Spring 2025 Weekday Afternoon Anthropology Talks (WAATs)
Weekday Afternoon Anthropology Talks (WAAT)
January 27 - April 14, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Location
BSB 2105
Calendar
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The Department of Anthropology is thrilled to announce our Spring calendar for our “Weekday Afternoon Anthropology Talks' series (WAATs)".
We have an incredible set of talks this semester!
The WAATs are informal talks from members of our Anthropology community including faculty in our department, affiliate and associate fellows at UIC and the Chicago area, and other visiting scholars in all kinds of topics related to Anthropology.
Talks are scheduled on Mondays from 12PM to 1PM and are held in-person at BSB 2105. Lunch and refreshments are provided by the Department, so come and grab a bite and join an Anthropology Talk.
Please see the attached calendar for Spring 2025 program that includes the following speakers:
Jan. 27th - Dr. Molly Doane; UIC Anthro ("Climate Stories: Gardening at the End of the World")
Feb. 3rd - Dr. Rachel Havrelock, UIC English ("Line 5: Shutting Down the Great Lakes Pipeline")
Feb. 10th - Dr. Maggie Butler, School of Public Health, UIC ("Extending the Construct of Authoritative Knowledge to Understand Preparation for Post-partum Experiences of Infant Feeding and Mental Health")
Feb. 24th - Dr. Kylea Liese, Nursing & Anthro, UIC ("Anthropological Perspectives on Abortion Care")
March 3rd - Dr. Zewdi Tsegai, Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy, U of Chicago ("Reconstructing Locomotion from the Internal Bone Structure of the Hominin Foot")
March 10th - Dr. Christina Friberg, UIC Anthro and The Field Museum ("Indigenous Resilience in Uncertain Times: Climage Change, Warfare, and Late Mississippian Community Integration")
March 17th - Dr. Jess Rothstein, School of Public Health, UIC ("Leverage Mobile Healtgh for Maternal, Infant, and Young Child Nutrition: A Process of Evaluation in Mtwara, Tanzania")
April 14th - Dr. Soledad Alvarez Velasco, Anthro & LALS, UIC ("Inhabiting Transit: Migrant Spatial Struggles from Global South America to the U.S.")
Date posted
Jan 22, 2025
Date updated
Jan 22, 2025