Anthropology events, conferences, jobs

1) AT IUN:
    1A) Anthro Club showing movie Apocalypto
    1B) Career Services has reopened their office in Moraine Student center,which means
there will be a $ 1 Used Book Sale
    1C) IUN Chess Club
    1D) wear denim to fight breast cancer
    1E) Fifth Annual Night of Puerto Rican History and Culture
    1F) Asian culture day at IUN
    1G) Regional Arts Summit at IUN
2) In Chicago:
    2A) Field Museum Ancient Americas Teacher workshop
    2B) Classical Archaeology Conference in Chicago
3) In Indiana:
    3A) Two lectures on Culture and Art at Notre Dame
    3B) More Indiana Archaeology month events
    3C) Midwest Archaeological Conference
4) on the web: Wabash and Erie Canal culvert investigation
5)  JOBS:
    5A) Part time at home anthro position.
    5B)  Indiana full time PhD position - archy
    5C) Fulbright Scholar awards
    5D) teach primatology in Costa Rica
    5F) disabilities research subjects needed

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1) AT IUN:
    1A) IUN Anthropology Club is showing the movie Apocalypto on Thursday Sept 27 at 7
pm in Savannah 207; pizza and soda, everyone welcome, it is all free.  Regular club
business meeting is Thursday Oct 4 at 7 pm in Marram 323.

    1B) The IUN Anthropology Club One Dollar Used Book Sale will be held theweek of Oct
22 thru Oct 26 2007 in the Moraine Lobby

    1C) learn to play chess, or just play, at the IUN Go Chess GO! Club on Tuesdays at
2:30 in Savannah 207

    1D) wear denim to fight breast cancer:
The Office of Academic Affairs invites the campus community to participate in the
fight against breast cancer. We are asking everyone to wear jeans or other denim
items on Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, and to make a $5 donation in the fight against breast
cancer. Sponsored by Lee Jeans, Denim Day provides an opportunity for us to come
together and show our concern for those who are afflicted with breast cancer and for
the many others who are at risk.
    Please mark your calendars to help us observe Denim Day in the fight against breast
cancer on Oct. 5. We will send more information next week regarding whereto make
donations. We will also announce a time and location where all Denim Day participants
may gather to take a large campus photo.
    For more information on Lee Denim Day, please visit http://www.denimday.com/.

    1E)  Thursday, September 27th, The IUN Latino Studies Program presents aprogram on
“Origins and History of Puerto Rican Cultural Groups” to highlight its Fifth Annual
Night of Puerto Rican History and Culture.  Featured in tonight’s performance will be
folkloric dance presentations of Bomba, Danza, and Plena and dominant music forms of
Puerto Rico.  This new presentation integrates the cultural traditions ofall Puerto
Rico’s ethnic ancestors.
Special Presentations
Trio Melódico - NACOPRW Dance Group - Roberto Clemente Center Bomba
2007 Puerto Rican Royalty - 2007 Puerto Rican Tiny Court
Savannah Auditorium
Indiana University Northwest (IUN) - 3400 Broadway, Gary, IN
Social hour 5:30 p.m. Thursday, September 27th 2007
Program Begins 6:30p.m.
Free Parking, Free Admission
    
    1F) Indiana University Northwest students, faculty, and staff of Asian origin will
come together to celebrate the diversity of their cultures on Tuesday, September 25
in Hawthorn Quadrangle at 12:00 p.m. (Noon).  Local cultural associationsand
businesses will be joining the IU Northwest community to give you a tasteof Asian
food, music, dance, costumes, and culture.  Come and experience the foodsof India,
Pakistan, Bangladesh, China, Philippines, and Thailand and it is all free!  Also
featuring traditional, modern and folk dances from Philippines, Thailand,Pakistan
and India.   You’ll also be able see the art of Henna and win a chance get a henna
tattoo from a Henna Artist. Do not miss this great event which is sponsored by the
Office of Diversity Programming at  Indiana University Northwest,  Asian American
Student’s Association (AAA) of IU Northwest and School of Business and Economics at
Indiana University Northwest.  If you have any questions, contact Dr. Surekha Rao,
School of Business and Economics at 219-980-6934.

        1G) Regional Arts Summit at IUN:  The 2nd Annual
Regional Arts Summit Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm at IU Northwest
Library Conference Center
Reservations are still available, but space is limited!
 Call 219/836-1839 x100 to register today or for more information.
Presented by South Shore Arts & The Center for Regional Excellence at Indiana
University Northwest, The Regional Arts Summit is an opportunity for artists, arts
organizations and arts providers to network, communicate and collaborate while
gaining valuable insight into capacity building, marketing and business management.


2) In Chicago
    2A) Field Museum Ancient Americas Teacher workshop
Native Ways of Knowing
How and what archaeologists study affects Indigenous peoples identities and lives.
Several innovative researchers have successfully brought to light Indigenous issues
in American archaeology.  Learn about the interaction of Native and scientific ways
of knowing, and hear about cooperative projects demonstrating collaboration between
Native peoples and archaeologists in the Americas with prominent scholar and
archaeologist Dr. Larry Zimmerman.  Workshop also includes entry into Indigenous
Archaeology panel discussion at 6:00pm.  Earn 4 CPDUs.
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 4:00 to 8:00 pm, $18, members $14
Boxed dinner provided.
FREE Entry into Indigenous Archaeology Panel Discussion 6:00-8:00pm
Register for this program by calling 312.665.7500

    2B) For those of you interested in archaeology in the classical world including
Rome, Greece, and Egypt, the Archaeological Institute of America's AnnualConference
is being held in Chicago from January 3rd- 6th.  The preliminary program for the
meetings may be found here: http://www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10300
You can also volunteer for the conference via this link.  Those who
agree to work two four-hour shifts receive free conference registration and access to
all conference events.  Otherwise, Student registration before November 12th is 85.00
and after November 12th is 100.00.   (From Prof. Jane Eva Baxter, DePaul University)


3) In Indiana:
    3B) Two lectures on Culture and Art at Notre Dame:
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to announce a public lecture byDr. Pravina
Shukla (Associate Professor of Folklore at Indiana University, Bloomington),
co-sponsored with the Center for Asian Studies, Art, Art History and Design, and the
Dean's Office for Undergraduates in the College of Arts and Letters. Please join us
next Thursday (27 September) for Shukla's lecture
"Aesthetic Complexity and Social Tension in the Art of Dress in Modern India."
    Using the example of clothing and adornment in India, Shukla will demonstrate the
full model for the study of art, one in which all stages of creativity and
communication are understood, ranging from the maker, to the seller, to the buyer,
user, and beholder.
    Time/Date: Thursday, 27 September, 5:00-6:30 (including Q/A time)        Reception
following the lecture (c.6:30-7:30 pm)
Place: Hesburgh Auditorium (reception in atrium)
    About Pravina Shukla:
Dr. Shukla specializes in analyzing body art, conceptions of beauty, adornment, and
folk art in India and Brazil. Bodily adornment is one of the oldest, commonest, and
even universal form of material expressions of culture and identity. Pravina was born
to South Asian parents in Oslo, Norway and grew up in São Paulo, Brazil. She
completed her undergraduate degree in Ethnic Studies at UC Berkeley, and earned her
Masters and Ph.D. in Folklore and Mythology at UCLA. Her Ph.D. dissertation (1998)
was based on research she conducted on women's adornment in the northeastregion of
India. Her new book, The Grace of Four Moons: Dress, Adornment, and the Art of the
Body in Modern India, will be published by IU Press in January 2008. In her work she
focuses on issues of gender, age, caste, religion and ethnicity in exploring the way
people adorn themselves with dress and jewelry in everyday life in India.She also
has spoken and published on bodily adornment and beauty in Brazil.

AND        "Learning from the Vernacular: Cultural Pattern in Historical Architecture"
Basing his argument in Ireland, but expanding for comparison to North America and
Asia, Prof. Henry Glassie will illustrate the study of vernacular architecture. The
common buildings of the daily landscape provide the basic resource for the formation
of a more democratic history, exhibiting through technology and form deeppatterns in
time, patterns that engulf us all and establish a critical perspective onchange.
Time/Date: Friday, 28 September, 3:30-5:00 (including Q/A time)
Reception for Profs. Glassie and Shukla following the lecture (c.5:00-6:30 pm)
Place: Hesburgh Auditorium (reception in atrium)
About Henry Glassie:
Henry Glassie's work on material culture, vernacular architecture, and cultural
landscapes has influenced extraordinary numbers of archaeologists, folklorists,
ethnographers, and historians over the last three decades.  His recent ethnography,
The Stars of Ballymenone, (2006, IU Press) explores the theoretical possibilities for
reconciling different streams of time (a Braudelian, sweeping, regionally-based
history vs. localized, place-centered history) in the small village of Ballymenone in
Northern Ireland (please see
http://www.research.iu.edu/news/stories/0059_storytelling.html).
Any questions should be directed to Meredith Chesson in the Dept of Anthropology
(1-3775, mchesson@nd.edu).

    3B) More Indiana Archaeology month events:
    September 25 - October 13. 9am- 5pm, Tuesdays through Saturdays (EDT). Strawtown
Koteewi Park (Taylor Center of Natural History, 12308 Strawtown Avenue, Noblesville,
IN). Sponsored by the Hamilton County Parks and Recreation Department, the Legacy
Foundation, and the DHPA. Indiana University Purdue University-Ft. Wayne
Archaeological Survey staff will be on site conducting archaeological surveys and
excavations which will be open to the public. Also, natural staff will beavailable
for site tours and discussions about the site and Native American groups who once
occupied the area. Activity stations including the prehistory of Indiana,artifact
identification, a nature walk, and hands on activities for younger children will also
be available. Pre-registered group tours will take place at the Taylor Center of
Natural History located at the Park. Organized groups such as school field trips,
scouts, and adult clubs are welcome as well as smaller family and citizengroups. For
more information or to pre-register 9 for an archaeological trip or tour,please
contact Amanda Smith, Chief Naturalist at 317/848-0576; email ads@co.hamilton.in.us.
Registration is on a first-come, first served basis.
    September 28-30. Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Evansville, IN. Native American
Days. Come and experience an Indian market as well as dancing, demonstrations, food
and more. Visitors will be able to view the exhibit titled “From Above,Images of a
Storied Land” as part of the general admission to the festival. For further
information, call 812/853-3956.
    September 1-October 25. Angel Mounds State Historic Site, Evansville, IN. See the
exhibit titled From Above: Images of a Storied Land, Photographs by Adriel Heisey.
This unique exhibit features 28 large scale aerial photos of archaeological sites
through-out the American Southwest and Mexico. This will be the last showing of these
photos before they are returned to the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History and the
Center for Desert Archaeology, Tucson, AZ. Angel Mounds is the first Midwest venue
for the show, which has mostly traveled throughout the western states. For more
information, please contact Angel Mounds State Historic Site at 812/853-3956.
    October 6. 10am – 4 pm (EDT). Taylor Center of Natural History, Strawtown Koteewi
Park (Noblesville, IN). Collection Identification. Do you have some projectile points
or other stone tools or artifacts that you would like to learn more about?
Archaeologist Jim Mohow will be available to identify artifacts. For further
information, contact the Cool Creek Nature Center at 317/848-0576.

    3C) Midwest Archaeological Conference
Oct. 4-6. University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN. The annual meeting ofthe Midwest
Archaeological Conference is being held in northern Indiana. This is an excellent
opportunity to learn about archaeology which is being conducted in Indiana and around
the Midwest. There is a special one-day registration option for non-members that is
designed for the general public. Staff from the DHPA will also have a table where
they will be distributing outreach materials and have Archaeology Month t-shirts
available for purchase. Go to the official webpage
http://www.midwestarchaeology.org/meetings.htm for further information.


4) on the web: Wabash and Erie Canal culvert investigation- Terre Haute
http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_254220224.html


5)  JOBS:
    5A) Part time at home anthro position.   This has been making the roundsof the
anthro listserves: There is a search for contributing editor for anthropology on
behalf of the online guide, "About.com" (from NYTimes; online since 1997).
According to the background information, one should expect to spend an average of
about 20 hours per week: creating features, adding to a blog, commenting on current
developments or events that touch on anthropology.
Payment is based on number of page views, but seems to come with a minimum of at
least $500 per month. Although the editor for Archeology.about.com says in actuality
you receive more than this minimum. The main audience is intended to be students of
anthropology seeking background, fresh content and vetted links to further reading
and viewing.
See an example of the work produced at http://archaeology.about.com
To be considered to fill the position, begin by reading the full details at
http://beaguide.about.com
You have to apply and then be selected for training. This opening looks like a good
way to bring anthropology to a worldwide audience!


    5B)  Indiana full time PhD position
The Department of Anthropology of Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne
(IPFW) invites applications for a new tenure-track position in archaeology at the
assistant professor level. Applicants must have expertise and experience in
geophysical survey. Preference will be given to candidates who complementthe
departmental focus on the Midwest but other regions will be considered aswell.
Preferred research interests include, but are not restricted to, the
contact/pre-contact period, prehistoric ethnicity, and prehistoric conflict. IPFW
maintains an active CRM program and the ideal candidate would support ongoing
contract and research activities including NSF-funded projects. Candidates must have
their Ph.D. by fall 2008. A record of successful grant applications, publishing, and
teaching experience is preferred. Responsibilities include a three courseper
semester teaching load with two preparations, typically two introductory and one
upper-level course. The successful candidate must be willing to direct undergraduate
student research, obtain grants and contracts in support of a research program,
support laboratory operations, and participate in departmental, college, university,
community, and professional service activities. Candidates should share our
departmental commitment to four-field, empirical anthropology and be willing to
contribute to an active and growing anthropology program with over 125 majors. Salary
is competitive, and accompanied by generous benefits.
IPFW is a rapidly growing, fully accredited, comprehensive university with nearly
12,000 students offering 190 Indiana University and Purdue University undergraduate
and graduate degrees.
Please send a letter outlining teaching and research interests, a copy ofyour vitae,
and the names and addresses of three references to Alan R. Sandstrom, Chair,
Department of Anthropology, IPFW, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805.
Deadline for priority consideration is November 2, 2007. Applications will be
considered until the position is filled. IPFW is an equal opportunity/equal
access/affirmative action university with a commitment to achieving diversity and
excellence in faculty and staff.

    5C) Applications continue to be accepted for some Fulbright Scholar awards for
lecturing, research or combined lecturing/research awards in anthropologyduring the
2008-2009 academic year. Faculty in
anthropology may apply not only for awards specifically in their field,
but also for one of the many "All Discipline" awards open to any field.
Visit our website at www.cies.org <http://www.cies.org/> for
descriptions of available awards and new eligibility requirements.
Awards are closing daily, so please consult the relevant program officer before applying.

    5D) teach primatology in Costa Rica
Hmmm, I sent out a notice to students about this class recently; now theyare looking
for a teacher:
La Suerte Biological Field Station in northeastern Costa Rica is
looking for a PH.D. to teach a field course in primate behavior and
ecology this winter. The course runs from December 7 to mid-January.
The January dates depend on whether the course is a 10 day short
course or a 17 day extended course. Capuchin monkeys, howler monkeys, andspider
monkeys are present at the site.  The La Suerte website is http://www.lasuerte.org/
If you have an interest or any questions concerning teaching a
course this winter, please contact Renee Molina at
molina.renee@gmail.com