2013 Frucht Memorial Lecture Series and Student Conference Invitation

Association of Graduate Anthropology Students?

21st Annual Richard Frucht Memorial Lecture Series

&

2013 Anthropology Student Conference

University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

February 27th to March 1st, 2013


The sub-field for the 2013 Lecture Series is sociocultural
anthropology with a specific focus on visual anthropology. Visual
anthropologists use ethnographic film, photography, digital media, and
visual representation to seek understanding of culture, society, and
human diversity.

Our Frucht Speaker this year is Dr. Faye Ginsburg, Department of
Anthropology, New York University. Dr. Ginsburg is one of the leading
social and visual anthropologists in North America, an acknowledged
expert in ethnographic film, ethnography of media, indigenous media,
social movements in the United States, gender and representation, and
disability studies.

Public Lecture:
Title: Disabilities in a Digital Age: Rethinking the Human Imaginary
on and off Screen
Date: Wednesday February 27th, 7:30pm
Place: Centennial Centre for Interdisciplinary Science, University of
Alberta, Room 1-440

Departmental Lecture:
Title: Fourth Cinema And Future Imaginaries: Australia's Indigenous New Wave
Date: Friday March 1st, 3:30pm
Place: HM Tory Building, Breezeway, University of Alberta, Room TB-W-1

Banquet:
Date: Thursday February 28th, 6:30pm
Place: Chianti?s Restaurant, 10501 ? 82 Avenue
**Purchase banquet tickets in the Department of Anthropology, 13-15 HM
Tory Building, University of Alberta

Student Conference:
Dates: Thursday February 28th (Room 1-498) and Friday March 1st (Room 2-430)
Place: Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, University of Alberta


All lectures and conference presentations are free and open to all.


Please visit https://sites.google.com/a/ualberta.ca/frucht-2013/home
for a detailed program and e-mail frucht@ualberta.ca with any questions.

Sponsored by:
University of Alberta Faculty of Arts Department of Anthropology
Graduate Students' Association of the University of Alberta