Culture in Global Affairs

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Spring 2008 Events

8 February
Series on Population, Displacement and Resettlement
War and Displacement in Africa
Stephen Lubkemann, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Affairs, George Washington University

15 February
Series on Population, Displacement and Resettlement
Paradise Stolen: The Expulsion of the Chagossians and the Creation of the U.S. Military BAse on Diego Garcia
David Vine, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, American University

Fall 2005 Events

16 September
Cultural Impediments to U.S.-Iranian Understanding
William O. Beeman, Professor of Anthropology, Theatre, Speech, and Dance, Brown University

7 October
Governing China's Population: Globalization and Neoliberalization
Susan Greenhalgh, Professor of Anthropology, University of California at Irvine

14 October
Human Subjects Protection: Interpretation of the Common Rule for Protection of Human Subjects
Stuart Plattner, NSF Human Subjects Research Officer (retired)

28 November
Anthropology Database Workshop and Open Forum
This event launched a long-term project to collect and maintain an electronic database of examples in which anthropology research and methods, in all four fields of the discipline, have had a positive impact on policies, programs, human welfare, and more.