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Waring Lecture
September 28, 2005
CARROLLTON, GA - The Anthropology Department and the Antonio J. Waring Anthropology Endowment of the University of West Georgia welcomes Dr. Carol Stack, a renowned cultural anthropologist, to the UWG campus October 5 - 6.
Stack, a professor in Social and Cultural Studies in Education at the University of California at Berkley, has 35 years of research in African American migration in the United States.
Her lecture and workshops are part of the Waring Distinguished Lecturers in Anthropology and based on her research and published works, All Our Kin (1970) and Call to Home (1966).
The two-day event includes a classroom lecture, “Coming of Age at Minimum Wage,” at 3:30 p.m., Oct. 5 in the TLC building, room 1-305; a workshop on the process of writing, 1 p.m., Oct. 6, in the Pafford Building, room 309; and a lecture entitled “Call to Home: African Americans Return to the Rural South,” 7 p.m., Oct. 6, at Cashen Hall in the Humanities Building. All three events are free of charge.
To register for the workshop or for more information call 678-839-6455 or 678-839-6457.
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