Welcome to the Friday Seminars of Spring 2013

Welcome back for a new semester! You are cordially invited to attend the seminars presented by the Department of Anthropology. All interested are welcome. Bring your sack lunch and join the talk with us! 

*Seminars take place 12:30-2:00 p.m. in Room 401 Humanities Building, New Asia College, CUHK. 

11 Jan.
麻國慶, 中山大學, 人類學系系主任
“環南中國海區域研究—海南島的 文 化 、 族 群 與 社 會 .＂ (普 通 話 主 講 )

25 Jan.
范可, 南京大學, 人類學研究所所長
“信任、認同與“他者＂—關於族 群 、 民 族 的 一 些 思 考 .＂ (普 通 話 主 講 )

1 Feb.
Trang X. TA, Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, The Australian National University in Canberra, and Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hong Kong
“Sympathy, Injury, and Quackery: A Political Economy of Hope inContemporary China.”

1 Mar.
Chingchai METHAPHAT, PhD, MPH, Department of Health Education, Faculty of Public Health, Burapha University, Thailand
“I’m More Afraid of Having Nothing to Eat: How Thai Farmers Reframe Health Risk in Contexts of ChemicalUse in Fruit Production.”

8 Mar.
任珏, 香港中文大學, 性別研究及人類學系, 博士研究生
“信息社會的鄉土中國 .＂ (普 通 話 主 講)

19 Apr.
WU Kaming, Assistant Professor, Department of Cultural and Religious Studies,
CUHK
“Spirit Medium in Communist Birthplace: Surrogate Rural Subjectivity, Discrete Sociality and the Changing Rural in China.”

26 Apr.
Mia SISCAWATI, Researcher, Sajogyo Institute, Indonesia, & Associate Lecturer, Department of Anthropology, University of Indonesia, 
“‘Community Forestry’ Challenging ‘Scientific Forestry’: The Role of Progressive Academic Forestry Scholars in the Community Forestry Movement in Indonesia.”