The Culture, Life Course, and

Mental Health Workshop

This workshop builds upon and contributes to the reemergence of "cultural psychology" as the comparative study of the way culture and psyche are constitutive of one another. It is specifically concerned with the ways in which the person and her or his mental well-being are defined and developed in diverse environmental and sociocultural contexts. Presentations by graduate students, faculty, and occasional outside speakers from anthropology, psychology, and allied fields will focus on diverse topics in mental health behavior research, including the cultural constitution of disease, the temporal patterning of health-related processes within a life-span perspective, and optimal experience. They also may address positive psychological processes such as enjoyment, creativity, and wisdom. The workshop encourages participation from faculty and students in all fields.

FACULTY SPONSORS: Richard Shweder (rshd@uchicago.edu) and Bertram Cohler (bert@uchicago.edu).

STUDENT COORDINATORS: Les Beldo (beldo@uchicago.edu) and Katie Jenness (kjenness@uchicago.edu).

TIME: Tuesdays, 4:30-6:00 p.m., Judd 313 or Stuart 101; see individual talks below.

 

 

The following is the current CLCMH Workshop Schedule.  As the scheduled speakers and topics are updated, this site will be updated and notifications will be sent out through the Human Development listserve.  Please check back to this site for the most updated information.

 

Last updated: April 6, 2008

 

 

 

 

Spring Quarter 2008

 

 

 

April 1st, 2008

HD Colloquium

 

Don Browning

Professor Emeritus, Divinity

The University of Chicago

 

“Paul Ricoeur’s Possible Contribution to Moral Psychology”

 

Location: Stuart 101

 

 

April 8th, 2008

 

Teofilo Reyes

PhD Student, Comparative Human Development

The University of Chicago

 

“Biopsychology of Attachment and Cooperation in Young Adult Males in Russia

 

Location: Judd 313

 

 

April 15th, 2008

Visiting Speaker

 

This event is co-sponsored by the Medicine, Practice, and the Body workshop

 

Rebecca Lester

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

Washington University in St. Louis

 

“Crossing the Event Horizon: Borderline Personality Disorder and the Ethics of Care at an American Eating Disorder Clinic”

 

Location: Stuart 101

 

 

April 22nd, 2008

 

Sarah Gehlert

Professor, Social Sciences Administration

The University of Chicago

 

“A Multi-Informative, Multi-Level Approach to Understanding the Role of Stress in Breast Cancer Disparities”

 

Location: Stuart 101

 

 

April 29th, 2008

 

Greg Thompson

PhD Candidate, Comparative Human Development

The University of Chicago

 

“Transforming Subjectivity: Toward an Anthropological Theory of Learning as Ritual”

 

Location: Judd 313

 

 

May 6th, 2008

HD Colloquium

 

Kathryn Geurts

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Hamline University

 

“Balance, Mobility, and the Dis/abling of Sensibilities in Metropolitan Accra”

 

Location: Stuart 101

 

 

May 13th, 2008

 

Heather Lindkvist

PhD Candidate, Comparative Human Development

The University of Chicago

 

Location: Judd 313

 

 

May 20th, 2008

 

Ben Smith

PhD Candidate, Comparative Human Development

The University of Chicago

 

“‘It’s Like This’: Manner Deixis, Skillfulness and the Development of Agency in Aymara Middle Chilhood

 

Location: Judd 313

 

 

May 27th, 2008

 

Ritch Savin-Williams

Professor, Human Development

Cornell University

 

Location: Stuart 101