Autumn 2005
Tuesday October 4
MERMAIDS AND OTHER HOT COMMODITIES: TRAFFICKING SPIRITS ON THEBIGHT OF BENIN
by
JEFFREY KAHN
Ph.D. student, Anthropology
University of Chicago
Discussant: Kelly Gillespie (Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology)
Tuesday October 18
A RED LION SEMINAR:
CONFLICT, MILITIA FORMATION AND YOUTH IN EASTERN CONGO
by
KOEN VLASSENROOT
University of Ghent, Belgium
Discussant: Mark Geraghty (Ph.D. student, Anthropology)
*Co-hosted with the Program of African Studies, Northwestern University.
Tuesday October 25
COMPOSING HYBRIDITY: UGANDAN SUBJECTIVITY AND WESTERN ART-STYLE MUSIC
by
SUZANNE WINT
Ph.D. student, Ethnomusicology
University of Chicago
Discussant: Brian Horne (Ph.D. student, Anthropology)
*Co-hosted with the EthNoise! workshop.
Tuesday November 15
“FUTURELESS YOUTH”: THE EVERYDAY CONSTRUCTIONS OF TEMPORALITY IN A ZIMBABWEAN TOWNSHIP
by
JEREMY JONES
Ph.D. student, Anthropology
University of Chicago
Discussant: Gretchen Pfeil (Ph.D. student, Anthropology & Linguistics)
Tuesday November 22
DEONTIC PRISONS AND ELEPHANTINE OPTIMISM
by
KELLY GILLESPIE
Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology
University of Chicago
Discussant: Bernard Dubbeld (Ph.D. student, Anthropology & History)
Tuesday November 29
THE RIGHT DRUGS IN THE RIGHT BODIES: CITIZENSHIP, NATIONAL SECURITY AND AIDS TREATMENT IN BOTSWANA
by
BETSEY BRADA
Ph.D. student, Anthropology
University of Chicago
Discussant: Erik Brodnax (Ph.D. student, Anthropology)
*Co-hosted with the Science, Technology, Society, and the State Workshop.
