Department of Anthropology
Antonio J. Waring, Jr. Anthropology Endowment
Distinguished Lecturer Series in Anthropology
The Waring Distinguished Lecturers in Anthropology is a public lecture series for our Department, the University, and the wider regional community. As the centerpiece of our outreach program, we invite to campus outstanding scholars in each of the subfields of Anthropology to raise awareness of the significance of our discipline and to highlight some of the major accomplishments in the field. These programs are important for the students and faculty as well, since they allow us to meet new colleagues and create bridges with other universities. Our students have also benefited enormously from advice and support given by these individuals.
Fall 2007 - Dr. Constanza Ceruti
High Altitude Archaeologist
Institute Of High-Mountain Research at Universidad Católica de Salta
Spring 2005 - Dr. William McGrew
Miami University
Waring Distinguished Lecturer, Spring 2005 Presents Chimpanzee Culture: Nonsense or Breakthrough?
Fall 2004 - Dr. Kathleen Deagan
Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida
Archaeology at Columbus' First American Town: La Isabela 1493-1498
Spring 2004 - Dr. Tim Ingold
Aberdeen University, Scotland
Culture on the Ground: The World Perceived Through Feet
Fall 2003 - Dr. Robert Carneiro
American Museum of Natural History
My Adventures with the World's Oldest Profession (Shamanism)
Spring 2003 - Dr. Ian Hodder
Stanford University
Life in Prehistoric Turkey 9,000 Years Ago
Fall 2002 - Dr. Karen Strier
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Conserving Endangered Primates: Insights from the Muriqui Monkey of Brazil.
Spring 2002 - Dr. Karl Heider
University of South Carolina , Columbia
Emotion as a Weapon in Indonesian Politics
Fall 2001 - Dr. Jane Buikstra
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
The Cost of Being King: A Bioarchaeological Perspective on Copan, Honduras
Spring 2001 - Dr. Conrad Kottak
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Media, Family and Work
Fall 2000 - Dr. Anna Roosevelt
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
The First Americans: A New Picture of Initial Colonization
Spring 2000 - Dr. Donald Johanson
Institute of Human Origins, Arizona State University
Our African Ancestry: Current Perspectives
Fall 1999 - Dr. Darrell Posey
Mansfield College, Oxford University
Indigenous Knowledge, Biodiversity, International Rights
Spring 1999 - Dr. Owen Beattie
University of Alberta, Edmonton
The 1848 Franklin Expedition
Fall 1998 - Dr. Henry Wright
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan
Origins of Civilization in Ancient Mesopotamia