October
Oct 10–13 PLAINS ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 65th annual meeting, Rapid City, SD. Contact: Michael Fosha, mike.fosha@state.sd.us. For information, see www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/plainsanth/meeting/meeting.htm.
Oct 18–19 THE FUTURE OF THE PAST: ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF COLLECTING ANTIQUITIES IN THE 21ST CENTURY, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. For information, see www.smu.edu/ethics_center/upcoming.htm.
Oct 25–28 SOCIETY FOR ETHNOMUSICOLOGY, Columbus, OH. Theme: “Music, War and Reconciliation.” For information, see www.indiana.edu/~semhome/2007/index.shtml.
Oct 26 BEYOND THE STEROTYPES: DYNAMICS OF MUSLIM LIFE Symposium, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Contact: Gabriele Marranci, University of Aberdeen, King’s College, Aberdeen UK; tel 01224 27 3112; symposium-contemporaryislam@hotmail.com. For information, see www.springer.com/east/home/social+sciences/religious+
studies?SGWID=5-148302-12-379700-0.
Oct 31–Nov 3 SOUTHEASTERN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CONFERENCE, 64th annual, Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville, TN. Contact: Boyce Driskell, tel 865/974.6525; bdriskel@utk.edu. For information, see www.southeasternarchaeology.org/2007SEAC/2007seac.html.
November
Nov 1–2, SEVENTH NATIVE AMERICAN SYMPOSIUM, Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, OK. Contact: mspencer@sosu.edu.
Nov 1–2, DISASTERS: RECIPES AND REMEDIES social research conference, The New School, Tishman Auditorium, New York, NY. Contact: Social Research Conference Office, 65 Fifth Avenue, Room 375, New York, NY 10003; tel 212/229-5776 x3121; fax 212/229-5476; socres@newschool.edu. For more information, see www.newschool.edu/eventlist.aspx.
Nov 1–3 NAVAJO STUDIES CONFERENCE, 17th annual, Diné College Tsaile, AZ. Theme: “Hozhóójíí Connections of Indigenous Cultures.” Contact Harry Walters, Navajo Studies Conference Planning Committee, PO Box 37, Tsaile, AZ 96556; tel 928/724-6654; hwalters@dinecollege.edu; or Miranda Haskie, tel 928/724-6715; mhaskie@dinecollege.edu. For information, see www.navajostudies.org/conference.html.
Nov 14–17 AMERICAN SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL RESEARCH, San Diego, CA. For information, see www.bu.edu/asor/AM/am.html.
Nov 15 FILM, TELEVISION, TOURISM AND REGENERATION, international conference, Leeds, UK. Contact: Philip Long, Centre for Tourism and Cultural Change, Leeds Metropolitan University, Old School Board, Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3ED, UK; tel +44(0)113 283 8545; fax +44(0)113 283 8544; p.e.long@leedsmet.ac.uk. For more information, see www.tourism-culture.com.
Nov 15–19 THE SOCIAL CAPITAL FOUNDATION 2007 HAWAI’I CONFERENCE ON ETHNIC DIVERSITY. Contact: conferences@socialcaptial-foundation.org. For information, see www.indiana.edu/~semhome/2007/index.shtml
Nov 28–Dec 2 AMERICAN ANTHROPOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 106th annual meeting, Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Washington DC. Theme: “Difference, (In)equality & Justice.” Contact: AAA Meetings Dept, 2200 Wilson Blvd, Suite 600, Arlington, VA 22201; tel 703/ 528-1902 ext 3025; kminter@aaanet.org. For information, see www.aaanet.org/mtgs/2007/reg.htm
December
Dec 16–18 ASSOCIATION FOR JEWISH STUDIES, 39th annual, Sheraton Centre, Toronto, Ontario. For information, see www.ajsnet.org/.
2008
January
Jan 3–6 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUE OF AMERICA, Hyatt Regency, Chicago, IL. Forinformation, see www.archaeological.org/webinfo.php?page=10096.
February
Feb 14–18 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, Boston, MA. Theme: “Science and Technology From a Global Perspective.” For information, see www.aaas.org/meetings/.
Feb 15–17 SACRED CENOTES, HIDDEN CAVERNS: RITUALS, BELIEFS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE RELATING TO CAVES AND CENOTES AMONG THE MAYA, Stone Center for Latin American Studies, Tulane Unviersity, New Orleans, Louisana. Contact: Denise Woltering at crcrts@tulane.edu. For more information, see http://stonecenter.tulane.edu/MayaSymposium/.
March
Mar 5–8 COUNCIL FOR EUROPEAN STUDIES, 16th International Conference, Drake Hotel, Chicago, IL. For information, see www.councilforeuropeanstudies.org/conf/conf.html.
Mar 14–16 GEOGETOWN UNIVERSITY ROUNDTABLE, Washington DC. Theme: “Telling Stories: Building Bridges Among Language, Narrative, Identity, Interaction, Society and Culture.” For information, see www8.georgetown.edu/college/gurt/2008/.
Mar 14–18 SOCIETY FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES, Holiday Inn Central, Washington DC. Theme “Sharing Knowledge: Anthropology’s Contributions to Understanding Human Bio-Cultural Diversity.” For more information, see http://webs.anokaramsey.edu/sacc/SACCFest2008/SACC2008-30Jul07.htm.
Mar 19–23 SOCIETY FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS, Yale Initiative in Religion, Science & Technology, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Theme: “Consciousness and Spirit.” For more information, see www.sacaaa.org.
Mar 25–29 SOCIETY FOR APPLIED ANTHROPOLOGY, annual meeting, Memphis, TN. Theme: “The Public Sphere and Engaged Scholarship: Challenges and Opportunities for Applied Anthropology.” For information, see www.sfaa.net.
Mar 26–29 CENTRAL STATES ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Adam’s Mark Hotel, Indianapolis, IN. Contact: Claude Jacobs at cfj@umd.umich.edu. For more information see www.creighton.edu/csas/.
Mar 26–30 SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, Vancouver, BC, Canada. For more information, see www.saa.org/meetings/index.html.
April
Apr 3–5 AMERICAN ETHNOLOGICAL SOCIETY AND SOCIETY FOR THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF NORTH AMERICA, Holiday Inn Sunspree Resort, Wrightsville Beach, NC. For information, see www.aesonline.org/ or http://sananet.org/.