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 *** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 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.