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Catherine J. Allen

Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs
Chair, Department of Anthropology

Hortense Amsterdam H 303
2110 G Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20052

Telephone: (202) 994-7545
Fax: (202) 994-6097
E-mail: kitallen@gwu.edu

Education:

Ph.D., University of Illinois

Expertise:

Andean South America, symbolic anthropology, performance studies

Background:

Professor Allen received her B.A. from St. John's College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

Professor Allen is the author of The Hold Life Has: Coca and Cultural Identity in an Andean Community (Smithsonian Institution Press, 2002). She received a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship in 2001 for her research on cultural patterning in Andean art.

Courses Taught:

Anth 158 Art and Culture
Anth 159 Symbolic Anthropology
Anth 172 Cultures of Central and South America
Anth 191 Anthropology in Performance
Anth 202 Proseminar: Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 258 Anthropology of Art, Aesthetics, and Symbolism
Anth 259 Topics in Sociocultural Anthropology
Anth 272 Anthropology of Latin America

Last update: 07.11.07