Calendar
CALENDAR
Society Calendar: Fall 2006-Spring 2007
August:
30th Fall Connection Carnival: New Student Union: 11:30- 1:30 & 5:00-7:00
September:
11th Brown Bag Lecture: Dr. Peter Gray, How to Choose a Graduate Program
18th General Meeting-Discuss Semester Plans
25th Brown Bag Presentation: Rayette Martin, Mexico Language Immersion Experience
October:
2nd General Meeting-Prepare for Field Trip
14th Nevada Rock Art Foundation: Southern Site Tour at the Valley of Fire
16th Dr. Debra Martin, Applying For Graduate School: The Nuts and Bolts
20th Volunteer Work: Meals on Wheels: Make Lunches on Campus from 2:30-3:30
23th General Meeting
31st Deadline for Magaret Lyneis Fund Applications
November:
6th Dr.John Swetnam: Requirements for the MA and Ph.D. in Anthropology
13th General Meeting
17th-19th Pahrump Social Powwow: Petrack Park
20th General Meeting
30th Dr. Jennifer Thompson: Choosing a Topic. Choosing a Committee
December:
16th Deadline for Newsletter Articles
Academic Calendar:
UNLV ACADEMIC CALENDAR
University Forum Schedule:
University Forum Lecture Series
Thursday, September 07, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Yaddo: The History of America?s Formative Artists? Community
Ben Alexander, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los Angeles
Yaddo is an artistic community located in Saratoga Springs, New York. According to John
Cheever, Yaddo has seen more distinguished activity in the arts than any other piece of
ground in the English-speaking community. Relying on manuscripts and photographs from
Yaddo?s archive Alexander will document its remarkable (and previously unstudied) history.
Tuesday, September 12, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Earthquakes in Southern Nevada? ?Don?t Be Scared ? Be Prepared?
Barbara Luke and other members of the Southern Nevada Earthquake Research Team
Did you know? ? Nevada is the third most seismically active state in the country. ? Las
Vegas is at high risk for casualties and damage due to its large population and continued
growth. Learn more about the local earthquake hazards, preparedness tips and disaster
planning.
Thursday, September 21, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
A Tour of the Solar System
George Rhee, Physics Department, UNLV
Professor Rhee will survey the solar system featuring recent discoveries and the latest
images of the planets. He will start his journey at the sun and go out past Pluto to the
outer reaches of the solar system to ?visit? the Kuiper belt and the Oort cloud of comets.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
The Dinosaurs of Southern Utah: St George and the Dragon?Tracks
Jerry D. Harris, Director of Paleontology, Dixie State College
199 million years ago, dinosaurs and other animals left a wealth of spectacular,
well-preserved footprints on the shores of ?Lake Dixie?. Today these are preserved at the
St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site at Johnson Farm in southwestern Utah. Dr. Harris will
discuss how the footprints reveal a wealth of information about prehistoric animal
behavior, including very bird-like behavior by some early, carnivorous dinosaurs.
(Co-sponsored by the UNLV College of Sciences and the Department of Geoscience.)
Thursday, September 28, 2006 - 6:00pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
The Arboretum at UNLV
Susan Jones, UNLV Arboretum
Join us on an early evening walk through the green heart of campus. Hear stories about our
historical spaces, champion trees and special gardens. See a variety of landscapes, from
the drought tolerant desert garden to the more traditional trees and lawn of the campus
main mall. Total walking distance will be 1.5 miles. Please note that this event will
start at 6 p.m. Meet at the Barrick Museum Auditorium.
Monday, October 02, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
A Western Perspective on America?s Constitution
Akhil Reed Amar, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Akhil Reed Amar, universally recognized as one of this era?s most accomplished
constitutional-law scholars, will deliver the inaugural UNLV Constitution Day Public
Lectureship. He will discuss his book America?s Constitution: A Biograph, and will pay
particular attention to the role of the American West in shaping the nation?s
constitutional experience. (Co-sponsored by the Office of the Provost, the College of
Liberal Arts, the Departments of History and Political Science and the William S. Boyd
School of Law)
Wednesday, October 04, 2006 - 7:30pm - Beam Music Center, Doc Rando Hall
The Music of Bill Evans
Bill Cunliffe, Assistant Professor, Jazz Studies, Temple University
Bill Evans was a pivotal jazz musician of the 20th Century. His music will be explored
from various perspectives: his bebop that influenced recordings of the mid-fifties, his
groundbreaking work with George Russell, his influence on Miles Davis to create ?modal?
jazz, and his first great trio with Scott La Faro and Paul Motian. Cunliffe will discuss
these topics in detail and perform his music. (Co-sponsored by the UNLV Department of
Music)
Monday, October 09, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
COWBOYS FULL: The Story of America?s National Other Pastime ? Poker
James McManus, Professor of Writing, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and poker
writer for the New York Times
Tonight?s lecture will describe the history of poker, from its emergence in New Orleans
and on Mississippi steamboats around 1810 through the Iraqi-Most-Wanted deck and recent
no-limit hold?em boom that has taken the casino and online gambling worlds by storm. Key
figures to be covered will include Alexis de Tocqueville, Ulysses S. Grant, Wild Bill
Hickok, Poker Alice Tubbs, C.M. Coolidge, Herbert O. Yardley, Franklin D. Rooselt, Harry
Truman and Richard Nixon.(Co-sponsored by UNLV Libraries)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Ancient Flutes of the New World
Michael Graham Allen of Coyote Oldman, Recording Artist
In pursuit of ancient flutes of the New World, Michael Graham Allen has researched
artifacts, fashioned replicas, composed music and enjoyed a 20-year career as a
professional recording artist. In this lecture/performance, art and science will merge
with the reintroduction of the extinct Anasazi flute, a truly significant musical
instrument of ancient America. (Co-sponsored by CSUN, and UNLV?s Departments of
Anthropology, Music and Art)
Wednesday, October 18, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Working With War: Henry W. Nevinson and the Changing Role of the War Correspondent
Angela V. John, Honorary Professor of History, University of Wales, UK
Exactly 150 years ago, one of the most gifted and original of all war correspondents was
born in England. Henry Nevinson reported on many conflicts that are still in today?s news,
from the Balkans, the Middle Eat and the Caucasus to Ireland, Africa and India. He made
three trips to the United States. Through the perspectives of this intrepid journalist and
revealing diarist, Angela John will explore how the role of the war correspondent has
changed, casting the demands and pressures of today?s correspondents in a fresh light.
(Co-sponsored by the UNLV History and English Departments)
Friday, October 20, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
The Novel as Modern Myth
John Bender, Director, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University
What do the early modern novel and human myth-making share? Looking at Robinson Crusoe,
Frankenstein, and Dracula, Bender will argue that they hold in common a sense of being
there at the beginning, and more. Both forms invoke the supernatural, both dissolve style
into a rough-hewn substance, and both make the extraordinary aspect of reality seem
somehow ordinary. (Co-sponsored by Nevada Humanities)
Wednesday, October 25, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
The Great American Sideshow: 100 Years of Freakish Spectacle as Viewed from Postmodern Las Vegas
Dana Marie Miller, UNLV Library
Long before Las Vegas was the entertainment capital of the world, millions of visitors
flocked to destinations like Coney Island to see fantastic new shows and spectacles. One
of the stranger entertainments of the late nineteenth century was the exhibit of human
curiosities, or freaks. What might the three-legged man have in common with the Strip as
it is today? Let?s find out.
Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
STUD, DUD, THUD: The Evolution of Human Male Reproduction
Richard Bribiescas, Department of Anthropology, Yale University
In this lecture Dr. Bribiescas, author of Men: Evolution and Life History, will explore
patterns of human growth, reproduction and aging with data from studies of men in Japan,
Paraguay, and the United States. The results have implications for the understanding of
the role hormones play in such health issues as prostate cancer. (Co-sponsored by the UNLV
Department of Anthropology)
Monday, November 06, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
The Quran and Peace
Aslam Abdullah, Director, Islamic Society of Nevada
Is violence part of Islam? Does the Quran, the scripture Muslims believe was divinely
revealed, promote terror, killing and destruction? Since September 11, 2001, these
questions have been raised all over the world. Join us in exploring this fascinating
subject as Dr. Abdullah argues that the Quran promotes pluralism, human dignity, and,
above all, peace. (Co-sponsored by the Islamic Society of Nevada)
Thursday, November 16, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Vikings, Eskimos, and Mongolians: Frozen ?Empires? of the Arctic
William W. Fitzhugh, Director of the Arctic Studies Center, Department of Anthropology,
National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Better known for Eskimos than empires, the Arctic has actually been the birthplace of some
of the most influential cultures in world history ? Vikings, Thule Eskimos, and Genghis
Khan?s Mongolians. These northern cultures came to dominate large areas of the world
within a few centuries of each other during a period of pronounced climatic warming. This
lecture presents recent archaeological and historical data that bring the cultures,
individuals, and events of these times to life, revealing an Arctic impact on the global
history that is only just beginning to be appreciated today. (Co-sponsored by the UNLV
Department of Anthropology)
Friday, November 17, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Patients and Prisoners ? The Ethics of Lethal Injection
Gerald Dworkin, Department of Philosophy, University of California, Davis
In the U.S., prison doctors supervise the administration of lethal injections. We will
explore the ethics of physician participation in the administration of capital punishment.
Does it violate medical ethics for a doctor to participate in lethal injection? Does it
ultimately matter what the nature of that participation is? (Co-sponsored by the UNLV
Department of Philosophy and the Boyd School of Law)
Thursday, November 30, 2006 - 7:30pm - Barrick Museum Auditorium
Intelligence Testing: A Matter of Life or Death?
Chad W. Buckendahl, Director, Buros Institute for Assessment and Consultation Outreach,
University of Nebraska
A 2002 Supreme Court ruling eliminated capital punishment for mentally retarded
individuals. As researchers and judges consider the implications of this decision, methods
for evaluating a defendant?s IQ have been scrutinized. Tonight?s speaker will discuss uses
of standardized intelligence tests in situations that now could mean life or death.
(Co-sponsored by the Department of Educational Psychology and the College of Education,
the Boyd School of Law and the Department of Criminal Justice)
Wednesday, December 06, 2006 - 7:30pm - UNLV Lied Library, Amargosa Room
Electronic Prospecting: Techniques and Tools for Mining Government Information
Sidney Watson and Susie Skarl, UNLV Library
Government agencies regularly publish reports and statistics that cover a wide range of
topics, but finding what you are looking for can be confusing and time consuming. Learn to
untangle the secrets of searching online for government information on diverse subjects
such as business, consumer health, and the environment.
AAA:
AWARD COMPETITIONS
Society for Humanistic Anthropology
Ethnographic Fiction Competition
Deadline: July 1, 2006
http://www.smcm.edu/sha/fiction.htm
FELLOWSHIPS AND SUPPORT
Archeology Division
Minority Graduate Students in Archaeology Travel Awards
http://www.aaanet.org/ad/#Diversity
Harvard University
Innovations in American Government Award
Deadline: Sept 12, 2006
http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu/Ash/
Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace
2007–08 Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship Competition
Deadline: Jan 10, 2007
jrprogram@usip.org. www.usip.org
The Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~bprogram
Andrew W Mellon Foundation/ACLS Early Career Fellowships
http://www.acls.org/ecfguide.htm
American Council of Learned Societies
Digital Innovation Fellowships Program
http://www.acls.org/ex-felcomp.htm
MEETINGS
AAA Annual Meeting: “Critical Intersections/Dangerous Issues”
(Nov 15–19, 2006; San Jose, CA)
http://www.aaanet.org/mtgs/mtgs.htm
2006 Ethnographic Praxis in Industry Conference
(Sept 24–26, 2006; Portland, OR)
http://www.epic2006.com/
NIH Conference on Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities:
“Contributions from the Behavioral and Social Sciences”
(Oct 23–24, 2006; Bethesda, MD)
http://ncmhd.nih.gov/news_events/conferences.asp
Dr Donald H Enlow International Research Symposium:
“The Integrative Approach to Skeletal Biology”
(Nov 6–7, 2006; New York University College of Dentistry)
http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/program/biomaterials/events.htm
Society for Economic Anthropology Meeting:
“The Political Economy of Hazards and Disasters”
(April 13–14, 2007; UNC-Greensboro)
http://sea.org.ohio-state.edu/
Western States Folklore Society
"Borders and Boundaries"
(April 20–21, 2007; Los Angeles, CA)
www.westernfolklore.org
American Ethnological Society
(with Canadian Anthropological Society):
“Indigeneities & Cosmopolitanisms"
(May 9–12, 2007; Toronto, Canada)
http://www.music.columbia.edu/%7Ececenter/AES/events.html
The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences and
European Society for the History of the Human Sciences
(June 25-29, 2007; Dublin, Ireland)
http://psychology.dur.ac.uk/eshhs/
CALL FOR PAPERS
Anthropology News: “Class”
Deadline: Sept 15, 2006
http://www.aaanet.org/press/an/ancfp.htm
Archeology Division Sponsorship of SAA Symposium
Deadline: Aug 15, 2006
http://www.aaanet.org/ad/#SAA_sponsorship
Association of Feminist Epistemologies, Methodologies, Metaphysics and Science Studies:
“Knowledge that Matters”
Deadline: Sept 15, 2006
http://www.asu.edu/clas/womens_studies/pages/FEMMSS2.htm
The Society for Applied Anthropology Annual Meeting:
“Global Insecurities, Global Solutions: Applied Anthropology in the 21st Century”
Deadline: Oct 15, 2006
http://www.sfaa.net/sfaa2007.html
Society for Research in Child Development
Child Development Perspectives Journal
www.srcd.org/CDPsubmit/