Since the program's inception in 1968,
over 100 advanced seminars have been held on a wide range of topics within anthropology and its
subdisciplines.
“Images without Borders”
Co-chaired by Mary M. Steedly, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Harvard University, and Patricia Spyer, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Leiden University, May 4-8, 2008
“Between Politics and Ethics: The Anthropology of Global Humanitarianism”
Co-chaired by Peter Redfield, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Erica Bornstein, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, March 9-13, 2008
“Pharmaceutical Self and Imaginary: Studies in Psychopharmacology and Globalization”
Chaired by Janis H. Jenkins, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, San Diego, October 14-18, 2007
“Archaeology and Public Policy: A New Vision for the Future”
Co-chaired by Lynne Sebastian, Director, Historic Preservation Programs, SRI Institution, and William D. Lipe, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, July 15-19, 2007
“The Shape of Script: How and Why Writing Systems Change”
Chaired by Stephen D. Houston, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Brown University, April 15-19, 2007
“Putting Aegean States in Context: Interaction in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeastern Europe during the Bronze Age”
Chaired by William A. Parkinson, Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, and Michael L. Galaty, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, Millsaps College, March 11-15, 2007
“The Emergence of Leadership: Transitions in Decision Making from Small-Scale to Middle-Range Societies”
Co-chaired by John Kantner, Vice President of Academic and Institutional Advancement, School of American Research, and Kevin Vaughn, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Pacific Lutheran University, December 3-7, 2006
“Soils, Dryland Agriculture, and Social Complexity in Ancient Hawai'i: A Model System for Human Ecodynamics”
Chaired by Patrick V. Kirch, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, October 29-November 2, 2006
“Cultural Perspectives on Cancer: From Metaphor to Advocacy”
Co-chaired by Juliet McMullin, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, and, and Diane Weiner, Assistant Research Professor, Center for Health Policy and Research, University of California, Irvine, April 30-May 4, 2006
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“The New Landscapes of Inequality”
Co-chaired by Micaela di Leonardo, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University; Jane L. Collins, Professor, Department of Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Brett Williams, Professor, Department of Anthropology, American University, March 12-16, 2006
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“Rethinking Frameworks, Methodologies, and the Role of Anthropology in Development Induced Displacement and Resettlement (DIDR)”
Chaired by Anthony Oliver-Smith, Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of Florida, September 25-29, 2005
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"Ethnography and Policy: What Do
We Know About 'Trafficking'?" Chaired by Carole Vance, Associate Research Scientist, School of Public Health, Columbia University, April 17-21, 2005.
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"Toward an Anthropology of Democracy"
Chaired by Julia Paley, assistant professor of anthropology, University of Michigan, March 6-10, 2005.
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"Global Comings of Age: Childhood, Youth
and Social Re-Generation in a Time of Global Flows"
Co-chaired by Jennifer Cole, assistant professor, Committee on Human Development,
University of Chicago, and Deborah Durham, associate professor, Department of
Anthropology and Sociology, Sweet Briar College, April 18-22, 2004.
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"Empires:
Thinking Colonial Studies Beyond Europe"
Co-chaired by Carole McGranahan, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Colorado, and Ann L. Stoler, professor, Department of Anthropology,
University of Michigan, October 26-30, 2003.
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"Reconsidering
Community: The Unintended Consequences of an Intellectual Romance"
Chaired by Gerald Creed, associate professor of anthropology,
Hunter College and the Graduate School, City University of New York, April
12-18, 2003.
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"The Evolution of Human Life History"
Co-Chaired by Richard R. Paine, associate professor of anthropology, and
Kristen Hawkes, professor of anthropology, University of Utah, November
2-8, 2002.
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"Culture and Conflict: The Poetics of
Violent Practice"
Chaired by Neil L. Whitehead, associate professor of anthropology,
University of Wisconsin, Madison, April
28-May 2, 2002.
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"Anthropology and Contemporary Immigration"
Chaired by Nancy Foner, Department of Anthropology, Purchase College, State
University of New York , October
7-11, 2001.
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"The State at its Margins: Comparative
Ethnographies of the Modern State in Africa, Latin America and South Asia"
Co-Chaired by Veena Das,
Department of Anthropology,
Johns Hopkins University, and Deborah Poole, Department of Anthropology, New
School for Social Research, April 22-26, 2001.
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"Law and Empire in the Pacific: Intersections of Culture and
Legality"
Co-Chaired by Sally Engle Merry, Department of Anthropology, Wellesley College, and Donald
Brenneis, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz;
March 18-22, 2001.
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"Culture Theory and Cross-Cultural Comparison: Maya Culture and History in a Multicultural
World"
Co-Chaired by Edward F. Fischer, Department of Anthropology, Vanderbilt University, and John M. Watanabe, Department of
Anthropology, Dartmouth College; October 22-26, 2000.
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"Animation and Cessation: Anthropological Perspectives on
Changing Definitions of Life and Death in the Context of
Biomedicine"
Co-chaired by Sarah Franklin, Department of Sociology, Lancaster University, England, and Margaret Lock, Department of Social
Studies of Medicine, McGill University, Quebec, Canada; April 30-May 4,
2000.
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"The Archaeology of Colonization in
Cross-Cultural Perspective"
Chaired by Gil Stein, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University; March
19-23, 2000.
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"Changing Perspectives on Tikal and the Development of Ancient Maya
Civilization"
Chaired by Jerry Sabloff, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania;
September 26-30, 1999.
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"From Africa to the Americas: New Directions in Afro-American Anthropology"
Chaired by Kevin Yelvington, University of South Florida; April 11-15, 1999.
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"Local Perspectives on
Military Reorganization, Economic Restructuring and Daily Life"
Chaired by Lesley Gill, American University; and Linda Green, Columbia University, March
21-25, 1999.
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"Doing Archaeology as a Feminist"
Co-chaired by Alison Wylie, University of Western Ontario; and Margaret Conkey, UC
Berkeley; April 18-24, 1998.
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"Mesopotamia in the Era of
State Formation"
Chaired by Mitchell Rothman, Widener University; March
1-5, 1998.
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"Catastrophe and Culture: The
Anthropology of Disaster" Co-chaired by Anthony Oliver-Smith, University
of Florida; and Susanna Hoffman, Independent Scholar; October 19-23, 1997.
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"Evolving New Strategies for
Conserving Cultural Properties"
Chaired by Duane Anderson, School of
American Research, May 18-22, 1997.
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"Sex Roles and Gender
Hierarchies in Middle Range Societies: Engendering Southwestern Prehistory"
Chaired by Patricia Crown, University of New Mexico, March 2-6, 1997.
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"Material Culture: Habitats and
Values"
Co-chaired by Fred Myers, New York University; and Annette Weiner,
New York University; November 3-7, 1996.
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"Evolution of Language"
Chaired by Barbara King, College of William and Mary, October 13-17,
1996.
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Conference on "Archeological
Research on the Pajarito Plateau: Present and Future"
Co-chaired by James
N. Hill, UCLA; and Robert Powers, National Park Service; May 20-23,
1996.
"Nursing Home Ethnography"
Chaired by Philip B. Stafford, Bloomington, IN, Hospital; October 29-November 2,
1995.
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"History in Person: The Mutual
Constitution of Endemic Struggles and Enduring Identities"
Co-chaired by
Dorothy Holland, UNC at Chapel Hill; and Jean Lave, UC Berkeley; October 8-12,
1995.
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"The Evolution of Behavioral
Ontogeny"
Co-chaired by Sue T. Parker, Sonoma State University; Jonas
Langer, UC Berkeley; and Michael L. McKinney, University of Tennessee; August 13-17,
1995.
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"Every Picture Tells a Story:
Visual Anthropology at the Crossroads"
Co-chaired by Jay Ruby, Temple
University; and Paul Stoller, West Chester University; May 7-11, 1995.
"Power/Knowledge Shifts in
America's Present Fin-de-Siecle" Chaired by George E. Marcus, Rice
University; October 30-November 3, 1994.
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Publication
"Copan: The Rise and Fall of a
Classic Maya Kingdom" Co-chaired by E. Wyllys Andrews V, Tulane
University; and William L. Fash, Northern Illinois University; October 11-15, 1994.
"Language Ideologies: The
Cultures of Language in Theory and Practice"
Chaired by Paul V. Kroskrity, University of California-Los Angeles; April 24-28, 1994.
SAR Publication
"Cyborg Anthropology"
Co-chaired by Gary Lee Downey, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; Joseph Dumit; and Sharon
Traweek, University of California-Los Angeles; October 24-28, 1993.
SAR Publication
"The Historical Archaeology of
Capitalism"
Co-chaired by Mark Leone, University of Maryland; and Parker
B. Potter, New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources; October 2-6, 1993.
"Place, Expression, and
Experience"
Co-chaired by Keith Basso, University of New Mexico; and
Steven Feld, University of Texas at Austin; March 28-April 1, 1993.
SAR Publication
"The Archaic State: A
Comparative Approach"
Co-chaired by Gary Feinman, University of Wisconsin;
and Joyce Marcus, University of Michigan; November 1-5, 1992.
SAR Publication
"The Transition to
Agriculture"
Co-chaired by T. Douglas Price, University of Wisconsin; and
Anne Birgitte Gebauer, University of Wisconsin; May 31-June 4, 1992.
SAR
Publication
"Defining an Anthropology of
Aesthetics"
Chaired by Kris Hardin, 1991-92 NEH Resident Scholar at SAR
and University of Pennsylvania; May 23-24, 1992.
"Making Alternative
Histories"
Co-chaired by Peter Schmidt, University of Florida; and Thomas
Patterson, Temple University; April 26-30, 1992.
SAR Publication
"Secret Histories: The Politics
of Memory Under Socialism"
Chaired by Rubie Watson, University of
Pittsburgh; October 20-24, 1991.
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Publication
"The Cultural Analysis of
Intentionality: Explorations in the Understanding of the Other Minds"
Chaired by Lawrence Rosen, Princeton University; November 4-8, 1990.
SAR Publication
"Historical Ecology"
Chaired by Carole L. Crumley, University of North Carolina; October 14-18, 1990.
SAR Publication
"Society for American
Archaeology Committee on the History of Archaeology"
Chaired by Douglas
Givens, Saint Louis Community College; July 15-18, 1990.
Conference on "Funding
Anthropology"
Hosted by Douglas W. Schwartz, School of American Research;
April 9-10, 1990.
"The Organization and Evolution
of Prehistoric Southwestern Society"
Chaired by George Gumerman, Southern
Illinois University; September 25-29, 1989.
SAR Publication
"Representing
Anthropology"
Chaired by Richard Fox, Duke University; June 5-9, 1989.
SAR Publication
"Expanding States and
Indigenous Warfare"
Co-chaired by Neil Whitehead and R. Brian Ferguson,
Rutgers University; April 24-28, 1989.
SAR Publication
"Chiefdoms: Their Evolutionary
Significance"
Chaired by Timothy Earle, University of California, Los
Angeles; January 18-22, 1988.
Publication
"Cultural Complexity in the
Arid Southwest: The Hohokam and Chacoan Regional Systems"
Co-chaired by W.
James Judge, Fort Burgwin Research Center; and Patricia Crown, Southern Methodist
University; October 26-30, 1987.
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