IL 60612.

Principal Investigator: Richard Novak, MD Section of Infectious Diseases 808 S.

Wood, Room 888

UIC OPRS IRB# 2005-

This announcement was posted by lboksa1@uic.edu on 08/04/2005

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