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BEC – Manvir Singh – The nature and origins of religious super-attractors

Manvir Singh, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse Human societies reliably develop “cultural super-attractors”, or complex practices and beliefs that exhibit striking similarities. In this talk, I will present research on the nature and origins of three religious super-attractors: shamanism, religious self-denial, and beliefs in supernatural punishment. These cultural practices appeared in […]

MMAC – Yael Assor – ‘Objectivity’ as a Bureaucratic Virtue

Mind, Medicine, and Culture is pleased to welcome back one of our own recent graduates, Dr. Yael Assor. Her presentation and the reading draw on her doctoral research with a group of Israeli medical bureaucrats and is entitled “‘Objectivity’ as a Bureaucratic Virtue.” The abstract for her presentation is on the attached/embedded flyer. **(Please follow […]

MMAC – Anna I. Corwin – Celebrating the upcoming publication of Embracing Age: How Cathplic Nuns Become Models of Aging Well

Anna I. Corwin is a linguistic and psychological anthropologist. She received her PhD from UCLA and is an assistant professor of anthropology at Saint Mary’s College of California. Her research and teaching interests span the fields of linguistic anthropology, psychological anthropology, the anthropology of religion, aging, and well-being. Corwin is a recipient of fellowships from […]

BEC – Kim TallBear – Indigenous STS, Governance, and Decolonization

BEC is pleased to co-sponsor the following event with The American Indian Studies Center, the Institute for Society and Genetics, and the Culture, Power, and Social Change Group. Note special day and time and Zoom link: Thursday, May 13, 12:15 to 1:45 PST - https://ucla.zoom.us/j/97160150930 Kim TallBear Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience & Environment […]

Legacies of Political Detention and the Burmese Democracy Movement

This panel is part of a series of teach-ins on the Burmese Democracy Movement, organized with the goal of disseminating knowledge about violence perpetrated against political activist communities in Burma. This event was sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asia Studies, UC Berkeley and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at UCLA. It was co-sponsored […]

IAC Fall Forum

You are invited to the UCLA Institute of American Cultures (IAC) annual Fall Forum, featuring the 2021–22 IAC visiting researchers and scholars, graduate and predoctoral fellows, and research grant awardees at UCLA’s four ethnic studies centers. Featured speakers will be interviewed by faculty experts, followed by a Q&A. Fall Forum Registration link: https://uclaea.zoom.us/webinar/register/5816343257350/WN_k2pSc104RciBB2KmU1jaJw Click here […]

A Book Celebration With Dr. Robert Lemelson

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The Department of Anthropology cordially invites you to come celebrate Robert Lemelson’s newest book: Widening the Frame with Visual Psychological Anthropology: Perspectives on Trauma, Gendered Violence, and Stigma in Indonesia. Wednesday, May 11, 3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. | Haines 352 As this will be an in-person event, please send your RSVPs to kroyce@anthro.ucla.edu by […]

Lemelson Honors Conference 2022

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Please RSVP for this event at https://ucla.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUud--vqTorHtanUW_i8dQZKYVqc6ioN7nW Lemelson Honors Conference - May 27 2022 - Program and Flyer