We know you missed free
home-cooked meals with great conversation...
So
we're back for winter term with
Anthropology Professor Chelsey Kivland!
Topic: Haiti and the 2010 earthquake
(She was in Port-au-Prince during the earthquake!)
Whether you're an expert on the topic or have no idea
what's going on here, this dinner's for you!
Date:
TUESDAY, January 22nd (since Monday was a holiday)
Location: Amarna,
23 East Wheelock St.
Time: 7 pm
Chefs: Myles McMurchy '16, Zac Myslinski '15, and
Karolina Krelinova '14
Menu:
Falafel Burgers
Mediterranean Spinach
Sweet Potato Soup
Chickpea, Tomato,
Cucumber, and Feta Salad
And an exciting
Czech dessert!
And stay tuned for these professors, coming soon to an MND
near you!
1/28: Richard Crocker
2/4: Timothy Pulju
2/11: Christopher Sneddon
2/18: James Stanford
*** Sponsored by Programming Board ***
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Chelsey Kivland's currently teaches and writes in the areas of
popular politics; anthropology of the state and sovereignty; ritual
performance; embodiment and performativity; Vodou; carnival and
crowd theory; anthropology of violence and misery; masculinity;
youth; race and nation; anthropology of Haiti and the Caribbean;
ethnographic methods and writing. Her most recent work focuses on
Haiti, its state, and local organizations after the earthquake. She
is currently writing a book on an ethnographic account of "the
base," the novel socio-political formation that has arisen in urban
Haiti during the democratic transition.